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I’d like to introduce this very short talk by quoting some phrases in everyday use, that we say without perhaps being aware of their original meaning: ‘being on tenterhooks’, ‘cloth ears’, ’shoddy work’,‘ dyed in the wool.’ These phrases have been used for hundreds of years and actually all come from the weaving industry. The…

Mon. 5 Feb – Sat, 23 Mar . 2024 St Johns Church Highbridge TA9 3HS Artist and poet Sally Light, launches a new immersive exhibition at St. John’s Church this February. She stitches together the oral traditions and cultural heritage of her experiences as a mender at Foxes Mill, Wellington, with her deep sense of…

March 10th Shortly after launching Bodkin Beak, I sustained an injury to my hand. I cut one of my fingers rather badly in a kitchen accident at home (I’ll spare you the details!) My second finger tried to step up, but became swollen and sore through overuse. I then had three months off from my…

In a Somerset nursing home, an elderly man tells me how he used to help his grandmother untangle waste silk thread that his grandpa brought home from Pearsalls silk-spinning mill.