#59: Making Meaning with Rachel Whitworth

Making Meaning by Ruth Singer

Nov 9, 202536:39Arts

In this episode I'm talking to Rachel Whitworth, the curator of Fashion and Textiles at The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle. Find out about the Mary Linwood project and events programme Find out more about the Stitch Week...

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