Huguenots of Spitalfields Strangers' Newsletter - Issue 25

Newsletter 25, Autumn 2020

We look forward to welcoming you online or in person as we start our Autumn Programme. Your messages, photographs and donations have been so encouraging as we have navigated these challenging times, not knowing if our efforts to highlight the Huguenots will continue.
You can help us in a number of ways – spreading the word, introducing people to our Newsletter via our website and by donating to our Virgin Money Giving page.

Coming Soon: Dates for your Diary

Free Zoom Talk
Friday 25th September - 14:00-15:00(GMT)

After textiles, we are told that banking, finance and commerce were the next greatest contribution the Huguenots made to this country. Tim Kidd will talk about some of the characters that changed the way the City worked and their legacy continues.
Free but donations greatly valued
Zoom link - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84824583992

The Huguenots of Soho with Dan Cruickshank – Online Zoom Lecture
Thursday 15th October – 12:00-13:00 (GMT)

To coincide with the launch of his latest book (Soho: A Street Guide to Soho’s History, Architecture and People), Dan guides us around the Soho of the last five hundred years, following the Huguenots who settled in the south and the precious metal trade that developed there.
Tickets - £8 and booking details TBC on our website

Huguenot Footsteps: Soho*
Monday 19th October – 11:00am
Join Huguenot Guide, Guy Rowston, as he traces the Huguenots who settled here to be near the Royal Court, bringing with them skills and expertise to make the most sought after luxury goods that money could buy. Hear about Lamerie, Silversmith, Foubert’s Riding School and Roget’s birthplace, amongst many other characters.
Tickets - £10 and booking details TBC on our website
Meeting place - Outside St. Martins-in-the-Fields

Huguenot Footsteps: Spitalfields
Sunday 25th October – 12:00 noon
Spitalfields is always fun but it is even more so now that it is quieter than normal. Discover the streets where the weavers settled as our Guide, Neil Sinclair, points out historic facets of this most diverse area of London.
Tickets - £10 and booking via our website
Meeting place – Outside Christ Church Spitalfields

Amber Butchart: Huguenot Silks and Historical Fashions – Online Zoom Lecture
Thursday 29th October – 12:00-13:00 (GMT)
Many of you will have seen Amber, British Fashion Historian, on BBC's Civilisations: Our First Refugees and we are delighted that she is supporting our efforts by giving this talk charting the journey of Huguenot silk weavers from Spitalfields to Suffolk.
Tickets - £8 and booking details TBC on our website

Dr Tessa Murdoch in Conversation with Miriam Hanid, Contemporary Silversmith -
Online Zoom Lecture
Thursday 5th November – 12:00-13:00 (GMT)
Edward Feline was a London goldsmith and an ancestor of Dr Murdoch, who married within the Huguenot community in Soho and then in Spitalfields. His second wife Magdalen took over the business after Edward's death in 1753 and her marked silver remains in country house and museum collections. Dr Murdoch will be joined by contemporary silversmith, Miriam Hanid, who has created work for the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, Eton College, New College Oxford, the V&A Museum and the National Museum of Wales.
Tickets - £8 and booking details TBC on our website

8th Annual V&A Huguenot Lecture with Hanne Faurby (awaiting confirmation)
Wednesday 18th November – 13:00 (GMT)
Hanne Faurby, Curator at the V&A, will be discussing the remarkable talents of the Fabergé family. The V&A is a goldmine of information and artefacts pertaining to the Huguenot.
Free

Huguenot Footsteps: Spitalfields
Sunday 29th November – 12:00 noon
The last footsteps of 2020 will be hosted by Guide/Lecturer Paul Baker, who will highlight his favourite parts of Huguenot Spitalfields. He tells a good tale or two along the way.
Tickets - £10 and booking via our website
Meeting place – Outside Christ Church Spitalfields

* Huguenot Footsteps walks have been resumed in-line with government guidelines.
** Some booking fees apply

Thank you again for your ongoing support at this difficult time. Stay safe.

We warmly appreciate all the support and help that you give to the Huguenots of Spitalfields Charity.

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