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SUMMARY:The Scottish Colourists
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe work of S.J. Peploe and J.D. Fergusson was seen in Edinburgh and London in the decade leading up to World War 1\, but Hunter and Cadell were less well known. All were bold pioneers in the field of rich colour and exuberant brushwork. The strong light and bright colour they discovered in France was easily harnessed to their favourite places in Scotland. \n  \n\n\n\n\n	\n					\n																							\n					\n																							\n			\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLecturer: Alice Foster MA\nAlice has lectured for Oxford University Department of Continuing Education since 1998. She lectures regularly at the Ashmolean Museum\, Oxford\, and at the Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock. She organises History of Art study days with colleagues\, and regular weekly classes in Oxfordshire and Worcestershire. In 2004 Alice joined The Arts Society and has lectured in Britain and in Europe. Since 2003 Alice has been a tutor on study holidays. In 2010 she was elected President of Banbury Fine Arts Society.
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/the-scottish-colourists/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210401T113000
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SUMMARY:The World in a Grain of Sand: William Blake
DESCRIPTION:William Blake by Thomas Phillips\n \n \nThe Tygers of Wrath are wiser than the Horses of Instruction [William Blake] \nWilliam Blake: Poet\, Painter and Philosopher; Rebel\, Radical\, and Revolutionary. Called a man without a mask by his friends\, Blake was always less ahead of his time than outside it\, creating his own mythology to tell the truths he perceived as the heart of all existence. Yet he was also a passionate participant in the world of his own day and his paintings and poetry\, shaped and conditioned by life in England under George III and the long shadows of revolutionary Europe and America\, are as particular and specific to eighteenth century London as they are timeless and universal. Blake in his lifetime was called mad as often as visionary; his work remains ambiguous and contradictory: enjoyed by schoolchildren while continuing to baffle scholars. This lecture examines the phenomenon of William Blake and his paradoxical way of seeing the world\, which challenged orthodoxy of all kinds and continues to do so. \n\n\nDr. Justine Hopkins is a writer and freelance lecturer in Art History\, currently living in Bristol.\nShe took a BA Hons degree at Bristol University\, reading English and Drama\, then changed direction and did an MA in Art History at the Courtauld Institute.  After eighteen months working as an archaeological illustrator\, partly in Belize\, she returned to Art History\, gaining a PhD from Birkbeck College\, London for her research into the relationship between science\, religion and landscape painting from the French Revolution to Darwin’s Origin of Species. Since then she has worked freelance as an Art History lecturer and writer: for Bristol\, London\, Oxford and Cambridge Universities; Tate Britain and Tate Modern\, the National and National Portrait Galleries; the Victoria and Albert Museum; Sotheby’s\, Christies’ and assorted independent institutions.  She is also a registered lecturer for NADFAS.  \nJustine is the step-granddaughter of the sculptor and painter Michael Ayrton\, and the main point of contact for all matters connected with his work. [See ‘Ayrton Estate’ section for further details] \nAs a writer of Historical Fantasy she is represented by the John Jarrold Literary Agency.
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/the-world-in-a-grain-of-sand-william-blake/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200305T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200305T123000
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SUMMARY:Pierre Bonnard: The Old Master of Modern Art?
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n \nFrom his radical youth in the vibrant world of avant-garde 1890s Paris\, to his death in rural Southern France in 1947\, Pierre Bonnard moved from modern and urban subjects to the limited and domestic. Despite the glorious\, atmospheric colour and shimmering decorative effect of his paintings\, Bonnard was often dismissed by the avant-garde during his lifetime and by art historians after his death. More recent scholarship has revised this assessment\, and this talk takes a close look at the artist’s work and changing reputation. \n\n\n\nThe Lecturer: Linda Smith\nLinda holds two first-class degrees in Art History.  She is an experienced lecturer and guide\, especially at Tate Britain and Tate Modern. She has lectured to a wide variety of audiences in different venues\, including school and university students\, and independent arts societies\, both in the UK and overseas.
