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ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL explain what the history and political economy of strawberries reveal about global agriculture
(L to R) Strawberry Thief by William Morris and strawberry pickers
[(L to R) Public domain / Pieter Delicaat/CC]
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WILLIAM MORRIS’S famous print design, Strawberry Thief, depicts the thrushes that Morris saw taking strawberries from the garden of his second home.
Over the course of his life, Morris became more actively engaged in socialist organising and saw his financial situation improve steadily from an already comfortable upbringing. This led to tensions in his own mind, as well as for others in the movement.
The Strawberry Thief print is still sold today. When it was first made, it was an extremely labour-intensive design, because of the innovative way the multiple layers of colour had to be applied to the fabric.
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