Each family member had the opportunity to pick something that belonged to her. I chose that pink rag rug ball; the last one she’d rolled but never used. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY ...

Her rugs were always colorful ... For years, everyone had a hot pink rag ribbon on their Christmas gift. It’s almost like Lucille was in the room with us. One day I realized that if I kept ...

The rag rag is unique for being ubiquitous ... Self-taught textile artist Betty Wood, from Northumberland, recalls a pink rug in her grandparents’ bedroom and another by the fireplace of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Bodgy, broddy, clippy, clooty, hooky, proggy, proddy, peggy, stobby, tabby ...