Sep 3, 2026
In a few day’s time the Bayeux Tapestry goes on show at the British Museum in London. The famous embroidery that depicts the Norman conquest of England has returned to the country where it was stitched for the first since it was made almost a thousand years ago.
It was created by defeated Anglo-Saxon women,...
Jul 2, 2026
A number of very special quilts have been arriving in North America over the past few weeks. A collection of more than 40 are being returned to Canada, 85 years after they were made in communities all over the country.
Most of them are tattered and deeply worn but they have an extraordinary story to tell. They are the...
Jun 4, 2026
This month’s episode is a little different: as many of you know we run a second podcast for Friends of Haptic & Hue called Travels with Textiles, in which we explore all kinds of textile topics that crop up in the news or that we come across in our travels and that we don't get the chance to talk about in the main...
May 7, 2026
This summer marks the 250th anniversary of America’s founding as nation, born in a successful rebellion from the British crown. Events and politics tell us one tale, but textiles always give us another view. Much of the textile history of America is deeply painful – a story of enslavement and hardship in Victorian...
Apr 2, 2026
There is a little mannequin which has played a hidden role in history. We admire the portraits of the great men and women of the past dressed in the height of fashion. But how, in an age without cameras or magazines, did they know what was in style?
Step forward the Pandora doll, who may be as much as 3,500...