Plaiting gold

Claire Gaudion is one of the last makers of traditional Guernsey fishing baskets and is keeping this endangered coastal craft alive, one willow weave at a time

Nellie Sloggett is not a name that gets uttered very often these days, but she is nevertheless a very important figure in the history of folk collection, and someone who should be far better celebrate

Last Christmas, Kieran O’Brien MRCVS opened up the world of the urban horse in Victorian times. Here he describes the care of their rural counterparts

The traditions of patchwork and quilting go back hundreds of years, though, as with other textiles, few pieces survive many generations, unless an item has been cherished and cared for. Initially, it

Meet the late lifers who are using their skills to create some festive magic…

Finding somewhere to live that reflected their lifelong love of creativity was always going to be of paramount importance to Liz and Richard Wilkinson when they began their property search five years