'Craftland' Book Launch - James Fox in Conversation

Name: 'Craftland' Book Launch - James Fox in Conversation
Start: 2025-09-10T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-09-10T21:00:00+01:00
Location: The Barony Centre, 50 Main Street, West Kilbride, KA23 9AR, Scotland

Schedule

Wed Sep 10 2025 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

The Barony Centre, 50 Main Street, West Kilbride, KA23 9AR, Scotland | West Kilbride, SC

We are very proud to be hosting, in conjunction with Craft Town Scotland, one of only a handful of events here in Scotland with author James Fox, to celebrate the launch of his new book 'Craftland: A Journey Through Britains's Lost Arts & Vanishing Trades'.
James Fox is an academic and multi-award-winning, BAFTA-nominated broadcaster, known for his many acclaimed BBC documentaries. He is Director of Studies in History of Art at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Creative Director of the Hugo Burge Foundation, a charity dedicated to supporting the arts and crafts across Britain. He is also the author of the celebrated 'The World According to Colour: A Cultural History'.
In 'Craftland', travelling the length of Britain, from the Scilly Isles to the Scottish Highlands, James Fox seeks out the country’s last remaining master craftspeople. Stepping inside the workshops of blacksmiths and wheelwrights, cutlers and coopers, bell-founders and watchmakers, we glimpse not only our past but another way of life ― one that is not yet lost and whose wisdom could shape our future.
Britain has always been a craft land. For generations what we made with our hands defined our identities, built our communities and shaped our regions. 'Craftland' chronicles the vanishing skills and traditions that once governed every aspect of life on these shores.
For as long as there are humans, there will be craft. It is all around us, hiding in plain sight, enriching even the most modest things. And in this increasingly digital age, it is perhaps more valuable than ever. 'Craftland' is a celebration of that deeply necessary connection between our creative instincts and the material world we inhabit, revealing a richer and more connected way of living.
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