Goldlink 30 by Goldsmiths, University of London

Goldlink 30 Spring 2008 Keeping you in touch with Goldsmiths

Setting Trends A new company to watch out for

Higher Education A conversation with former student Steve Bullock, Mayor of Lewisham

Musical Gifts Remembering Alice

Inside: Goldlink 30

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I’ve always been conscious of the College as a major player in the arts and humanities, but working here as interim Director of Development has really opened my eyes to the full breadth of endeavour, including education and the social sciences.

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These are exciting times at Goldsmiths and I am delighted to be able to play a part. This issue of Goldlink highlights just a few of the recent developments, and introduces plans for major new initiatives such as the creation of an Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship (ICCE) – see page 16.

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My first action on being appointed was to bring my wife back into the fold, as she had joined the ranks of ‘lost’ alumni following a house move last year. She really enjoyed her MSc in Occupational Psychology and, like many of her peers, feels it was both an important part of her intellectual development and also a key stepping-stone for her subsequent career. If you know of a former student who isn’t receiving Goldlink, please encourage them to get back in touch and let us know what they are doing now. I am sad to see this magazine’s editor, Will Finch (BA English 1995 - 1998), leaving the College for pastures new, as he was a valued member of the team and the feedback I’ve received from former students has been that the changes he brought to recent issues of Goldlink have been extremely positive. We are currently recruiting his successor, and if you have any suggestions for further improvements that could be brought to the magazine or the services offered to alumni more widely, please do write in so I can pass these on. I am sure you will want to join me on congratulating Mark Wallinger in becoming the latest Goldsmiths alumnus to win the Turner Prize. Please read on to find out more about the contribution being made by your peers to the UK’s cultural, educational and economic well-being…

Speaking from the Heart Sir Steve Bullock, Mayor of Lewisham

The Baby Boomers Reunited after forty years apart 10-11 COVER STORY

Excess Is Ok Insight into the the leading streetwear brand founded by Goldsmiths’ alumni 12-13 Feature article

Bridging the Generations 14-15 student bursaries

Music for Alice Edith Macgill reflects on the charity she started in the memory of her talented sister 16 events

Investing in the Arts 17 alumni abroad

US Alumni Event The Warden and the international graduate contact for USA North East report back.

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Goldlink 30 Edited by Will Finch Development and Alumni Office Goldsmiths, University of London New Cross, London, SE14 6NW goldsoc@gold.ac.uk 020 7919 7069

Sheila Cornelius reports from the 2007 Dean Lecture

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Paul Dennett

Keeping you in touch with Goldsmiths

Christopher Howe and his daughter Holly contrast their experiences at Goldsmiths

Contributions to Goldlink are welcome by e-mail or post. We reserve the right to edit articles in the interests of brevity or clarity. The opinions expressed in the magazine are those of the writers concerned and not necessarily of Goldsmiths. Goldlink is printed on Era Silk, the only coated graphical paper made from UK waste. Era Silk is collected from within a 100 mile locality, thereby reducing its carbon footprint, and is produced under the Eco-Management Audit Scheme (EMAS) certification.

Bringing Wilde to Iran

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Bavand Behpoor (MA Contemporary Art Theory 2005-06) works in Iran as a freelance artist and architect and is also now making great waves in the world of literary translation. He has recently finished translating Ethics (An Essay on the Understanding of Evil) by Alain Badiou from English to Persian. “I first learnt about Badiou and his book at a lecture at Goldsmiths,” said Bavand. “I’ve translated it from English and compared it with the original French edition.” The book is going to be published soon by Cheshmeh Books in Tehran.

Biking for Bursaries One of the most impressive demonstrations of commitment to the College in 2007 came from Goldsmiths’ former Director of Resources and Planning, Ian Turner, who raised £1,537 by doing his very own version of the Tour de France in July. Although thwarted by a mechanical fault on race day itself, Ian still managed to clock up an impressive number of miles. Ian attempted to cycle the official 120-mile route of the Tour’s first stage from London to Canterbury, but his efforts were cut short by a broken chain. “It broke at 85 miles and by the time the recovery vehicle arrived to fix my bike, it was too late. It was a great shame, because up to that point it had been a thoroughly enjoyable race.” However, he was soon reporting on his blog that he was determined to complete the ride. He rode the route again a week later, and completed the course in 6 hours 55 minutes. “To satisfy honour, and hopefully my sponsors, it was something I had to do,” he said. “I finished exhausted, having found the last 20 miles particularly hard, but I hope people will give me the benefit of the doubt. Riding on one’s own is always more difficult!” All money raised will go towards a postgraduate student bursary.

Goldsmiths’ former Director of Resources and Planning, Ian Turner

MFA in Art Writing – the first of its kind anywhere in the world MFA Art Writing is a new programme for practitioners who want to develop work that addresses art as writing, writing as art and writing about art – with the aim of encouraging and debating diverse potentials in the new field of contemporary art writing. This unique programme is expansive in its approach to contemporary art writing, and is supported by the appointment of three new Professors – Yve Lomax, Michael Newman and Adrian Rif kin, together with the Director of Art Writing, Maria Fusco. The programme draws on the international scope of contemporary art practice at Goldsmiths, and in London, and extends through practical exploration of the interplay of artworks and art writing in innovative ways. For further information please email Maria Fusco, at m.fusco@gold.ac.uk or visit www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/pg/mfa-art-writing.php

Bavand has also recently completed a translation into Persian of Oscar Wilde’s The Soul of Man under Socialism. It will also be published by Cheshmeh Books, this time together with Wilde’s ‘Two Letters to the Daily Chronicle’. Together with his friend, Zahra Nabavi, Bavand is now working on a French to Persian translation of Raymond Queneau’s Exercises de style. “It is an amazing book,” said Bavand. “It has already been translated into many different languages, so we are happy to have the chance of now introducing it to Persian readers.”

Competitions The Development and Alumni Office is keen to save paper and costs by making sure contact details are correct and by communicating electronically whenever possible. We are therefore offering you a chance to win a state of the art iPod by updating your details before 30th April. A big thank you to the many alumni who responded to the questionnaire in Goldlink29. We sought your views on methods of communication with the alumni, and the results were very interesting. They have helped the Development and Alumni Office make some important decisions for the coming year including a commitment to continue producing two copies of Goldlink per year. One lucky respondent was drawn at random to win a Canon Ixus digital camera. Congratulations to Mary Babalola (BA Communication Studies and Sociology 1999-2002), we hope you are enjoying your prize.

