Delve into the intriguing world of Arts & Crafts churches, with Alec Hamilton, winner of the Art + Christianity Book Award. Alec will speak about the variety of Arts & Crafts churches throughout the UK. He will also give attention to the work of Edwin Luytens (architect of Campion Hall) and the paintings and lithographs by Charles Mahoney and Frank Brangwyn which grace the Chapel’s walls.

Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1896, Campion Hall is one of six Private Halls at the University of Oxford. The Hall opened originally for the benefit of Jesuit under-graduates, but is now home to a thriving international community of graduate students, Fellows, and staff from diverse backgrounds and faiths. The Hall has an extensive art collection some of which can be seen in the lobby and stairway of the Hall. Ticket holders may wish to arrive 15 – 20 minutes early in order to view some of the works of art both in the Chapel and Hall before the lecture begins.
The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception in the College garden.

Alec Hamilton first researched Arts & Crafts churches in 2004, as part of a Fine Art BA; then followed an MA on the work of the Arts & Crafts church architect Charles Spooner (published in 2012); and finally a DPhil at Oxford, completed in 2016 – ‘The Arts & Crafts in church-building in Britain 1884– 1918. He has lectured on Arts & Crafts subjects, and on individual churches, especially the Arts & Crafts in Gloucester Cathedral, and the churches of the Wye and Severn Valleys. His first degree was in English at Oxford; his first career was in advertising and marketing; he has written and performed at the Cheltenham Literature Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe; until recently he was a Trustee of both the Landmark Trust and Friends of Friendless Churches.