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Needlecraft: this hobby has a long history as a subversive form of protest

By Helen Pleasance, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and English Literature, York St John University
To pass the time while filming, before her eyesight deteriorated, actor Judi Dench could often be found sewing. The picture of submissive femininity, she sat bent over her needlework. The finished work however, which she gave as gifts, were actually expletive-filled insults worked in ornate embroidery.

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