Left school at 14 – on 4th MA at 88 Amongst the twentysomethings lining up to shake the Warden’s hand at Goldsmiths’ presentation ceremonies in 2007, there was one particularly inspirational person. Sidney Fagan had recently completed an MA in Creative and Life Writing, graduating at the age of 88. Sidney was born in nearby Bermondsey and left school at the age of 14 without qualifications. He remembers how he worked ‘in a series of dead-end jobs, never earning more than 18 shillings a week’, until he was called up to the army in 1940. This was a defining moment in his life. Sent on duty manning lonely searchlight sites, he started reading. ‘Oliver Twist,’ he says, ‘was a revelation’. In time he read all of Dickens’ novels and most of Shakespeare’s plays. He also ‘mentally devoured’ Palgrave’s Golden Treasury, learning many of its poems by heart. All this reading served him well when, at the end of the war, he was accepted on the Emergency Teacher Training Scheme. So began a thirty year teaching career in a variety of London primary schools. Whilst working, Sidney completed an Open University course, gaining a BA honours degree in the Humanities. After early retirement at the age of 58, he studied at King’s College London, where he gained a BA in philosophy and theology. He later became an Associate of King’s College. Before coming to Goldsmiths, he also completed an MA in history at Greenwich University, and an MA in Nineteenth Century Literary Research at Birkbeck College. He has now begun his fourth MA, also at Goldsmiths, in Twentieth Century Literature and its Contexts. He would then like to go on to do a PhD!

in brief» Goldsmiths are narrowly beaten by King’s College London in the final of the NME’s student quiz, testing both music and general knowledge… £2.5 million is spent on recladding the outside of the Whitehead Building, redecorating its interior, creating new spaces for people to meet informally, and installing new windows … Open Book, a Goldsmiths programme which encourages prisoners and ex-offenders to pursue further education, is a runner-up at the annual Longford Prize ceremony, which recognizes the achievements of organizations working in the field of prison reform … ‘The Scorpions: a Home Movie’, a documentary exploring the war crimes of a Serbian paramilitary unit in the Balkan Wars of the 1990s, is given its first UK screening in the Richard Hoggart Building in November … The PGCE in Community Languages and the Tamil Primary Language and Family Learning Project, two Goldsmiths initiatives aimed at encouraging the development of community language skills, are both given a European Award for Languages … Prokofiev’s 1937 masterpiece, ‘Cantata: Songs of our Days’ is given its UK premiere with its original text in the Great Hall in September … A group of Goldsmiths design students deliver 300 restored bicycles and £200 worth of tools to a school in Ghana, West Africa … Leading human rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti is awarded an Honorary Fellowship at Goldsmiths Presentation Ceremonies in September …

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Charting the origins of Rock and Roll

Oldsmiths Hockey Club

A Brief History of Rock and Roll, the latest book by Nick Johnstone (BA English 1989-92), was published in November 2007 by Constable and Robinson. Part of the popular ‘Brief History’ series, his tells the story of Elvis, Gene Vincent, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and the origins of popular music.

Following Peter Cheek’s article on last year’s Oldsmiths Games in Goldlink 29, Yael Gerson Ugalde (MA Communication, Culture and Society 200203) has written to Goldlink with further news on the Oldsmiths Hockey Club, who have a full fixture list in the Battersea Mixed League, as well as the annual match against current students.

Nick’s previous books, including The Melody Maker History of 20th Century Popular Music (Bloomsbury, 1999) and his memoir, A Head Full Of Blue (Bloomsbury, 2002) have been translated into six languages, and his articles have been published in many newspapers and periodicals including The Guardian, The Times, Melody Maker, Mojo and The Jewish Chronicle.

New Principal Following an international search, Leeds College of Music recently announced the appointment of Philip Meaden (MMus Performance and Related Studies 1991-92) as its new Principal. We would like to congratualate Philip, who is currently Principal and Chief Executive of Morley College in London and Director of the New London Music Society and will take up his post in April 2008. Among many academic appointments, Philip has been an examiner for the Royal Academy of Music and moderator for the ABRSM Certificate of Teaching. He has received honorary awards from the Royal Academy of Music and Trinity College of Music for services to music and education, and is also a board member of the Centre for Young Musicians. Goldsmiths has one of the largest postgraduate Music communities in the UK, placing the Department of Music at the forefront of research and development in both music practice and theory. Music Performance and Related Studies helps advanced performers broaden their experience and repertoire, and investigates topics relating to musical performance.

Poverty, Philanthropy and the State Katharine Bradley (BA English and History 1996-99, MA Twentieth Century Literature 1999-2000) has been appointed lecturer in social history at the University of Kent. After working for eighteen months in a secondary school in east London, Kate studied for her PhD at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London (2002-6). Her thesis explored the role of charities in the shaping of the British welfare state, and how they related to the communities of east London between 1918 and 1959. She then held an Economic and Social Research Council postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of Historical Research. Her first book, Poverty, Philanthropy and the State: Charities and the Working Classes in London 1918-1979, will be published by Manchester University Press in 2009.

Bringing security to Afghanistan A current Goldsmiths student flew out to Afghanistan in October to serve as a member of the Territorial Army. Rifleman Eric Vincent, who is taking a year out from an English degree he began in 2005, joined 140 other TA and regular troops in Salonika Company, which was deployed on a six-month operational tour of the war-torn Helmand Province. Eric joined the TA aged 17. Before f lying out, he said: “I joined in February 2002, just after the September 11 terror attack, and things were already starting to kick off in Afghanistan, so I knew being posted overseas was a real possibility. It would be wrong to say I’m not worried – I am anxious about going to what is obviously quite a dangerous place. But over the last four months we’ve been getting some really high-class training and I’m confident in my own abilities and those of the people who went through the training with me.” Experience gained during his volunteer work for the British Red Cross in Bicester, where he was trained as a team medic, will prove useful. He is now able to give lifesaving treatment or organise evacuation of any casualties. His company also provides escorts, carries out patrols and mentors the Afghan Police. Eric added: “I wouldn’t have gone if I didn’t believe in the cause – providing security for the Afghan people and fighting the Taliban. I believe I can do some good there.”

