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SUMMARY:In search of Emery Walker: tales from the riverbank an illustrated talk by Simon Loxley
DESCRIPTION:We take a look at Emery Walker (1851-1933)\, the ‘Universal Samaritan’ of England’s Arts and Crafts and private press movements of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries\, which were both propelled and led by the remarkable creative hub on the north shore of the River Thames at Hammersmith\, in which Walker was a principal player. Among his many contributions and influences\, he was the vital component in William Morris’ late career flourish\, the Kelmscott Press\, and the co-founder of the Doves Press. \nSimon Loxley is a graphic designer and writer. He was the founding editor and designer of the St Bride Library journal \, Ultrabold\, (2006-2021). His book Emery Walker: arts\, crafts and a world in motion\, was published by Oak Knoll Press in 2019. \nThere is no charge for admission\, and non-members are welcome. The Library has disabled access. \nSimon Loxley’s Publications:\n\nType: the secret history of letters\, 2004\, I.B. Tauris/Bloomsbury\n\nPrinter’s Devil: the life and work of Frederic Warde\, 2013\, David R. Godine\n\nBelieve Me\, I Am: selected letters of Frederic Warde\, 1921-1939\, 2015\, self-published\n\nType is Beautiful: the story of fifty remarkable fonts\, 2016\, Bodleian Library Publishing\n\nEmery Walker: arts\, crafts and a world in motion\, 2019\, Oak Knoll Press\n\nA Geography of Horror: the ghost stories of M.R. James and the Suffolk landscape\, 2021\, extended edition 2024\, self-published.\n\nDetails for further meetings in 2026 will be available shortly. \nAll meeting events are held in Saffron Walden Library except where stated. There is no charge for admission and non-members are welcome. The Library has disabled access. \nWhen meetings are announced as being “via Zoom”\, GLS Members will be sent a Zoom invitation via the GLS email gibsonlibrary1832@gmail.com ; Members can also contact Peter Walker via the Library if they do not have email.
URL:https://gibsonlibrary.org.uk/event/in-search-of-emery-walker-tales-from-the-riverbank-an-illustrated-talk-by-simon-loxley/
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SUMMARY:Witchcraft in Wimbish: The Case of Margery Staunton\, 1579\, by Dr Jonathan Durrant.
DESCRIPTION:In his talk Jonathan discussed how witchcraft cases in Elizabethan Essex were reported in pamphlets of the time and what readers might have made of the strange stories they were told. \nJonathan Durrant is a historian who has written and taught widely on witchcraft in Germany and England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries\, including Witchcraft\, Gender and Society in Early Modern Germany (2007) and the second edition of Historical Dictionary of Witchcraft (2012)\, co-edited with Michael Bailey. He is currently writing a book on witchcraft in world history.
URL:https://gibsonlibrary.org.uk/event/witchcraft-in-wimbish-the-case-of-margery-staunton-1579-by-dr-jonathan-durrant/
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SUMMARY:The Magician and his Library: The Story of John Dee\, by Rachel Morris
DESCRIPTION:Rachel Morris talked about her new book\, The Year of the Wizard\, a lyrical and highly atmospheric history of Renaissance magic. It is also – by an act of historical imagination – an account of the lives of the wives\, daughters and servants of the Magicians; and because John Dee had a spectacular library it is also the story of a 16th century book lover and how he built a library in turbulent times. \nRachel grew up not far from Saffron Walden. “Prior to writing The Years of the Wizard I wrote The Museum Makers\, which is part cultural history of museums\, part memoir of my bohemian family. And prior to that I worked in the cultural sector\, running a museum-making company called Metaphor with my partner Stephen Greenberg. The themes that run through all my books are fictional libraries\, renaissance history and magic\, early museums\, memory\, John Dee\, Jorge Luis Borges\, memoir writing and the history of story-telling.”
URL:https://gibsonlibrary.org.uk/event/the-magician-and-his-library-the-story-of-john-dee-by-rachel-morris/
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