RECENT DIGEST

A great feature on barley and brewing, preceded by a story on tea harvesting. Fantastic stuff from Farming Today. (Radio 4, note: only available until Friday morning)

Where Thomas Heatherwick's Olympic cauldron was made: Stage One, Yorkshire (Telegraph)

If you're in Edinburgh anytime soon you might like to visit the Dovecote Studios where Douglas Grierson is master weaver (Department of Small Works)

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Photo of Olympic cauldron petals from the (rather good) Olympic Opening Ceremony tumblr

MOULTON BICYCLES: MADE IN ENGLAND

RECENT READING DIGEST

Photos (and a lovely write up) of an outerwear factory in north London (SEH Kelly)

A series of essays exploring the importance of design and craft today, including an essay from Another Country's Paul De Zwart (Danish Crafts)

Interesting features on British creatives, including Scottish craft beer brewers Brewdog and Midlands-based textile designer Tori Murphy (We Heart)

A video of Sebastian Conran talking about what makes British products (Design Council)

Whitechapel Bell Foundry is offering 'special' tours during the Olympics (Londonist)

David Hieatt of Hiut Denim on 'the age of the specialist' (eatbigfish)

A great map of British factories - from furniture to flannel (Margaret Howell)

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Photo from SEH Kelly