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The cross-stitching POW

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A new V&A exhibition called the Power of Making displays work by Major Alexis Casdagli, a WW2 prisoner of war who cross-stitched patriotic and subversive messages from his cell. His son Tony, whose pieces also features in the exhibition, describes some of his father's handiwork.


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