Patricia Lovett MBE
@patricialovett.bsky.social
Professional scribe and illuminator. Written 14 books and made a DVD on the subjects. Co-Director and Chief Judge of the Stanford Calligraphy Collection.
Coming out of a very special The King’s Foundation event at the White Tower in the Tower of London, the lights on Tower Bridge and the South Bank just glowed! Absolutely magical!
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Coming out of a very special The King’s Foundation event at the White Tower in the Tower of London, the lights on Tower Bridge and the South Bank just glowed! Absolutely magical!
Photos sometimes show a good representation of what’s in front of the camera and sometimes not. The sun on these acers resulted in the most vibrant red leaves - real show stoppers - doesn’t look like that here but it really was stunning!
October 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Photos sometimes show a good representation of what’s in front of the camera and sometimes not. The sun on these acers resulted in the most vibrant red leaves - real show stoppers - doesn’t look like that here but it really was stunning!
Could this be the inkling of a chance that the UK govt are starting to realise that the academic way of working doesn’t suit all children? People learn in different ways and not performing well in 2-3 hour slots in exam conditions is not an indication of intelligence. @heritage-crafts.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Could this be the inkling of a chance that the UK govt are starting to realise that the academic way of working doesn’t suit all children? People learn in different ways and not performing well in 2-3 hour slots in exam conditions is not an indication of intelligence. @heritage-crafts.bsky.social
I’ve just heard that ‘The Art of the Scribe’ now has an Australian distributor so any Aussies out there - this is your chance!!
Also a wonderful review in Blue Wolf - makes for a lovely day for me!!
bluewolf-reviews.com/non-fiction/...
@blpublishing.bsky.social
Also a wonderful review in Blue Wolf - makes for a lovely day for me!!
bluewolf-reviews.com/non-fiction/...
@blpublishing.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I’ve just heard that ‘The Art of the Scribe’ now has an Australian distributor so any Aussies out there - this is your chance!!
Also a wonderful review in Blue Wolf - makes for a lovely day for me!!
bluewolf-reviews.com/non-fiction/...
@blpublishing.bsky.social
Also a wonderful review in Blue Wolf - makes for a lovely day for me!!
bluewolf-reviews.com/non-fiction/...
@blpublishing.bsky.social
Linked to the previous thread on sanders and *sand* - otherwise known as gum sandarac. Photos of sander to follow.
July 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Linked to the previous thread on sanders and *sand* - otherwise known as gum sandarac. Photos of sander to follow.
Fabulous Friday,amazing white lilies - huge trumpets emitting glorious perfume attracting butterflies and bees, and massive heads to the white hydrangea ‘Annabel’.Let this delight your eye and feed your souls for the weekend.And feel a little sorry for the lonely pink gladioli!What’s it doing here?
July 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Fabulous Friday,amazing white lilies - huge trumpets emitting glorious perfume attracting butterflies and bees, and massive heads to the white hydrangea ‘Annabel’.Let this delight your eye and feed your souls for the weekend.And feel a little sorry for the lonely pink gladioli!What’s it doing here?
Cavendish Pianos, the last lions making company in the country, piano making is a @heritage-crafts.bsky.social Critically Endangered Craft. The closure of new entrants at Newark School of Musical Instruments will have a devastating effect on making in this part of the craft sector.
July 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Cavendish Pianos, the last lions making company in the country, piano making is a @heritage-crafts.bsky.social Critically Endangered Craft. The closure of new entrants at Newark School of Musical Instruments will have a devastating effect on making in this part of the craft sector.
Hurray for Susan Hamlyn in the Times today. I used to judge the National Schools Handwriting Competition and would often quote research to journalists about the benefits of handwriting. Now many children are not taught the basics of letter formation and joining letters.
However, at Tuesday’s
However, at Tuesday’s
June 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Hurray for Susan Hamlyn in the Times today. I used to judge the National Schools Handwriting Competition and would often quote research to journalists about the benefits of handwriting. Now many children are not taught the basics of letter formation and joining letters.
However, at Tuesday’s
However, at Tuesday’s
If you’re able to get to the area Heures de Duc de Berry in Chantilly so go! It’s truly amazing! There’s a lot of mss on view in the library at the Chateau as well - really well with the visit.
June 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
If you’re able to get to the area Heures de Duc de Berry in Chantilly so go! It’s truly amazing! There’s a lot of mss on view in the library at the Chateau as well - really well with the visit.
Feast your eyes on this! Clearly a year for oxeye daisies!
June 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Feast your eyes on this! Clearly a year for oxeye daisies!
