Ever fancied a career weaving baskets, making helmets or building rattan furniture? Those are some of the crafts that are falling out of favour, making it on to a list of endangered trades. Research ...

Meet the UK’s youngest clog maker, fighting to save the endangered craft. Simon Brock, 39, spends the majority of his days in his Sheffield-based workshop, crafting intricate wooden-sold clogs, ...

At Ben Thanh Market, you’ll find a 50-year-old tiny wooden clog shop of Nguyen Thi Lien. At the age of 72, Lien is now the only person selling wooden clogs at one of the oldest and busiest markets in ...

A visit to the Whitby folk festival 10 years ago changed the course of Simon Brock’s life. With tomorrow the first National Day of Clogging in the US and the International Day of Clog Dancing ...

There is nothing fanciful about the narrow single-storey building in Sheffield until you step inside the workshop of one of the UK’s most endangered artisan crafts. Glancing at the range of colourful ...

The government wants to give you a job. In a bid to compete with global players, the UK’s strategy has emphasised certain professions over others, particularly those in maths, tech and finance.

Liang Jinquan said he would make clogs all the time if local residents still like the shoes he makes. Liang, born in 1962, who has been making clogs for more than three decades, is now the only person ...