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The custom of continuing to thatch farm buildings with rye straw throughout the 19th and into the 20th century was among the most intriguing. This traditional craft was handed down ...

Once a cosy idyll, the traditional thatched cottage may soon be feeling the draught. A dismal harvest has left Britain's thatchers short of materials and led to official accusations that they are ...

If your first thought is about the risk of combining fire and straw in a home, have no fear: the material is said to be just as safe and sturdy as other insulating materials and has been used in ...

After 7,000 years of "drinking tubes" across many civilizations, two men reinvented the straw in the last 150 years. The first made it modern. The second made it bend. Image from the Smithsonian's ...