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/pierre-bonnard-the-old-master-of-modern-art/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200206T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200206T123000
DTSTAMP:20260517T115627
CREATED:20191208T170402Z
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SUMMARY:FABER & FABER: 90 years of excellence in cover design
DESCRIPTION:Founded in 1929\, Faber and Faber has built a reputation as one of London’s most important literary publishing houses\, partly due to the firm’s insistence on good design and illustration.  This lecture traces its history through its illustrations\, covers and designs\, employing celebrated artists.  Toby Faber is the grandson of the firm’s founder\, so the talk will also be peppered with personal insight and anecdote. \n \nHas written two works of narrative history\, Stradivarius and Fabergé’s Eggs\, published by Macmillan in the UK and Random House in the US\, and given lectures associated with these two subjects at venues including The Victoria and Albert Museum\, The Library of Congress and the Huntington Library\, as well as a number of literary festivals. His career began with Natural Sciences at Cambridge and has been through investment banking\, management consulting and five years as managing director of the publishing company founded by his grandfather\, Faber and Faber\, where he remains on the board. He is also non-executive Chairman of its sister company\, Faber Music and a director of Liverpool University Press and the Copyright Licensing Agency.
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/faber-faber-90-years-of-excellence-in-cover-design/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200109T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200109T123000
DTSTAMP:20260517T115627
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SUMMARY:Rebuilding Ypres
DESCRIPTION:Ypres is an ancient town\, known to have been raided by the Romans in 1stC BC.  During WW1\, the town was all but obliterated by artillery fire and\, in 1920\, awarded the Military Cross by King George V.  After the war the town was extensively rebuilt with the main square\, including the Cloth Hall and town hall\, being rebuilt as close to the original designs as possible.  This lecture tells the story of that rebuilding.\n \n\n\nChanter Christopher Architectural Historian\nHas led lectures\, study days and workshops. Author of articles on restoration\, consultant on restoration to the Georgian Group. Chairman of Historic Buildings Committee\, Somerset Archaeology and Natural History Society 1999-2004. Correspondent to the Council of British Archaeology.
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/rebuilding-ypres/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191205T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191205T123000
DTSTAMP:20260517T115627
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SUMMARY:The Origins of our English Christmas
DESCRIPTION:The origins of our English Christmas lie in distant European history\, combining the pagan traditions of the Roman and Scandinavian winter festivals.  In the 4thC AD the Christian Church began to celebrate the birth of Christ\, and pagan and religious traditions blended\, changing with the social and political landscape. This lecture explores the resultant rich tapestry of music\, art and folk customs which interweave to create the festival that most touches everyone in our society. \n  \n\nRoger Askew  MA BMus\nRoger was a chorister at Wells Cathedral School and a choral scholar at Magdalen College\, Oxford\, where he graduated with an honours degree in English.  He combined a teaching career with professional singing in London\, and after obtaining a further degree in Music became Director of Music at Daniel Stewart’s and Melville College in Edinburgh. \nAfter retiring in 2003 he returned to the south of England.  He is President Emeritus of The Stoke Poges Society and Chairman of Windsor and Maidenhead Decorative and Fine Arts Society.
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/the-origins-of-our-english-christmas/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191107T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191107T123000
DTSTAMP:20260517T115627
CREATED:20190304T104030Z
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SUMMARY:Velázquez - 'The Great Magician of Art'
DESCRIPTION:  \nVelázquez(1599-1660) was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of spain\, noted for his portraits\, of the spanish royal family and others\, culminating in the production of his masterpiece Las Meninas in 1656.  This Lecture considers the way in which the artist raises questions about reality and illusion\, via complex and enigmatic composition. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n  \nThe Lecturer: Douglas Skeggs\nDouglas Skeggs read Fine Art at Magdalene College\, Cambridge. He is a Writer\, Artist\, TV Presenter. Lecturer to many London art courses. Director of the New Academy of Arts. Author of 6 Novels. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/2019-11-07/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191003T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191003T123000
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SUMMARY:Girls Behaving Badly: Jane Austen's Wicked Women
DESCRIPTION:Some Austen scholars consider that Jane Austen is much more subversive than is generally supposed.   In this lecture\, Annalie Talent considers how far Austen rebels against expected codes of behaviour for women in her lifetime\, with reference to her life and work. \n\n\nThe Lecturer: Annalie Talent BA\nAnnalie Talent has worked at several museums and writers’ houses\, including Jane Austen’s House Museum in Chawton (where she currently works as Learning Officer)\, Dove Cottage and the Wordsworth Museum in Grasmere\, and the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. She has also worked as an eighteenth century maid at Wordsworth House in Cockermouth\, Cumbria. She has a particular interest in literary houses and is currently researching contemporary artistic responses to writers’ houses and their collections. She has a degree in English Literature\, has studied History of Art\, and worked for several years as a teacher.
