An 85-year-old lace maker has said she is "very honoured" to be made an MBE but has no plans to retire after working with lace for 60 years. Sheila Mason, from Wollaton in Nottingham, has been ...

Some 60 per cent of Gozitan women know how to produce traditional lace but most of them no longer do it because they think they would have to declare their income or register as part-time workers with ...

The next generation of lace-makers are being encouraged to take up the craft to keep the skill alive. The Aragon Lacemakers, external in Bedfordshire are putting on two sessions in the county for ...