Dear Arachnes, I have been catching up on my listening while doing chores. BBC Radio 3 has a series called the Essay, which is usually 5x 15 minute themed talks by various writers. In May Polly Coles did a week on True Venetians. The last of the week was entitled Woman's Work and from the blurb.
Polly begins at the deconsecrated church of Sant'Anna - once a convent - in search of the armies of anonymous female artisans who for centuries serviced the Venetian textile industry. Embroideries and Lace feature heavily. It is still online. The link is http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08r30n6 Louise In sunny Cambridge ps I know the BBC have imposed logins on the iplayer - my apologies if this blocks you for listening to what was a nice little programme. It doesn't appear to be on the podcast list (yet). - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
