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Pugin Week 7th-14th September 2017
Details of this year's Pugin Week have been announced, with tours, lectures, and events on Pugin's work offer. From Thursday the 7th September to Thursday the 14th, visitors can experience a wide variety of free Pugin-themed activities. The Pugin Society is especially looking forward to 'Beyond Puginism', member Gerard Hyland's lecture on the 11th. All events are held in Pugin's home town of Ramsgate at the National Pugin Centre at St Augustine's, CT11 9NY. View the full size poster HERE for details of this annual celebration of all things Pugin.
Details of this year's Pugin Week have been announced, with tours, lectures, and events on Pugin's work offer. From Thursday the 7th September to Thursday the 14th, visitors can experience a wide variety of free Pugin-themed activities. The Pugin Society is especially looking forward to 'Beyond Puginism', member Gerard Hyland's lecture on the 11th. All events are held in Pugin's home town of Ramsgate at the National Pugin Centre at St Augustine's, CT11 9NY. View the full size poster HERE for details of this annual celebration of all things Pugin.
Gavin Stamp tells Apollo magazine "Big Ben is the least of the Palace of Westminster's problems"
The number of scholars speaking out about the failure to address structural issues at the Houses of Parliament is growing following the silencing of Big Ben. Professor Gavin Stamp's article in Apollo magazine reiterates the urgency with which these issues need to be addressed. Read his article HERE and join Stamp on the 23rd September for the society outing to see the work of great Gothic Revivalist and admirer of Pugin, George Gilbert Scott. Visit our EVENTS page for further details.
The number of scholars speaking out about the failure to address structural issues at the Houses of Parliament is growing following the silencing of Big Ben. Professor Gavin Stamp's article in Apollo magazine reiterates the urgency with which these issues need to be addressed. Read his article HERE and join Stamp on the 23rd September for the society outing to see the work of great Gothic Revivalist and admirer of Pugin, George Gilbert Scott. Visit our EVENTS page for further details.
Caroline Shenton warns "Big Ben is falling silent. It's our final warning to save the Houses of Parliament."
As restoration work on Big Ben gets underway, former Parliamentary Archives director and scheduled speaker for the Pugin Society's 2017 AGM Caroline Shenton writes in The Guardian that unless something is done "The Palace will either suffer a major catastrophe such as a fire similar to the one which burned down the old Houses of Parliament in 1834, or a series of cumulative smaller failures...which will bring the infrastructure of the Palace to a standstill, or cause irreparable damage to Charles Barry and AWN Pugin’s masterpiece." Read the full article HERE and urge your MP to address this impending crisis before it is too late.
As restoration work on Big Ben gets underway, former Parliamentary Archives director and scheduled speaker for the Pugin Society's 2017 AGM Caroline Shenton writes in The Guardian that unless something is done "The Palace will either suffer a major catastrophe such as a fire similar to the one which burned down the old Houses of Parliament in 1834, or a series of cumulative smaller failures...which will bring the infrastructure of the Palace to a standstill, or cause irreparable damage to Charles Barry and AWN Pugin’s masterpiece." Read the full article HERE and urge your MP to address this impending crisis before it is too late.
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The Pugin Society featured in the latest journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain
The Architectural Historian, the journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, has featured True Principles in their August 2017 issue. The SAHGB has graciously granted us permission to share this with those of you who may have missed it. Click HERE to download the PDF 
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Publication of "The Revd John Gibson, Gothic Revivalist" by Philip J. Wells
Occasionally we receive news about a publication we feel our membership could appreciate. For that reason we are pleased to introduce the publication of Philip J. Wells’ “The Revd John Gibson, Gothic Revivalist – an Extended Chronology”. John Gibson (1815-1892) was born in Stratford, Essex and was in Cambridge in 1839 when the Cambridge Camden Society was formed with its emphasis on church architecture, decoration, liturgy and music. He was an artist and musician, had expert knowledge of ecclesiastical furniture and decoration, and specialised in organ cases. Throughout his career he worked with Pugin, Bodley and Burges; also Leach the decorator and Hardman and Morris for glass. This extended chronology seeks to chronicle Gibson’s life as history seems to have passed him by. Sale proceeds will support St George’s Church, King’s Stanley. Copies are available for £5.00, or £6.50 by post. Please contact/direct payment to Philip J. Wells, 80 Lantern Close, Berkeley, Gloucestershire. GL13 9DE
