Walking on a tight rope

Charlotte Reather has a go at the ancient art of rope making

MUCH can be said for modern ways, but that doesn’t mean heritage crafts should be allowed to fall by the wayside. These long-established practices have been passed from generation to generation, and r

A resurgence of interest in lug-rigged sailing vessels showcases the importance of Scotland’s former booming herring industry

Celebrating the lasting tradition of canal art, signwriter Meg Gregory transforms the everyday into something extraordinary

Today, clogs are mainly associated with the north of England, but this hard-wearing, affordable footwear was common across Britain from Victorian times right through World War Two. With a shaped woode

IN a small room above a bonnet shop in London’s Sloane Street in 1872, two daughters of “a surveyor of good repute who died unexpectedly leaving a widow and four daughters unprovided for” were entered