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Simon Haviland

We are very sorry to announce (belatedly) the death of Simon Haviland in March 2020. Simon had not attended many Wynkyn de Worde Society events, due to Parkinson's disease. However, I am sure that many members will remember him from his many years at Phaidon Press, the publisher of books on art and architecture founded in Vienna in 1923 by Ludwig Goldscheider, Béla Horovitz, and Frederick Ungar. The company was moved to England in 1938 to escape the Nazis. Before Phaidon, Simon ...

Learning to Read With Walter Crane

The National Archives blog has an interesting article on the book illustrator: shorturl.at/flRS3 ...

Susan Shaw

We were very sorry to hear of the passing of Susan Shaw. Once a member of the Society, Susan founded the Type Archive in Stockwell, South London, dedicated to rescuing a vast amount of historically important items, machinery and artwork from the letterpress industry. The Guardian's obituary of her can be read here. ...

Reynolds Stone

Many members will be interested to learn of Humphrey Stone's new and long-awaited memoir of his father. A fresh look at the life and work of the artist Reynolds Stone CBE RDI (1909–1979) has long been overdue. He was one of the most distinguished wood engravers of the ...

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Eye 100

Simon Esterson & John L. Walters, Eye magazine

Zoom meeting

Tuesday 15 September 2020, 6.30 p.m.

Go here to download the flyer or connect directly with the meeting.

Forthcoming Events

We are unable to hold events at Stationers’ Hall and The Art Workers’ Guild at the moment.

Details of future events will be posted as soon as we are able.

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Jigsaw of a WdeW Luncheon, 2011

Members can entertain themselves with a virtual jigsaw here. You will need your user name and password.