2002 WILLIAM MORRIS EVENTS IN THE UKCompiled by the William Morris Society (UK) Events Sponsored by the Morris Society Unless otherwise stated, all lectures are at
Kelmscott House and start at 2.15 pm; tickets £3 for WMS members, £4 for
non-members. Address all applications for tickets to Judy Marsden, The
William Morris Society, Kelmscott House, 26 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, London
W6 9TA, enclosing a stamped addressed envelope. Until 6 January
2002. Until 13 January
2002. Saturday 26th
January, 2.15 pm Revisiting Jane, Jenny and May Jan Marsh, the
author of Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood, The Legend of Elizabeth Siddal,
Christina Rossetti: A Literary Biography and other widely acclaimed
books, will bring us up to date on recent researches relating to the women of
the Morris family that has emerged since the publication of her pioneering
work Jane and May Morris: A Biographical Story, 1839-1938. Saturday 16th
February, 2.15 pm The Making of William Morris: The Red House Years Red House, the
home of William Morris from 1860 to 1865, is now owned by the Hollamby
family. In this talk, Rob Allen, a Trustee of Red House, will describe the
history of this seminal building, its present position and its possible
future. Saturday 23rd
March, 2.15 pm William Morris and his Music A musically
illustrated talk on aspects of William Morris and his circle's dealings with
music. Given by Jim Gunton, a jazz musician with wide musical interests, who will
use examples from his own extensive record collection. This will be an
informal occasion including our celebration - with wine and cake - of William
Morris's birthday. Saturday 20
April, 2.15 pm William Morris and Frank Brangwyn This talk, by
Libby Horner, will refer to Frank Brangwyn's brief employment as a youth with
Morris & Co. and the influence he received from it. Brangwyn also lived
in Hammersmith from 1900 to 1935. Libby Horner has co-authored a book on St
Augustine's Church, Ramsgate (AWN Pugin's own church) and has had various
articles about Frank Brangwyn published in magazines. She is currently
preparing a catalogue raisonné of his works. Saturday 11 May,
2.15 pm The William Morris Society's 47th Annual General Meeting To be held in the
coach-house of Kelmscott House, 26 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, London W6.
Admission is free. Following the AGM, John Purkis, a past Honorary Secretary
of the Society, will present a short talk, the second Penelope Fitzgerald
Memorial Address, on the stained glass windows installed in the Queen
Elizabeth Grammar School, Blackburn. Saturday 18 May,
2.15 pm Gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement William Morris's
influence on the design of gardens of the Arts & Crafts Movement will be
described in an illustrated talk by Jane Balfour. Reference will be made to
the gardens at Kelmscott Manor, Rodmarten and Owlpen Manor, amongst others.
Jane Balfour lectures on garden history at Reading University and for the
Workers' Educational Association. 13
May - 19 July 2002 William Morris at the Kelmscott Press St Bride Printing
Library Saturday 29 June,
1.30-5.00 pm The Millennium Galleries, Sheffield Original Thinkers David Goodway,
Malcolm Hardman and Tony Pinkney will discuss the ideas and influence of
Edward Carpenter, Thomas Carlyle and William Morris. Tickets cost £5. Members
are urged to arrive early to look around Sheffield's newly opened Millennium
Galleries and invited to stay on for a purely social evening gathering.
Accommodation can be arranged at Halifax Hall, University of Sheffield, at an
additional cost. For details and tickets, please write to Dawn Morris, 7
Spring Hill, Sheffield, S10 1ET (enclosing a stamped addressed envelope), or
email dmorris-wmsoc@supanet.com. VISITING RED
HOUSE IN 2002 June 29th/30th
and August 10th/11th, 2002 The House will be
open from 10.30 - 5.00. Guided tours of the House will take place every hour.
Admission will be free though contributions to the raffle and/or donations
will be welcome. For further information, and to book a tour, contact Pam
Hewitt on 020 8301 2881 or at pamela.hewitt@btopenworld.com.
Further information is also available at http://www.friends-red-house.co.uk.
