The Friends of Westminster School (FoWS) is a group of former parents, staff and others with links to the Westminster community who enjoy a busy schedule of events throughout the year.

If you are interested in attending any of the FoWS events please email them directly.

After a long hiatus, we have two splendid events to tell you about:

On Wednesday 16^th June 2010, Karolyn Shindler, writer, journalist and former parent, will talk about her book, In The Footsteps of Dorothea.

In The Footsteps of Dorotheaisa biography of Dorothea Bate, the story of one young Edwardian woman’s unbelievable bravery, persistence and passion for chosen career of fossil-hunting. On the island of Majorca 100 years ago, she made and extraordinary discovery. In a remote, sea-lashed cave she found a number of perfect, fossilised limb bones and the well-preserved skull of a bizarre goat-like creature, unlike anything that had ever been seen before. She named this creature Myotragus – or mouse goat. In the afterglow of last year’s Darwin celebrations, it is a glorious example of evolution, adaptation, survival – and extinction. Karolyn’s talk and slide presentation will explore both Dorothea’s, and her own, adventures on Majorca.

The talk is taking place in the Lecture Room and will cost £15 per person. It begins at 7pm  and will be followed by Drinks in the Camden Room. To book, please send a cheque (made payable to ‘Westminster School’) to: Victoria Dearborn, 14 Wandle Road, London SW17 7DW.

Barbara Bryant, art historian, curator, writer and also a former parent, will conduct a tour of the newly restored Leighton House in Holland Park.

The tour leader Barbara Bryant has contributed to the project on the recently reopened Leighton House. An expert on G.F. Watts and nineteenth-century British art, Barbara has curated major exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery and the Guildhall Art Gallery. Her book G.F. Watts in Kensington: Little Holland House and Gallery has just been published.  Her tour of Leighton's studio-house will focus on him as an artist and an art collector and will also consider how his collections can be seen afresh in the rich surroundings of the newly restored Leighton House. 

The provisional date for the tour is Monday 21^st June, beginning at 11am. It will cost £15 per person (coffee included) and we will meet at Leighton House.

This event is now fully booked.

If you have any questions about either event, please send us an email.

Looking forward to seeing all of you!

Victoria Dearborn
Friends of Westminster School

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