by Cathy Jack Coupland | Jul 7, 2021 | Resources
First and foremost, Carola Hicks was a British art historian, described by Angela Thirlwell as a ‘glamorous academic and a serious populariser of art who swept the dust off old masterpieces, explained their cultural contexts, and infused them with a life for a...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Jul 4, 2021 | Podcast Episodes
I’ve now been recording Stitch Safari Podcasts since May of 2020 – and with the fullness of time, I believe I finally have my head around what I’m actually doing. Yes, it’s taken me a while – I’m a slow learner, but it’s...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Feb 17, 2021 | Blog
What on earth drove me to create this podcast? Passion, pure and simple. I’ve always enjoyed stitching, and I find history utterly fascinating – I simply married the two together, so the entire ethos for the Stitch Safari podcasts will always revolve...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Nov 24, 2020 | Resources
The Bayeux Tapestry is a visual record of the Conquest of England, but more importantly, it’s a powerful visual representation of cultural memory from a time when literacy wasn’t markedly evident. Professor Bloch encompasses the unusual travails this...
by Cathy Jack Coupland | Aug 28, 2020 | Resources
Waxing lyrical about books is sort of my thing. I love books, so when a book actually takes me on a journey or makes me think – that’s special. And that’s what Subversive Stitch by Rozsika Parker did for me. To date, my interest in Feminism has...
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