*Klaxon* Sewing Bee starts next week . . . annual fix of Patrick Grant coming your way. One thing that programme has done is remove some of the presuppositions of sewing being an exclusively female pastime but . . . . it does have an important role in the history of women's engagement with politics, art and more. This book by Clare Hunter is a "chronicle of identity, protest, memory, power and politics told through the stories of men and women, over centuries and across continents, who have used the language of sewing to make their voices heard" Measurements: 14.2cm x 22.4cm x 2.8cm