Macclesfield was once the world's largest producer of finished silk, with 5,000 looms and 71 mill factories A historical silk mill has been given a new lease of life in a bid to "conserve the ...

Firefighters had to cut their way through buses a car 'collided with trees' in an early-hours smash. Emergency services were ...

The new display for Brocklehurst's mummy case in Macclesfield's Silk Museum - where it has been moved from the West Park museum - makes no mention of the discarding of the body, or the fact that ...

So, sporting a Macclesfield Sheep Dog Trials hat, I set about exploring this “cultural wasteland” myself. It seemed proper to ...

Religious beliefs of the peoples of the Silk Road changed radically over time and was largely due to the effects of travel and trade on the Silk Road itself. For over two thousand years the Silk Road ...

A traditional sheepskin coat blows in the wind in Turtkul, Uzbekistan, on a highway that follows the ancient Silk Road. It wasn’t a single road but a network of commercial routes that once ...

The world is full of legendary highways but none can compete with the Silk Road – the storied route set to fascinate the masses at the British Museum in a new exhibition (September 26 to ...

Good ideas and innovation travel easily—and far. Historically, these ideas spread along trade routes. This essay looks at the great Eurasian Silk Roads as a transmitter of people, goods, ideas, ...

The best silk sheets enhance your sleep experience with a high-end feel designed for ultimate relaxation and pampering. Silk sheets can be quite pricey, but they’re praised for their ...

At Forces of Fashion earlier this week, the Vogue Runway team hosted a Write the Review workshop in which select attendees ...

In addition to being smooth and soft on the skin, silk is temperature-regulating and hypoallergenic, making it an excellent material to sleep in. And while it isn’t exactly known for being cheap ...