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Behind the Craft - Faerie Queene 2024
Dec 05 , 2023
First published in 1590, Edmund Spenser’s epic poem The Faerie Queene is a classic work of medieval English literature. At over 36,000 lines long i...
Behind the Craft - Goddess Cybele
Oct 06 , 2023
Known as the Mother of the Gods, or ‘Magna Mater’, the origins of Cybele’s mythology lie not in Rome or Greece but in Phrygia, part of modern day T...
Behind the Craft - Una & The Lion 2024
Oct 06 , 2023
The legend of Una & the Lion dates back to Edmund Spencer’s epic 16th Century poem The Faerie Queene, believed to be an allegory for the life o...
Behind the Craft - Alice in Wonderland
Sep 07 , 2023
It’s a very important date! Marking the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party and the 125th Anniversary of the Death of Lewis Carroll, writer o...
Behind the Craft - Queen's Memorial
Jul 27 , 2023
The brave warrior goddess Britannia has been a symbol of British pride and power for over 2,000 years, often depicted wearing a Corinthian helmet a...
Behind the Craft - US Trade Dollar
Jul 04 , 2023
Trade Dollars were introduced in the 15th Century when the ‘Spanish Dollar’ became a standardised currency in international trade. Worth eight Span...
Behind the Craft - Boston Tea Party
Jun 25 , 2023
On December 16th 1773, American colonists fought back against unfair British taxation with a peaceful but powerful protest that became one of the f...
Behind the Craft - Sovereign 2023
Jun 11 , 2023
The Sovereign is one of the world’s most famous coins, first introduced in the 15th Century by Henry VII. 200 years later Britain’s economic crisis...
