User:ANDREW LAMBERT
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Andrew Lambert (born 22 September 1956) bought The Tabernacle, Machynlleth, a former Wesleyan chapel, in 1984. He established a charitable company, The Machynlleth Tabernacle Trust, and, after extensive renovation, The Tabernacle reopened as a centre for the performing arts on 11 October 1986.
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[edit] Education
Andrew studied at Winchester College from 1969 to 1974 and at Clare College, Cambridge from 1975 to 1978. Andrew was a regular speaker at the Cambridge Union Society. He was President of the Clare College Students' Association (now the Union of Clare Students) from 1977 to 1978.
[edit] Gardening
Andrew worked as a gardener in Winchmore Hill from 1978 to 1979 and in Finchley and Westminster from 1998 to 1999.
[edit] Journalism
From 1979 to 1980 Andrew was a clerical journalist for Reuters Economic News at 85 Fleet Street, London.
[edit] Writing
In 1988 Andrew's poem The Compressionist (3 sonnets in iambic tetrameters) was produced by the September Press. Andrew defined Compressionism as a synthesis of Impressionism and Expressionism.
[edit] The Bahamas
Between 1990 and 1992 Andrew worked as a tutor on Harbour Island in The Bahamas. In 1992, after Hurricane Andrew, he set up a relief school called Andrew's School.
[edit] The Millennium Centre
In 1994 Andrew published his idea for a massive conjunction of 20 schemes in the vicinity of Heathrow Airport to be entitled The Millennium Centre. His proposals were not accepted.
[edit] Alcoholism
Andrew has said publicly that he is a recovering alcoholic.
[edit] Now
Andrew is currently learning Welsh and Italian, planting an arboretum and completing a narrative in verse.
[edit] See also
[edit] Further reading
- Mervyn Levy: The Lambert Collection (September Press, Wellingborough, 1988)
- Andrew Lambert: The Compressionist (September Press, Wellingborough, 1988)
- Andrew Lambert: Yr Hafod (Blewyn Glas, Machynlleth, 2004) ISSN 14733692
- Eric Rowan & Carolyn Stewart: An Elusive Tradition: Art and Society in Wales, 1870-1950 (University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 2002) ISBN 0708317693
- D Huw Owen: Capeli Cymru (Y Lolfa, Talybont, 2005) ISBN 0862437938
- David Wyn Davies: Owen Owen: Victorian Draper (Gwasg Cambria, Aberystwyth, 1983) ISBN 0900439165
- Joseph North: Diary of a Misplaced Philosopher (Black Swan, London, 1990) ISBN 0552994030
