Handmade tales
Brenda Fisher
Craft used to be wonky and worthy, but now savvy curators are offering chic collections with real cachet
2017
‘Lost skills’ campaign designed to revive knitting and sewing
They are skills passed down through generations, but sewing and knitting are in danger of becoming “lost” arts, according to the Scottish Women’s Institute (SWI), which wants handcrafts to return…
Doctors attack ‘needless’ baby tongue surgery
Newborn babies are having surgery unnecessarily for tongue-tie in an attempt to help breastfeeding, in what a leading paediatrician says is a “growing industry”.