POSTED ON MAY 28, 2010 Killing Oscar Did you see the BBC Three programme Blood, Sweat and Luxuries on Leather? Are you getting ready to go and strangle Oscar? I am sure Garen Nalbandian nearly did. If you have not seen it you still have all of May to watch it on BBC iPlayer (http://ow.ly/1Gbpm) […]
APLF 2010 was busy
POSTED ON APRIL 13, 2010 APLF was busy this year Between a smaller than usual but very successful Corium Club Dinner and the start of a trip by Mark Wilkinson to Latin America this coming week, things have been busy in the world of the British School of Leather Technology. APLF 2010 was always going […]
Corium Club Meetings
POSTED ON MARCH 25, 2010 Location, Location, Location Right now everyone is gathering in Hong Kong, and of course there is only one venue that all are targeting, which is the Corium Club event on Monday evening. There is a change this year as a result of the three day show, and the event will […]
Prof Geoff Attenburrow and Pat Potter
Two stalwarts retire from the BSLT POSTED ON JANUARY 12, 2010 All in a decade We seem to be rushing into the new decade at breakneck speed for the BSLT the first decade of the 21st century was pretty momentous. We had a succession of Heads of the BSLT, a succession of Deans, a new […]
Bologna, IULTCS President Elton Hurlow, CICB Brazilian Tanners in Northampton
POSTED ON OCTOBER 24, 2009 Three items below In Bologna with the Master of Leathersellers You might have expected that the recession would have meant real problems for the Trade Shows. Yet the need to know what is happening and to get this knowledge first hand has forced the key players in the leather industry […]
Shanghai ACLE, Leather Chemical Consolidation
POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2009 From the Terraces This is being written from the Terrace on the 18th floor of Broadway Mansions, a famous Shanghai residence since 1934, and now a modern hotel overlooking the famous Bund. It is actually the best way to see the Bund right now as the road, the riverside walkway […]
The Greenpeace report on the Amazon and Northampton celebrates 100 years of Leather teaching
POSTED ON AUGUST 16, 2009 The Amazon is important for the leather industry One highlight of the summer has been the publication of the Greenpeace report “Slaughtering the Amazon” and the way the leather industry has reacted to. We had always thought that cutting down the rain forest was about illegal logging but it turns […]
Emeritus Professor Tony Covington, his life and technology
POSTED ON JULY 13, 2009 Tony Emeritus: a. retired, but retaining honorary office; n. (pl. -ti) such as professor, etc. It is a rather special moment when Leather Science (or Technology) provides the first ever Emeritus Professor at a University. Yet that is what Professor Tony Covington has achieved at Northampton and on the 9th […]
Fashion shows and the recession hits leather
POSTED ON JUNE 23, 2009 In the Footlights Fashion shows always come with high levels of tension, emotion and lot so of superlatives. It’s like the opening night at the theatre. So much hangs on just a few moments. Many readers of this will have seen some of the University of Northampton Fashion School Show […]
the battle against leather picks up pace, Northampton leather cluster, APLF and the recession
POSTED ON MAY 29, 2009. 3 posts below Bringing in the students One of the purposes of going out to Hong Kong is to attract new students, but APLF 2009 was no so great a success. In fact the School must be a bit unsure about next year as the recession has hit the trade […]
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