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Thu, 25 June
55. Craftland: A Journey Through Britain’s Lost Arts and Vanishing Trades
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Art historian and BAFTA-nominated broadcaster James Fox digs deep into Britain’s rich tradition of craft and the vanishing skills that once shaped our national identity. Travelling from the Isles of Scilly to the Scottish Highlands, Fox has met blacksmiths, wheelwrights, cutlers, coopers, bellfounders and watchmakers; the last guardians of trades that built communities and defined regions. In this fascinating conversation with Amy Jeffs, Fox reveals how these crafts connect us to our past and why they still matter today. Many of the very skills he celebrates will be brought to life by Chalke’s living historians, demonstrating traditional crafts across the Festival site.
