A Beijing store has been criticized over its sale of matchboxes with images celebrating Nazi Germany. Dozens of customers complained last week about the matchboxes that feature various images from ...

Have you ever given a second glance to the matchbox that sits in your kitchen or the one that you carry in your pocket? Probably not. But, look closer, and a whole world of art, history, and heritage ...

Matchbox cars were the gateway drug for countless auto enthusiasts. Most were used, abused, and lost long ago, but some small subset of young owners was more careful, preserving the cars and their ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. In an age where personalisation and kitsch reign supreme, the ...

Before antismoking campaigns and the advent of disposable lighters, matchboxes and matchbooks were very common. They were everywhere. Today, matchboxes are, most of all, mementos—of that earlier era, ...

Nine matchboxes from Damien Hirst's restaurant The Pharmacy. Hirst designed every aspect of his Notting Hill restaurant, down all 60 designs of match boxes. "The Pharmacy" breached the 1968 Medicines ...

Gautam Hemmady began his collection on a bitingly cold January day in 2012. “It was the 6th. I remember the date. Don’t ask why.” As he walked around in Delhi to warm himself, he visited every ...

The first matchbox factory of Bengal opened at 30 Russa Road in 1892, decades after their invention in Europe. But Calcuttans were using matchsticks years before. A collection of imported matchboxes ...

Matchboxes featuring al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's photograph and offering a reward of USD five million for information leading to his capture are being circulated in Pakistan. ISLAMABAD: ...