We look forward to seeing you at Red House this summer. (signed) Rob Allen,
Chair, The Friends of Red House. Thursday 4 July,
10.15 am Visit to the Geffrye Museum and St Bride Printing Library
This event is now fully booked. We shall gather
at the main entrance to the Geffrye Museum of English Domestic Interiors,
Kingsland Road, London E2 (telephone 020 - 7739 9893), to be met by Kathy
Haslam, Exhibitions Officer at the Geffrye Museum and a member of our
Society's executive committee. Following an introductory talk, we shall be
free to tour the museum (extended in 1998) and its gardens. Onetree is
the special exhibition at the time of our visit. This demonstrates how a
single large oak tree has been used and saved by artists, designers and
craftspeople; thus reflecting the regard that William Morris had for the
environment. Friday to Sunday,
26-28 July Castles and Cider Country of the Welsh Borders Following on from
the successful weekend in the Malvern Hills in the summer of 1998, a tour is
planned of further discoveries of the Arts & Crafts Movement. Included
are Eastnor Castle, Treago Castle, Castell Coch, Llandaff Cathedral and
houses by CFA Voysey. Wednesday 11
September, 2.00 pm Riverside Walk to Hogarth's House This event is
now fully booked. Saturday 21
September, 1.00-5.00 pm London Open House Day The William
Morris Society participates in the London Open House Day by opening its
lower-ground-floor premises and coach-house at Kelmscott House to visitors.
If you can assist as a guide or a steward, please contact the Curator, Helen
Elletson: telephone 020 - 8741 3735 or email william.morris@care4free.net. Saturday 5
October, 2.15 pm Designer Bookbinding Stephen Conway is
a professional bookbinder and currently runs a small bindery in West
Yorkshire. He has won awards and examples of his work are in collections
worldwide. While working mainly on private press editions and commissions, he
tries to give his book-bindings an atmosphere sympathetic to the text. His
talk will include reference to the Kelmscott Press edition of Chaucer's Canterbury
Tales. Friday 1 November, 6.30 pm William Morris, Hammersmith
and Utopia The 2002 KELMSCOTT LECTURE will be given by Dr
Ruth Levitas, Professor of Sociology at the University of Bristol and Chair
of the Utopian Studies Society. She writes on utopianism in relation to the
history of ideas and contemporary politics. Her books include The Concept
of Utopia (1990) and The Inclusive Society (1998). Dr Levitas is
currently working on a book on William Morris and Hammersmith, where she grew
up. This lecture will explore the representation of Hammersmith and London in
News from Nowhere, and the relationship of this depiction to the
changes taking place in Hammersmith during Morris's lifetime. Dr Levitas will
argue that the "medievalism" of Morris's vision is overstated, and
that the "backward glance" in Nowhere is to recent and
current changes. Morris's central concerns have continued to be points of
concern to residents and planners throughout the twentieth and into the
twenty-first centuries. At the Art Workers' Guild, 6 Queen Square, London
WC1. Tickets £6.00 (including wine and canapés) from the William Morris
Society. This lecture replaces that to have been given by Dr Christopher
Brooks, described in the Events Programme leaflet. Saturday 7th December at 2.15pm Introduction to
an Arts and Crafts Exhibition Kelmscott House hosts this lecture by Karen
Livingstone, discussing the forthcoming Arts and Crafts Exhibition at the V
& A to be held in 2005. For details, see http://www.achome.co.uk/, and click
"places of interest." Exhibitions: Barnet,
Hertfordshire: Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture, Middlesex
University, Cat Hill. Paper Past/Paper Perfect. February 5 - May 19. Barnet,
Hertfordshire: Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture, Middlesex
University, Cat Hill. Our House. February 5 - May 19. Bournemouth:
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum. The Art of the Japanese Print: Japanese
Woodblock Prints and Books from the Nineteenth Century. January 26 -
April 28. London:
British Library. Lie of the Land: the Secret Life of Maps. Until April 7. London:
National Portrait Gallery. Mirror, Mirror: Self-Portraits by Women Artists Until February 24. London:
University of London Library, Senate House, WC1. Worth Ten Thousand Words. Until June 30. York: City Art
Gallery. Phil
May (1864-1903): Victorian Illustrator. Until March 17. Aberdeen:
Aberdeen Art Gallery. The Silken Thread: Embroidery from the
Collection. November 20 - February 1. Embellishing
fabrics with embroidered designs has been practised for centuries by the
domestic needlewoman. Not merely a pastime, it was almost a necessity, as
furnishings such as bed-hangings and chair-covers were made at home. When
ready-printed fabrics became widely available, embroidery was used mainly to
personalise dress and household linen. More recently, embroidery's status has
been raised from purely craft to an art form. This display brings together a
selection of nineteenth and twentieth-century embroideries illustrating a
wide variety of techniques. Open
Monday - Saturday, 10.00 - 17.00; Sunday 14.00 - 17.00. Admission is free.