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/girls-behaving-badly-jane-austens-wicked-women/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190704T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190704T123000
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SUMMARY:Gilded Glories - the fascinating history of gilded decoration
DESCRIPTION:Gilding continues to be the ultimate faux embellishment and decoration.  This lecture explores the fascination for gilt and shows how gilding has been used throughout history to enhance various woodwork\, sculptures\, metals and paintwork. \n\nLecturer:  Jo Mabbutt\nLiveryman of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers and Freeman of the City of London. Originally a trained singer\, pianist and orchestra administrator\, Jo is now a decorative artist who gilds antique lace and crochet\, often combining with hand printing and painting.  She works to commission\, sells through galleries and exhibitions and collaborates with other designers. \nJo trained in wood graining\, marbling\, gilding\, specialist paint finishes and interior design and was awarded the City & Guilds Silver Medal for Excellence in 2000.  She taught in further education for 8 years on Art & Design National Diploma and Foundation courses then up-skilled at Central St Martin’s College of Art & Design developing her own practice. She now divides her time as a designer/maker\, lecturer and tutor running workshops for specialist groups.
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/gilded-glories-the-fascinating-history-of-gilded-decoration/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190606T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190606T123000
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SUMMARY:Women behind the Lens
DESCRIPTION:The work of women photographers has often been unfairly neglected.  This lecture seeks to correct that by examining the contribution of three outstanding British practitioners: Julia Margaret Cameron\, a Victorian pioneer\, Jane Brown a brilliant portraitist and Faye Godwin\, who excelled in landscape photography. We will also explore the work of two highly- influential Americans\, Dorothy Lange who produced brilliant documentary images and Annie Leibovitz who continues to both surprise and delight her audience. \n\nLecturer: Mr Brian Stater BA MSc\nHis chief interests lie in photography\, architecture and history and he combines all three in his lecturing career. He has taught at University College London\, since 1997 and became an accredited lecturer for The Arts Society in 2003. He is a member of the Association for Historical and Fine Art Photography and an exhibition of his own photographs has been staged at UCL. In an attempt to gain a deeper understanding of the skills of some great photographers of the past\, he has begun to work with a pre-War Leica camera\, as used by his great hero\, Henri Cartier-Bresson\, and many others.
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/women-behind-the-lens-2/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190509T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190509T123000
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SUMMARY:The Role of the Arts in the Cycle of Crime\, Prison and Re-offending
DESCRIPTION:Years of working as an artist within the Criminal Justice System in England and Germany have given Angela unique insights into the destructive and costly cycle of crime\, prisons and re-offending. In this thought-provoking talk she offers a deeper understanding of the minds\, lives and challenges of offenders. \n\nLecturer: Ms Angela Findlay BA (Hons) Dip. Artistic Therapy\nAngela Findlay is a professional artist\, writer and freelance lecturer with a long standing interest in the role the arts and the creative process can play in bringing about changes\, on a personal level or within societies. Her long career of teaching art in prisons and Young Offender Institutions in Germany and England\, followed by her role as the former Arts Coordinator of the Koestler Trust in London\, gave her many insights into the huge impact the arts can have in terms of rehabilitation. She is currently advising the Ministry of Justice and presenting the case for the arts to be included in their new rehabilitation and education policies. \nIn the past decade Angela’s Anglo-German roots led her to discover and research Germany’s largely unknown but fascinating post-WWII process of remembrance. So completely different to the British one\, the arts once again play a huge and vital role in expressing the apology and atonement that underlies the country’s unique culture of memorials and counter memorials. \nAngela has a BA(Hons) in Fine Art\, a Diploma in Artistic Therapy (specialising in colour) and her paintings are widely exhibited both nationally and internationally. \n\nThis Section Was Added After The Lecture\nArt Behind Bars\n\nThe guest speaker on Thursday 9 May 2019 gave a unique insight into the role of The Arts in the cycle of crime\, prison and re-offending.  Using extraordinary slides of prisoners’ art and personal stories from arts projects she had pioneered in English and German prisons\, Angela Findlay demonstrated the vital role The Arts play in the rehabilitation process of offenders.  Angela is a writer\, artist and lecturer who\, until 2016 was advising The Ministry of Justice on a radical new approach to the treatment of prisoners and reform within the prison system.  Unfortunately\, that project came to an abrupt end following cuts in government expenditure and the recent political instability. \nBy developing and encouraging key life-skills\, which many offenders lack or have been denied through circumstances in their early years\, Angela illustrated how access to light\, colour and space can impact significantly upon those who are locked up for 23 hours each day.  Personal space is a crucial part of the rehabilitation process but is almost impossible to find in corrective institutions in the UK.  We have the highest number of prisoners behind bars in Europe.  This lecture was thought-provoking and particularly disturbing knowing that\, in Angela’s words – the prison system is a ‘ticking bomb’.
