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Great Print 8, Rheged’s free flagship exhibition celebrating the art of hand pulled prints, opens this week.

PAST, present and future use of the land around Ingleborough is explored in a four day film and art festival as it visits Ribblehead, Ingleton,…

Article content Maps that once helped Allied soldiers escape the Nazis are now guiding fashion designers into new territory, all thanks to Christoper (Clutty) Hutton. For six years, he ran the British military’s Escape Department, inventing gadgets to help soldiers behind enemy lines avoid capture or break free. His creations included mini-compasses hidden in buttons and cuff links, cigarette holders that were tiny telescopes and ration packs hidden in cigar boxes. We apologize, but this vide...

WWII escape maps might be the world’s most unique fashion statement December 21, 2020 Hannah Daley, exhibitions manager, installs Countess Mountbattens underwear made from a silk map given to her by a boyfriend in the Royal Air Force at the Fashion on the Ration: 1940s Street Style exhibition at The Imperial War Museums. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) Most brides opt to wear white on their wedding day. Some, like Bianca Jagger, might even rock a wedding suit. Then in 2016 there was Hest...