The Alexanders – from Wiltshire to Wynyard
Part 4 (continued) By Derek Smith Correction to previous articles: In my original submission to ITM I stated that Alexander Terrace in Stanley was named after Joseph Alexander, FM’s grand uncle. Prior to moving to Wynyard in 1860 Joseph and his family lived in Stanley and had considerable property interests so I made a tentative…
Remembering Margaret Goldie
Recollections of a grateful pupil, by John Hunter (originally published in STATnews) (Some parts of this essay were previously published in my blog upward-thought.com) It is now, at the time of writing this, some twenty-five years since Margaret Goldie died on 25th January 1997. There is a continuing interest in her and her approach to…
Frederick Matthias Alexander : His Life and times
By Rosslyn McLeod Much is being said at present about Alexander’s writings and how they should be interpreted. It is useful to talk of these matters and look back at the times they were written in, but we will never really understand them. Nowadays we have such huge stimulus about events all around us, so…