Acquiring clothes in the pre- and early-industrial age

Megan Allen looks at the fascinating past and present of Britain’s wool towns

Corn-dolly crafter Colette Hughes describes the bleak situations our ancestors faced. “Imagine,” she says. “It’s winter and your family is hungry and cold. It gets dark early, fresh food is in short s

Favoured by Byronic bluesmen, Eton pops and rotund royalty, the waistcoat and its later iterations are an integral part of the Englishman’s wardrobe, says Simon Mills

Help the planet and give yourself a unique outfit to boot

Discover the last surviving court of houses that once dominated the Midlands, and hear the stories of the workers who built Britain’s second city

Charlotte Reather goes behind the scenes at Devon’s historic Axminster Carpets