The team is made up of a variety of players from different generations of graduates and international hockey styles, including the skilful and stubborn Zeshan Sadique (BSc Mathematics and Computer Science 1998-2002), and the lightning quick South African winger and current Design student Emma Gordon. Yael herself hails from Mexico City, and formed the club with Nick Allen (BA Sociology 1999-2002). The only problems so far have arisen from the lack of decent goalkeeping kit, which should protect the important body parts of our goalkeeper, Richard Ascroft (BA Textiles 1999-2002). Oldsmiths HC has only one solitary partsponsor, and is struggling to raise the £525 needed to purchase these essential pieces of hardware.

You Spin Me Around Not many novels have been set at Goldsmiths in 1985. In fact, Goldlink can think of just one – last year’s brilliantly comic You Spin Me Round by Sam O’Reilly (BA English Lit 1979-82). You Spin Me Round tells the story of a naïve new student, who falls in with the wrong crowd on her arrival in New Cross. For those of you who can’t remember 1985, it was the year of fingerless gloves, legwarmers and ‘A View to a Kill’ by Duran Duran. Sam’s hero embraces all of these things and more, joining her new friends on a quest for the perfect one-night stand, whilst quaffing cheap wine and enduring run-ins with the police at Greenham Common. You Spin Me Round is Sam’s second novel, following 2004’s The Best Possible Taste. She now lives in Brighton with her husband and two children. A former Cosmopolitan magazine journalist of the year, Sam is also a runner-up for both the Cosmopolitan short story prize and the Ian St James Award. Reviews have compared her voice to that of John O’Farrell and David Nicholls.

in brief» Many congratulations to Helen Simpson (Teaching Cert 1926-28) who celebrated her 100th birthday on 4th January … A translation of Lukas Bärfuss’ play The Sexual Neuroses Of Our Parents by Neil Blackadder (BA French and German Studies 19811986) is produced at the Gate in Notting Hill in September … Michael Craig-Martin, former senior tutor in the Art Department, is number 29 in the Daily Telegraph’s list of the 100 Most Inf luential Americans in the UK … ‘Loop’, a new exhibition by artist James Bacchi-Andreoli (BA Fine Art 1997-2000) shows at the Bankside Gallery on London’s South Bank … Claire Diamond (BA Textiles 2002-05) represents the Irish community of Sandwell and the Black Country at the Rose of Tralee Festival … Scott Masson (Visiting Student 2000) and Office release ‘A Night at the Ritz’ in September, their first album on Scratchie Records …

Yael would like hear from any Goldlink reader with an interest in Oldsmiths Hockey Club or with any suggestions on how they can properly protect their goalkeeper. For further information, please contact her at yaela@mac.com

Bit of a Blur, the autobiography of Blur bassist Alex James (BA French 1986-88) is published by Little, Brown …

Psychology student behind Arctic Monkey’s hit

Former Drama lecturer Professor Andrew Lavender (1994-2000) is appointed Dean of Research at the Central School of Speech and Drama …

Johanna Bennett (BSc Psychology 2004-07) hit the headlines last year when it emerged that she had co-written one of the biggest songs of the year, Arctic Monkeys’ ‘Fluorescent Adolescent’. Johanna, frontwoman of indie ones-to-watch Totalizer, was going out with Arctic Monkeys’ lead singer Alex Turner at the time. Speaking to The Observer in July, Johanna reported that ‘me and Alex were on holiday in a really quiet hotel and didn’t watch TV or listen to that much music.’ She went on to say that ‘not to drive each other mad we started messing around with these words like a game, singing them to each other.’ It came as a massive surprise when Turner informed her that not only had their holiday wordplay made the album, but it was slated for single release. Totalizer have since gone on to sign a publishing deal with EMI after completing demo recordings produced by Dirty Pretty Things’ Anthony Rossomando.

Claire Daly (MA Journalism 2006-07) wins the Most Promising Student Journalist of the Year prize at the Periodicals Training Council New Journalist of the Year Awards …

SPEAKING FROM THE HEART

Interview with Sir Steve Bullock mayor of lewisham and goldsmiths alumnus YOUR TIME AT GOLDSMITHS What was it that inspired you take a year out from your political career to come to Goldsmiths? In fact I combined my studies at Goldsmiths with serving as Leader of the Council – at that time the position of Leader was a part time one and I was looking to begin a new career in teaching. Lewisham was in the process of taking on responsibility for education and I found myself very attracted to being a practitioner in that field. What made you choose Goldsmiths? Goldsmiths was my local college and also one that offered a very exciting Primary PGCE course – I remember being very pleased when I heard I had been accepted. What do you remember most about your time at Goldsmiths? The contrast between time spent in the classroom while on teaching practice and then the anguished debates back at the Town Hall about how education in Lewisham should be resourced and delivered was striking. The fact that much of the time there was a documentary film crew at the Town Hall just added to the fun! How did Goldsmiths change you, professionally and personally? Understanding how children learn provided insights that have continued to be of value throughout my career – I also developed skills which continue to be put to good use – storytelling should be something every politician learns, though few do. How do you feel Goldsmiths has changed since you studied there? Goldsmiths has gone from strength to strength – its reputation locally, nationally and internationally has never been stronger. LONDON AND LEWISHAM Why did you first come to London from your native Redcar? After completing my first degree at Leeds University I looked around for a job and was offered a post as a graduate entrant at the Greater London Council. At County Hall I met Sir Reg Goodwin, then Leader of the GLC and Sir Ashley Bramall, then Leader of the ILEA – there was also a junior member at County Hall that I worked very closely with called Ken Livingstone! Working with people of that calibre inspired me to get involved in local politics myself. How important is Goldsmiths to the life of the borough? The Council has had a long standing working relationship with the College on both a practical and strategic level – today it is a key partner in helping to regenerate the New Cross area. How important is Goldsmiths to the economy of the borough? Goldsmiths has always employed a significant number of local people but these days it not only has a very significant impact itself in generating employment directly and indirectly but also produces many graduates who remain in the area. Many of the vibrant creative enterprises which contribute so much to Lewisham have been started by Goldsmiths graduates. How has the borough improved during your time as Mayor? Last year the borough was given 4 star status by the Audit

On Sunday 2nd September 2007 I was one of nine Goldsmiths Music graduates who met to mark the fortieth anniversary of their arrival at the College. The day was hosted by Stanley Glasser, who became head of the department during our time there, and went on to completely transform the department.

