The Worshipful Company of Turners

Supporting the Craft, City and Charity for over four hundred years

The Turner magazine is now published once a year.

Printed copies of the most recent issues are available from the Turners’ Company office, email: clerk@turnersco.com.

This page provides direct links to download copies starting from issue 1 (November 1992).

December 2023 issue (No. 48)

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December 2022 issue (No. 47)

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November 2022 issue (No.47) includes: Matthew Gaved – new Master; Melissa Scott – My 2 Years As Master; The Pepys Recorder; Ballad of Anne Wallen; Platinum Jubilee Cross; St Paul’s Bell Wheel table; Gary Rance – Master in Turning; Alex Robertson – retirement as Clerk; Peter Bradwick – Company Gold Medal; Launch of Yeoman Programme; 2022 Bursary, Cockpit and QEST awards.

March 2022 Issue (No. 46)

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March 2022 issue (No.46) includes: Melissa Scott – Master’s Letter; Andrew Sindall – My Year As Master; Peter Ellis – new Master Emeritus; Alex Robertson – Freeman by Presentation; Wizardry in Wood & Company Competitions 2021; Lady Gertrude Crawford; John Edwards – Master in Turning; Bursary Winners 2020; Gerrard Peat – Obituary.


July 2020 Issue (No. 45)

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July 2020 issue (No.45) includes: Melissa Scott – new Master; Andrew Sindall – My Year As Master; Peter Ellis – new Master Emeritus; Sir Gerrard Peat 100th birthday; Lady Gertrude Crawford; Eleanor Lakelin – QEST Scholar; Arturo Soto – Cockpit Award 2019; Bursary Winners 2019.


July 2019 Issue (No. 44)

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July 2019 issue (No.44) includes: Andrew Sindall – new Master; David Batchelor – My Year As Master; Christopher Roberts- new Master Emeritus; Stuart Mortimer & St Paul’s Torcheres; Felix Fighiera; Turners’ Consort launch; Reg Hawthorne & Fan Makers’ gift to Duchess of Sussex; Turning Competitions 2018; Remembering Gerry Thwaites & Ray Key.


July 2018 Issue (No.43)

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July 2018 issue (No.43) includes: David Batchelor – new Master; Andrew Neill – My Year As Master; Rob Lucas – new Master Emeritus; John Tweedie-Smith – new Father of the Company; Company Competitions 2018; Turners’ Consort; St Paul’s bells; Bursary Winners 2017; Remembering Sir Brian Neill & Binh Pho.


June 2017 Issue (No.42)

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June 2017 issue (No.42) includes: Andrew Neill – new Master; Nicholas Somers – My Year As Master; Brian Neill – new Father of the Company; Darren Appiagyei – Cockpit Award 2017; Stuart King – Gold medal; Lady Gascoigne – Victorian turner; Lord Wakefield; Gabor Lacko in WWII; Samuel Pepys, Mr Howell & the Great Fire of 1666.


December 2016 Issue (No.41)

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December 2016 issue (No.41) includes: Nicholas Somers – new Master; Nicholas Edwards – My Year As Master; Wizardry in Wood & Turning Competitions 2016; Reg Hawthorne – Master in Turning; Jack Darach – QEST Scholar; Woodwind instruments; Science Museum restoration of Automaton Lathe.

May 2016 Issue (No.40)

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May 2016 issue (No.40) includes: Nicholas Edwards – new Master; John Bridgeman – My Year As Master; Fiona Woolf – Lord Mayor & Honorary Liveryman; Stuart Mortimer – Master in Turning; Baroness Burdett-Coutts – Honorary Liveryman & Victorian benefactor.


The Turner was not published in 2015.


June 2014 Issue (No. 39)

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June 2014 issue (No.39) includes: John Bridgeman – new Master; Rhidian Jones – My Year As Master; Company members who died in WWI; Baroness Angela and PM Ashmead Burdett-Coutts; Lord Mayor’s Show 2013; Wood turning in the Bronze Age.


September 2013 Issue (No.38)

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September 2013 issue (No.38) includes: Rhidian Jones – new Master; Peter Gibson – My Year As Master; Wizardry in Wood 2012; Fiona Woolf – Honorary Liveryman; Julian Scott – Obituary.


July 2012 Issue (No.37)

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July 2012 issue (No.37) includes: Peter Gibson – new Master; Ilan Krieger – My Year As Master; Edward Windsor Clive – Clerk’s retirement; Finials for Diamond Jubilee Royal Barge; Richard Gardner Williams Sentiment 2012.


