Out & about in Herefordshire & beyond
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The Forager’s Year: January 2020
In this, the first of a series of posts written by Anneliese Appleby to accompany the forage themed Tinsmiths 2020…
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Tinsmiths Calendar 2020: The Forager’s Year
The 2020 Tinsmiths Calendar takes it’s inspiration from nature’s seasonal bounty. For this, our twelfth Tinsmiths Calendar, the theme is…
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W.R. Lethaby and All Saints’ Church Brockhampton by David Patten
The Architect’s Error As it says for all to see in the church porch, architect W.R. Lethaby’s error at All…
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Linen for curtains & blinds
In the latest in our occasional series of posts about cloth the focus is on linen. Starting with the basics;…
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Ticking Fabrics
Ticking fabric was traditionally a very densely woven cotton herringbone or twill weave cloth used for making mattress & pillow…
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A Lot of Bottle – Winchcombe Pottery
The Bottle Kiln at Winchcombe, last fired in 1954, awaiting restoration. There has been a working pottery on the site…
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The Book of Pebbles
Who hasn’t picked a pebble up whilst strolling the coast of Britain? They look especially inviting lying covered in the…
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Prints, Pots and Plants Exhibition – March & April 2019
To begin our 2019 exhibition programme we welcome artist-printmaker and illustrator Angie Lewin and potter Mark de la Torre to…
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Patrishow Church
At the Eastern fringes of the Brecon Beacons National Park, on the edge of the Black Mountains, where wild untrammelled…
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Malvern Hills and British Camp
Here on the cropped grass of the narrow ridge I stand, A fathom of earth, alive in air, Aloof as…