First Herbert Lane Lecture a Great Success
The Centre for the Historic Environment at Kellogg College in Oxford was the venue for the first Herbert Lane lecture on Tuesday 6th July. Herbert Lane was the founder of ASHTAV and bequeathed a large sum to the organisation which in turn enabled ASHTAV to provide Kellogg with an endowment to further its activities in the historic environment.
ASHTAV founder, Herbert Lane would have been proud of the event bearing his name held at Kellogg College in Oxford on Tuesday 6th July. Thanks to Herbert’s generosity ASHTAV has been able to provide an endowment to Kellogg’s Centre for the Historic Environment. As part of this endowment, an annual lecture relating to the historic environment will be held at Kellogg.
The Centre for the Historic Environment at Kellogg College in Oxford was the venue for the first Herbert Lane lecture on Tuesday 6th July. Herbert Lane was the founder of ASHTAV and bequeathed a large sum to the organisation which in turn enabled ASHTAV to provide Kellogg with an endowment to further its activities in the historic environment.
ASHTAV founder, Herbert Lane would have been proud of the event bearing his name held at Kellogg College in Oxford on Tuesday 6th July. Thanks to Herbert’s generosity ASHTAV has been able to provide an endowment to Kellogg’s Centre for the Historic Environment. As part of this endowment, an annual lecture relating to the historic environment will be held at Kellogg.
Professor Malcom Airs introduces
Eager anticipation
For the first lecture, Dame Fiona Reynolds, director general of the National Trust gave the large audience an inspiring lecture entitled “A Charter for Beauty”
Dame Fiona demonstrated how beauty had been an integral part of human life from the earliest times with examples such as Stonehenge and the cave paintings at Lascaux being just two examples of man’s desire to create and live in a beautiful environment. She cited the development of the English landscape Garden and Arts and Crafts Movements as further examples of our need for beauty at the centre of our lives. Dame Fiona urged that we should all make room for beauty when making decisions on matters that affect the way we live and our environment.
Dame Fiona demonstrated how beauty had been an integral part of human life from the earliest times with examples such as Stonehenge and the cave paintings at Lascaux being just two examples of man’s desire to create and live in a beautiful environment. She cited the development of the English landscape Garden and Arts and Crafts Movements as further examples of our need for beauty at the centre of our lives. Dame Fiona urged that we should all make room for beauty when making decisions on matters that affect the way we live and our environment.
...and relaxes afterwards
Dame Fiona speaks...
The next event is the AGM in Langport on October 2nd