It’s the Year 2010, it’s snowing, and I’m gazing in rapt fascination at this photo of the Phonograph 218, as lovely a piece of retro, old tyme nonsense as you’re ever likely to witness coming out of Guangdong, China.

As if the beautifully sculpted sleep and snooze buttons weren’t enough to set the pulse racing, you have that delicious – almost sublime – lampshade on top to set the whole thing off. Please please Mr Skyway Global Designer, never give up on your vision of beauty, or we will all be the poorer for it.