What do you consider as the number one priority for Lewisham? How important is education? Lewisham residents are very clear that the thing that they are most concerned about is crime. Making the borough safer has to be the priority. I chair the Safer Lewisham Partnership and we work extremely closely with the Police aspects of this. I also have to look to the future and the borough is changing. The north of the borough is being regenerated – the Docklands Light Railway corridor alone will see many developments over the next few years. Education at all levels is hugely significant – the Council and our partners are investing heavily in the Secondary sector and we are now looking hard at the Primary sector too. Goldsmiths and Lewisham College are critical to the aspirations we offer our young people.

We had always had a close relationship with Stanley and we owe an enormous amount to his encouragement. He proved a wonderful host, as he showed us the many recent additions to the College, and then took us to his house nearby where his wife Elizabeth had prepared a feast which was accompanied by the inevitable reminiscences. We were delighted to find Stanley as thought-provoking and articulate as ever. In 1990, he was appointed to the first Chair of Music at Goldsmiths and he is now an Honorary Fellow of the College. He celebrated his 80th birthday last year, and is still active as a composer, spending much of August as Visiting Professor at the University of KwaZulu Natal in Durban, South Africa.

What input do you have into the education services provided by the borough? The schools in Lewisham are largely selfgoverning with the active involvements of heads, teachers and above all parents. The Council has a role in setting standards, offering support and developing future strategies. Doing this effectively often involves very hard choices which is what I’m there for! As I often say, if they were all easy decisions you wouldn’t need a mayor.

ELECTED MAYORS How important is it for local areas to have an elected mayor, such as yourself? It is one way of providing the governance of a locality – I think it has worked well in Lewisham and many of the other places that have mayors but I would hesitate to prescribe it as a panacea for the problems of local government everywhere. YOUR KNIGHTHOOD What does your knighthood mean to you? It was a great honour, of course, and the trip to the Palace was very special but what really mattered to me was the number of Lewisham folk who told me that it had made them feel proud of their borough. Honours may be personal but they don’t happen if you have not had the good fortune to work with many, many great people over the years as I have.

From l-r: Marney Rowley, Angie Evans, Jill Portal (née Miles), Sandy Whitfield (née Hales), Julie Jones, Liz Zeleny (née Charters), Lesley Bloxham (née Gillies)

STANLEY GLASSER HOSTS A REUNION

Commission in recognition of the quality of services but in many ways I hope that it will be the efforts we have made to engage local people, particularly young people, that are seen as the area we where we have really made a difference. There are, of course, many other areas where good things have happened from the mundane such as having a good refuse collection service to the spectacular like the award winning Laban Centre.

HIGHER EDUCATION How do you think higher education should be funded? The complexities of HE funding is a bit of a closed book to me and HEFCE is one of the few arms of government the Council does not have to contend with. I do believe that the concept of life-long learning needs to be a real rather than rhetorical one and that we are a long way from achieving this. I have grown increasingly concerned that the benefits of non-vocational adult learning are being undervalued today and hope that we can win the argument for better funding for that soon.

The baby boomers

We are determined to repeat the event and are looking for any of our contemporaries from the Music Department who might like to join us next time. Although some of those who attended had kept in contact with each other, there were several who I had not seen for over 35 years! Anyone who wants to get in touch can contact me at dlock@appleinter.net David Lock (BMus 1967-72) Back row (l-r) - John Witchell, Stuart McIntosh, Allan Healey, David Lock, John Skipp.

Our visit certainly put those days into perspective. The grass area at the back was about the only part of the College which was exactly as we remembered – still a haven of green and calm in such a busy part of London. It was also particularly interesting to visit Deptford Town Hall, one of the loveliest buildings in New Cross, currently used by a variety of Goldsmiths academic and administrative departments, including the Development and Alumni Office. Surrey House was most different. I think the whole concept of a hall of residence as we knew it is now lost – there is now no Head of Hall, the refectory and the communal areas on each f loor where students gathered with a mug of tea have gone, and the bedroom doors have locks. Our feelings about Surrey House were mixed – we all agreed we were glad to have known it in the sixties! Jill Portal (Teaching Cert 1964-67) FORTHCOMING EVENTS

About 20 years on… The Americans are coming!! If you attended Goldsmiths during the ‘88-89 academic year, you may remember Janine Tiago, Jennifer Naparstek, Jamie Brickhouse and Sara “Smith” Patrick. We are coming back after 20 years and would love to get in touch with those we knew then. Please contact me at JTiago37@aol.cm with your details so that we might make something lovely happen.

About 40 years on… Were you at Goldsmiths or Rachel McMillan College at some point between 1967 and 1972? More importantly, do you recall much about it? In particular, do you recall Eric Le Ruez and/or Mel Blakeley? If you do and are interested in a reunion in 2008 please get in touch with either Eric (zeurel@localdial.com) or Mel (mel.blakeley@lineone.net)

Front row (l-r) - Keith Pigot, Alison Witchell, Stanley Glasser, Colin Mason.

Eric Le Ruez (Teaching Cert 1968-71)

About 50 years on… SURREY HOUSE REUNION

After forty years apart, I was one of seven former residents of Surrey House who got together again last year to catch up on old times, and to see how the College had changed in our absence. We were all very happy to go back to our old haunts, many of which seemed much smaller than we remembered.

The next 1954-59 reunion will take place on Saturday 18 October 2008 at Goldsmiths. 2008 will be a particularly special year for many of us, as it marks the fiftieth anniversary of our graduation, so we hope to see as many of our contemporaries as possible. For more details, please send an email to aljbarclay@aol.com Al Barclay (Teaching Cert 1956-58)

Clockwise: James Lee and Douglas Skooog, Eio merchandise

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EXCESS IS OK Eio (Excess is ok) has established itself over the past couple of years as one of the leading streetwear brands in the UK.

They’ve come to our attention through an increasing presence in the media. Now supplying a large celebrity fanbase that includes artists and musicians as diverse as, Pete Doherty, Klaxons, New Young Pony Club, The Foals, Lady Sovereign, Massive Attack, Hadouken!, Trash Fashion, Jamie Cullum and many other up and coming bands. Eio is becoming a well known creative brand, renowned for producing unique, individual garments. The company is run by two ex Goldsmiths students James Lee and Douglas Skoog. Below is a brief insight into the background of the company from James and Douglas’ perspectives and how they came to be running the business. James Lee I studied at Goldsmiths from 19982002. I firstly did a BA Hons in Fine Art and Art History and gained a first class honours. I then went onto do a Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Art. I left college looking for some way to subsidise making artwork and a way to bring in a salary whilst allowing myself to continue my career as an artist. I came to start the clothing company as I thought it was a good way to get my artwork shown in public whilst also making money. The idea of making clothes appealed to me at the time as they were creative ideas that could be realised very quickly and be seen by a huge amount of people. As opposed to the way I had been previously working, where you would take a large amount of time over a piece of work and it subsequently would not be seen by that many people. So this was a refreshing change.

