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Rowing memorabilia collector leaves museum trustees ');  '); Thomas Weil, who is an American collector of rowing memorabilia, has served since 2001. He has made two major donations of objects to the museum, once in 2003 and again in 2013. Mr Weil, who lives in Connecticut, said: “I have tried to build a collection that celebrated the legacy of this transformative sport and it is a great privilege to have found a home for so many of those treasures at the museum.” The Thomas E Weil Collection comprises rowing art, memorabilia and literature, largely relating to Great Britain but includin...

Architect David Chipperfield has been given one of the highest awards available to a British citizen while designers including Yinka Ilori, Ilse Crawford and 6a Architects have received honours in the 2021 New Year Honours list. Chipperfield was added to the elite Order of the Companions of Honour in the annual list of awards given for achievements by British citizens. Interior designer Crawford has been awarded a CBE, 6a Architects co-founders Thomas Emerson and Stephanie Macdonald OBEs and London designer Ilori an MBE. David Chipperfield has designed numerous cultural buildings including th...

Council gives £40,000 to charities hit by pandemic ');  '); GRANTS worth nearly £40,000 have been awarded to charities in Henley as they try to recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Henley Town Council received applications from seven charities requesting a total of  £66,194 but had a budget of less than two-thirds of that to allocate. Members of the finance strategy and management committee agreed the awards after receiving presentations at a virtual meeting. A total of £5,000 will go to Riverside Counselling, which provides affordable counselling and psychotherapy to ...