Do You Know the History of Cotton? Artist Nikesha Breeze on Honouring her Ancestors and the Story of Colonial Cotton
This week, I bring you an interview with the fascinating artist Nikesha Breeze. Their Living Histories project explores African diasporic stories, and...
Helena Norberg Hodge - Globalisation Has Failed Us. What Now?
As supply chain shocks rock the world yet again, we ask: is globalisation a failed experiment? As my guest this week points out, the idea that global ...
Dark Matter Labs' Indy Johar on Planetary Civics and a new Vision for Fashion's Future
In a future shaped by climate breakdown and extreme weather volatility, the current systems will be forced to change. Where does that leave fashion? M...
A Forest Story - Adventures in Tasmania's Magical Temperate Rainforest
In Tasmania's jawdroppingly beautiful Takayna/Tarkine lies the southern hemisphere’s largest single tract of temperate rain forest. It's home to an ex...
Ethics, Embroidery and Which Stories Get Told, Wafa Ghnaim on the Power and Practice of Palestinian Dress
A child's dress rescued from the roof of a bombed-out museum. A mother teaching her daughter her ancestral embroidery techniques. A Miss Universe cont...
A Wardrobe Crisis Listener on Learning Tatreez Embroidery to Connect with her Palestinian Culture
This is the third of four episodes about embroidery. They're all very different perspectives, but each asks in their own way, what is the significance...
The Unreal Awesomeness of Amanda Cobbett's Embroidered Moss Sculptures
Wait, what? That's not real moss?! Occasionally, you come across something that blows your tiny mind. That's what happened when, flicking through a ...
Sew Good! Learning Embroidery at Hampton Court Palace
Imagine learning embroidery in the home of Henry VIII's famed Abraham Tapestries, which have hung on these hallowed walls since 1547. Turns out, it's ...
The Absolutely Fascinating History of Secondhand Everything, with Robin Annear
What's new about the current secondhand obsession? Trick question! Nothing. For most of human history, there really was no such thing as waste. As m...
How to Co-Create with Artisans, with Karishma Singh-Kelsey
The global handcraft market is worth more than a trillion dollars. Yet, particularly in rural areas, many highly skilled craftspeople live with incons...