On the mend

Make do and mend is enjoying a creative revival. Debora Robertson gets out her darning wool and defies the tyranny of fast fashion, one stitch at a time

GH ’s Simon Swift takes up a familial hobby — and with it a familiar habit of not finishing what he started…

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

I REMEMBER the first thing I ever knitted, even if I have no idea where it is now. It was a sew-together hat, made of some lurid, scratchy acrylic yarn with uneven edges and the occasional rogue hole

There’s a time for doing things ‘properly’ and a time for affordable quick fixes, says Emily Henson

Bring joyful layers of intrigue and character to an interior with vintage and antique textiles, whether unique cushions, a pretty quilt or old linen tea towels, says Kerryn Harper-Cuss