Rutter – a literature graduate who notes the etymological link between ‘text’ and ‘textile’ – travelled the British Isles researching the social history of wool and knitting. This charming and informative memoir documents the author’s own knitting adventures alongside wool’s entanglement with British culture.
This Golden Fleece: A Journey Through Britain’s Knitted History
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£9.99
Edition:Paperback978178378436303/09/2020From a Bookshelf nearby
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A study of the beginnings of the idea of the 'modern artist'. Not set in Paris or New York, as you might expect, but London among the students at the Royal Academy between 1769 to 1830.
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A fine illustrated celebration of 12 houses that have adapted successfully to the modern world: Doddington Hall, Burton Agnes, Loseley, Broughton, Madresfield, Grimsthorpe, Hopetoun, Inverar... read more
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Colegate's perceptive and brilliant trilogy in one volume. A young man of conservative and eccentric background is on the make in 1930s London: fascism, politics, power, money, and a downfal... read more
Orlando King
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Marr has a gift of presenting complex issues with clarity; here he uses a diverse cast to show where we are and how we got here.
Elizabethans: How Modern Britain Was Forged
Hardback £20.00