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29 October 2026

Guest post series - 'Filohax' No. 32 - Paul

Thanks very much again to Paul for this next instalment of his wonderful guest post series.
You can find all of the 'Filohax' posts here. There is an index of all the previous filohax posts here.

Spine-less is more

Dominique made an interesting comment recently about Filofax without logos on the spine.

Line up left to right: Winchester Croc 7/8, Winchester 7/8, Winchester 7/8, Gloucester 7/8, Grosvenor 7/8

I'm from the twentieth century, and her comment reminded me of a peculiar British trait that I think was superseded when the 'Americanisation' of British culture really accelerated in the 1980's - 'unostentatiousness'. The 'no logo' spined Filofax were a product of an era when a product signalled its worth by its quality, not by marketing.

I think it's why the mark 'made in England' was kept on the inside cover- it wasn't done to 'show off'!

However the British have also always had a strong paradoxical streak - who could ever say our flag was unostentatious?!!

28 October 2026

Video Web Finds - Wednesday 28 October 2026

I hope you have had a good weekend.

Now it is time to enjoy a great collection of videos from around the internet.

Here are a selection of the latest Filofax videos for your enjoyment.

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27 October 2026

Free For All Tuesday - No. 821

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26 October 2026

Van Der Spek - Custom Planners - ColourBlock

Van Der Spek have been our 'go-to' company for custom made leather organisers/planners. They have been in the business for 100 years this year.

When we discovered them back in 2013 ordering a custom organiser wasn't exactly easy. Over the years it has become a lot easier with the advances to the Van Der Spek website. https://vdsshop.com

For quite a few years you have been able to choose the outside leather, the inside leather and the colour of the stitching inside and out. Also what other options to include such as additional pen loops, full width back pocket etc. (It's quite a long list!) You can still do that of course.

However, recently Van Der Spek have added also a new option called 'ColourBlock' which allows you to select four different leathers for the outside cover and a single leather for the internal cover.

Here are a few samples of planners that they have already made for customers.

The potential of this is huge, I don't know the number of combinations you could have from the available number of leathers, but it potentially means you will have a 'one of one' unique planner.

As you select the different leathers on the website so the illustration of the outside of your planner appears on the screen.