It has been a couple of months since we had our last meeting. June is the month when usually we hold our popular Gardens Evening to round off the talks for the year before recommencing in September. But, sadly, not this year (again!). We have organised a joint meeting with the Leamington Society on Thursday … More Warwick Society Update
Tuesday 13 April 2021 at 19.30 hours, by Zoom Join Zoom Meeting from 1915 hours This is a fascinating and invaluable manuscript for understanding the historically important borough of Warwick during the Elizabethan era. Originally intended for use as a municipal minute book for the Corporation of Warwick, which today has been succeeded by Warwick … More The Black Book of Warwick
Next Zoom meeting Monday 8 March 7.15 for 7.30. Not our usual day!! Martine Hamilton Knight has thirty years’ experience in Architectural Photography. She has lately completed work on the photos for a new edition of the ‘Pevsner’ for Nottinghamshire. A lot of her work is to show off, literally in the best light, architects’ … More The Art of Architectural Photography
Next meeting of the Warwick Society Tuesday 9th February 2021 This is a zoom meeting. Details of how to join it are available from the Warwick Society on sec@warwicksociety.org.uk. Join the meeting from 19.15hrs Antoine Dury was born in Lyons in 1819 and studied there and in Paris. This well illustrated talk brings to light … More From Paris to Warwick: The Story of Tony Dury
The sixty-ninth Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held by video conference at 7.30pm on Tuesday 12 January 2021. The Society’s activities were necessarily very limited for most of last year.We had two successful ‘Zoom’ meetings in the autumn, and hope to arrange more for the spring. We all look forward to proper … More The Sixty-ninth AGM of the Warwick Society
This is a Zoom lecture from Adam Busiakiewicz To receive a link please send name and email address to sec@warwicksociety.org.uk Tuesday 10th November. Meeting opens at 19.15 Emma Hamilton remains one of the most intriguing female celebrities of late eighteenth century Britain. She was the muse of artists and painters, and eventually won the heart … More Emma Hamilton and her connection to Warwick
Very many thanks to Lily Crowther for her talk on Award winning British Design 1957-1988. And a big thank you to all the audience members who shared fond memories of favourite designs and cherished objects, many still in use! If you are disapointed to find you missed the talk, Lily Crowther’s book is available. In … More Award Winning British Design 1957- 1988
Our next talk will be on ZOOM! Tuesday 13th October 2020, join the meeting from 19.15hrs. This talk by Lily Crowther explores the best of British industrial design in the mid-20th century. It draws on her research into the V&A’s collection of Design Council award-winners, which also formed the basis of her book, ‘Award-winning British … More The Design Council and its award schemes, 1950s-1980s
Our next talk will be on ZOOM! Tuesday 13th October 2020, join the meeting from 19.15hrs. This talk by Lily Crowther explores the best of British industrial design in the mid-20th century. It draws on her research into the V&A’s collection of Design Council award-winners, which also formed the basis of her book, ‘Award-winning British … More The Design Council and its award schemes, 1950s-1980s
Sorry for the silence from this end, everyone. It’s 2 months since we last contacted you and our newsletter then was rather more hopeful than events have turned out. I know it will come as no surprise that Warwick Society is abandoning this year’s Gardens evening which was to have taken place next week. This … More Gardens Evening
