
Besom making
The birch broom, bound to a hazel or ash handle with split withy. Fewer than five people in the UK still make them for a living.
1 maker · 1 piece

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The Edit | Nine things for when the flat came beige
September is when everyone moves. Nine things made by hand that will do more for a rented flat than twenty cheap ones bought in one afternoon.
Rosie Thompson · 3 September 2026

The Haud Almanack: September Events
The antlers at Abbots Bromley are older than the Norman Conquest and the skill that mounted them is on the Red List. Eight customs for September, from Braemar to the Cotswolds.
Rosie Thompson · 3 September 2026