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/the-role-of-the-arts-in-the-cycle-of-crime-prison-and-re-offending/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190404T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190404T123000
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SUMMARY:Art UK: Uncovering the Nation’s Hidden Oil Paintings
DESCRIPTION:The Picture Gallery\nLawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912)\nTowneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum\n  \nIn 2003 a project was set up to catalogue the UK’s national collection of oil paintings. It involved visiting over 3\,000 collection locations across the UK and photographing 212\,000 paintings. The lecture offers an insider’s view of this ambitious and unique project. \n\nMrs Mary Rose Rivett –Carnac BA MA\nMary Rose gained an MA in Victorian Studies at Royal Holloway\, University of London. Several of her arts-related essays and articles have been published\, and she is a guide at Turner’s House in Twickenham and Dorich House Museum in Kingston. She was a founder member of The Arts Society of Richmond upon Thames. Since 2007 she has worked part-time on the unique arts project that is the subject of her lectures.
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/art-uk-uncovering-the-nations-hidden-oil-paintings/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190307T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190307T123000
DTSTAMP:20260517T115627
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LAST-MODIFIED:20180630T183837Z
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SUMMARY:Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel - the black brow’d cantor
DESCRIPTION:Fanny Mendelssohn\, who later came to be known as Fanny Hensel\, was a German pianist and composer. She was the sister of the composer Felix Mendelssohn and is considered to have been as equally gifted as her genius brother.  Even though there is a constant comparison of her music with that of Felix\, she had an altogether different expression\, which was more passionate in nature. It is only now that her music is coming to light and being published. \n\nLecturer: Miss Karin Fernald\nKarin Fernald is an actor\, writer and speaker.  She researches and  creates a spell-binding picture of a character and a historical period; sometimes with  revealing  powerpoint  images\, and sometimes with music.   She has appeared at festivals in England and on tour in Japan\, Australia\, Europe and at the University of  Cape Town Summer School. She is  a Arts Society/NADFAS speaker. \n  \n\n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/fanny-mendelssohn-hensel-the-black-browd-cantor/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190207T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190207T123000
DTSTAMP:20260517T115627
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SUMMARY:From Bronzes to Banksy
DESCRIPTION:London has a world-class reputation for art in its many galleries.  This\, however\, is a lecture about the remarkable range of art outside in the streets\, ranging from huge and expensive commissions to unofficial graffiti\, sometimes audacious and often playful. We look at why art is there\, how it has developed over the years and discover many hidden gems.  \n\nLecturer:Mr. Ian Swankie\nA Londoner with a passion for art and architecture. He is an official guide at Tate Modern\, Tate Britain\, Guildhall Art Gallery and St Paul’s Cathedral\, and gives regular tours at each venue. Also a qualified and active freelance London guide and a member of both the City of London and Westminster Guide Lecturer Associations. Clients include WEA groups\, Transport for London\, the National Trust and London Open House. In 2012 he established a weekly independent art lecture group in Richmond and gives talks on a variety of subjects. \n  \n\n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/from-bronzes-to-banksy/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190103T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190103T123000
DTSTAMP:20260517T115627
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SUMMARY:Inspired by Stonehenge
DESCRIPTION:We explore how the iconic structure of Stonehenge has inspired painters\, potters and poets resulting in a diverse catalogue of images and impressions which now grace tea towels in Wiltshire\, phone cards in Japan and stamps from Bhutan.   \n\nLecturer: Mr Julian Richards BA FSA\nJulian is an archaeologist who ran the Stonehenge Environs Project\, a detailed study of Stonehenge and its surrounding landscape. This gave him his first experience of the media\, where he contributed parts to programmes about Stonehenge. He was asked to contribute to a TV programme about the construction of Stonehenge. His ideas led eventually to the programmes “Meet the Ancestors” and “Blood of the Vikings”. In addition\, he has written books to accompany both series. \n\n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/inspired-by-stonehenge/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181206T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181206T123000
DTSTAMP:20260517T115627
CREATED:20180406T155659Z
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SUMMARY:Post War British Theatre: a second Golden Age?
