A TALE OF TWO VASES - the recreation of two iconic Roman cameo glass pieces, demonstrating the skills still extant in the Stourbridge Glass industry, presented by the official biographer to both projects.
A presentation to the Black Country Society Virtual History Group on Monday 21st September 2026. (Duration 54 minutes)
OVER, UNDER, SIDEWAYS, DOWN ... quirks of the waterways that defy the straight and narrow.
A presentation to the Black Country Society Virtual History Group on Monday 20th April 2026. (Duration 73 minutes)
A NEW HOME; a tale of efforts to secure a permanent and suitable facility for the internationally-renowned Stourbridge Glass Collection.
A presentation to the Black Country Society Virtual History Group on Monday 28th April 2025. (Duration 55 minutes)
Check out this 1-minute video of a simply superb evening (Sat 18th May 2025), celebrating the Blue Vase (see Publications) created by Alex and the team at Stourbridge Glass Museum. Ace stuff!
Narrated by GF on behalf of History West Midlands (see Links) this is the tale of arguably the most iconic piece of Roman cameo glass ever made and of its more recent recreation by Stourbridge glassmaking artisans.
Community engagement on the waterways using digitisation, presented at the Annual Meeting of West Midlands Waterways Partnership held at Dudley Canal Trust on Wednesday 15.11.17.
Full video (duration 11 min 33) click here:

... well, Maisie and this critter are going to be fighting over the Aga. Another lazy varmint. This one is our latest rescue, he's got lovely whiskers so is known as The Colonel (his real name is actually Mackenzie, or Kenzie for short). A smashing chap, his former keeper died so - suckered again - we took him in. He's now a very old man and wants to do nothing more than eat and get fussed. Not a bad life, eh? He loves me, actually. Something to do with my beard; I dunno, apparently 8 out of 10 cats prefer whiskers. Boom boom! (Where I come from that counts as 'humour'). We'll keep you posted how this scrawny little whipper-snapper settles in.
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