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Frank Hornby & Mechanical Toys – Britain, Germany & the USA.
The fascinating and entrepreneurial Frank Hornby was the inventor of Meccano, The Hornby Railway and Dinky Cars – one of the great toy designers. Importantly, he believed that all children should play with, and so understand, mechanics; which is still relevant as we search for more engineers. More in Deborah’s book The History of Toys.
Frank Hornby & Mechanical Toys
Deborah will give the inaugural lecture to the new South Yorkshire Branch of the Newcomen Society, at Kelham Island Museum in Sheffield on 23 January 2017. The lecture will be Frank Hornby & Mechanical Toys – Britain, Germany & the USA. The fascinating and entrepreneurial Frank Hornby was the inventor of Meccano, The Hornby Railway and Dinky Cars – one of the great toy designers. The lecture is based on Deborah’s research for The History of Toys. Further information here
Kingsgate Winter Show
Deborah’s ceramics will be at Kingsgate Winter Show, 1-4 December
NewcomenLinks – September
The September 2016 issue of Newcomen Links 239 is published. It is edited and designed by Deborah Jaffé for the Newcomen Society for the history of engineering and technology.
Lecture: Frank Hornby & Mechanical Toys – Britain, Germany & the USA
Deborah is delighted to have been asked to give the inaugural lecture to the new South Yorkshire Branch of the Newcomen Society, at Kelham Island Museum in Sheffield on 23 January 2017. The lecture will be Frank Hornby & Mechanical Toys – Britain, Germany & the USA. She will also give the lecture to the North East Branch on 21 March and in London on 12 April, 2017. Continue reading Lecture: Frank Hornby & Mechanical Toys – Britain, Germany & the USA
Victoria: the drama
Victoria is the autumn drama on ITV.
I am pleased that my Victoria, has been republished by André Deutsch and is now in its fourth edition.
SOUVENIR Aldeburgh: memory as object
What a week at the Aldeburgh South Lookout. Lots of people came through the door, saw our installations and revealed much about themselves, giving us much to think about.
And I photographed some of the Broken Memory Series on Aldeburgh Beach. More here
SOUVENIR Aldeburgh: memory as object
Lots of visitors are coming to the show curated by Eileen Haring Woods at the Aldeburgh Lookout on the beach. There are souvenirs from 150 years ago and more recent ones, that include a gilded moustache mug, the dancing Statue of Liberty and snowglobes. The map room is at the top of the tower and Bill Jackson’s installation takes a virtual world tour. Deborah’s series of ceramics reveal her interpretation of the sea’s waves hitting the shore.
We are open until Sunday afternoon, 21 August. More information from Aldeburgh Beach Lookout
Victoria
A new edition of Victoria, by Deborah Jaffé, was published by Andre Deutsch on 11 August. First published in 2001 for the centenary of Queen Victoria’s death, this is the fourth edition. The edition coincides with the forthcoming ITV programme, Victoria. Illustrated throughout, in full colour, it places Queen Victoria in the context of the enormous social, political and industrial changes of the 19th century. See more about Victoria here.
Hardcover, 192 pages. ISBN-10: 023300497. ISBN-13: 978-0233004976. £16.99