News and Views
Discover stories from our collections, work, research, and events. Warning: may contain absolute units.
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Author
- josefinabravo
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Published Date
- February 12, 2018
Inspired by the collection: Caitlin Hinshelwood’s ‘Rural Life’ scarf
London based textile artist and designer Caitlin Hinshelwood was used the MERL’s rural collections to make this amazing scarf. Discover what inspired her!
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Author
- josefinabravo
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Published Date
- January 31, 2018
Heritage Crafts at Risk
Crafts are disappearing at an alarming rate in England. The Heritage Crafts Association has been assessing the scale of the issue in their recent project.
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Author
- Alison Hilton
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Published Date
- January 24, 2018
It started with a sheep
Discover the story of the Mewes Knitters volunteers at the Museum of English Rural Life from knitting a coat for a sheep to decorating a shepherd’s hut.
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Author
- josefinabravo
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Published Date
- December 8, 2017
‘The Poetry Survives’: Lindsay Anderson’s ‘Foot and Mouth’
Our poet-in-residence Jack Thacker explores how researching foot and mouth through archives at the MERL and the films by Lindsay Anderson has inspired him.
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Author
- josefinabravo
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Published Date
- November 24, 2017
The Land Girl’s Lament: Tracking a mystery poet
This is the story of trying to find a lost land girl. It began when a poem recently arrived at…
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Author
- josefinabravo
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Published Date
- November 21, 2017
Something worth crowing about: our new Poultry Archive project
Discover more about the launch of a new project at the Museum of English Rural Life to develop and explore some of our poultry-related archive collections!
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Author
- josefinabravo
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Published Date
- October 11, 2017
Mental health in the countryside
Mental health is an issue which continues to be ignored and misunderstood, but we can see evidence of its impact in the countryside throughout history.