DESCRIPTION:This lecture examines how the theatre responded to the upheavals of the Great Depression\, two World Wars\, the Cold War\, the Space Race and the Information Revolution.  It considers how\, throughout this age of extremes\, the show still went on and continues to reflect our story right up to the present. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\nTerence Rattigan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\nHarold Pinter\n\n\n\n\n\n\n		\n	\n\nJohn Osborne\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n  \n\nLecturer: Mr Giles Ramsay BA MA PGCE\nGiles Ramsay is Course Leader in Theatre at The Victoria and Albert Museum in London\, an accredited Arts Society (formerly NADFAS) lecturer and a former Fellow of St. Chad’s College\, Durham University. \nHe regularly lectures on Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth and has given numerous talks at institutions ranging from The Foundation for Mexican Literature in Mexico City to The Royal College of Physicians in London. Giles combines academic analysis with hands on experience to bring a unique insight to the world of the theatre.
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/post-war-british-theatre-a-second-golden-age/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181101T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181101T123000
DTSTAMP:20260517T115627
CREATED:20180406T152105Z
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SUMMARY:The Music and Life of Johann Sebastian Bach
DESCRIPTION:Johann Sebastian Bach\, composer of the Baroque era and the most celebrated member of a large family of north German musicians. Bach is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. Appearing at a propitious moment in the history of music he was able to survey and bring together the principal styles\, forms and national traditions which had developed during preceding generations and\, by virtue of his synthesis\, enrich them all. \n\nLecturer:  Mr Peter Medhurst GRSM ARCM\nPeter appears in the UK and abroad as a musician and scholar\, giving recitals and delivering illustrated lectures on music and the arts. He studied singing and early keyboard instruments at the Royal College of Music and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. \n  \n  \n\n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/the-music-and-life-of-johann-sebastian-bach/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181004T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181004T123000
DTSTAMP:20260517T115627
CREATED:20180406T145021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180630T154119Z
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SUMMARY:19th Century British Marine Painting
DESCRIPTION:This lecture traces British marine painting back to the Van de Veldes\, father and son\, who were invited to England in 1672 and shows how they influenced British marine painters. After a brief look at the 18th century marine painters that followed\, 19th century marine painters are divided into four categories: painters of naval battles\, ships’ portrait painters\, pure sea painters and landscape artists who turned to the sea for inspiration.  \n\nLecturer:  Mrs Felicity Herring BA MA\nFelicity Herring has a BA in history and economics and an MA in Fine Art Valuation. She is an experienced Arts Society  lecturer and also lectures on cruise ships. She is a member of the Nelson Society and the 1805 Club. \n  \n  \n\n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/19th-century-british-marine-painting/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180705T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180705T133000
DTSTAMP:20260517T115627
CREATED:20180630T200106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251206T162437Z
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SUMMARY:'Sweet Swan of Avon': William Shakespeare and his Turbulent World
DESCRIPTION:In his tribute to Shakespeare on the publication of the First Folio of Shakespeare’s plays in 1623\, Ben Jonson addresses him as ‘Sweet Swan of Avon’ \, ‘Thou Star of Poets’ and ‘Not of an Age\, but for all Time’. 400 years after Shakespeare’s death his words still have the power to thrill\, to move\, to uplift the soul. In fact\, it’s said that a Shakespeare play is being performed somewhere in the world every minute of every day. In this lecture we explore what is known about his life in the turbulent and often dangerous world of Elizabethan and Jacobean England\, and look at the development of English Renaissance theatre. We will also focus on some of the portraits purporting to be of Shakespeare and examine the theories behind them. \n\nLecturer: Elizabeth Merry\nElizabeth has over 25 years’ experience lecturing on a range of subjects including classical art and architecture\, aspects of the visual arts and the links between literature and art. Has lectured for the WEA\, the Universities of Bristol and Southampton Departments of Continuing Education\, Royal Society of Arts\, Dillington House\, Jane Austen Society\, Thomas Hardy Society\, Brussels Brontë Society\, Finzi Society\, the Art Fund\, Dorset County Museum and literary\, historical and philosophical societies nationwide. Has also lectured on study tours to Rome\, Aachen\, Cologne\, Brittany and the Dordogne\, as well as all over the UK. Lectured in Australia and New Zealand in 2011 and is returning to Australia for two further lecture tours.