After producing a range of clothes I previewed it at a clothing show, where I picked up quite a lot of shops in the UK. Since then the company has grown and grown and we now sell to countries all round the world and have a large base of shops in the UK.

from East Africa and after completing my degree I went to work in Africa on several projects. On my return I could tell that Eio really had something and suggested that we join forces as I was looking to start a design company of my own.

Doug joined in 2005 and this helped take the company forward a lot further and quicker. Being friends from University has been of great benefit to us both. After working together in the creative environment at Goldsmiths and enjoying those years immensely, its been fortunate that we’ve both been able to continue to work in a similar environment and resist going our own ways.

James and I had worked together previously. Throughout our university years we worked on numerous projects. Whether it be a design project for one of the club nights we used to promote or working through the night on often complex mechanics for one of James’ pieces of art. Long story short we had worked together many times with commitment and energy so we knew that if we embarked on a business adventure we could rely on each other. Our partnership together has worked well as we both bring different skills to the business and since we joined forces we’ve helped grow the business to where it is now.

Through the work within the Company, we have been commissioned to design lots of different things for a cross spectrum of artists and musicians. We have designed limited edition artwork for mainstream musicians like Jamie Cullum, album covers for more obscure punk rock bands, one-off ranges of clothes for musicians such as Lady Sovereign and one off garments for Pete Doherty. All this type of work has helped make the company a diverse and creative brand. I also continue to make artwork and take part in exhibitions of my own work. From this point we are looking forward to continue to expand the business, our range of products, take part in different design projects and generally continue to work in a creative environment similar to the one that we experienced and enjoyed at Goldsmiths. Douglas Skoog I studied at Goldsmiths for 4-years during the same period as James gaining a 2:1 in Ecological design. I am originally

Goldsmiths helped me to develop the skills needed to run a business, but more importantly it taught me / us to think outside the box, to be creative and consider things that were different. I look back on my Goldsmith days with a big smile, I also kick myself for not taking more advantage of the fantastic facilities on offer and getting stuck in the student union for too long. I made friends for life at Goldsmiths and met people that changed my life. We’ve got some really exciting projects in development at the moment and some new business ideas so we’re looking forward to the next few years.

WWW.EIOCLOTHING.COM The Eio website is a large part of our business. We use the website as our shop window to the world. It is something that we are constantly developing and looking to push forward. We have a growing fan base online and are selling to all countries round the globe. We are developing more sophisticated systems with online marketing and development with our current projects. It has real power and potential as it puts us directly in touch with our audience and allows us to by pass middle men such as shops etc. We are currently working in 2008 on developing this as much as possible.

BRIDGING THE GENERATIONS CHRISTOPHER’S ANSWERS TO HOLLY’S QUESTIONS

Did you enjoy your time at Goldsmiths? Definitely, it was wonderful and in retrospect, if I did it all over again now it would be even more wonderful!

Christopher Howe is a Goldsmiths alumnus and Chelsea antiques dealer. His shop stocks an extraordinary range of 17th and 18th Century country house furniture through to the Arts and Crafts of the 19th Century and the innovation of the 20th Century. His clients include the wealthy and artistic, David Puttnam and Lucien Freud to name but two. Here he compares his time at Goldsmiths with his daughter Holly, now in the first year of a BA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths.

What were your reasons for going to Goldsmiths? The Art College to me appeared to be the most inspirational and broadly based one that I had seen, with fantastic facilities, technicians and tutors, and I think at the time I must have been attracted to the environment and location, but not necessarily the fact that it was in London. As a Fine Art student, did you feel a part of the college as a whole or did you feel more of an affinity with your department? When I was at Goldsmiths the Art Department was in a separate location called Millard by Cormont Fields in Camberwell, which was sold off by the College for redevelopment soon after I left. It was a lovely old late Victorian building with it’s own unique and cozy atmosphere. We had our own bar, canteen and events, and our own studio spaces in which we obviously spent a great deal of time working and contemplating! I spent a lot of time in the various workshops, like the woodwork department and the foundry which were superbly equipped and had excellent technicians who often were prepared to stay late and help. There was not a campus as such, students either lived in the Halls next door or in their own accommodation scattered about London. This I believe was the main drawback about studying in London, and the one which took away from the experience of studying in a ‘University City’. There is of course an almost unavoidable attraction for an Art Student to being located in London to be near all the major art galleries.

I did spend an exchange term/ semester at Washington University in St Louis which was the ultimate campus experience. That was tremendous and I did actually think that the University Campus worked brilliantly both academically and socially, I had the time of my life and visited Chicago, Kansas and then New York on the way home. Do you think it would be more enjoyable to be a student at Goldsmiths now? At Goldsmiths now, since the Art department moved to the Main Site at New Cross, there is more of a ‘Campus Life’, which I know you enjoy. You go to more college parties and you play for the netball team for example. There is a great deal of integration between the courses and contact between very different types of student which I think is very important now, but didn’t then … you know art students! What are your views about tuition fees/ student grants? Well I was lucky to receive a full grant. I don’t know the deal exactly, the terms seem reasonable as far as I know from you. But what I do hear more frequently from intelligent 20 somethings is that they do not want leave full time education already carrying a loan. It seems to put a lot of our own country’s school leavers off and encourage overseas students who can afford the fees. Were you aware of external funding, prizes or bursaries that were available to students? No, I am afraid not. What effect did Goldsmiths have on your life, personally and professionally? Phew, that’s a big one! The course taught me a great deal in all respects, my attitude to the subject was affected by the work of other students and by their mutual feedback the and also by the advice of the tutors many of whom

were leading artists. I was also shown how to make things in a professional way by great technicians in all media, including carpentry, welding, photography, film making and even textiles, so I left college knowing how to do all of these things well. I had a really good social life too, not that I necessarily made the most of it, it’s so easy to take it all for granted, but I did meet your mother. She was in the year above and I helped her set up her degree show. We still get on and as well as you there are twin boys too who are 16, so no doubt, Goldsmiths has and still is affecting my life. When you were studying here, what plans did you have for your life, postGoldsmiths? Without question I was determined to become a sculptor. I became an Antique Dealer instead and have tried to be creative by having a different approach to the business through my unorthodox choice of things and by the way the shop presents them. I also have a design and manufacturing business which runs alongside the antiques, and that is pretty unorthodox too. I concentrate on the atmosphere you can create by selecting certain pieces of furniture or lighting or objects (I nearly said ‘works of art’), it could be their scale or tatty condition, and we make things in an exceptional way, helped by the skills and understanding of materials learnt from my father and Goldsmiths. What kind of reputation do you think Goldsmiths has around the world? I think Goldsmiths has a famous reputation, lets face it they have produced some great and controversial artists. I don’t make a habit of talking about it or mentioning that I went there, but when I do people are impressed and I am proud of the fact that I did.

