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The revival of the blacksmith’s craft — a new generation goes at it hammer and tongs

30 October 2021

9:00 AM

30 October 2021

9:00 AM

Blacksmith: Apprentice to Master: Tools & Traditions of an Ancient Craft Alex Pole

Quadrille, pp.224, 20

At Intelligent Life, the Economistmagazine where I worked for some years, it was easy to feel intellectually challenged. Even the interns all seemed to have Oxbridge Firsts. What a breath of fresh air, then, when the deputy editor’s son decided he didn’t want to go to university, and would instead apprentice as a blacksmith.

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