POSTED ON OCTOBER 11, 2018 Dr Robert Sykes OBE. Defining the Leather Industry of the 20th century In 1994 Robert Sykes, who sadly died on the 5th October aged 89, called me and asked if I would be willing to talk to the International Council of Tanners about “Branding Leather” at their annual meeting in […]
Marketing is about the stories that you tell
POSTED ON AUGUST 13, 2018 Getting you story right Today I was delighted to be observing the Clerk of the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers being awarded a Fellowship of the University of Northampton at their July Degree ceremonies, to the obvious delight of their Chancellor, The Rev. Richard Coles who grew up locally in a […]
The Museum moves to the Grosvenor Centre and the ICLT plans for the Vulcan Works
POSTED ON FEBRUARY 2, 2017 The National Leather Collection has Moved Downtown (name temporarily adopted for the Museum of Leathercraft, since reversed) The National Leather Collection (which used to be called the Museum of Leathercraft), now safely housed on two upper floors of the Grosvenor Shopping Centre in the middle of Northampton, is leading the […]
A Creative Hub with teaching and learning for leather and fashion, with history attached
POSTED ON JULY 7, 2015 A future to get excited about For those of us who were at APLF and heard the Vice Chancellor’s major statement on the move toF the new Campus the excitement of the potential for leather in Northampton has been growing. While it is easy to get depressed by the last […]
Restarting the Museum of Leathercraft
POSTED ON JULY 18, 2014 The Museum of Leathercraft All of the Honorary Leather Graduates at this week’s ceremonies studied last century and some come from the days when leather teaching in the UK had three Campuses. Leeds University, Leathersellers in London and Northampton. It was in the 70s when they all got combined into […]