Above: Christopher’s daughter Holly

HOLLY’S ANSWERS TO CHRISTOPHER’S QUESTIONS

Are you enjoying your time at Goldsmiths? Yes, I really am! It took a while to settle in last term but my first year is going so quickly, and I am really enjoying my course, as well as the Uni in general. What were your reasons for coming to Goldsmiths? Well, I was at Chelsea College last year for my foundation, so knew I wanted to continue studying art in London. Unlike many of the art Colleges around London, Goldsmiths has a proper university campus with many of the students living in and around the area. I loved the sound of the course and only heard good things from the current students I spoke to. How would you describe the atmosphere around the campus? I think it’s pretty active really. As I touched on above, because of the students being able to live locally there are always loads of people about and the feeling of a lot going on. Do you think it would have been more enjoyable to have been a student at Goldsmiths in the early 1980s? Um, Im going to say no...mainly on the basis, that apparently the art college was located several miles from the main university and was very much separate. I like the current setup and especially my studio on the 6th f loor of the Ben Pimlott Building!

As a Fine Art student, do you feel a part of the College as a whole or do you feel more of an affinity with your department? I do feel that the Art department as a whole could still function as quite separate (if you wanted). But I think that the mixed university halls help to form friendships throughout the rest of the university. The societies and clubs, (for me the netball team) have allowed me to make great friends from a diverse range of studies. What are your views about tuition fees / student grants? The thought of having a large student debt at the end of my course is a big worry. Are you aware of external funding, prizes or bursaries that are available to students? I wasn’t aware of these bursaries or prizes, but I have been well informed of the dyslexia support that is available and it has been a great help. What kind of effect do you think Goldsmiths will have on your life, personally and professionally? I think that the liberal, self-led and motivated nature of the course will enable the transition from education to life and professionalism to be an easier one. I couldn’t guess anything else. What are your plans for after you have graduated? In the long run I’m not entirely sure, but I would love to continue on to do an art MA and obviously continue practicing. What kind of reputation do you think Goldsmiths has around the world? I haven’t experienced feedback regarding academic reputation. However, when I was considering it for my art BA its reputation was known worldwide to be amongst the best.

14 It was during my final year studying Popular Music Studies at Goldsmiths that, through a couple of emails and posters around the department, I found out about the Music for Alice award. The charity’s philosophy of celebrating and continuing Alice’s love for music by giving grants to young musicians sounded like a very worthwhile and admirable cause, and I jumped at the opportunity.

music for alice My family went on holiday to Thailand in December 2004. On Boxing Day, the tsunami struck. Over 225,000 people were killed, including my sister Alice and our mother Sally. I decided soon after my return to the UK that it was imperative that Alice be remembered in a positive way. I therefore set up Music for Alice with my partner Matt Fassnidge and two friends, Nicky Pratt and Will Spice. We became a registered charity in spring 2006. Through her teenage years and whilst studying music at Goldsmiths, Alice was fortunate to receive many opportunities to improve and develop her cello playing. We decided that Music for Alice should commemorate her by giving today’s students an opportunity, through financial assistance, to further their musical education and development. Annual awards are given to three institutions that were special to Alice. The most obvious starting point was Goldsmiths as it is a place where she developed not only as a musician but also as confident, loving and happy young woman. We also support City of Leeds Youth Orchestra, of which Alice

was a member as a teenager, and George Green’s School where Alice did her first teacher training placement. The first recipient of the Goldsmiths Award in spring 2007 was Charly Richardson who we felt displayed talent, energy and commitment. We are currently receiving applications for our second Goldsmiths award

One of the many advantages of being an independent artist is that I am not overly restricted by marketing strategies or stylistic pigeonholes. As a result, my music spans avant-garde jazz, soul, reggae, klezmer, hip-hop and beyond. I am heavily inf luenced by the haunting compositions of Wayne Shorter and John Coltrane, the jazz-reggae fusion of guitarist Ernest Ranglin, and the jazzinfused hip-hop of Soweto Kinch. I am also increasingly inspired by various types of world music, such as Jamaican mento and Brazilian rap, as well as urban styles like drum ‘n bass, grime and dubstep.

The majority of our fundraising is achieved through events and our autumn balls have been a massive success. We were especially delighted that Charly agreed to play at the 2007 ball at the City venue Livery. We also receive generous support through regular donations which have enabled us to expand the awards we can offer. Autumn 2007 saw the launch of the new ‘Harmony Award’, which, unlike the other awards, is not tied to a particular institution or academic course. Details can be found on our website. I am extremely proud of what Music for Alice has achieved in the last year and a half. Although Alice is no longer alive, she will not be forgotten. For more details on Music for Alice, its awards and how to donate please go to www.musicforalice.org.uk or email info@musicforalice.org.uk

My live gigs are usually split between my two groups - a jazz ensemble and a soul/reggae band. Both are a collection of ex-Goldsmiths students who play in a range of different projects as well as my own. Although I love challenging my audience by putting sets from the two groups back to back, this is simply not commercially viable for most promoters, so winning the award will allow me to hire a venue and put on my own night, free of these constraints. Finding the right venue is not a thing to be rushed, so please check out my website for further news. Many thanks to Music for Alice, and particularly Alice’s sister Edith Macgill, for giving me this wonderful opportunity. My new album will be out later this year, and I am sure that this award will help to broaden my fan base and generate more media interest in time for its launch. Photo: Mark Dodds @ Sun and Doves

For more information about Charly and his music, please go to www.charlyrichardson.com Far top: Charly Richardson Clockwise from top: Alice Macgill, Charly Richardson, Charly Richardson

Charly Richardson - Time Waster Featuring an array of up-and-coming London based musicians, this collection of Charly’s original compositions takes you on a unique journey exploring elements of contemporary and free jazz, soul and reggae. Time Waster is a compelling album filled with both beauty and beat. “Fast f lowing, smooth grooving, slinky, sassy, jazz fusion. If you love free-form jazz, then you’ll love Charly Richardson’s Time Waster.” iTunes customer

Above: Edith Macgill Right: Alice performing live at the Bleeding Hearts Club 2004

Fortunately for me, this chance came at a great time as I had just released my debut album Time Waster with the independent label Avocado Music Productions. However, as a self-financed artist, I was struggling to promote Time Waster as much as I would have liked. I therefore applied with the intention of using the award to improve my website, organise a showcase at a good London venue, and put together a professional, well-designed press release.

