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Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee
A recent addition to the textile collection shares a great link between textiles and music. Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee are two small characters from the “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”…
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TOTA – connecting cultures
If you like reading about the many different ways in which people live around the world then TOTA might just be the ticket… From videos to stories and articles, from…
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The unique look of Finland
Finland has earned a name for its fashion. The country has had a long and colourful history but has maintained an independent, creative spirit despite war and invasion, and that…
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The Spotify playlist for the week
Each week a Spotify playlist is compiled to reflect the entries on the blog. To listen to the playlist either click on the player above or head over to Spotify…
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Vodou flags
Haitian Vodou is a religion that merged Catholicism and traditional African practices in the diaspora of the 18th and 19th Centuries, and its adherents traditionally made use of handmade flags…
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Waitangi Day
This coming week is the occasion of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi/ Te Tiriti o Waitangi. New Zealand Aotearoa marks the signing of this historic documentation on Thursday…
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Linking the Coast and Shetland
The textile studio in Māwhera Greymouth is gearing up for the arrival of the equipment from Shetland, and for the official opening which will be held in autumn. Summer has…
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The Dick Van Dyke show and a textile
The small township of Ross is south of Hokitika on New Zealand’s West Coast and is an old gold-mining settlement. Ross is now a stop for tourists who come to…
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Lighting the way
Around the world lighthouses guide marine traffic safely in dangerous conditions. Lighthouses come in many forms but they all fulfil the same essential function: acting as beacons to warn of…
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This Week’s Spotify playlist
Each week a playlist of audio on Spotify is curated to go along with the blog. Each item has something to do with the articles on the blog, although sometimes…
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