Number of traditional skills considered critically endangered jumps to 72 but other crafts are making a comeback ...

Tom Allan has travelled the globe meeting fellow thatchers for a book exploring the ancient craft, and he started his journey in Norfolk ...

A master thatcher said it was important to "safeguard" the industry or otherwise villages risked "losing character". Poor harvests of long straw over the last two years, aging machinery and shortages ...

Roof thatching, rattan furniture making and crystal glass cutting are among 70 'critically endangered' British crafts at risk of dying out. Heritage Crafts has issued the stark warning in its latest ...

One craft that was added to the list this year is thatching, both Welsh and Irish vernacular. Master thatcher Alan Jones and believes continuing the craft is important if people want to live a ...

Meet Westcountry thatcher Tom Allan who will be talking about his career and book at the Ilminster Literary Festival later this month ...

A master thatcher said it was important to "safeguard" the industry or otherwise villages risked "losing character". Poor harvests of long straw over the last two years, aging machinery and ...

Roof thatching, rattan furniture making and crystal glass cutting are among 70 'critically endangered' British crafts at risk of dying out. Heritage Crafts has issued the stark warning in its ...

In a hall in Portnoo, students at the Donegal Thatching School clamber over practice roofs under the watchful eye of Brian Lafferty, one of Ireland's last master thatchers. "That's it, start at ...