01224 - 523 700. Aberdeen:
Provost Skene's House.
A Victorian Winter. November 23 - January 25. An
exhibition of indoor and outdoor winter clothing from the Victorian period. Open
Monday - Saturday, 10.00 - 17.00; Sunday 13.00 - 16.00. Admission is free.
01224 - 641 086. Barnet,
Hertfordshire: Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture. Patterns for
Post-War Britain: the Tile Designs of Peggy Angus. Until January 5. Peggy
Angus (1904-93) was an artist, a committed teacher, a socialist and a highly
inventive designer of flat pattern. This exhibition focuses on her ceramic
tile designs of the late 1940s to the early 1960s. Individually, her tiles
have a straightforward strength and charm; together, their apparently simple
motifs can be arranged into a variety of complex patterns. Many of her tiles
were commissioned by leading English Modernist architects and they brought
original, humanising patterns into post-war British homes and public
buildings. There is a related study day on 9th November (see under 'Other
Events'). Open
Tuesday - Saturday, 10.00 - 17.00; Sunday 14.00 - 17.00. Closed on Mondays
and from 21st December to 1st January inclusive. Admission is free. 020 -
8411 5244. Barnet,
Hertfordshire: Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture. Size Matters. Until January 5. A
striking selection of colourful, large-scale and sometimes outrageous
wallpaper patterns, designed and hand-printed by students from Middlesex
University's acclaimed Printed Textiles and Decoration Department. Open
Tuesday - Saturday, 10.00 - 17.00; Sunday 14.00 - 17.00. Closed on Mondays
and from 21st December to 1st January inclusive. Admission is free. 020 -
8411 5244. Bowness-on-Windermere,
Cumbria: Blackwell. The Pottery of William De Morgan. Until December 22. William
De Morgan (1839-1917) was the most sought-after potter of the Arts &
Crafts Movement. The influence of his designs and glazes upon ceramics can
only be compared with William Morris's overwhelming influence in the field of
textile and wallpaper design. Blackwell
provides a particularly appropriate setting for an exhibition of De Morgan's
work because the upstairs fireplaces, preserved almost in their entirety,
show a selection of his original tile motifs (including anemone, daisy
designs and leaves in lustre glazes). These have been cleverly incorporated
into the original yet strikingly modern fireplaces designed by Blackwell's
architect, MH Baillie Scott. The
exhibition presents a comprehensive survey of De Morgan's prolific output,
showing the range of his successful tile designs, alongside beautiful vases,
dishes and outstanding examples of his lustre wares. Whether depicting
flowers or animals, his objects never lose their organic liveliness and each
is infused with De Morgan's own quirky humour. The selection of objects also
reveals some of his influences - from medieval decoration and Persian
ceramics to Renaissance grotesques - which De Morgan drew on and fused into
his own inimitable idiom. Open
daily 10.00-17.00. Adults £4.50; children and students £2.50; families
£12.00. 015394 - 46139. <www.blackwell.org.uk>. Kendal,
Cumbria: Abbot Hall.
