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On a recent visit, I was hunting down the last threads of Ernest Hemingway’s Spain for my latest book.

Hyperbolic comparisons between modern political conflict and the horrific bloodshed of past centuries have previously been the stuff of doomsday prepper threads on Reddit, but this week’s shooting made it a mainstream topic of conversation.

"It has a lot of threads around grief, as the boys lose their mum, and so there are some really serious undertones to it," Michelle says.

"Our shawls are not just fabric," he says, emphasising that most of his subjects are elderly artisans who spin, dye and weave each thread.

In an era of advanced technology and automated processes geared toward speed at the expense of care, it’s refreshing to watch hands moving — drawing sketches, threading machines, handling fabrics.