Registered Charity No. 1114703 www.musicforalice.org.uk

Time Waster is available through iTunes, Napster, and all other digital download services.

Dean lecture

alumni abroad

Investing in the arts

US ALUMNI EVENT The Warden of Goldsmiths, Professor Geoffrey Crossick, reports on Goldsmiths’ inaugural US alumni event, and outlines some of the College’s plans for the future.

Sheila Cornelius (Writing Fiction Cert. 2006-07) reports from the 2007 Dean Lecture ‘Investing in the Creative Industries’, given by Patrick McKenna in the George Wood Theatre on November 8th 2007

Below: Guests at the White Box Gallery, NY

Embracing performance arts, design, films, architecture, publishing and advertising, the creative industries rely on huge financial investment. With the advent of an Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths it’s highly appropriate that one of the leading players in the creative investment sphere was chosen to deliver the annual Dean Lecture.

audience, copyright and piracy issues, he maintained a buoyant view in answering audience questions. Newspaper CD give-aways, for instance, far from signalling a market based on wasteful over-consumption, stimulated a demand for live entertainment. Commercial interest’s effect on artistic output he regarded as a benefit rather than a disadvantage.

Patrick Mc Kenna’s own career ref lects changes resulting from expanding media technology. Starting out as an accountant with a talent for translating complex financial issues, and working with stars like David Lean, Bertolucci, and Spandau Ballet, he appreciated the nurturing aspect of his role, freeing the artists to concentrate on their projects. A founder of Ingenious Media in 1998, he earlier advised Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group, and is Chairman of The Young Vic Theatre and winner of many awards. Convinced of the link between talent and commercial success Patrick recognised that investment companies could supply an essential a package of knowhow, investment ability and networking.

Patrick McKenna’s talk offered a fascinating insight into the links between creative output and financial rewards in the modern world.

The alumni network was launched at our first ever alumni event in the USA, which was part of an intensive few days that I spent in New York at the end of August, meeting former students as well as others interested in our plans for Goldsmiths. I was struck by Goldsmiths’ reputation in New York – not just in the artistic world where one might have expected it, but more widely in cultural and university circles.

Delivering an overview of the challenges deterring investors in a globally competitive industry, such as unpredictable public demand, an increasingly fragmented

New Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneuship Professor Geoffrey Crossick (Warden) announces plans for a new Institute to support the Creative Sector. Above right: Patrick McKenna with the Warden, Professor Geoffrey Crossick, at the post-lecture reception Right: Patrick McKenna speaks to alumni and friends in the George Wood Theatre

Goldsmiths has a strong reputation in the subjects that feed the creative industries, through both the quality of our graduates and the our cuttingedge research. We’re now planning a new venture in this area, an Institute for Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship (ICCE), to develop the entrepreneurial and managerial capacities of creative students and graduates as well as developing those from other backgrounds seeking to work within the creative economy. The first step is an exciting new MA in Creative Entrepreneurship

Students come to study and research at Goldsmiths from many countries all over the world, but each year it is the USA that sends us the largest number of students. That is unusual amongst British universities and it means that our US alumni are particularly important to us. We’re now setting up a network in the USA, so that our alumni can keep in touch with each other, and so that they can together find ways of supporting future generations of students at Goldsmiths. It is being co-ordinated by Leah Romano and I’m grateful to Leah for all her work so far.

which will start this coming September. ICCE will offer degree programmes and short courses, working closely with businesses and public bodies in the creative sector. We’re hoping to do this in close collaboration with the smaller arts higher education institutions in south-east London. ICCE will be characterised by a unique combination of outstanding creative energy and a firm grounding in the realities of succeeding in a very distinctive and challenging part of the economy.

The launch took place at the White Box Gallery in Chelsea, and it coincided with the opening of a remarkable exhibition of work by graduates of the Goldsmiths MFA programme. More than fifty alumni joined us at the opening, and my wife Rita and I were delighted to spend time meeting as many of them as possible, both at the White Box and then for the rest of the evening at a pub a couple of blocks away where we had supper and drank some excellent beer. The alumni mostly drank British beer, out of nostalgia, while Rita and I drank American beer, as an affectation. It was a remarkable evening. Rita and I were impressed and overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of the people we met, their insistence that their experience at Goldsmiths was one of the most important in their lives, and their keenness to help us in the future. They seemed as pleased to meet each other as to talk to us, and there was a great deal of swapping of cards and e-mail addresses as the evening went on. We intend to build on these first steps to establish an alumni network in the US. The success of this first event makes me determined to return, to meet friends made on that memorable evening as well as to draw in others, and to work out how we can help each other in the future. If you’re interested in learning more, or have suggestions to make, then do contact Leah (gilad29@yahoo.com) or Liz Ivory in the Development and Alumni Office (l.ivory@ gold.ac.uk). Alternatively, you can write to me directly (warden@gold.ac.uk).

The Development and Alumni Office would like to join Professor Crossick in expressing sincere thanks to Leah Romano (MA Performance 2002-03) our International Graduate Contact for USA North East. Leah put in an extraordinary amount of work into the US Alumni Event and has set down her thoughts in the following report. The primary essence that I wanted to contribute was my honor and excitement at being involved in this collaborative initiative to combine the arts project with alumni relations. I thoroughly loved helping build the event, reaching out to alumni both before, at and after the event. One thing became evident from the event and that is a reminder of the creativity and inspiration that lives in these people. This inaugural Goldsmiths US Alumni event was teamed with the Art Department’s 2nd annual US exhibit featuring the work of selected Goldsmiths alumni. Entitled “Foreign Body(ies),” the event was held at the stylish White Box Gallery in New York City on August 29th, 2007. It was curated by Professor Gerard Hemsworth and produced by Michael Sellinger of Cottelston Advisors. The White Box was the perfect setting for the gathering of alumni, artists and family. All enjoyed cocktails and appetizers, art and conversation. Warden Geoffrey Crossick also attended and met with alumni to update them on life back in New Cross. To continue the British connection, many of us went ‘round the corner to the Half King Bar and Restaurant to share a meal, a pint, some tales and the buzz of excitement. It was an honor and a pleasure for Kathy Smith and I (Goldsmiths International Graduate Representatives for the US) to be involved. Connecting with the alumni proved to be a strong reminder of why I chose Goldsmiths. The environment and people who make it are creative and inspiring. There’s never a dull moment; always a surprise. Kudos to the contributing artists and all who contributed to this successful event. Thank you to those who attended, making this a memorable event. I enjoyed being a part of it and look forward to more.