Fabric: Reinterpreting the House. Until
December 21. To
coincide with Abbot Hall Art Gallery celebrating 40 years of being open to
the public, this exhibition features work by 14 contemporary visual artists,
each of whom has taken inspiration from the unique environment of Abbot Hall
- its structure, history and cultural context. Through their work, in a
diverse range of media, including photography, painting, drawing and
installations, they have created
connections with the physical spaces of Abbot Hall and its wonderful
collection of paintings, furniture and objects. In addition to the visible
"fabric" of the building, some artists are also responding to the
landscape of the Lake District, to the people who lived in and around Abbot
Hall, and to the trades that made the area at one time so wealthy, but which
have now largely disappeared. As well as displaying works in the neutral
white-walled upstairs galleries, pieces are also installed in the furnished
Georgian rooms on the ground floor. Many of the artists have created works
which refer to the decorative arts and by doing so they challenge the notion
of decorative art playing a secondary role to fine art. Open
Monday - Saturday, 10.30 - 17.00. Closed on Sundays. Adults £3.50; children
and students £1.75; families £9.00. 01539 - 722 464. Kendal,
Cumbria: Kendal Museum. Near
and Far. Until December 21. This
fascinating exhibition of photoworks by the artist Ingrid Pollard explores
the many different sides of Lindisfarne and the Farne Islands. It is the
first time that the National Trust has invited an artist to produce a body of
work in response to these islands and their surrounding coastline. The images
on show range from sweeping panoramic views to intricate close-ups of lichens
and rock formations. Open
Monday - Saturday, 10.30 - 17.00. Closed on Sundays. Adults £3.50; children
and students £1.75; families £9.00. 01539 - 721 374. London:
Dulwich Picture Gallery. Arthur
Rackham. December 18 - March 2. Arthur
Rackham (1867-1939) is one of the world's most popular artist-illustrators.
The creator of inimitable illustrations for Rip Van Winkle, Peter
Pan, Alice in Wonderland, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The
Wind in the Willows, his interpretations have achieved classic status.
This is the first full-scale exhibition in Britain of his work for more than
20 years. Trained
as a black-and-white illustrator of magazines alongside such greats as Aubrey
Beardsley, Rackham created some of the finest colour book illustrations of
the early twentieth century. A master of the grotesque, yet possessing a
childish naive vision of the world, he used a bold scratchy pen to
draw anthropomorphised trees, gnarled dwarfs and gnomish creatures, which he
then painted with pale washes. This
exhibition brings together over 70 original works by Rackham, representing
the full range of his output, along with family photographs, travel sketches
and scrapbooks compiled by his descendants. Open
Tuesday - Friday, 10.00 - 17.00; Saturdays and Sundays, 11.00-17.00. Closed
on Mondays; also closed from 24th to 26th December inclusive and on New
Year's Day. 020 - 8693 5254. London:
Geffrye Museum. Ceramic Rooms: At Home with Kate Malone and
Edmund de Waal. Until January 19. The
Geffrye has engaged two of Britain's leading ceramicists each to create a
"ceramic room" which expresses their personal concepts about
domestic interior space. Kate Malone and Edmund de Waal have many
similarities as artists and individuals in terms of their open-mindedness,
their international outlook and their desire to explore the versatility of
clay in a creative and thought-provoking way. Despite this, they take very
different approaches to both the use and potential of clay. Malone works with
T material, building and moulding her pieces; de Waal throws porcelain on a
wheel. Malone's earthenware and crystalline glazes produce colourful,
exuberant pieces; de Waal's work is as cool, calm and reflective as the
celadon glazes he favours. Malone is well known for her joyous, decorative
pots, fountains and installation pieces, all of which use organic forms and
the natural world as inspiration; de Waal's pieces are simple, elegant and
beautiful, reflecting his admiration for both the East and the "fierce
symmetries" of Modernist style. Open
Tuesday - Saturday, 10.00 - 17.00; Sundays and Bank Holidays, 12.00 - 17.00.
