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‘If we don’t have it, you don’t need it’: an Aladdin’s cave of usefu
In the early 1940s, the Royal Mint replaced the familiar image of a portcullis on the threepenny coin with a thrift plant. This was part of the government’s campaign reminding the public of the need f
Ross Pearson takes a look back at tools from times past and ponders their role in a more reliable gardening future
Our charity shop goes upmarket
With King Charles III as a patron, Heritage Crafts (heritagecrafts. org.uk) is a national charity set up to “celebrate, support and safeguard traditional craft skills”. Its latest Red List of Endanger
I’m on the edge of a seaside town, confronting sand. Fine sand, suitable for making sandcastles with very precise detailing. The sand, though, has come not from a beach near Hastings (the Sussex town
As the second-hand tackle market continues to boom, we catch up with Jon Stevenson of SMART Pre-Loved Tackle, who reveals a selection of his most in-demand items...