There has been a call for more thatching courses around Ireland in order to save the "uniquely Irish craft". Fine Gael ...

The story of thatching is the story of our relationship with the land, and how we have used it. And it is a way of cheating time. Its rhythms force us to slow down, just for a while.’ ...

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 ...

That’s how I got into thatching. One of them used to do a bit of it, but he couldn’t get up the ladder any more, and that was the reason I was put up. He would give me instructions from below.

Roof thatching and rattan furniture making are among 70 'critically endangered' British crafts at risk of dying out. By ARTHUR PARASHAR. Published: 05:11 EDT, 13 May 2025 | Updated: 05:19 EDT, 13 ...

The Japan Thatching Cultural Association (kayabun.or.jp) runs occasional workshops open to non-thatchers. The closest international airport is Nagoya, ...

(Welsh thatching and ship figurehead carving added to UK crafts red list, 13 May) noted that “thatched roofs in Wales are becoming ‘more similar to English styles of thatch’.

Luke Fitzgerald started thatching soon after he left school. The 37-year-old first got a taste for the trade aged nine, when he met a thatcher at a Tudor re-enactment at Kentwell Hall in Long ...

'Safeguard thatching or areas risk losing character' Image source, Jamie Niblock/BBC Image caption, Master thatcher Nick Walker from Suffolk wants to see traditional thatching safeguarded Article ...

Luke Fitzgerald started thatching soon after he left school. The 37-year-old first got a taste for the trade aged nine, when he met a thatcher at a Tudor re-enactment at Kentwell Hall in Long ...