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How the ‘least cultured’ place in Britain reinvented itself

How the ‘least cultured’ place in Britain reinvented itself

It seemed proper to start with the creative backstory, so I begin at the Silk Museum. In the 16th century, Macclesfield was renowned for making buttons. When it became fashionable to cover them in silk, ever-innovative Macc thrust itself into that industry, too. The first silk mill was established in 1743; at its peak, the...