Closed on Mondays and on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
Admission is free. 020 - 7739 9893. London:
Millinery Works Gallery,
85-87 Southgate Road, Islington, N1. The Stained Glass
Designs of Clayton & Bell. December 4 - 22. The
studio of John Richard Clayton (1827-1913) and Alfred Bell (1832-95),
established in 1855, became one of Britain's leading and largest stained-glass
designers and makers, winning numerous important commissions. The firm was
carried on by John Clement Bell (1860-1944) and Reginald Otto Bell
(1884-1950) and was continued by Michael Farrar Bell (1911-93) until his
death. This
exhibition, curated by WMS member Rachel Moss, presents - for the first time
- some 50 original designs and cartoons from Clayton & Bell's studio,
alongside the work of other designers including Edward Burne-Jones. It will
also feature some actual panels of stained glass. Open
Tuesday - Saturday, 11.00 - 18.00; Sunday 12.00 - 17.00. Closed on Mondays.
Admission is free. 020 - 8883 7176. London:
Wolseley Fine Arts, 12 Needham Road, Westbourne Grove, W11. Ralph
Maynard Smith, 1904-1964: The Barrier Beyond: Record of a Secret Artist.
Until November 2. The
architect Ralph Maynard Smith was associated with many important buildings,
perhaps the most famous being the Shell Centre on London's South Bank, which
he and Howard Robertson designed together. Despite his full-time career as a
successful architect, RM, as he was known, practised secretly for 40 years as
an artist. No one outside his immediate family knew of this pursuit, nor of
his continual struggles against depression; these secrets were linked, for RM
used painting and writing to exorcise his demons. He read
widely. Ruskin, Blake and Van Gogh were pre-eminent as his guides, but he was
also influenced by Fiona McLeod, a writer of Gaelic myths. The Romantic
element always dominated RM's painting. Like Paul Nash, whose work his
resembles in some respects, RM was more than a landscape painter following in
the footsteps of Palmer of Blake. His work developed from early poetic
landscapes to an almost surrealistic style, and his paintings explore fear,
anxiety, loneliness and melancholia, as well as the beauty of the scenes
depicted. This is
the first significant exhibition of Ralph Maynard Smith's paintings. All the
works are for sale, but certain key works are available only to museums and
public art galleries. Open
Wednesday - Friday, 11.00 - 18.00; Saturday 11.00 - 17.00. Other times by
appointment only. Admission is free. 020 - 7792 2788;
<www.wolseleyfinearts.com>. Swindon:
NMRC Gallery, Kemble Drive. Workers' Playtime. Until
January 12. In the
Gallery of the National Monuments Records Centre, this is an exhibition of
more than 200 postcards (mostly dating from 1900-10) from its massive
collection, depicting public parks and gardens. Open
Wednesday - Friday, 11.00 - 17.00. Admission is free. 01793 - 414 797. Wakefield:
Wakefield Art Gallery.
Peter Blake: Alphabet. Until November 17. Peter
Blake emerged in the 1960s as a leading figure of British Pop Art, most
famous for his cover design for the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band by the Beatles. This exhibition consists of 26 colourful and bold
screen prints illustrating each letter of the alphabet. Open Tuesday -
Saturday, 10.30 - 16.30; Sunday 14.00 - 16.30. Closed on Mondays. Admission
is free. 01924 - 305 796 or 305 900. Other Events: Barnet,
Hertfordshire: Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture, Middlesex
University, Cat Hill. Your Edwardian House. March 9. Chester. Pre-Raphaelite Study
Weekend. March 15-17. London: Art
Workers' Guild, 6 Queen Square, WC1. An Introduction to the Repair of Old Houses.
February 16 & 17, 09.30-17.30. London: The
Epicentre, West Street, Leytonstone, E11. Museums: Why are they there? What are
they for? March 9, 19.30-22.00. London:
Victoria & Albert Museum. British picture-frame-making, 1500-1900.
