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In the News
Churchill Fellow, Deepesh Patel, was interviewed on Radio Gloucestershire about his Fellowship to the Amazon Rainforest for his Canopy to Cures project. Deepesh's slot starts around 1h 14mins into the programme.
Blogging Fellows
A lot of Fellows blog whilst on their travels now, have a look at our map of Fellows' Travels with links to their blogs.
Fellows' Reports
Andrew Larpent - Traditional storytelling and new media in dementia therapy
Fellows' News
Many congratulations to Antony Jinman for being accepted as a member of the Explorers' Club UK Chapter in recognition of the work conducted in science and education around his arctic expeditions. Founded in New York City in 1904, The Explorers' Club promotes the scientific exploration of land, sea, air, and space by supporting research and education in the physical, natural and biological sciences. The Club's members have been responsible for an illustrious series of famous firsts: First to the North Pole, first to the South Pole, first to the summit of Mount Everest, first to the deepest point in the ocean, first to the surface of the moon. Since his Fellowship, which took him to Baffin Island, Antony has set up ETE (Education Through Expeditions), bringing together explorers and school children to inspire and educate them about their environment and the world around them.
Fellows' Events
2011 Fellow, Amy Smith, will report on her travels in the USA at the forthcoming Exporting Stoke event on 12th November. She researched the use of architectural terracotta in the USA. See full programme on conference website.
Fellows' Reports
Emily Miles: Collaborative Working: How publicly funded services can take a whole systems approach
Claire Chapman: Harnessing hydropower in Africa and Europe
Fellows' Updates
The latest Dark Sky monthly podcast (under What's of Interest in the righthand column) by Galloway Forest Park in Scotland (UK's first International Dark Sky Park) features Fellow Steve Owens. He travelled to North America to evaluate astronmy tourism in dark sky places.
In the news
The Telegraph published an article on Nick Danziger, giving his views on the current situation in Afghanistan. Nick's first visit to Afghanistan was in 1984, on his Churchill Fellowship, and he has returned regularly ever since.
South London geography teacher, Lisa Baum, has recently returned home after cycling 1500 miles from her London school to the Arctic Circle. She blogged along the way, hoping to inspire pupils to get on their bikes, and is now developing education video clips focussing on key themes of environment, culture, history and the challenges of the expedition.
Fellows' Reports
Tim Latham - Learning from the USA's cities of business innovation & re-growth
Matt Wilkinson - Bicycle frame building in the USA
Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi - The human cost of seeking asylum in Europe
Fellow's Update
Cas Holmes will be exhibiting her work during two open afternoons - 19th November and 3rd December from 12 noon to 4pm. Cas creates free hanging mixed media textiles as well as smaller framed works and objects using found materials, old domestic fabrics, papers and objects .
Event
The Churchill War Rooms are holding a late event on Friday 21st October. The exclusive evening features talks and tours of the site, live music, a bar serving Churchill's favourite champagne - Pol Roger, and the opportunity to meet the Museum's curators. Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.iwm.org.uk/afterhours
Trust News
Applications for 2012 Travelling Fellowships closed this week. We received 1059, which will be sent to our Advisory Council for assessment. Good luck to all who applied!
Fellows' Updates
Jeremy Clack's book for teaching brass to children has been published. The techniques are based on those he learned during his Fellowship to study El Sistema methods.
The Duke of Gloucester recently opened a new teaching block at Paces School in Sheffield. The school's Chief Executive is Norman Perrin, a Fellow of 2007, who travelled to Canada, the USA and Sweden to research the education of children with cerebral palsy. Paces was set up in 1992 by a group of parents who had seen the benefits of conductive education - a specialist learning system that looks at all of a child's physical, social and educational needs.
On BBC4 TV on Monday 17th October at 10pm, Colouring Light: An Artist Apart will feature the life and work of Brian Clarke. Brian is a long time member of the Advisory Council, a Trustee and a Fellow of 1974. He travelled around Europe on his Fellowship, looking at ancient and modern European stained glass and religious art and is now a world renowned artist.
Sadly Anne Seagrim, the original Administrator of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, has died. She passed away peacefully in her sleep on 10th August 2011, aged 97 after a short illness. Anne was critical to the successful establishment of WCMT and dedicated herself to the Trust and the Churchill Fellows from 1965 to 1984. She remained in contact with many Fellows.
Her cremation will be held at Mortlake Crematorium on 1st September at 3.30pm. The family has requested Family garden flowers only and donations to the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, 29 Great Smith Street, London, SW1P 3BL. Donations can also be made online via CAF (Charities Aid Foundation).
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