Adam King has been involved in traditional crafts all his life, having grown up doing craft events with his dad Stuart King. He is now one of the last besom broom makers.

Adam cuts young birch branches in the winter and dries them thoroughly, bundles them and wraps them really tightly with wire bindings. Then the top of the broom is trimmed with a huge and very sharp axe. It’s quite a bit of work for a £12 broom … hard work but rewarding and keeping a skill alive that goes back centuries and is still useful today.

Jon Henley has written an article about Adam in the Guardian and Adam's website can be found here.