Salon

Salon 71

Weekly meeting report At this week’s meeting, Dr Martin Henig, FSA, stoutly defended the reputation of Romano-British sculptors against Collingwood’s assertion that ‘there is hardly anything that rises above the […]

Salon 70

Forthcoming meetings 20 November: Sculptural Traditions in Roman Britain, by Dr Martin Henig, FSA27 November: The Berkeley Castle Muniments, by David Smith, FSA4 December: The Restoration of Kelmscott Manor Gardens, […]

Salon 69

Weekly meeting report Speaking at this week’s meeting on the subject of ‘Artistic Propaganda in the Wars of the Roses’, Elizabeth Danbury told Fellows that the use of symbols and […]

Salon 68

Weekly meeting report The similarities between bibliography and archaeology were revealed at this Thursday’s meeting, when Professor Mirjam Foot, VPSA, delivered a paper on the theme of ‘The Archaeology of […]

Salon 67

Weekly meeting report This week’s meeting took the form of a ballot during which John A Goodall, FSA, exhibited a German armorial tile, and David Morgan Evans, the General Secretary, […]

Salon 66

Weekly meeting report Margaret Richardson, FSA, ninth in a line of curators charged with caring for the legacy of Sir John Soane, gave an account of the work of her […]

Salon 65

Weekly meeting report At this week’s meeting, Fellows learned that Lambeth Palace has London’s only surviving medieval prisons (one for the parish located in the Gatehouse, and one at the […]

Salon 64

Weekly meeting report Fellows were treated to a preview of the newly restored King’s Library at the British Museum, on Thursday, when Andrew Burnett, FSA, explained how the Museum had […]

Salon 63

Obituaries Percival Turnbull, FSA, writes to inform Fellows of the death at the beginning of September of Denis Coggins, FSA. Shortly afterwards we also learned that Dennis Haselgrove, FSA, died […]

Salon 62

The return of Salon After a short summer break, Salon is back with a round up of the many antiquarian stories (some with a decidedly silly season flavour) that you […]