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/sweet-swan-of-avon-william-shakespeare-and-his-turbulent-world-2/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180607T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180607T123000
DTSTAMP:20260517T115627
CREATED:20171120T104936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180523T094105Z
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SUMMARY:The Royal Academy 1768-2018
DESCRIPTION:Britain’s oldest fine arts institution will be celebrating its 250th Anniversary in 2018. The Royal Academy has an illustrious history that spans from the mid 18th century through to the 21st century.  We contemplate its past and review its various homes before settling on its current Mayfair location in Burlington House. This fully illustrated talk explores a selection of its ground–breaking temporary loan exhibitions and considers its role and impact on the art scene\, both on British soil and overseas.  The talk wouldn’t be complete without a behind the scene look at the Summer Exhibition – held without interruption since 1769 – which displays works in a variety of media and genres by emerging and established contemporary artists. In addition\, anecdotal stories will also be revealed by the lecturer based on her twelve year career with the institution. We also consider the influence of certain world-renowned Royal Academicians\, exemplary artists in their chosen field\, and the pivotal role that is played by the RA Schools.  The impressive roll call of RAs over the past 250 years includes household names such as Reynolds\, Constable\, Turner\, Munnings and\, more recently\, Hockney\, Paolozzi\, Foster\, Craig-Martin and Gormley. By charting its history through intriguing and important archival photographs and considering its place in Britain’s rich artistic heritage\, we can mark this significant anniversary and consider its future with much excitement and anticipation. \n\nLecturer: Mrs Pamela Campbell Johnston MA\nMA Hons Art History\, St Andrew’s University. Over 20 years of lecturing experience to undergraduates\, adult groups\, and to Friends and Patrons of the Royal Academy of Arts as part of the Adult Education Department’s programme of events. Also conducted numerous guided tours and focused gallery talks on individual works of art. Specialises in British Domestic Architecture and Modern British Art. Over 12 years’ experience at the Royal Academy. Work experience also undertaken at Bonhams\, Art Loss Register\, National Trust. Now a freelance art consultant and lecturer. Recently curated a collection for the Lansdowne Club. \n\n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/the-royal-academy-1768-2018/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180503T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180503T123000
DTSTAMP:20260517T115627
CREATED:20171120T103957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251206T163307Z
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SUMMARY:Legend and Lustre: Jim Thompson and Thai Silk
DESCRIPTION:Jim Thompson arrived in Bangkok as a US army officer in 1945\, fell in love with it and stayed. Captivated by the beauty of Thai silk\, an ancient craft in decline\, he resuscitated it and made it famous\, creating costumes for films and embellishing his house\, which today is a museum. An aesthete and art  collector\, he created an exquisite home from six handcarved teakwood houses brought from the countryside and filled it with Asian art. Here he became a legendary host. This lecture tells the story of his achievements\, showing the intricate process of silk production and its illustrious heritage\, including royal robes and temple murals. It touches on films featuring his silks\, reveals his house and its art and reflects on a life that ended with his mysterious disappearance. \n  \n \n\nLecturer: Ms Denise Heywood BA (Hons) FRGS\nArt historian\, author\, lecturer\, photographer and journalist. Worked in Cambodia in the 1990s and has been a scholar of Southeast Asian art ever since. Her books include one on the Buddhist temples of Laos\, Ancient Luang Prabang and Laos\, also in French\, and Cambodian Dance Celebration of the Gods\, with a foreword by the daughter of King Sihanouk. Lectures for the Art Fund\, the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) on their post graduate Asian Art Course and for Madingley Hall (University of Cambridge); also for organisations such as the British Museum\, the Royal Society for Asian Affairs\, Asia House\, the National Trust\, the Royal Geographical Society and has lectured worldwide for universities\, museums\, colleges\, art institutions\, literary societies and travel organisations. She writes for many art\, literary and travel publications and has appeared on television and radio. She has led cultural tours to Southeast Asia and France for the Royal Academy\, the Art Fund\, Asia House and many more and lectures on cruise ships. A member of the Association of Southeast Asian Studies in the UK\, Asia House and the Royal Geographical Society. \n\n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/legend-and-lustre-jim-thompson-and-thai-silk/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180405T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180405T123000
