I love umbrellas, and not just because I grew up in England, where they are issued to four year olds on their first day at school, along with an instruction book on how to cook every kind of food (it’s…

I love umbrellas, and not just because I grew up in England, where they are issued to four year olds on their first day at school, along with an instruction book on how to cook every kind of food (it’s a short book, with just two words: “Boil it”.)

The brolly is a miracle of minimal elegance. Lightweight spokes held in tension form a perfect, almost rigid canopy. And the cheap, $2 dime-store models are as good as the most expensive ones

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