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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]