DTSTAMP:20260517T115627
CREATED:20171120T103351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251206T163508Z
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SUMMARY:A Photographic Odyssey: Shackleton’s Endurance Expedition 1914-1916
DESCRIPTION:Frank Hurley’s photographs are a visual narrative\, captured with great artistry\, of Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated 1914-16 expedition to Antarctica and the epic story of survival which followed the loss of the Endurance. \nOn Ernest Shackleton’s third Antarctic expedition in 1914\, his ship\, the Endurance\, was trapped and eventually crushed in the pack ice. After camping for five months on the ice\, Shackleton’s men rowed to the remote Elephant Island. From there\, Shackleton sailed for help to South Georgia over 800 miles away. Over three months later he returned to rescue the crew of the Endurance. Frank Hurley\, one of the great photographers of the 20th century\, was the expedition’s official photographer. His photographs are a visual narrative of an epic journey which capture with great artistry new and amazing landscapes within which a remarkable human drama is played out. The aim of the lecture is to capture Hurley’s achievements as a photographer of the Antarctic in the first flush of human contact when it was still essentially terra incognita. \n\nThe Lecturer: Mr Mark Cottle BA\, MA \nBorn on the Isles of Scilly and educated at Truro School\, Cornwall\, and Birmingham University. His career has been spent in education and training at home and abroad. He has lectured at Exeter College on Medieval and Tudor history\, St Mark’s & St John’s University College\, Plymouth\, and at Bath University on Anglo Saxon and medieval England. Currently runs two small companies providing training and study breaks. \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/a-photographic-odyssey-shackletons-endurance-expedition-1914-1916/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180301T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180301T123000
DTSTAMP:20260517T115627
CREATED:20171120T101905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251206T163803Z
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SUMMARY:Women Behind the Lens - This Lecture had to be cancelled due to snow It has been rescheduled for the 6th of June 2019.
DESCRIPTION:Go to the rescheduled lecture. \nThe work of women photographers has often been neglected. This lecture examines the contribution of three outstanding British practitioners: Julia Margaret Cameron\, a Victorian pioneer\, Jane Brown\, a brilliant portraitist and Fay Godwin\, who excelled in landscape photography. This lecture will also explore the work of Annie Liebovitz and Dorothea Lange. \n\n  \nLecturer: Mr Brian Stater BA\, MSc\nHis chief interests lie in photography\, architecture and history and he combines all three in his lecturing career. He has taught at University College London\, since 1997 and became an accredited lecturer for The Arts Society in 2003. He is a member of the Association for Historical and Fine Art Photography and an exhibition of his own photographs has been staged at UCL. In an attempt to gain a deeper understanding of the skills of some great photographers of the past\, he has begun to work with a pre-War Leica camera\, as used by his great hero\, Henri Cartier-Bresson\, and many others. \n\n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/women-behind-the-lens/
LOCATION:Dorset
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180201T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180201T123000
DTSTAMP:20260517T115627
CREATED:20171120T101302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251206T163933Z
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SUMMARY:FOREIGNERS IN LONDON 1520-1677: ARTISTS THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF BRITISH ART
DESCRIPTION:A lecture which explores how refugees and travellers from across Europe and Asia brought new skills and talents which both affected and changed the development of art in Britain. \nWhy were foreigner painters preferred by the aristocracy in London to native-born English painters\, why did foreigners come in the first place\, what was their motivation\, and what was the impact of foreigners in London on English art and art practise? The lecture will look at the various formats and uses of art\, tracing foreign artists from the Tudor period through to the Renaissance and Baroque\, looking at their origins and how they came to work in England. It will examine the contributions of artists such as Holbein\, Gerrit van Honthorst\, Marcus Gheeraerts the younger\, Lucas and Susanna Horenbout\, Isaac Oliver\, Paulus van Somer\, van Dyck\, Peter Lely\, and Rubens. This lecture will look at how these artists influenced the British School of painting and assess their legacy. \n  \nLecturer: Mr Leslie Primo BA\, MA\nHolds a BA in Art History and an MA in Renaissance Studies from Birkbeck College\, University of London. Was Visiting Lecturer in Art History at the University of Reading in 2005 and 2007\, and gives lectures and guided tours\, plus special talks\, at both the National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery. Also lectures at the City Literary Institute\, and has presented a series of talks at the National Maritime Museum and the Courtauld Institute. \n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/foreigners-in-london-1520-1677-artists-that-changed-the-course-of-british-art/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180104T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180104T123000
