How did this Victorian designer and socialist, known for championing craftsmanship, become an icon of consumer culture?

In early trading the shares fell 1.5p or 3.5% to 41.50p. The company owns the Zoffany, Sanderson, Morris & Co., Harlequin, Clarke & Clarke and Scion brands and has showrooms in London, New York ...

But local historians, including Portland author Stuart Morris, have rubbished the story ... They include Henry 'the Rover' Strangeways and William Dampier. Dampier sailed from Weymouth in the ...

The designer, artist, author and all-round polymath William Morris (1834-1896 ... They adorn everything from wallpaper and curtains to mugs and trainers, from biscuit tins and tea trays to ...