French knitting – also known as I-cord knitting or a French knitting machine – is a fun craft that’s been keeping idle hands occupied for centuries. Made by interlocking loops, it’s worked by wrapping ...

French knitting is a fun craft that’s been keeping idle hands at bay for centuries. Made by interlocking loops, it’s worked by wrapping yarn around metal pegs or loops in the top of a wooden spool, ...

It’s a yarn which could needle the notoriously uneasy alliance between England and France. For nearly 20 years, Sittingbourne pensioner Ted Hanniford has claimed to be the creator of the world’s ...

I spent the war years in the Southern Provincial Police Orphanage in Redhill, Surrey and remember as if it was yesterday, watching the Battle of Britain in the September of 1940 from our dining hall ...