Occasionally we receive news about a publication we feel our membership could appreciate. For that reason we are pleased to introduce the publication of Philip J. Wells’ “The Revd John Gibson, Gothic Revivalist – an Extended Chronology”. John Gibson (1815-1892) was born in Stratford, Essex and was in Cambridge in 1839 when the Cambridge Camden Society was formed with its emphasis on church architecture, decoration, liturgy and music. He was an artist and musician, had expert knowledge of ecclesiastical furniture and decoration, and specialised in organ cases. Throughout his career he worked with Pugin, Bodley and Burges; also Leach the decorator and Hardman and Morris for glass. This extended chronology seeks to chronicle Gibson’s life as history seems to have passed him by. Sale proceeds will support St George’s Church, King’s Stanley. Copies are available for £5.00, or £6.50 by post. Please contact/direct payment to Philip J. Wells, 80 Lantern Close, Berkeley, Gloucestershire. GL13 9DE
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Gothic Revival Worldwide: A.W.N. Pugin's Global Influence book launch a success
On April 5, The Grange, Ramsgate, was the location of the book launch relating to the 2012 international conference New Directions in Gothic Revival Studies Worldwide. A sizeable crowd gathered to emjoy wine and refreshments while short talks were given by editor Tim Brittain-Catlin and Alexandra Wedgwood, to whom, along with the late Margaret Belcher, the volume is dedicated. Here are pictures showing the gathering and subsequent presentation of a copy to Pugin scholar Alexandra Wedgwood. These photos were posted from the event directly to our facebook page. Have you joined as a friend? Please do and access all our latest updates here: facebook.com/ThePuginSociety |
The University of York offers a Postgraduate Diploma in Parish Church Studies
The postgraduate diploma in Parish Church Studies offers a unique opportunity to gain detailed and practical knowledge of the history, use, care and conservation of parish churches. This two-year, part-time, postgraduate-level programme is delivered wholly online, offering the opportunity to study in your own home and somewhat at your own pace, extensively supported by an expert in the field, and learning as part of an active online community. For more information, click HERE.
The postgraduate diploma in Parish Church Studies offers a unique opportunity to gain detailed and practical knowledge of the history, use, care and conservation of parish churches. This two-year, part-time, postgraduate-level programme is delivered wholly online, offering the opportunity to study in your own home and somewhat at your own pace, extensively supported by an expert in the field, and learning as part of an active online community. For more information, click HERE.
The Pugin Society is now on Facebook
If you recognize these symbols then you know there's only one thing this can mean - we are now on Facebook! Pugin himself believed that one "should gladly avail himself of those improvements and increased facilities that are suggested from time to time" so why don't you come join us? We're lacking in followers at the moment, so we need fellow Pugin enthusiasts to 'friend' us and contribute to create a lively and dynamic community.
If you recognize these symbols then you know there's only one thing this can mean - we are now on Facebook! Pugin himself believed that one "should gladly avail himself of those improvements and increased facilities that are suggested from time to time" so why don't you come join us? We're lacking in followers at the moment, so we need fellow Pugin enthusiasts to 'friend' us and contribute to create a lively and dynamic community.
2017 to start with a Membership Drive
This was briefly mentioned at the AGM but we would like to formally announce that the Pugin Society is undertaking an effort to grow our membership to raise awareness of Pugin's works and increase funds for preservation efforts and scholarly research. Visit our MEMBERSHIP page for more details.
This was briefly mentioned at the AGM but we would like to formally announce that the Pugin Society is undertaking an effort to grow our membership to raise awareness of Pugin's works and increase funds for preservation efforts and scholarly research. Visit our MEMBERSHIP page for more details.
Remembering Margaret Belcher
The Society is sad to learn that the eminent Pugin scholar Dr. Margaret Belcher passed away on the 29th November following a short illness. Society members will know Margaret best for her works A.W.N. Pugin: An Annotated Critical Bibliography, her five volumes of The Collected Letters of A.W.N. Pugin, and her many contributions to our own journal, True Principles. Longstanding Society Committee member Catriona Blaker eulogises Margaret's outstanding contributions to Pugin scholarship HERE.
The Society is sad to learn that the eminent Pugin scholar Dr. Margaret Belcher passed away on the 29th November following a short illness. Society members will know Margaret best for her works A.W.N. Pugin: An Annotated Critical Bibliography, her five volumes of The Collected Letters of A.W.N. Pugin, and her many contributions to our own journal, True Principles. Longstanding Society Committee member Catriona Blaker eulogises Margaret's outstanding contributions to Pugin scholarship HERE.
