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  • The Fabric of The First Refugees

    October 1, 2026 · 34 min

    The first group of people in the world to be called refugees were deeply tied up with the production of luxury cloth. In the 17th and 18th century a small corner of east London became a byword for some of the best woven silk in the world…

  • The Bayeux Tapestry Comes Home After 1000 Years

    September 3, 2026 · 31 min

    In a few day's time the Bayeux Tapestry goes on show at the British Museum in London. The famous embroidery that depicts the Norman conquest of England has returned to the country where it was stitched for the first since it was made…

  • The Return of Canada's Forgotten Wartime Quilts

    July 2, 2026 · 48 min

    A number of very special quilts have been arriving in North America over the past few weeks. A collection of more than 40 are being returned to Canada, 85 years after they were made in communities all over the country.   Most of them are…

  • The Mysterious Origins of Knitting

    June 4, 2026 · 43 min

    This month's episode is a little different: as many of you know we run a second podcast for Friends of Haptic & Hue called Travels with Textiles, in which we explore all kinds of textile topics that crop up in the news or that we come…

  • Community Makes a Nation: America's Folly Cove Designers

    May 7, 2026 · 39 min

    This summer marks the 250th anniversary of America's founding as nation, born in a successful rebellion from the British crown. Events and politics tell us one tale, but textiles always give us another view. Much of the textile history of…

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  • Fashion and Pandora Dolls: How Style Travelled The World Before Printing and Cameras.

    April 2, 2026 · 36 min

    There is a little mannequin which has played a hidden role in history. We admire the portraits of the great men and women of the past dressed in the height of fashion. But how, in an age without cameras or magazines, did they know what was…

  • Finding A Foundling - Textiles of Identity

    March 5, 2026 · 41 min

    In a small corner of London lies one of the most evocative collection of textiles anywhere in the world. The fabrics – which are quite ordinary - are in the so-called billet books which recorded the identity and clothing of every baby…

  • The Glorious Quilts of Gees Bend

    February 5, 2026 · 35 min

    An extraordinary new exhibition has just opened in the small Alabama township of Gees Bend, and it gives us some clues as to why this community of world-famous quilters became home to one of America's greatest creative legacies.   The…

  • Althea McNish - Queen of Colour

    January 1, 2026 · 32 min

    It's nearly five years since the Anglo Trinidadian textile designer, Althea McNish, died in near obscurity in London. In that time her reputation and her standing has grown dramatically and she is now recognized around the world as the one…

  • The Dog Hair Blankets of the Coast Salish People

    December 4, 2025 · 38 min

    Textiles have a tremendous power to hold our culture and identity, more so than most understand. For thousands of years the Coast Salish people of the Pacific North West, which straddles the border between Canada and the United States…

  • Hooky Mats and Rag Rugs: How the Art of Necessity Helped Define a Nation

    November 6, 2025 · 41 min

    Hooked rugs are humble things made of recycled cloth and worn out textiles, originally born of need and lack: and yet they have come to mean much more to the communities that produced and enjoyed them. In America they have become an emblem…

  • The Intelligence of The Hands & The Creative Brain

    October 2, 2025 · 36 min

    If you were asked to stitch a picture of your brain what would it look like? A project that looks at the connection between our hands and our brains asked people to do just that. It was aiming to measure creativity and to find out what…

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About the show

Haptic & Hue's Tales of Textiles explores the way in which cloth speaks to us and the impact it has on our lives. It looks at the different light textiles cast on the story of humanity. It thinks about the skills that go into constructing it and what it means to the people who use it.