Make do and Mend at the Fashion and Textile Museum South Bank, London. Learn the lost art of making repairs and alterations to your clothes with this four week course. Wednesday evenings from 29th September 6.30pm – 9pm Do you know how to take up a pair of trousers or alter something that doesn’t quite [...]
ARTEL is an artists group based in Chichester who exist to support each others practice, meet and exhibit regularly across the area. “In January 1999 three artists from Chichester called an open forum meeting of artists to meet together and discuss whether or not an artists group would be viable. Out of this initial meeting [...]
Do you value the arts? Support the campaign today! If you are interested in the arts in the UK then you might be interested in signing this petition to the Government to try and prevent radical cuts to current levels of arts funding, which will decimate what has been one of the UK’s chief success [...]
A few months ago, my colleague Karen Jinks flagged up a new site to me called ‘The Blogpaper‘. Theblogpaper is an online community where members can submit articles, notes (which link to websites) and photo stories, that are voted/rated by other members. Those stories that gain the highest amount of reads and votes will be [...]
Fashion and Textile Museum 9th July – 24th October 2010 Horrockses Fashions Limited was the manufacturer of one of the most respected ready-to-wear labels of the 1940s and 1950s. The company is best known for its full-skirted dresses that were sought after by women everywhere and were even worn by Queen Elizabeth II. This new [...]
The National Gallery’s 2010 Dame Myra Hess Day examines the power of music to transcend cultural and national boundaries, even in wartime. Come along for a performance by Ida Haendel, who performed in the original wartime concerts, and an evening concert which will showcase both German Lieder and English song. Taking place on Tuesday 5th [...]
Val Sainsbury is the mother of a fellow Etsian, and indeed has her own shop on Etsy. I felt I really must bring her to the attention of my friends and readers because this woman really needs more recognition than she has thus far received. A very talented needle woman, Val makes amongst other things, [...]
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