Month: October 2021
Royal Parks Half Marathon | 10 October 2021
A huge thank you and congratulations to our team of 15 runners that completed the Royal Parks Half Marathon on Sunday 10 October to raise money for QEST. The team … Read more
London Craft Week | 4-10 October 2021
QEST Scholars took over the St James’s area for London Craft Week, showcasing and demonstrating crafts in 11 Royal Warrant-holding stores as part of the QEST Craft Trail. The week … Read more
Helen Reader Appointed President of Society of Master Saddlers
QEST Leathersellers’ Company Scholar Helen Reader of HR Saddlery was appointed President of the Society of Master Saddlers (SMS) at the Society’s AGM in September. Helen joined the SMS Executive … Read more
A Day in the Life of a Thatching Apprentice
Jack Richardson is an apprentice thatcher who has been training with Master Thatcher Joe Thornton via the National Society of Master Thatchers for two years. Here we catch up with … Read more
Shaping the Landscape
In 2019 QEST took the decision to appoint two QEST Scholars onto our Board – ceramicist and gallerist Peter Ting and bespoke shoemaker, Deborah Carré. It was a significant move … Read more