March 12, 12.30-13.30. London:
Victoria & Albert Museum. Interiors and Architecture in the Victorian
Galleries. March 16 & April 12, 12.30-13.30. London:
Victoria & Albert Museum. Industry and Innovation in British
Photography. April 10, 12.30-13.30. Oxford: Ruskin
College, Walton Street. People's Attachment to Place: some Heritage Implications.
February 16, 10.30. York: Jacob's
Well, Trinity Lane, Micklegate. Rocking Horses. February 4, 19.00. 26
September 2002 16-17
November 2002 Barnet,
Hertfordshire: Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture. Peggy Angus,
Mid-Century Designer: Study Day. November 9, 10.00 - 16.15. Peggy
Angus (1904-93) was an artist, a committed teacher, a socialist and a highly
inventive designer of flat pattern. Her tiles and tiled murals of the late
1940s to the early 1960s brought colour and pattern into important public
buildings and demonstrate ideas which were dominant in architecture and
design at that time. This
study day will explore Angus's life and career and place her in the context
of artistic activity and architectural Modernism in mid-twentieth-century
Britain. The speakers will be Alan Powers, Katie Arber, Simon Watney, Carolyn
Trant and Christopher Whittick. There will also be plenty of opportunity for
discussion. Prior
booking is essential. The full-rate fee is £27.00; concessions £21.00. A
sandwich lunch is available at £6.50, but it must be ordered in advance.
Further details from Chantal Vosloo: 020 - 8411 4394 or <c.vosloo@mdx.ac.uk>. East
Grinstead, West Sussex: Standen. A Comparison of Art and Life at Standen and
Charleston. November 19, 10.30 - 13.30. An
illustrated talk by Wendy Hitchmough, Curator at Charleston and author of
several books on the Arts & Crafts Movement. She will consider how these
two influential houses overlap in time yet differ so greatly in style. Prior
booking is essential. Places cost £16.95 which includes coffee and lunch.
01342 - 323 029. East
Grinstead, West Sussex: Standen. Garden Style of the Late Nineteenth Century and
Early Twentieth Century. November 21, 10.30 - 13.30. Bill
Malecki, Gardens and Parks Advisor to the National Trust, will examine the
distinctive elements typifying gardens of this period, with an emphasis on
Arts & Crafts influences. His talk will also look at the plants which
were being introduced then, especially from the Far East. Prior
booking is essential. Places cost £16.95 which includes coffee and lunch.
01342 - 323 029. East
Grinstead, West Sussex: Standen. The Garden at Standen. November 27, 10.30 -
13.30. James
Masters, Gardener in Charge at Standen, will discuss the garden here, using
slides from all seasons of the year. Prior
booking is essential. Places cost £16.95 which includes coffee and lunch.
01342 - 323 029. London:
The Epicentre, West Street, E11. Dancing across Boundaries:
Creativity and Communication. November 9, 19.30 for 20.00. Nina
Papadopoulos is a dance educationalist and dance movement therapist who has
taught and facilitated workshops with movement and dance for the last 30
years with people of all ages. This session will offer an opportunity to
experience and reflect on the importance of dance as a community activity. An event
organised by the News from Nowhere Club. Admission is free and everyone is
welcome; no prior booking is required. 020 - 8555 5248. London:
Geffrye Museum. Exhibition Talk with Kate Malone and Edmund de
Waal. November 6, 18.30 -
20.00. An
informal discussion during which Kate Malone and Edmund de Waal will reflect
on the pleasures and challenges presented by the Ceramic Rooms project
at the Geffrye (see under 'Exhibitions') and by their chosen profession of
ceramicist. Prior
booking is essential. Tickets cost £5.00 which includes a glass of wine. 020
- 7739 9893. London:
Geffrye Museum.
Workshop: Totally Thrown. November 9 and 16, 10.30 - 16.30. A rare
opportunity to learn from a master of his craft, Edmund de Waal, who will
lead a two-day workshop on understanding and throwing porcelain. Suitable for
all abilities. Prior
booking is essential. Tickets cost £50.00 which includes materials. 020 -
7739 9893. London:
Imperial War Museum.
