A sandwich of cloth and rubber: what a mackintosh was before it was a coat
By Porter Lang It is raining, again, and you are looking for a coat. Before you buy a “mac”, it […]
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A brook, a mill and a village laid out for the people who ran it
By Isla Quinn Stone. Water. Noise, once. Cromford sits in the Derwent valley in Derbyshire, and the thing that happened
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The robin, the postman and a red coat that may not have been red
By Isla Quinn Red breast. Black eye. A small round bird on a spade handle in December. You know the
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A teapot with a rough spout, on purpose
By Rafe Calder The spout of a traditional Brown Betty was cut roughly. This was the intention. The Design Museum
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Pure, new, virgin, lamb: reading the wool on a knitwear label
By Porter Lang Turn the jumper inside out. The label is usually at the back of the neck or in
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Fifty craftsmen got off a train and cycled the last five miles
By Ines Keane In May 1902, according to the Court Barn museum, C. R. Ashbee and the younger members of
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Turn the tankard over: what the marks on British pewter say, and what an empty base means
By Porter Lang Check the base first. On silver, the marks are a legal record. On pewter they are something
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Kendal Mint Cake: white, sharp, a little gritty, and possibly an accident
By Isla Quinn Crack it. The edge is cloudy, half glassy and half grainy, and the smell is pure peppermint.
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A pie that is grey on purpose: the Melton Mowbray name and what it asks for
By Rafe Calder Cut one open. If the meat inside is pink, it is not a Melton Mowbray pie. According
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Ludlow: a hill, two rivers and a street plan that has outlasted its walls
By Ines Keane Start with the number. Wikipedia says Ludlow has nearly 500 listed buildings, in a town of just