About

Haptic & Hue

Haptic & Hue explores the way in which cloth speaks to us and the impact it has on our lives. It looks at how fabric traditions have grown up and the innovations that underpin its creation. It thinks about the skills that go into constructing it and what it means to the people who use it. It looks at the different light textiles cast on the story of humanity.

Jo Andrews hosts Haptic & Hue’s Tales of Textiles – there’s a new episode on the first Thursday of most months. It’s free to listen to and you can get it directly in your inbox by signing up for our monthly newsletter at the foot of the Listen page. All past podcasts are free to listen to and stored under the Listen tab.

Friends of Haptic & Hue support the podcast and have access to extra content, including a monthly podcast hosted by Jo Andrews and Bill Taylor, called Travels with Textiles. This brings you up-to-date information about the vast and wide world of textiles, new interviews, updates on past podcasts, news of exhibitions, and new books. It also gives you discounted access to the Textile Travel guides to different cities, giving you the best shops, markets, museums, and galleries to visit. Find out more on the Friends tab and here’s how to join.

If you’d like to see the new documentary about the legendary British textile designer, Barbara Brown, which comes in celebration of her 90th Birthday you can find out more here.

Haptic & Hue also curates an online textile bookshop for listeners in the UK and the US. All the best textile books in one place with specially selected lists of the best books to read. You can find direct links to both bookshops below. Each purchase supports the podcast at no extra cost to you.

Haptic, definition: communicating through touch.

Hue, definition: a colour and its shades.