A Manifesto for Leather on the occasion of COP29 Buy better, buy less, buy leather Consumption is one of the key drivers for man-made climate change. Consumers are driven to want more, buy more and ultimately discard more and more products, many of which are of poor quality, have short life spans and are designed […]
Merino: a Royal Fibre
This is an article I wrote for a magazine I edited in 2008. It was written subsequent to a visit Sue and I made to New Zealand. My son, Steve, lived there and was running in a well known cross country race on South Island. It was sponsored by Icebreaker who were a new company […]
Bouldering at the Olympics
A 19 year old lad from the UK won a surprise gold medal for bouldering. Perhaps it should not have been such a surprise as much of the origins come from the millstone grit boulders which are found near Sheffield and are perfect for climbing. it is also a perfect sport for indoors, with climbing […]
Tom Poole and Tom Wedgwood
The 2nd of what we hope will be an annual lecture in memory of the Somerset Tanner, Tom Poole, from Nether Stowey. He lived from 1765 to 1837 bridging the period when modern scientific understanding was entering society, and with it the leather industry. Sir Humphry Davy, famed for nitrous oxide and the miner’s lamp, […]
Leather Conservation Course at West Dean
I have really come to enjoy this annual four day adventure at West Dean. Everyone is so engaged, and everyone brings so much knowledge. So different from lecturing a class of two hundred undergraduates. On the way we had a rainbow on the road. Rather cool. I was battling with a stick, just a few […]
Yeovil shocked by Pittards sudden closure
Pittards employees to be made redundant 7th September 2023 This article from Business Live, as per the link The troubled leather goods manufacturer, which is based in Somerset, employs around 150 people in the UK and 900 in Ethiopia Abigail Turner Leather goods firm Pittards’ head office in Yeovil (Image: Google Maps) Historic leather goods […]
62nd John Arthur Wilson Lecture, 2023.
it was quite a surprise at this stage in my career to be asked to give such an important industry lecture and a great honour. I thought COVID had killed it, but made it to Wisconsin for what was an outstanding symposium 62nd John Arthur Wilson Lecture, 2023. 117th Annual Convention Retelling “Viewing Leather Through […]
HMS Mary Rose 1510-1545
The HMS Mary Rose sank in the Solent as it turned to join battle with a French fleet and very promptly sank. They trued to salvage it, which should have been possible, but failed up and gave up. Only half had survived under the mud when it was raised in the 20th century and it […]
The Worshipful Company of Glovers of London
We tend to overlook the Livery Companies that represented all the crafts, as in the main they were much poorer and struggled to survive. Glovers were typical founded in the 14th century by the late 15th they were merging and then being taken over by the Leathersellers, a rich trading compsny. Capital versus labour writ […]
Leather Industry Must Work Out its Own Context for Net-Zero and Chart a Plan
SECTOR SCANNER / STATE OF LEATHER 2022 / PART V COMMENTARY Leather Industry Must Work Out its Own Context for Net-Zero and Chart a Plan My article as published in texfash.com with a few very minor corrections that were missed when I rushed to send off my text Each stakeholder in the leather industry, […]
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