Alex Moulton, engineer and designer, passed away earlier this month (Dezeen)
Kenneth Grange knighted (BBC)
Factory visits:
A visit to the Gloverall factory in Wellingborough (Proper Mag)
Inside the Private White V.C. factory (Cool Hunting)
At bicycle component manufacturer Royce, in Hampshire (Headset Press)
Steve Salter visits the Sunspel factory in Long Eaton (Port Magazine)
News items:
The shock collapse of the last British button manufacturer (Halesowen News)
Why are British factories turning away business? (Make it British)
Raspberry PI and the UK manufacturing resurgence (Wired)
On livery companies: British institutions (FT)
On skills shortages among young workers (Economist)
A piano maker tells of Thatcher's impact on UK piano manufacturing (Port Magazine)
Ale and cider:
The history of cider in the UK (Hot Rum Cow, ps 13-16)
Britain's lost breweries and beers (The Good Stuff)
Event:
David Hieatt (of Hiut Denim) to talk in London on Tuesday 15th January (YCN)
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Photo of Moulton bike from Dezeen