Obituaries DAVID KELLEHER Teaching Cert 1956-58 David Kelleher, who died recently from a stroke at the age of 71, was a well known figure in British medical sociology. I first met him on the steps of Goldsmiths’ College in October 1956. We were at the start of a two-year course of Teacher Training and of a close friendship that was to last for 51 years. After a number of career changes and more study, David undertook a MSc in medical sociology at Bedford College. His particular research interest at that time was diabetes, but he was also interested in the role that self-help groups play in the lives of those who have to live with chronic conditions. His work in these areas has become a benchmark for subsequent research. Towards the end of his life, whilst teaching at Guildhall University, David turned his attention to the health experiences of ethnic minorities. Working with Sheila Hillier and Gerry Leavey, he produced “Researching Cultural Differences in Health” (1996) and “Identity and Health” (2004). With his longterm colleagues Jonathan Gabe and Gareth Williams he also published “Challenging Medicine” (2006). David’s work has been inf luential on a generation of young sociologists interested in health, and formal recognition of this came when, in 1991, London Metropolitan University conferred on him a Readership. He will be sadly missed. Dermot D. Poston(Teaching Cert 1956-58)

DAVID SEALEY Teaching Cert 1967-72 Dave Sealey, loving husband and father, and a truly inspirational teacher, has died of cancer aged 61. As well as studying at Goldsmiths, he was also President of the Students’ Union from 1969-70. Dave was a curious and passionate student of life, who challenged everything. He frequently used his wicked sense of humour to show others how to separate the truly beautiful from

the absurdities of the ebb and f low of life and has unquestionably inf luenced the lives of several generations of children, parents and staff.

Also sadly deceased

He was a brilliant classroom teacher and a highly respected educationalist, including being a head teacher and a mentor to other heads after he retired. In his later life Dave developed a curiosity for the natural world leading to a passionate love for deep-sea diving, where he inevitably also became a teacher. Russell Profitt (Teaching Cert 1966-71)

Elsie Crittenden (Teaching Cert)

GRAHAM INWARD Teaching Cert 1956-58 Graham Inward, who died in March 2007 aged 70, trained at Goldsmiths after 18 months as a sergeant instructor in the Royal Army Education Corps. He went on to teach children with special needs and emotional and behavioural problems until his retirement in 1996. Graham’s childhood in Haringey, north London, was severely disrupted when war broke out in 1939, leading to four periods of evacuation. These experiences formed the basis of his book Give My Love To…, a child’s eye view of being shuttled from potential bombing raids to safety in the countryside, and back again. Give My Love To… was published just before Graham’s premature death. His writing was prompted by his family, who wanted to keep him mentally active after he was diagnosed with a rare type of myeloma in 2005. He went on to write Me a Teacher … Never!, about how he found his true calling whilst doing National Service. This discovery pointed him in the direction of Goldsmiths and eventually a life dedicated to children who needed just a little bit more care and understanding to find their way through the educational maze.

Edytha Burchill (Teaching Cert 1930-32)

Frank Harrison (Teaching Cert 1956-59) Bernhard Lehmann (Teaching Cert 1957-60) Mary Anne Richter (PhD Education 1988-94) Pam Rivaz (Lecturer 1969-73) Jennifer Ross (nee Draycott) (Teaching Cert 1948-50) Lydia Rumsey (Teaching Cert 1919-21) Brian Schofield (Teaching Cert 1952-55) Evelyn Williamson (nee Paddock) (Teaching Cert 1942-44) Kathleen Wood (Teacher of English as a Foreign Language)

Annette Inward

MARGARET MURRELL Teaching Cert 1942-44 Margaret Murrell, one of the many wartime Goldsmiths students who only knew the College from its temporary base in Nottingham, died recently aged 80. After Goldsmiths, she combined domestic responsibilities with stints of supply teaching at a local primary school and more regular teaching of English as a Foreign Language.

Discount on tuition fees

Careers advice

There is a discount on tuition fees for all those who have successfully completed an undergraduate degree, DipHE or postgraduate taught programme at Goldsmiths, and who now wish to progress to a different postgraduate degree. In order to apply for the reduced tuition fee, you will need to have been accepted on to your intended programme of study and to have satisfied all the normal academic admissions criteria as well as all the conditions of enrolment and registration set down by the College. For further information please contact Steve Edwards at s.edwards@gold. ac.uk.

The Careers Service would like to hear from any alumni who have vacancies to fill in their own working environment or who can join the Careers Network and spare some time to talk to current students about their own jobs. Further information is available at www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/ careers.

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She married in 1950 and had five children. An active member of Harrogate Labour Party, Margaret was secretary of the area’s Workers’ Educational Association for many years. She lived a full and varied life, and her vibrant personality and enthusiasm enriched the lives of those around her. Diana Wallwork

Coordinator, Department of Media and Communications)

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Alumni can visit the library at Goldsmiths for free, and are allowed reference use of the library’s books and periodicals. One-day or annual tickets are available on request with proof of address. It is also possible to borrow books – for just £50, alumni are able to have borrowing rights for a full twelve months, on production of a degree certificate and proof of address. Further information can be found at http://libweb.gold.ac.uk/homelinks/ alumni.php.

Graham’s two books give a wonderful insight into how this modest, caring man with an ability to come alongside and bring out the best in other people developed from such insecure beginnings. For more information please go to www.apexpublishing.co.uk

TONY MESSAM In June 2007 Tony Messam lost his battle with the MS which had forced him into early retirement in July 2006. He was aged just 46. Tony was Technical Adviser to the Department of Media and Communications for seventeen years, and will be sorely missed by those of us who knew him, particularly those students from the MA Screen Drama course to whom he gave his time, attention, expertise and friendship. Jim Rowland (Department

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