Our Slow icon, the donkey, has a newish friend – Ambiguous Horse.

Creative types with an idea or product can ride the Ambiguous Horse through the culture industry, rather than legging it alone. AH acts as an agent for designers (see the online shop, and see Small Town’s mini macramé jewellery – cute, very cute), as an event manager (as for the Bicycle Film Festival) and as an inventor and facilitator of fine projects like the Don’t Sweat Shop workshops for 12 to 18-year-olds to create clothing made from recycled materials.

If you think you’ve thought of the next-big-thing, or you’re just thinking about buying something nice and local, have a look.