DTSTAMP:20260517T115627
CREATED:20171120T100440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251206T164131Z
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SUMMARY:Palladio: his work and influence on European Architecture
DESCRIPTION:The Italian architect\, Andrea Palladio\, was born in Padua in 1508. His work was based on the symmetry\, perspective and values of the formal classical temple architecture of the Ancient Greeks and Romans. Palladianism became popular during the mid 17th century but its flowering was cut short by the onset of the Civil War and the austerity which followed.[spacer height=”20px”] \nThe Lecturer: Tom Duncan\nTom Duncan was educated at Trinity College\, Dublin\, where he studied History of Art and Classical Archaeology. He then studied in the United States and moved to England in 1984 to complete his PhD. He taught at University level and now lectures widely to heritage and artistic organisations such as The Art Fund and NADFAS. He began to lead tours sixteen years ago and founded CICERONI Travel in 1998. \nAfter a generation in University life\, he has now retired from teaching to concentrate on lecturing to a wider public\, and to leading tours to his major areas of interest: the architecture and archaeology of Ireland\, and the Mediterranean basin.
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/palladio-his-work-and-influence-on-european-architecture/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171207T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171207T123000
DTSTAMP:20260517T115627
CREATED:20171120T093703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251206T164232Z
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SUMMARY:BETTY JOEL: GLAMOUR AND INNOVATION IN 1930S DESIGN
DESCRIPTION:Betty Joel\, born Mary Stewart Lockhart\, ran a furniture making and design business. At its peak\, in the 1920s and 30s\, Betty Joel Ltd employed 50 craftsmen and had showrooms in Knightsbridge. With no formal training\, she created\, through a flair for branding and marketing\, the leading furnishing company of the day in London. The talk explores her early life and marriage to David Joel\, exhibitions\, and projects. Her clients included royalty\, high society\, politicians\, banks\, hotels (such as the Savoy in London) as well as film companies and theatres. With rare access to three surviving schemes\, the style and glamour of 1930s design is brought to life and retells the story of a determined woman in a world still run by men. \n\n\nLecturer:   Clive Lockhart.\nClive studied on the Sotheby’s Works of Art course and has now been working in the fine art world for 40 years. Managing Director of Woolley and Wallis\, the UK’s leading regional auctioneers\, in Salisbury\, and has been a specialist on the BBC Antiques Roadshow for over 20 years. Has also lectured on cruise ships as well as for many other groups\, and recently published a major article in the Journal of the Decorative Arts Society on Betty Joel. \n\n\n 
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/betty-joel-glamour-and-innovation-in-1930s-design/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171102T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171102T123000
DTSTAMP:20260517T115627
CREATED:20171120T093213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171120T093213Z
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SUMMARY:Duccio di Buoninsegna\, Sienese Master Painter
DESCRIPTION:Through his astonishing virtuoso technique and original blending of the latest Byzantine and French Gothic artistic styles\, Duccio di Buoninsegna introduced a new sensibility into Sienese panel painting between 1278 and 1319. \n\n  \nThe Lecturer: Dr. Janet Robson BA MA PhD
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/duccio-di-buoninsegna-sienese-master-painter/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171005T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171005T123000
DTSTAMP:20260517T115627
CREATED:20171120T082813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171120T090615Z
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SUMMARY:Up the Nile with Amelia: a Victorian voyage
DESCRIPTION:Amelia Edwards\, writer\, artist\, musician and collector\, in 1873\, travelled the length of Egypt recording impressions of all she saw. Using extracts from her book and watercolour illustrations by her contemporaries\, we will follow her remarkable journey.
URL:https://theartssocietyblackmorevale.org.uk/event/up-the-nile-with-amelia-a-victorian-voyage/
LOCATION:Stalbridge Hall\, Stalbridge Hall\, Lower Road\, Stalbridge\, Sturminster Newton\, Dorset\, DT10 2NF\, United Kingdom.
CATEGORIES:Monthly Lecture
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