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Glaziers Hall near London Bridge was the venue for the 2021 Four Liveries Lecture that took place on Tuesday 7th September.  The annual lecture alternates between four Worshipful Companies, namely Lightmongers, Glaziers, Scientific Instrument Makers and Clockmakers, who are linked by a common interest in science-based technologies This year it was the turn of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers (www.clockmakers.org)  to host the lecture by ... Read more

The Master’s Summer Garden Party did not have an auspicious start.  His practice run, attending a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace by invitation of Her Majesty the Queen had been cancelled due to the Covid19 pandemic, and Friday the 10th of October dawned as a cloudy, blustery day, with intermittent rain. Not quite the blazing sunshine of the previous days! Undaunted, the Master pressed on, ... Read more

There is no doubt that all the stars aligned for Junior Warden, Jamie Berry, who held his Junior Warden's event on the Thames aboard the Edwardian cruiser in July 2021.  Not only did he manage to get his timing right to organise the Lightmongers' first in-person event for over a year, he also selected one of the balmiest evenings of the Summer enabling guests to ... Read more

Delivered on 17th June 2021 by Professor Peter R. Boyce, MCIBSE, HonFSLL Like so many events over the past 18 months, the 2021 Lecture, organised by the Lightmongers Education Committee, took place via Zoom.  Committee Chairman, Stuart Mucklejohn explained, “The lecture was originally planned for June 2020 and Dr Boyce was very keen that it should take place in person.  However, this pandemic continues to ... Read more