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The Henries Awards 2022
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
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It has been announced that we’re shortlisted at the Henries Awards in no less than 12 categories!
MoreThe Licensing Awards 2022
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
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We are thrilled to announce that we have reached the finals of The Licensing Awards 2022.
MoreGreenfingers charity Partnership launches at Glee.
Tuesday, 5 July 2022
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We are delighted to partner with the Greenfingers Charity to create a new range of garden inspired greeting cards.
MorePG Live 2022
Thursday, 26 May 2022
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We’re gearing up for a busy few weeks here at Woodmansterne as we put the final finishing touches to our stand for PG Live 2022.
Introducing our Nadiya range!
Monday, 21 February 2022
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We are thrilled to have teamed up with the brilliant Nadiya Hussain to create a range of vibrant new greeting cards featuring some of her favourite phrases.
MoreNew Coronavirus Update
Wednesday, 15 December 2021
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Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, we have prioritised the safety of our staff and delivering the product and support our customers require and expect of Woodmansterne.
Inside The Factory Christmas Special
Friday, 21 January 2022
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We’re excited to announce that we are starring in the Inside the Factory Christmas special on Wednesday 22nd December, 9pm, BBC2.
Black Lives Matter Statement
Friday, 26 June 2020
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Woodmansterne continues to ensure that in all our day-to-day activities – from hiring and promoting staff, dealing with suppliers, and serving our customers – we treat everyone fairly and make sure that anyone can do business with us on a level playing field.
MoreA message from Seth Woodmansterne
Friday, 17 April 2020
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The past few weeks have been extraordinary. And, despite the significant challenges and economic uncertainty we all face, our immediate concern must be for the health and wellbeing of friends and family. “Nothing else really matters as long as you have your health!” goes the saying, and surely it has never been more apt.
MoreCoronavirus Update
Friday, 27 March 2020
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As with everyone in these uncertain weeks and months, our focus continues to be the safety and health of our staff, customers and suppliers.
MoreCoronavirus Statement
Tuesday, 17 March 2020
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We understand that we live in extreme and unprecedented times. We wish to reassure our customers that Woodmansterne has been putting in place several contingency measures to minimise risk and disruption, while ensuring the health and well-being of all our staff, visitors and customers.
MoreWoodmansterne at Spring Fair 2020
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
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We’re gearing up for a busy few weeks here at Woodmansterne as we put the final finishing touches to our stand for Spring Fair 2020.
MoreThe humble greeting card
Tuesday, 30 January 2018
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As we allow, through formulaic algorithms, to suck our online activity and process back to us self-edited content, our imaginations become less-and-less nourished and stimulated by the unexpected.
MoreOur 65th birthday Wayzgoose celebration!
Monday, 17 September 2018
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Earlier this month we celebrated our birthday in style by hosting a ‘Wayzgoose’ event, an old printing tradition dating back to the 16th century, which celebrated the transition from printing by daylight to printing by candlelight. Hosted by the Master Printer for his Workmen, it was known as a ‘great feast’.
MoreSmart Seal Cards - the right thing for the environment!
Wednesday, 6 March 2019
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For over thirty years, I have been a strong advocate for keeping a greeting card pristine in a glass-clear, polypropylene bag. The bag serves many purposes: it stops the envelope drifting from the card, it keeps mucky fingers from besmirching the product, it helps to keep shop displays neat and tidy. As a customer, I relish the ritual of peeling open a meticulously-wrapped greeting card.
MoreChrist Displaying his Wounds, attributed to Giacomo Galli
Tuesday, 8 July 2014
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One of the Woodmansterne Art Conservation Awards for 2012/13 was awarded to Perth Museum & Art Gallery to conserve ‘Christ Displaying his Wounds’, attributed to Giacomo Galli - a rare and beautiful example of art styled after the work of Caravaggio.
MoreArt Conservation & Scholarships - Portrait of Bishop Mews
Tuesday, 8 July 2014
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This early 18th century portrait is housed within The Bishop’s Palace, Wells. This particular portrait is the oldest and most significant painting within the Ship’s Palace collection. It plays a crucial role in helping to interpret 800 years of social, political and religious history and bringing the Palace alive for over 40,000 visitors every year.
MoreWoodmansterne Art Conservation Award enables Walter Ralegh’s coded desire for Elizabeth 1 to be revealed
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
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A painting, belonging to The National Portrait Gallery, was one of the major works chosen by our panel of judges at the last round of the Woodmansterne Art Conservation Awards. A donation of £10,000 was pledged which has enabled the process of painstaking conservation, removing centuries of over paint, to reveal the coded message incorporated into the work by the unknown English artist.
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