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The former home and country meeting place for the Bloomsbury Group. They run courses, workshops lectures and walks.

Dressing History provide accurate historical fashion reproductions, engaging historical interpretation, original garments for sale and a series of talks and accompanying books.

A research collection of C19th and C20th century dress, textiles and ephemera used by design historian Lyn Broster to underpin lectures at Uclan.

A large database of over 3,700 companies covering all aspects of interior and garden design and decoration.

The Pasold Research Fund is a charitable institution that promotes and supports research on textile history, by giving financial assistance to researchers, by organising and supporting conferences and workshops and by publishing a monograph series and a major journal, Textile History.

Visual artist Lesley Sutton's website is a culturally diverse arts and heritage project. 'We all have a story of cloth to tell. What memory does cloth hold for you?'

Running a year round programme of talks, classes, workshops, discussions and exhibitions primarily based upon contemporary textiles - but including historical. They run an annual festival every May.

The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair at Spinningfields. Cutting edge contemporary craft to buy direct from 150 designer-makers in: jewellery, interior textiles, fashion accessories, glass, ceramics, textiles, metal and much, much more.

Annual 2-week programme of exhibitions, talks, tours, textile craft fairs, fabric sales, student fashion shows; embracing museums and other attractions.