Made in Walthamstow: a football kit that brought a community together

When my local club teamed up with the William Morris Gallery to produce the most beautiful shirt in the country, I had to make a film about itIn an address to the Trades Guild of Learning in 1877, William Morris, the Victorian poet, textile designer and soon-to-be socialist, said: “I do not want art for a few, any more than I want education for a few, or freedom for a few.”In an unequal society in which the elites and middle classes had the time and money to spend on the arts, while the working classes toiled away for them, Morris imagined a community where art was available for all and could be found in one’s work (or craft). Continue reading...

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