These include brooms for fireplaces, kitchen brooms and besom brooms, commonly known as witch’s brooms. Besom brooms are sewn rounder and are more aerodynamic than other types of brooms, including ...

The Prince and Princess of Wales will join the King and Queen in granting Royal Warrants — a sort of "seal of approval" — on ...

The professionalization of broom-making appears to have begun in Anglo-Saxon England, where artisans known as “besom squires” in the southeastern region would take twigs from the many birch ...

A traditional besom maker who supplied Harry Potter stars with their brooms has said her craft is dying out. Sue Nash operates her besom broom business from Tadley on the Hampshire/Berkshire border.

Going back to the land isn’t just about food, it’s a whole philosophy of life. For many, it’s a choice of living debt-free. For others, it’s about self-sufficiency. In the p… ...

THE NEW BROOM. Share full article. June 26, 1863. ... that a new broom sweeps clean. The virtues of a besom may not be apparent in every walk of life, ...

The Prince and Princess of Wales will join the King and Queen in granting Royal Warrants — a sort of "seal of approval" — on certain goods and services.

A traditional besom maker who supplied Harry Potter stars with their brooms has said her craft is dying out. Sue Nash operates her besom broom business from Tadley on the Hampshire/Berkshire border.

The more creative the farmer and his wife, the better life on the farm became. These women learned how to solve many of their own problems by growing or gathering plants. One tradition that originated ...

A traditional besom maker who supplied Harry Potter stars with their brooms says her craft is dying out.