The New York Times

Pub Work Gives a Royal Carpet Maker an Unwelcome Image (and It’s Sticking)

AXMINSTER, England — The royal coat of arms is affixed to a sign on the front of the Axminster Carpets factory, near the train station in this town of 6,000 in southwest England. Beneath the seal are ...
The Independent

Axminster is famous for making carpets for Wetherspoon... and the royal family

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
The Irish Times

Pub contract gives royal carpet maker a less than luxurious image

The royal coat of arms is affixed to a sign on the front of the Axminster Carpets factory, near the train station in a town of 6,000 in southwest England. Beneath the seal are the words "By ...
Daily Mail

How did Axminster become so associated with carpets? What became of the industry?

QUESTION How did Axminster become so associated with carpets? What became of the industry? The market town of Axminster, on the River Axe in Devon, is synonymous with the manufacture of luxuriously ...
Daily Mail

Each JD Wetherspoons pub has its own bespoke carpet costing up to £30,000

Most people don't batter an eyelid when they spill a drink on the floor on a night out, but they might think twice if they knew how much the carpets cost. Every single branch of JD Wetherspoons has a ...
Domain

Old ways still loom large in Geelong

A 102-year-old Axminster Jacquard hall loom has long been the star of the show at Geelong’s National Wool Museum, regularly used to demonstrate technology that dates back more than 200 years. But what ...