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December 2024
Maureen Bell and Tom Lockwood will deliver a paper entitled 'Ordered That the Clerke henceforward shall keepe a Wast Booke…'.
17 DECEMBER 2024
On Tuesday, 17 December 2024, at 5.30 p.m., at the Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, and online via Zoom. Maureen Bell and Tom Lockwood will deliver a paper entitled 'Ordered That the Clerke henceforward shall keepe a Wast Booke…'. This paper identifies and explores ‘The Wast Register booke for entring of Coppies’ that the Stationers’ Company started to keep on 7 April 1687. The speakers will locate that document among the Company’s records, and show the ways in which it provides a new opportunity both to investigate the practices of the Stationers and to cast new light on Restoration authors and their work.
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PORTRAIT UNVEILED OF PAST MASTER HELEN ESMONDE
4 DECEMBER 2024
A portrait of Past Master Helen Esmonde, the first woman in six centuries to be Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers, was unveiled at Stationers’ Hall on Monday evening. The portrait, painted by talented young artist, Ruth Fitton, was commissioned by a group of donors led by the Immediate Past Master Tony Mash. At the ceremony, attended by the donors and Helen’s family, the IPM said, “Tonight we recognise the important step-change in the Company’s life as we celebrate the installation of our first lady Master in 2015’.
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Liveryman Lord Hague (William) - newly elected Chancellor of Oxford University
27 NOVEMBER 2024
St Ceciliatide Concert - Stationers' Hall
26 NOVEMBER 2024
St Ceciliatide is always a big occasion for Stationers. There is a beautiful stained-glass window in honour of the patron saint of music in the Hall and every year, the company arranges a weekend of concerts in November to mark her day.
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Meet your 2024 / 2025 Renter Wardens - Phillip Powell
22 NOVEMBER 2024
I joined the Imperial War Museum London in 1972 as a Library Assistant. Back in 1968 there had been a major fire in the library reading room and as a result there was a large amount of material that required conversation. Consequently, I was sent to the India Office, the leading light in paper conservation at the time and lucky enough to work with Fred Marsh and his team and then use my acquired skills in paper conservation and repair, encapsulation and primary book binding at the museum.
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Meet your 2024 / 2025 Renter Wardens - John Peacock
21 NOVEMBER 2024
I was born in Derby, went to the local grammar school and then Cambridge University where I studied Russian and French. My first job after university was in publishing – writing and editing a Russian-teaching magazine – which led to a prolonged stay in the Soviet Union (as then was) in the cold-war depths of 1970.
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The Stationers' Company Civic Dinner 20th November 2024
21 NOVEMBER 2024
The Civic Dinner was the principal event of the year, at which the Company celebrated its links with the Mayoralty and the City. The Company invited Civic dignitaries and their spouses to last night's dinner, including the Right Honourable The Lord Mayor of London and the Sheriffs.
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Meet the 2024 / 2025 Renter Wardens - Margaret Willes
20 NOVEMBER 2024
My entire professional career was spent in publishing, first as an editor in trade houses before becoming the Publisher at the National Trust, looking after their books, guidebooks and membership literature.
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Meet your 2024 / 2025 Renter Wardens - Richard Coward
19 NOVEMBER 2024
Having been brought up in Scotland and then Colchester, Richard graduated from Loughborough University in 1982 with a degree in Chemical Engineering and Management Studies. He found his way into the printing and packaging industry via Chapman Envelopes and spent some 13 years in various roles in the UK and Belgium with Field Group Plc.
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Admission to Freedom - Bursary Recipients 2023 / 2024
18 NOVEMBER 2024
At the Master & Wardens meeting on Monday 18th November 2024, the Master, Paul Wilson admitted thirteen new Freeman by Redemption.
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Admission to Freedom 18th November 2024
18 NOVEMBER 2024
At the Master & Wardens meeting on Monday 18th November 2024, the Master, Paul Wilson admitted eight new Freeman by Redemption.
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✨ A Young Stationers’ Midwinter Night’s Dream✨
18 NOVEMBER 2024
It was the most magical night of the year! On the 15th November, we stepped into the historic elegance of the Stationers’ Hall for an unforgettable evening of networking, music and celebration with the Young Stationers.
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