June 2011 Issue (No.36)

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June 2011 issue (No.36) includes: Ilan Kreiger – new Master; Peter Ellis – My Year As Master; Bert Marsh – obituary; Medieval turners – research by Prof. Caroline Barron; Turners’ Company Charity; Visit to Treloar’s School.


October 2010 Issue (No.35)

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October 2010 issue (No.35) includes: Peter Ellis – new Master; Christopher Roberts – My Year As Master; 2010 Turning Competitions; London’s medieval turners; Bodgers Ball; Max Carey Woodturning Trust.

April 2010 Issue (No.34)

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April 2010 issue (No.34) includes: Richard Gardner Williams; Scouts turn in France; Whitechapel Bell Foundry; Medieval turners’ marks; London Bridge Fayre.


June 2009 Issue (No.33)

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June 2009 issue (No.33) includes: Christopher Roberts – new Master; Rob Lucas – My Year As Master; 2009 Bursary Winners; Visit to the Guild of Flemish Turners; The Bells of St Paul’s; St Bride’s Beating the Bounds.


November 2008 Issue (No.32)

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December 2008 issue (No.32) includes: Garter Day at Windsor Castle; Wizardry in Wood 2008; Visits to the Somme & HQ REME; George Kieffer – My Year As Master; The Mary Rose.


May 2008 Issue (No.31)

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May 2008 issue (No.31) includes: Rob Lucus – new Master; Apothecaries’ Hall picture; 2007 Livery Dinner.

Wizardry in Wood 2008 Special Issue (No.30)

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2008 Wizardry in Wood Special Issue.

January 2008 Issue (No.29)

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January 2008 issue (No.29) includes: Wizardry in Wood 2008; Tony Johns awarded Company Gold Medal; Theo Faberge obituary; 60 years of Richard Gardener Williams Dinner.


Autumn 2007 Issue (No.28)

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Autumn 2007 issue (No.28) includes: George Kieffer – new Master; Penrose Halson – My Year As Master; Nehemiah Wallington (1598-1658).

Spring 2007 Issue (No.27)

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Spring 2007 Special Issue (No.27): The Turners’ Company Charitable Trust.


Autumn 2006 Issue (No.26)

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Autumn 2006 issue (No.26) includes: Penrose Halson – new Master; Andrew Ciclitira – My Year As Master; 2006 Turning Competitions.


November 2005 Issue (No.25-B)

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November 2005 issue (No.25-B) includes: Andrew Cilclitira – new Master; Profiles of Stuart King and Joey Richardson; Trafalgar Dinner; Robin Wood – The Wooden Bowl.

Summer 2005 Issue (No.25-A)

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Summer 2005 issue (No.25-A) includes: Turners’ Company celebrates 400 years at 2004 Lord Mayor’s Show; 2004 Wizardry in Wood & 2004 Turning Competitions.


May 2004 Issue (No.24)

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May 2004 issue (No.24) includes: Richard Levy – new Master; Andrew Mayer – My Year As Master; 400th Anniversary dinner In Mansion House; Brian Burnett – Researching the Company’s History.

April 2004 Issue (No.23)

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April 2004 issue (No.23) includes: Andrew Mayer – Letter from the Master; Plans for Wizardry in Wood; Brian Burnett – Updating the Company’s History.


September 2003 Issue (No.22)

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September 2003 issue (No.22) includes: Andrew Mayer – new Master; Tony Crooks-Meredith – My Year As Master; Float for the 2004 Lord Mayor’s Show.

March 2003 Issue (No.21)

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March 2003 issue (No.21) includes: Tony Crooks-Meredith – new Master; Theo Faberge – Honorary Liveryman; Douglas Baker – Beadle retires.


September 2002 Issue (No.20)

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September 2002 issue (No.20) includes: Tony Crooks-Meredith – new Master; Tony Sherred – My Year As Master; Sir Peter Smithers, Father of the Company; David Axson – Military Knight of Windsor.

February 2002 (Winter) Issue (No.19)

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February 2002 issue (No.19) includes: Tony Sherred – My Year As Master; REME- Launch of Turners’ Company Best Battalion trophy; Rob Lucas takes a turning course; Informal lunches.


Summer 2001 Issue (No.18)

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Summer 2001 issue (No.18) includes: Tony Sherred – new Master; Christopher Tyler – My Year As Master; 2001 Craft Meeting; Master’s Ironbridge weekend.

