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Mr Morris, Lord Nuffield, is remembered as the founder of the Nuffield Foundation, the Nuffield Trust and Oxford University's Nuffield College. He died in 1963. Entertainment ...
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Hadrian Garrard, the curator of Morris Mania – an innovative exhibition now showing at the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow, east London – tells the story of being in King’s Cross Station and ...
The designer, artist, author and all-round polymath William Morris (1834-1896) championed the democratisation of good taste, said Nancy Durrant in The Times.An "ardent socialist", he famously ...
Nearly 130 years after his death, the British artist William Morris’ designs are everywhere, from wallpapers and dinnerware to phone cases and hand cream. The ubiquity of Morris’ intricate ...
Our associate digital editor, Alexander Morrison, visits Morris Mania: How Britain’s greatest designer went viral and talks to the William Morris Gallery’s director Hadrian Garrard.
Rifling through the storeroom drawers at the William Morris Gallery in London, the institution’s director Hadrian Garrard pulls out a poster depicting a dachshund surrounded by a jumble of ...
‘Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful’, advised the influential British designer William Morris (1834-1896), known not only for his signature floral ...
The designs of William Morris have become hugely popular over 150 years. But, as Deborah Nicholls-Lee reveals, it could all have been so different: the artist’s original ambition was to open a ...
At the elegant William Morris Museum in Walthamstow, east London, the exhibition William Morris & Art from the Islamic World runs until March 9. It is small, well co-ordinated and a tribute to its ...
William Morris (1834-1896), the renowned designer and leading light of the Arts and Crafts movement, was himself an avid collector of artefacts from the Muslim world. Now, a new exhibition at the ...
The upbeat event offered funky soul music deejayed by William Morris and a dance class taught by Charles Sykes. Morris, also known as Brother William, is the host of “Soul Kitchen,” a radio show on ...