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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An incisive post-mortem on the state of the Victorian union, told (with a gossipy thrill) through the lives of five couples - Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh, John Ruskin and Effie Gray, Charl... read more
Parallel Lives: Five Victorian Marriages
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MB-H has worked with Gordon Ramsay and Michel Roux; her book is a cornucopia of seasonal produce and recipes. Copiously illustrated.
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London`s New Scene – Art and Culture in the 1960s
Hardback £35.00