The Abolition of War. November 10, 14.00. A lecture
by Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat, nuclear scientist and Nobel peace laureate.
This event has been organised by the Movement for the Abolition of War whose
website can be found at <www.abolishwar.freeuk.com>. Admission
to the lecture is free and places need not be booked in advance. 020 - 8347
6162. London:
Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet Street, WC1. Popular Politics in
Rural England. December 7,
10.30 - 16.30. Jointly
organised by the British Agricultural History Society and the Institute of
British Geographers' Historical Geography Research Group, this one-day
conference features Miriam Muller speaking on 'Freedom through the Court of
Law: Peasant Protest and Ancient Demesne in a Fourteenth-Century Wiltshire
Manor', Andy Wood on 'Rethinking Popular Politics in Rural England, circa
1500-1700', Jane Pearson on 'Conflict and Community in Eighteenth-Century Essex:
the case of Great Tey' and Alun Howkins on 'The Fight for Headington
Magdalens, 1850-1900'. Places,
which must be booked in advance, cost £16.00 with lunch or £10.00 without. To
book a place (cheques payable to "B.A.H.S.") or to receive further
information, write to Dr Jane Whittle, History Department, University of
Exeter, Amory Building, Rennes Drive, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4RJ. No telephone
number has been given. London:
Millinery Works Gallery,
85-87 Southgate Road, Islington, N1. From High Victorian to Arts & Crafts. December 8, 16.00. A lecture
by Peter Cormack, Deputy Keeper of the William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow.
This event relates to the current exhibition of stained glass designs from
Clayton & Bell at the Millinery Works Gallery (see under 'Exhibitions'). Tickets,
which must be bought in advance, cost £3.50. Write to Rachel Moss, 32
Hertford Road, London N2 9BU, enclosing a stamped addressed envelope. For
more information, phone 020 - 8883 7176. London:
Museum of London.
From Things to People. November 29, 13.10 - 14.00. Sir
Mortimer Wheeler urged archaeologists to recognise that they dig up
"people, not things". How can we respond to this challenge, though,
when working on prehistoric sites, where the people concerned may have been
dead for half a million years? Professor John Barrett of Sheffield University
will discuss this issue in a lecture. Admission
is free and no prior booking is required. 020 - 7600 3699. Oxford:
Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square. News from Somewhere: William
Morris and the Kelmscott Landscape. Friday - Sunday, May 9 - 11. Kelmscott
Manor was the country house of William Morris from 1871 to 1896. Organised by
Oxford University's Department of Continuing Education, this weekend course
will describe the results of a project, initiated by the Society of
Antiquaries of London, to explore the making of the landscape which inspired
some of Morris's poetry, prose writings, designs and philosophy of
conservation. The speakers include John Payne on 'Kelmscott and Englishness',
Linda Parry on 'The Morris Family and the Manor' and Carol Davidson Cragoe on
'The Architecture and Context of Kelmscott Church'. There will also be a
visit to Kelmscott and a guided tour of the Manor. Prior
booking is essential and early registration is advised. Accommodation at
Rewley House is in modern, comfortably furnished rooms. Residential places
cost £172.00 single, £150.00 shared; non-residential with meals excluding
breakfast, £112.00; non-residential without meals, £75.00. Further details
from the Administrative Assistant, Day & Weekend Schools, OUDCE, 1
Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JA; 01865 - 270 368; <ppdayweek@conted.ox.ac.uk>. Swindon:
NMRC Gallery, Kemble Drive. Parks in Focus. November 6, 12.30. A lecture
by Nigel Temple, who curated the current exhibition Workers' Playtime
at the NMRC Gallery (see under 'Exhibitions'). Admission
to the lecture is free, but it is recommended that places are booked in
advance. 01793 - 414 797. Editor's
Note: I try to ensure that the information I give about exhibitions and
events is both adequate and accurate, but I cannot claim to be infallible. I
therefore advise readers to check important details (telephone numbers are
always provided) before travelling. MH.
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