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Mark Ovenden — Johnston & Gill: Very British Types
Wednesday, 8 November 2017; 6:30pm at The Water Rats, Grays Inn Road, Kings Cross. This evening, Mark will be exploring the evolution and adoption of the Johnston and Gill typefaces; the subject of his book “Johnston […]
Gulwali Passarlay — My Journey to Safety as a Child Refugee
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 6:30pm at The Water Rats, Grays Inn Road, Kings Cross. Gulwali Passarlay was sent away from his home in Afghanistan by his mother at the age of twelve to save his life. […]
Toby Faber – Digging in the archives
Tuesday, 3 October 2017, at The Water Rats, Gray’s Inn Road, King’s Cross. Toby Faber was Managing Director of Faber & Faber until 2001, since when he has concentrated on his writing and more generally on his […]
Publish & Be Damned: A Fleet Street History
EVENT POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING 2018 ………………………………….. Date to be announced in due course. Andrea Vail is a qualified City of London Guide, and a member of the City of London Guide Lecturer’s Association. We’ll take […]
Members’ Party! Doggett’s Coat & Badge
Our spooky run of gorgeous weather continued and we enjoyed another balmy evening well into dusk. Lots of lovely people with their lovely guests on the terrace at Doggett’s Coat & Badge. The scene: evening, friends, […]
Catherine Dixon — Making books Brazilian street-kid style
Tuesday, 2 May 2017 at The Water Rats, Gray’s Inn Road, King’s Cross Catherine’s much-anticipated talk on her sabbatical in Brazil was inspiring and educational. Richly-illustrated, this talk evoked all the atmosphere of downtown printing in […]
Roger Christiansen — Digital transformation in Publishing Industry: Brave New World
Tuesday, 4 April 2017 at The Water Rats. Roger gave a broad overview of his experience in relation to e-business transformations and how, after the initial digital shock, some of the major players in the publishing industry adapted […]
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- Tuesday Oct 17 - 12:01pm