A thatcher who has a three-year waiting list for his services said a shortage of straw has caused problems ... to change the material of their thatched roof. Historic England have a statutory ...

A new school in Ireland is training up a fresh generation of thatchers in a bid to save the country’s disappearing thatched roofs ... and fixes batches of flax straw on top of a purpose-built ...

A thick thatched roof topped with purple iris flowers shelters this timber sheep pen in Kyoto, Japan, which has been designed ...

It is the most durable material, lasting around 20 years, whereas flax needs replacing after about 10 and straw after five. Shovlin points enviously at neighbouring England where thatched roofs are ...