Exploration and adventure
About this theme
This theme covers topics relating to exploration and adventure. It is one of our past programmes for Fellowships.
Fellows' updates June 2023 Fellow's update: Kathy Hall
Self-employed teacher, presenter and promoter of Chinese opera, Kathy Hall (CF 2004) focused her Fellowship on Kunqu opera, so that she could further her Kunqu performance skills in Hangzhou, China. Kathy was invited by the British Museum to perform an excerpt from the Peking Opera, The Imperial Concubine Intoxicated -The Hundred Flowers Pavilion on June 9 2023 at the close of the 2-day Conference: China's 1800s -Material and Visual Culture. In the same evening, Kathy performed an excerpt from the Kunqu Opera, The Palace of Eternal Youth - the Intimate Feast. This was an informative comparison and contrast between the two major Chinese Opera genres in music, singing, and movements.
By Kathy Hall, 2023
Fellows' updates January 2023 Fellow's update: Hilary Cooper
Girlguiding leader Hilary Cooper (CF 1979) was awarded a BEM in the 2023 New Years' Honours for services to young people and education.
By Hilary Cooper, 2023
Fellows' updates May 2022 Fellows' update: Lorraine Finch
Conservationist Lorraine Finch (CF 2006) published a book entitled Low Cost/No Cost Tips for Sustainability in Cultural Heritage, this month. Lorraine drew upon learnings from her Fellowship which explored the conservation and preservation of film, sound and photography.
By Lorraine Finch, 2022
Report West Lancashire Scouts Mountaineering Expedition to North East Greenland
By Andy Mathers, 2015
Report Photographing Phasmids in Queensland, Australia
By Elizabeth Ripper, 2015
Report To write a travel book from a blind perspective
By Alexandra Bulmer, 2014
Report The Benoit Mys Memorial Expedition
By Jonathan Clegg, 2014
Report Conservation Trip to Belize
By Chris Aitken, 2013