Cordwainer recovered from discarded or repaired shoes. Today, many makers of bespoke shoes will also repair their own work, but shoe repairers are not normally in a position to manufacture new footwear. In London, the occupation of cordwainer was historically controlled by the guild of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers. They were granted a royal charter of incorporation in 1439, but had received their first ordinance in 1272. The ward of the City of London named Cordwainer is historically where most cordwainers lived and worked. Until 2000, a Cordwainers' Technical College existed in London. For over a hundred years, the College
Life's What You Make It (Talk Talk song) album "Accessories – Rarities and B-Sides". A cover version was included as a bonus track on the UK release of Weezer's 2008 album "Weezer". Australian post-punk singer Rowland S. Howard also covered the song for his second solo album "Pop Crimes" in 2009. In 2011 the Danish band Dúné recorded the song for the film "ID:A". More recently, a Placebo cover version of "Life's What You Make It" featured on both a double A-side (with "Jesus' Son") and the band's "Life's What You Make It" EP in 2016. American rock band Joywave covered the song for a Spotify Singles release