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"All men are created equal and have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." - Thomas Jefferson, July 4th, 1776 Despite growing up among those bad-guy redcoats in the UK, I've always felt the draw of our American cousins and the radicalism that made the revolution.

There comes a time in every tea towel company's life when it has to decide what it stands for. The truth is that, despite the range of radical designs we've produced over the years, there's always been one famous woman we've left out.

At the end of February, we asked our fans to nominate their favourite good causes for our 2018 giveaway. We received a huge response, and it was slightly painful to have to whittle the ideas down to a manageable five causes: 1.

February is LGBT History Month Can someone please go and hang this from the crane next to Trump's White House: We have a the history of the struggle for equal rights, and the amazing contributions of the LGBT+ community. It's been quite a ride.

Get new post updates Last autumn, I decided we needed to make a Radical Tea Towel video. So I had a conversation with my childhood friend, , a writer and director.

We Brits like to think of ourselves as the true custodians of tea: enthusiasts - perhaps even connoisseurs. But let's not kid ourselves. We didn't invent it. The stuff comes from China. It's the national drink of Afghanistan.

Exactly 69 years ago, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the ''. And it's in part thanks to a special woman named .

We all thought there were some battles that had been won - battles we'd never have to fight again. And then Trump goes and shares far-right propaganda - reminding us that the age-old war on racism isn't over just yet.

Taking public transport can have its challenges, but choosing where to sit on the bus is easy, right? OK maybe not in rush hour NYC... And definitely not so for African Americans in the 1950s.

Oscar Wilde: the favourite partygoer who died on St Andrew's Day in 1900 Who's the larger-than-life personality we can remember on November 30th?