WEEKLY DIGEST

Short film on British Design in 2012, promoting the recently opened exhibition at the V&A (OEN)

Interview with Bristol based bike frame builder Robin Mather (Rapha)

Buying British (Guardian)

Olympic torch wins Design of the Year award (Creative Review)

Airbus and Boeing boosted by passenger jet boom (Telegraph)

Inside a Glaswegian letterpress (Form Fifty Five via It's Nice That)

Creatives are manufacturers (Computer Arts)

BT to sell off iconic K6 phoneboxes (FT)

Interview with furniture designer Michael Marriott (Spitalfields Life)

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Photo of Michael Marriott from Spitalfields Life

WEEKLY DIGEST

Inside the Carradice factory, Nelson, Lancashire. Brilliant slideshow and interview with owner and MD, David Chadwick (The Bike Show)

Four great posts, featuring factory visits in Sussex by artist Carly Mayer. Personal favourite is the ratchet strap (Sight Unseen)

100 Secrets of Mackintosh: 100 interviews with 'tastemakers' about the brand (Renaissance Chambara)

Dyson vs China in intellectual property row (Guardian)

Nice piece on young talent in farming (Telegraph)

WEEKLY DIGEST

Support the parliamentary rally to save Bombardier jobs (Right to Work)

There is to be research conducted into the occupations, skills and value of the heritage crafts sector (Traditional Crafts)

'Culturally the UK is not set up' for a return to manufacturing (Telegraph)

Gloverall, 'an increasingly rare example of British manufacturing at its best', is 60 this year (Telegraph)

The British Ceramics Biennial has opened in Stoke

Image of Churchill in Gloverall coat from The Telegraph

WEEKLY DIGEST

Margaret Howell talks about 'the skill and expertise often found in British heritage products' in an interview for Liberty

Tom Whipple of The Times does a quick round up of London's blossoming brewing scene, including Meantime, Sambrook's and Fuller's, amongst others

Nestle's York factory has reduced its waste to zero

Alicia White of The Telegraph writes about some British made clothing brands, including Cherchbi, Private White VC and Peregrine

Picture of Margaret Howell from here