Deborah to give her lecture on Ingenious Women to Newcomen North West in Manchester on 17 March, 18.30, at Anthony Burgess Foundation, Engine House, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street,
Manchester, M1 5BY. Further information at www.newcomen.com
Ingenious Women
Holocaust Letters
Ricarda Vidal and Deborah Jaffé’s chapter- Preserving a family archive and reconstructing an escape from Nazi Germany: A Dialogue in/or Translation – is included in this important book. http://https-www-bloomsbury-com-uk-holocaust-letters-9781350475342
Baked Alaska Lakes at Gingerbread City, London
My Baked Alaska Lakes plot is in the Gingerbread City at Westfield, White city until 7 January. Come to see the fantastical constructions made from gingerbread and confectionery https://www.thegingerbreadcity.com/
Refugees from Nazism to Britain in Trade, Industry and Engineering
Delighted to be speaking on A&O/Lanctan at this important conference on 13/14 September
https://ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/refugees-nazism-britain-trade-industry-and-engineering
Holocaust Letters
Pandemic Responses
An effect of the isolation enforced by the pandemic has been limits to my concentration. But I did manage to do a few lockdown paintings and drawings in the long months and now some clay tablets. These will be shown at the Kingsgate Open Studios 24-25 July 2021
Britain’s Best Selling Toys
Delighted to be part of this programme.
Winter Open Studios
Memories of the Future
Read Andrew Dewdney’s review of Memories of the Future in the Journal of Design History (OUP February 2019)
The Toys that made Christmas
Once again, The Toys that made Christmas, that I contributed to a few years ago, will be boradcast on BBC4, Saturdayu 22 December at 19.30.
There are a lot of toys and their histories in it including Meccano, Lego, dolls and trainsets!