Arts & Crafts on BBC2

I am enjoying watching six contemporary crafts people living and working together in the style of 130 years ago.

In a house in Wales, they are using tools and techniques of the 1890s to make from scratch pieces like a double bed or hand-printed wall paper in no more than a week.

They are following the principles of the arts & crafts movement making beautiful everyday objects by hand and in collaboration with others.

Parts 1 and 2 are on BBC iplayer and two more parts remain to be aired. My favourite of part 2 was this copper clock.




Even cold-water swimming got a plug – in costumes of the day of course