Military quilts

For hundreds of years the woollen industry was a major source of Britain’s wealth, so wool plays an important part in the country’s heritage. In the late Middle Ages trading of wool fleeces was of gre

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

A source of companionship and productivity for centuries, Ashleigh-ellan Kavanagh takes a look at the quiet resistance of bees, cooperatives and guilds Even before factories and machines, before the n

Why homeowners are rediscovering the traditional practice of decorating with tapestries

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

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