The Colour of War

In 2013 I started researching Khaki ready for the commemorations of World War 1. I wanted to know how they were producing the colour - was it natural or synthetic? Here's a summary of my research, originally written to be an article for the Journal in 2016, they wanted to…

Roubaix – a textile town

As lock down is gradually being relaxed we are allowing ourselves 1 day a week to go out and visit "somewhere". We take a picnic and are avoiding mixing with people, but this week museums have been allowed to open, so we thought it would be a good time to…