News & Events
February 22 – tonight’s lecture postponed
Tonight’s free illustrated lecture at The Mill, Coppermill Lane, Walthamstow, E17 7HA, has been postponed due to illness. It will now take place next Thursday, 1 March, 6pm to 9pm. The topic is “William Morris and the struggle for a better world”.
Read moreCelebrate William Morris’s birthday with The Friends
William Morris Birthday Lecture, Saturday 24 March, 2.30pm, Forest School, Oakhurst Gardens, London E17 3PY, booking essential. Morris biographer Fiona MacCarthy will deliver this year’s birthday lecture in the chapel at Forest School. Telling Stories: Burne-Jones, William Morris and the Love of Narrative is the title of her illustrated talk. Forest School is a fitting [...]
Read moreMorris: Designer, craftsman, local celebrity
While work continues on the development of the William Morris Gallery, an exhibition at Leyton Library is keeping Morris’s local connections in the spotlight. It features items from the collection with the wonderful Peacock and Bird carpet as the centrepiece. The carpet was purchased for the Gallery by the Monument Trust in 2010. Visitors can [...]
Read morePre-Raphaelite model remembered
The 150th anniversary of Elizabeth Siddal’s death is being commemorated at Highgate Cemetery on Saturday, 11 February. Lizzie Siddal was a favourite model for many of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the lover and later wife of Dante Gabriel Rossetti who was overwhelmed with grief and guilt when she died at the age of 32 from an [...]
Read moreThe Manor House, Diss, Norfolk
Title: The Manor House, Diss, Norfolk Description: (Fri, 16.00-19.00; Sat, 10.30-17.00; Sun 10.30-16.00) May Morris (1862-1938), designer and embroiderer. To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of William Morris’s daughter, Ornamental Embroidery is running a weekend course exploring the work of May Morris through a study of the designs she created for Morris & [...]
Read moreNeedlework courses with Ornamental Embroidery tutors Lynn Hulse and Nicola Jarvis
Title: Needlework courses with Ornamental Embroidery tutors Lynn Hulse and Nicola Jarvis Location: Maharani, 173 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JW Link out: Click here Description: Indian-inspired textiles: Thomas Wardle and the Leek Embroidery Society Using silk yarns and Japanese gold thread on Indian tussur silks block printed by her husband, Mrs Elizabeth Wardle and the [...]
Read moreWaltham Forest Walks
Title: Waltham Forest Walks Description: Tuesday 6 March, 11.00 am and repeated Sunday 11 March, 2.30 pm from the bus terminus at Whipps Cross roundabout E10 6DX a walk called William Morris connections woodland paths, muddy and wet return by public transport from South Woodford This is in a series of local walks over the [...]
Read moreOpen Gardens – PLEASE COME AND HELP
Title: Open Gardens – PLEASE COME AND HELP Description: We will be participating in the Open Garden Squares Weekend by inviting visitors to view the gardens at Kelmscott House as well to look around the WMS Museum. We need your help with greeting visitors, providing refreshments etc. Contact our Curator, Helen Elletson at the WMS [...]
Read moreWarwick Draper: Hammersmith’s Historian
Title: Warwick Draper: Hammersmith’s Historian Description: Warwick Draper lived in Kelmscott House from 1905 to 1915, and subsequently at Bedford House on Chiswick Mall. Besides writing histories of Hammersmith and Chiswick, he was an influential local figure. He led successful protests against building a new road through Hammersmith and against siting a gas-works on Dukes [...]
Read moreWilliam Morris Society’s 57th Annual General Meeting
Title: William Morris Society’s 57th Annual General Meeting Location: Mansfield Road Oxford, OX13TF Link out: Click here Description: This year’s meeting will take place at Mansfield College, Oxford. The meeting will conclude with tea and biscuits. Admission free. Start Time: 14:15 Date: 2012-05-19
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