A rake’s progress

Four years ago, blacksmith and toolmaker Alex Pole needed a birthday present in a hurry for his wife. He wasn’t the first person to find himself in this predicament, and nor will he be the last, but t

A new generation of master furniture makers blend heritage and high-tech techniques to keep Britain’s woodworking legacy alive. We joined them at the royal residence

The grass is greener

From her remote Welsh workshop, Rosie Farey practises an ancient meditative craft – creating baskets, hats and handbags from hand-harvested rush

IT HAS BEEN a funny old month. Towering triumphs and crashing disasters. I am trying, like the poet says, to face them both the same, as both are temporary and both will pass. Let’s start with the goo

Geraint Richards , head forester to the Duchy of Cornwall and to His Majesty the King, discusses with Charlotte Reather his work on the estate, seeing woodlands as orchestras and the need for a culture of biosecurity in the UK