Hand-knitting today is most closely associated with flat-knitting, which is worked in rows using two knitting needles and where the piece is turned from front to back on each row. But there is also a ...

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Can you guess these classic Christmas songs just by the emojis? We bet you’re a smart cookie and can work these all out in one sitting! Ho ho ho let’s go go go and make Santa proud… ...

Among its many treasures, the National Art Library at the V&A holds a remarkable set of objects: three travel diaries written by Henry Cole, the museum’s very first director. These notebooks offer a ...

Meaow! On the roaring success of our Which cat are you? personality quiz, we are back with our Ancient Egypt edition! Are you going to be a Bastet or a Sekhmet? Cats were considered magical and good ...

This text was written in collaboration with Antonio Almagro, Profesor de Investigación ad Honorem (Escuela de Estudios Árabes, CSIC) and member of Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.

Shadow the Hedgehog, introduced in this movie, went through dozens of design revisions to stay true to his iconic game appearance while blending into the film’s style. His fur texture was modelled ...

At least one Christmas I am sure you have settled down to watch, or perhaps even read, ‘A Christmas Carol’ (1843). It is hard to go through life and avoid this Dickensian classic altogether – and why ...

Well guess what the tree is decorated with in Ukraine? Not baubles, not fruit, but spiders and webs! Ukrainians believe spider webs bring good luck. This tradition is based on a folktale where a ...

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Quiz: How well do you know Moana? Quiz: How well do you know Jeff Buckley? Quiz: How well do you know Wicked? Quiz: How well do you know Fred Again? The V&A is the family of art, design and ...

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