The Golden Thread

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The Golden Thread: 3. "Cotton is King"

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3. "Cotton is King"

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Story of cotton including the ever popular Levi blue jeans.  Reader Francesca Dymond.

Luxury sheets to denim jeans – a story of how cotton grew to dominate the industrial world. Read by Francesca Dymond.

What's been the worldwide impact of cotton production?

And how did denim become so popular? 

Kassia St Clair unravels more of the stories behind our well-known fabrics.

Abridged by Laurence Wareing.

Read by Francesca Dymond.

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.

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Factual: Science & Nature

By Kassia St Clair. The story of how fabrics have changed and shaped the world we live in.

Journalist Kassia St Clair uncovers the fascinating stories of how fabrics have shaped the world we live in.

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