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Book of the Week

Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle

Episode 1

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Textile artist Clare Hunter travels through the centuries uncovering the lives of those who have used sewing and embroidery to tell their stories. Read by Siobhan Redmond. Show more

Book of the Week

Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle

Episode 4

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Textile artist and curator Clare Hunter on the ability of sewn pictures to create a sense of place and nationhood. Siobhan Redmond is the reader. Show more

Book of the Week

Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle

Episode 5

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Textile curator Clare Hunter reveals how feminist artists of the 60s and 70s reclaimed the potency of needlework to celebrate women's achievements. Siobhan Redmond reads. Show more

Book of the Week

Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle

Episode 2

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Textile artist and curator Clare Hunter is moved by the sewn stories created by POW's enduring the harshest of times. Siobhan Redmond is the reader. Show more

Book of the Week

Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle

Episode 3

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Textile artist and curator Clare Hunter on the power of sewing to evoke memory and create connections to the past. Siobhan Redmond is the reader. Show more