Roof thatching, rattan furniture making and crystal glass cutting are among 70 'critically endangered' British crafts at risk of dying out. Heritage Crafts has issued the stark warning in its latest ...

A new school in Ireland is training up a fresh generation of thatchers in a bid to save the country’s disappearing thatched roofs, an iconic feature of the Irish landscape. In a hall in Portnoo, ...

In England and Denmark, there are still entire villages of thatched houses. While it is expensive to thatch a roof in those countries, it is not prohibitively so, and the tradition of thatching is ...

Thatching guidelines have been relaxed due to the failure of last year's harvest of long-stemmed wheat straw, which has led to thatching straw doubling in price as the critical shortage becomes ...

There has been a call for more thatching courses around Ireland in order to save the "uniquely Irish craft". Fine Gael Senator Manus Boyle said that thatching is at risk of dying unless investment ...

SHIRAKAWA, Gifu Prefecture--Villagers in this renowned UNESCO World Heritage site came together to re-thatch the roof of a multitiered house here for the first time in five years on May 13. The ...

Workers make final touches to a house. Grass-thatched houses stay cool regardless of the weather. Photo by Edgar R Batte The traditional hut has its place in African heritage. There is evidence of ...

Roof thatching, rattan furniture making and crystal glass cutting are among 70 'critically endangered' British crafts at risk of dying out. Heritage Crafts has issued the stark warning in its latest ...