February 2001 (Winter) Issue (No.17)

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February 2001 issue (No.17) includes: Christopher Tyler – Master’s Letter; Visit to the Tower of London; Edward Field’s workshop; Medieval turning – Mark Hatt-Cook meets Robin Wood.


Summer 2000 Issue (No.16)

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Summer 2000 issue (No.16) includes: Christopher Tyler – new Master; John Slater – My Year As Master; Douglas Baker – Beadle; Millennium Turning Competitions.

Summer 2000 Millennium Turners’ Company A-Z

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Special Supplement with Issue 16 of The Turner: A-Z of the Turners’ Company.

February 2000 (Winter) Issue (No.15)

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February 2000 issue (No. 15) includes: John Slater – Master’s Letter; Rob Lucas & Christopher Roberts – Court Assistants; Launch of Bursary programme; Malcolm Cobb RPT.


Summer 1999 Issue (No.14)

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Summer 1999 issue (No. 14) includes: John Slater – new Master; Barbara Newman – Chief Commoner; Edward Windsor Clive – new Clerk.

February 1999 (Winter) Issue (No.13)

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February 1999 issue (No.13) includes: Colin Field – Masters’ Letter; Nigel Maggs – President, Society of Ornamental Turners; Peter Worlidge – Howe Committee.


Summer 1998 Issue (No.12)

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Summer 1998 issue (No.12) includes: Colin Field – new Master; Peter Worlidge – My Year As Master; Will Tyler – interview; 1998 Turning Competitions. Alan Fagg (Father of the Company) – Obituary.

February 1998 (Winter) Issue (No.11)

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February 1998 issue (No.11) includes: Peter Worlidge – Master’s letter; John Salmon – new Clerk; Christopher Tyler – Royal Humane Society; Mark Hatt-Cook – expedition across New Zealand; Visit to SEME.


Summer 1997 Issue (No.10)

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Summer 1997 issue (No.10) includes: Peter Worlidge – new Master; Oliver Plant RPT – interview; St Catherine’s Lodge; Barrie Johnston honoured; Turning Competitions 1998.

February 1997 (Winter) Issue (No.9)

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February 1997 issue (No.9) includes: John Ciclitira – Masters’ letter; Brian Burnett – New edition of History of the Turners Company; Malcolm Cobb – training young turners: Paul Oppitz – glass engraver & Company Competition winner (1887).


Summer 1996 Issue (No.8)

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Summer 1996 issue (No.8) includes: John Ciclitira – new Master; Gordon Sloan – My Year As Master; Bill Jones – prizewinning ornamental turner; Paul Cocker – Tazza celebrating HM Queen’s 70th birthday. Richard Widmark – Clerk’s retirement.

February 1996 (Winter) Issue (No.7)

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February 1996 issue (No.7) includes: Gordon Sloan – Master’s letter; Malcolm Cobb – European Turnery Conference (Jura, France); Visits to St Paul’s & Globe theatre; Nehemiah Wallington – 17th century turner.


Summer 1995 Issue (No.6)

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Summer 1995 issue (No.6) includes: Gordon Sloan – new Master; Andrew Hamilton – My Year As Master; Geoffrey Wilde – Engineer & Liveryman; Douglas Baker – Freeman by Presentation.

February 1995 (Winter) Issue (No.5)

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February 1995 issue (No.5) includes: Andrew Hamilton – new Master; Theo Faberge – Grandson, engineer,turner; Lord Mayor’s Show 1994; John Jones portrait – Master 1852 & 1861.


Summer 1994 Issue (No.4)

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Summer 1994 issue (No.4) includes: Andrew Hamilton – new Master; Peter Venn – My Year As Master; Alan Fagg – Father of the Company; Lathe for Treloar College.

February 1994 (Winter) Issue (No.3)

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February 1994 issue (No.3) includes: Peter Venn – Master’s letter; Twentyman family connections; Gordon Sloan – Howe Committee; Design Awards Competition 1993; Richard Woodwark – Master & Clerk.


Summer 1993 Issue (No.2)

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Summer 1993 issue (No.2) includes: Peter Venn – new Master; Edward Sawney – My Year As Master; Christopher Tyler – Governor of the Tower of London; Company Design Awards 1992.


November 1992 (Winter) Issue (No.1)

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November 1992 issue (No.1) includes: Edward Sawnew new – Master; Lathe for Dorton House School; Mazers explained; RAF St Athan visit; Lord May’s Show 1992.


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