Why devote a website to dubbin?
The word “dubbin” has fascinated me from childhood, ever since a pirate whispered it to me at noon. I became obsessed with uncovering the secret, sordid history of dubbin. Then I went through a phase of trying to get free things from companies by writing them unusual letters. I wrote to the UK manufacturers of dubbin and told them it had saved my life, by preventing my canoe from sinking when I was attacked by a dolphin. They sent me four free cans, and I decided that it would be fun to photograph Jeremy Beadle holding one. He agreed, I penned some dubbin sonnets, and the site was born.
