Vietnamese turned Venetian for Little Dorrit

At the tail-end of 2008 many of you may have seen the BBC/Andrew Davies adaptation of Charles Dicken's Little Dorrit starring Andy Serkis (Lord of the Rings trilogy) and Mackenzie Crook (Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy)(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1178522/). A key scene is set in Mrs Merdle's Venice palazzo. For this scene, Hampton Court Palace was pressed into service as a suitable location and for the illumination - Indochine lanterns. Some additions were made to the lanterns to make them fit the style of the period - Venice circa 1825, but they lit up well and the director loved them.

It was a large scale BBC drama intended for international release so it should get a wider audience before long - If only we had managed a credit at the end.

These pics from the set will have to do.

Shed a little light on the matter.

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New silk tablelamps now available

The main Indochine site now has a range of silk table lamps in 3 styles and 5 colours. It has taken us a year to get the quality we wanted and I'm pleased to say it's been worth the effort. Each lamp has a shade made from a twin layer of silk that creates a unique pattern when lit (reminiscent of watersilk) - no two lamps are the same. The range includes single and shot silk colours including Oyster, Crimson, Papaya, Absinthe and Copper. The dark wood bases are hand finished in either a classic 'ricebowl' design or traditional 'lotus leaf' scrollwork.

Prize draw winners

Since we started, more than 11,000 different people have entered our monthly draw to win an Indochine lantern. During that time we've had over 80 winners. A while back we started posting a list of winners. If your name isn't on the list Click here to enter the latest round. Even if it is, as long as you're not already entered in the current round, feel free to enter again.

Past winners:

E. Wallace

J. Dixon

J. Sykes

K. Jones

M. Daniels

V. Curtis

M. Lewis

J. Williams

P. Hawkins

R.Carter

J.Beardsley

I Jackson

M Sorensen

Valerie Beere

Amanda Valentine

Craig Bannister

Sharon Cox

Rosaleen Mullan

Emily Hutchinson

Ian Barnes

Jane Willis

Wendy Barbe

Rhona Craig

Cheryl Dyer

Carmela Southward

Katherine Watson

Karen Holloway

Ian Green

Rita Russello

Tricia Rasberry

Victoria Wren

Hazel

Michael Pyle

Sandra Robertson

Sarah Keeling

Cheryl Dyer

Beverley

Pamela Ryder

Francis

Kati Whiteoak

Jackie Mason

Richard

Lisa Tang

Andrew Hindley

Zoe Walker

Annette Hunt

Norah Sinclair

Nicholas Birchall

Jo Beardsley

Richard Santos

Many of our prizewinners first discovered us via the Loquax Competition site