Tristram Hunt, Director of the V&A IN @thetimes.com today. It’s not quite true that ‘we can’t paint, knit or crochet or make anything with a lathe’ but we do need more children and people to do it to improve concentration and fine motor skills. @heritagecrafts.bsky.social @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Tristram Hunt, Director of the V&A IN @thetimes.com today. It’s not quite true that ‘we can’t paint, knit or crochet or make anything with a lathe’ but we do need more children and people to do it to improve concentration and fine motor skills. @heritagecrafts.bsky.social @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social
No flower had any right to be this fabulous, exuberant and blowsy and still smell amazing! Two peonies from our garden in Kent and a sneaky rose.
May 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
No flower had any right to be this fabulous, exuberant and blowsy and still smell amazing! Two peonies from our garden in Kent and a sneaky rose.
A wonderful bank of oxeye daisies to lift your spirits!
May 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A wonderful bank of oxeye daisies to lift your spirits!
And here we are again. Rooms set out and 50+ tools and materials set out for my three day Illumination course (traditional skills and techniques of mediaeval illumination) which starts tomorrow. Interested? Next one is May 2026. www.patricialovett.com ‘Glittering Gilders’ for blogposts.
May 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
And here we are again. Rooms set out and 50+ tools and materials set out for my three day Illumination course (traditional skills and techniques of mediaeval illumination) which starts tomorrow. Interested? Next one is May 2026. www.patricialovett.com ‘Glittering Gilders’ for blogposts.
@heritage-crafts.bsky.social Red List is featured in the media today (here The Times, also BBC Breakfast) with v concerning data on more critically endangered crafts where the traditional skills are in danger of being lost within a generation. @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social needs to step up urgently.
May 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
@heritage-crafts.bsky.social Red List is featured in the media today (here The Times, also BBC Breakfast) with v concerning data on more critically endangered crafts where the traditional skills are in danger of being lost within a generation. @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social needs to step up urgently.
I’ll write your name a bit flashily in my new book ‘The Art of the Scribe’ published British Library. P+p for UK not to bad, a bit more for EU, but sadly awful for others. If, though, a flash name is what you like (and why not!), then contact me through my website
www.patricialovett.com/contact/
www.patricialovett.com/contact/
April 17, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I’ll write your name a bit flashily in my new book ‘The Art of the Scribe’ published British Library. P+p for UK not to bad, a bit more for EU, but sadly awful for others. If, though, a flash name is what you like (and why not!), then contact me through my website
www.patricialovett.com/contact/
www.patricialovett.com/contact/
More interest in our wonderful Intangible Cultural Heritage! Now that the UNESCO Convention has been ratified and the initial stages completed, it’s on to the next stage. @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
More interest in our wonderful Intangible Cultural Heritage! Now that the UNESCO Convention has been ratified and the initial stages completed, it’s on to the next stage. @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social
First signs of bluebells in the woods.
April 14, 2025 at 6:20 AM
First signs of bluebells in the woods.
In The Times yesterday - the next stage in the UK’s inventory of our intangible cultural heritage. However, it isn’t just Hogmanay and morris dancing, it’s what makes us what we are. @heritage-crafts.bsky.social @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
In The Times yesterday - the next stage in the UK’s inventory of our intangible cultural heritage. However, it isn’t just Hogmanay and morris dancing, it’s what makes us what we are. @heritage-crafts.bsky.social @dcmsgovuk.bsky.social
Magnolia and the moonthis evening. Hope this cheers anyone who’s feeling a bit down.
April 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Magnolia and the moonthis evening. Hope this cheers anyone who’s feeling a bit down.
Tony & Catherine at the last APPGCraft explained how the word ‘neon’ is being used for cheap LED lighting - nothing to do with the huge skills required to produce neon. They are hoping the govt will support clarification such that the traditional skills are maintained. @heritage-crafts.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Tony & Catherine at the last APPGCraft explained how the word ‘neon’ is being used for cheap LED lighting - nothing to do with the huge skills required to produce neon. They are hoping the govt will support clarification such that the traditional skills are maintained. @heritage-crafts.bsky.social
Sometimes something so wonderful and perfect stops you in your tracks!
March 25, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Sometimes something so wonderful and perfect stops you in your tracks!
Catching up a bit late on World Book Day. Ideal present for birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas, Easter ….!!!
March 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Catching up a bit late on World Book Day. Ideal present for birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas, Easter ….!!!
On an early morning walk I was stopped in my tracks by this brilliantly purple group of crocuses surrounded by bare earth and brown leaves, and then further on white crocuses with yellow middles looking like fried eggs! If you’re having a bad day - let these cheer your spirits.
March 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
On an early morning walk I was stopped in my tracks by this brilliantly purple group of crocuses surrounded by bare earth and brown leaves, and then further on white crocuses with yellow middles looking like fried eggs! If you’re having a bad day - let these cheer your spirits.