John McGhee will give a talk at 6.15 on Wednesday 14 November at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow. Mr Bell and Mr Bain went into partnership in 1831 as printers and typesetters in Glasgow. Bell & Bain is still thriving in the 21st century. For more details and how to book, see the Glasgow Life […]
Typography and design lecture
October 1, 2016
Gen Harrison, Compositor and Property Manager at Robert Smail’s Printing Works, will take the audience through the qualities and quirks of typography and graphic design before the days of desk top publishing. Anyone who is thrilled by the use of a good typeface or appreciates graphic design as an art form will enjoy this fascinating […]
Talk on archives at Smail’s
August 18, 2016
Ian Riches, archivist for the National Trust for Scotland is giving a lecture at 8pm tonight at St Ronan’s Wells in Innerleithen, where he will talk about the archive of Robert Smail’s Printing Works as well as other archives in the care of NTS. For more details see Smail’s website.
Lunchtime talks at Comic Invention
April 7, 2016
There will be a series of free lunchtime talks in assocation with the Comic Invention exhibition, currently underway at the Hunterian Art Gallery at the University of Glasgow. Topics will include a Comic Invention overview with exhibition curator Professor Laurence Grove, Hogarth and the Comic Strip with exhibition curator Peter Black and Colonna Hynerotomachia with […]
Events at St Bride’s in October
October 3, 2015
On Friday 9 October 2015, there is a day course running at the St Bride Foundation on ‘Printing on a wooden hand press’. You can learn hand typesetting, inking, and printing, using techniques from the 15th century. The course costs £90 and you can book online. This year’s Beatrice Warde lecture will be given by […]
Edinburgh’s Industrial Information Revolution
May 1, 2012
On Thursday 24 May 2012 Dr Aileen Fyfe of the University of St Andrews will give a lecture entitled Edinburgh’s Industrial Information Revolution as part of the Understanding Technology series, at National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street, in cooperation with the Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation, University of Edinburgh. Her topic is […]
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