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Stowe House Tweetup 2012 – Foyle, fascination and friendship by James Mott
This weekend I was fortunate enough to attend a ‘tweetup’ at Stowe house hosted by Jonathan Foyle CEO World Monument Fund Britian.
All communities like to get together from time to time and the online twitter community is no exception. A tweetup put simply, is where people who choose ...
HSI Heritage Skills Festival, Building Conservation, Fear and Beer by James Mott
This year the Heritage Skills Initiative (HSI) hosted a heritage skills festival at the National Trust’s Souter lighthouse in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. The three day festival was held from the 23rd-25th September 2011.
Friday, the opening day was an opportunity for the local...
Last month we held our first conference in collaboration with Be2Camp at The Georgian Group HQ in London. Over 60 people attended the event to hear a variety of speakers lecturing on the problems the sector is facing, communication related issues and how businesses and organi...
Last weekend I took the opportunity to attend the building conservation fair hosted at Tuxford windmill (east midlands).
This initiative was started by county councillor John Hempsall and supported by heritage groups including SPAB, Englis...
Preserving and Presenting English Cathedrals Report by James Mott
England's cathedrals are amongst its chief architectural glories. But all have their challenges. World Monuments Fund recently facilitated ‘The Oculus’ visitor centre at St Pauls with American Express, managed the feasibility stage for the ‘New Cloister Project’ at St Albans and is supportin...
ProjectBook hosts Heritage Together Event following Listed Property Show by Russ Dalton
ProjectBook hosted another Heritage Together event on 19th February 2011, following a successful day at the Listed Property Show. The networking evening was held at the Hilton Olympia near the exhibition centre and attracted over ...
Building Conservation: Heritage Roofing NVQ3 pilot update by James Mott
This week my visit coincided with a visit from Chris Wood and John Edwards from English Heritage. We spent a pleasant few hours around the SCRT’s classroom table, discussing heritage issues and the need for more education and training for the upcoming generation of heritage roofers.
Following th...
The NHIG Launch at Hampton Court Palace by James Mott
The 20th July 2010 saw the launch of the National Heritage Ironwork Group (NHIG). Hosted at Hampton Court Palace the event was a great success with an excellent attendance from many top UK blacksmiths and Heritage Organisations including The National Trust, English Heritage and Historic Roy...
Be Inspired - Heritage Professionals Grasp the Nettle by James Mott
The Heritage sector is in need of a revolution. With an estimated 70% of work being carried out by unskilled practitioners, there is an urgent need for everyone in the sector to work towards reversing this trend.
So is anyone doing anything to inspire us all?
Back in 2009 a small group of unpai...
Welcome to ProjectBooks first blog post.
ProjectBook’s ‘state of the art’ website was launched on the 1st January 2009. As part of our commitment to members and site users to offer the best resources available, we have recently reviewed the website and added new feat...
