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Connect with Britain's extraordinary heritage and be awakened to the beauty all around you with this Sunday Times bestselling journey to Craftland - by award-winning historian and broadcaster James Fox.
'Inspiring' Sunday Times
'Wonderful' Michael Morpurgo
'Enchanting' Amol Rajan
For generations, what we made with our hands shaped who we were. The skills and knowledge passed down to us built our communities and defined our regions. And if you know where to look, they still...
James Fox is an academic, best-selling author and multi-award-winning, BAFTA-nominated broadcaster, known for his many acclaimed BBC documentaries. He is an art historian at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Creative Director of the Hugo Burge Foundation, a charity dedicated to supporting the arts and crafts across Britain. He is also the author of the celebrated The World According to Colour: A Cultural History.
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