Latest Bulletin from The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor
There is a distinctly back-to-school feel in the air. I have returned to Mansion House after my summer break and I very much hope that all of you, like me, were able to find some time for rest and recuperation over August.
The Cockpit Arts Turners Award 2019 Progress Report
Arturo Soto is a designer and maker who specialises in working with reclaimed and recycled materials to produce luxury items. Due to the current pandemic, his award has been extended.
News from the Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral
We're very aware that many Livery Companies and other institutions are also going through difficult times, and we will share together in coming months the journey of working through what lockdown has meant.
St Bride’s Church Re-Opening
We are delighted to announce that from Sunday 5th July, our doors will be open to visitors & tourists as well as for private prayer. The crypts and free exhibition will also be available.
Midsummer Bulletin from the Rt Hon The Lord Mayor
Ordinarily at this time of Midsummer the Livery would be assembling in Common Hall to choose “two fit and able persons to be Sheriffs of this City for the year ensuing”, as the Serjeant-at-Arms and Common Cryer traditionally proclaims at the opening of proceedings.
Cockpit Arts Awards are open for applications
There's two weeks left to apply for The Cockpit Arts / Worshipful Company of Turners Awards. The Award comprises one year’s business support and subsidised studio space at Cockpit Arts in Deptford. Deadline 31 July. Find out more and apply...
Cockpit Makes UK Top 100 Again
For the second year running Cockpit Arts has been recognised as one of the UK’s top 100 social enterprises in the NatWest SE100 Index 2020.
Lastest Bulletin from the Rt Hon The Lord Mayor
This will be my fourth bulletin to the Livery since the COVID19 lockdown period began. As ever, the Lady Mayoress and I hope that this newsletter finds you well and safe.
Coronovirus, lessons from Eyam
Past Master Edward Sawney used to live near the village of Eyam and has shared this fascinating BBC article, which draws comparisons with our current times. The people of Eyam isolated themselves when the plague arrived in 1665 and stopped the spread of the disease.
Bulletin from the Rt Hon The Lord Mayor
The Lord Mayor reports on how the Livery has come together to support the NHS by providing ventilators, making medical scrubs and producing foam for face-masks. The Livery kitchen initiative is providing meals for NHS workers. Read the full report here.
Rev’d Canon Dr Alison Joyce, Reflection Covid-19 and the Great Plague
In 1665, the year of the Great Plague, Peirson was the priest here at St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street. Faced with the unimaginable horror of the plague, many clergy fled London. Peirson was one of the few who chose to remain.
Lord Mayor to serve an additional year
William Russell, the 692nd Lord Mayor of the City of London, will serve an additional year in office to ensure continuity of leadership during the current COVID-19 outbreak.
Lord Mayor’s Easter Message to the Livery
I sincerely hope that this message finds you safe and well despite the significant disruption we are facing to our own lives and the lives of the Livery Companies to which we belong. Like many of us, these last few weeks have seen me adapting to a new way of working.
Bishops Crosier for The Bishop of Stepney
Colin Norgate, Member of the Register of Professional Turners (RPT) has recently completed his part of leading a collaboration of highly skilled craftspeople to make a new Crosier for the Bishop of Stepney.
A Message from The Master – Covid 19 Response
In these uncertain and unsettling times, it is entirely natural to retreat to where we feel most comfortable, whether that is to our families, our close friends or to communities with whom we have a common bond.
Young Turners Training & Development Programme
The first ‘Official’ Young Turners Training days (referred by some as ‘Youth Training’) was held in the workshop of Stuart Mortimer in August 2006. Since then Training days have been held in various locations throughout the UK, The latest was held on the 22nd February at the workshop of Les Thorne.
Woodturning and tea at the Hurlingham Club
On Monday 9th March, the Mistress Turner, Mrs Liz Sindall welcomed 60 guests, mainly consorts from across the Livery, to a turning demonstration and tea party at The Hurlingham Club in London. Over £300 were raised for Youth Turning.
Richard Gardner Williams Banquet – Truth and Lies
At the Richard Gardner Williams dinner this year, Past Master Andrew Neill delivered a sentiment in which he included a series of truths and lies about this principal benefactor of the Turners' Company. Read on to reveal the truths!
The Turners’ Company Livery Dinner
The Worshipful Company of Turners welcomed the Sheriffs of the City of London, Alderman Professor MIchael Mainelli and Christopher Hayward CC to their Livery Dinner held in the stunning Skinners' Hall in the City of London.
Fundraising for the British Red Cross
With kind donations from members of the Register of Professional Turners and various woodturning clubs, the Turners' Company set up a stand at the Guildhall Christmas market in London, and with volunteers from the Company working hard, an incredible £4,200 was raised for the British Red Cross.
