Modernist Magazine Illustration
2024-06-01 11:00 - 16:00, 2024-06-02 11:00 - 16:00, 2024-06-06 11:00 - 16:00, 2024-06-07 11:00 - 16:00, 2024-06-08 11:00 - 16:00, 2024-06-09 11:00 - 16:00, 2024-06-13 11:00 - 16:00, 2024-06-14 11:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) and 6 more dates | Heath Robinson Museum, 50 West End Lane, Pinner, HA5 1AE, United Kingdom
With the start of the Second World War in 1914 Heath Robinson observed that “There was now no demand for purely artistic productions, for new editions of Shakespeare or other classics”. He was then dependent on humorous work for his income. However, from about 1925 respite from the constant need to be funny came from time to time with commissions to provide serious illustrations to short stories and articles in Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine and its sister publication Good Housekeeping.
The exhibition will include illustrations for stories by Richmal Crompton, J. B. Priestly & Gerald Bullett and John van Druten, an English playwright and theatre director.
He developed a distinctive style for these illustrations, very different from his earlier drawings and adapted to the two-colour printing process used for magazines of the time. He also produced a number of full-colour designs for the covers of magazines.
Another artist who was best known for his humorous work, but who also provided illustrations for Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine was Lesley Illingworth. The exhibition will include three examples for his work.
Another artist who was best known for his humorous work, but who also provided illustrations for Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine was Lesley Illingworth. The exhibition will include three examples for his work.

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Eid Ul Adha - Iron Aid Foundation
2024-06-16 - 2024-06-17 | Pinner Memorial Park, Pinner Memorial Park, Pinner, HA5 1AA, United Kingdom
Eid Ul Adha, will either be held on the 16 or 17 June.

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Pinner Sketch Club Annual Exhibition
2024-08-11 10:00 - 18:00 | Pinner Parish Church Hall, Church Lane, Pinner, Middlesex, HA5 3AA, United Kingdom
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Heath Robinson Museum present Open Air Theatre Romeo and Juliet
2024-08-25 19:00 - 21:30 | Pinner Memorial Park, Pinner Memorial Park, Pinner, HA5 1AA, United Kingdom
Illyria presents an evening of yearning romance, family feuds and disastrous consequences. Approx: 2hrs 20mins (20min interval). Suitable for ages 8+
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Pinner Local History Society- An Evening with Michael Rosen, My Early Life in Pinner
2024-09-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Pinner Village Hall, Chapel Lane, Pinner, Middlesex, HA5 1AA, United Kingdom
– An Evening with Michael Rosen, My Early Life in Pinner
Our next talk, ‘An Evening with Michael Rosen, My Early Life in Pinner’ will be on Thursday 5th September at 8-00pm in the Pinner Village Hall.
PLHS Members can book tickets, 1 ticket for Individual members, 2 tickets for Family Members, by contacting us on rosen@pinnerlhs.org.uk and including your name and number of tickets required. Non-members who wish to attend should request tickets by e-mail to rosen@pinnerlhs.org.uk giving your name and we will record them on a holding list until 22nd August. If we have spaces, visitors tickets will be issued after 22nd August, (suggested donation £3 at door). Alternatively, you can become a member by visiting our website at www.pinnerlhs.org.uk.
Michael Rosen was born in Harrow in 1946. He lived in Bridge Street and Love Lane Pinner. Michael went to Tyneholme Nursery School in Wealdstone, then Pinner Wood School. He was then a founder pupil at West Lodge before going on to Harrow Weald Grammar School.
Michael is best know for his work as a poet, performer, broadcaster and scriptwriter. He served as Children’s Laureate from 2007 until 2009.
The photo is of Michael and his brother Brian outside the Red Lion.
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The Art of Sidney H. Sime, Master of Fantasy
2024-09-28 11:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-29 11:00 - 16:00, 2024-10-03 11:00 - 16:00, 2024-10-04 11:00 - 16:00, 2024-10-05 11:00 - 16:00, 2024-10-06 11:00 - 16:00, 2024-10-10 11:00 - 16:00, 2024-10-11 11:00 - 16:00 and 4 more dates | Heath Robinson Museum, 50 West End Lane, Pinner, HA5 1AE, United Kingdom
Sidney Sime was a painter, illustrator and caricaturist. He was born in 1865 in Manchester to a poor family. He worked in the coal mines as a boy, then for a linen draper and a baker, before taking up sign writing and entering Liverpool school of art.
He moved to London to work for Pick-Me-Up and other magazines, making both theatrical caricatures and sinisterly humorous drawings. His work, although influenced by Aubrey Beardsley and Japanese prints, was truly original.
In 1898 he inherited a house and money from his uncle, an Edinburgh solicitor. He moved to Scotland to occupy his new property and to paint. However, he soon felt isolated, sold the house in Scotland and moved to Crown Cottage in Worplesdon, Surrey.
In 1904 Sime first met Lord Dunsany, who both enjoyed the company of this eccentric artist and greatly admired his work. They shared a fascination with imaginary worlds and fantastical tales. Dunsany chose Sime to illustrate his first book, The Gods of Pegana, a poetic fantasy, and was delighted with the result. Their collaboration continued until the 1930s.
In 1909 he formed a friendship with Lord Howard de Walden who employed him to make set and costume designs for his theatrical productions. Another member of their circle was the composer Joseph Holbrooke, for whose operas Sime also made designs.
After the Great War Sime devoted much of his time to rendering his fantasies in large oil paintings, a number of which are shown here. rhymes and stories. See watercolour, ink, and collage artworks in person – as well as early drafts, sketches and ideas shown alongside text from Michael Rosen’s books.
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