Magazines & Journals

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Glazed Expressions- TACS Members receive Glazed Expressions, a colourful and well-researched magazine also including up-to-the-minute news items, which is published three times a year.
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TACS Journal - TACS Members receive the annual TACS Journal, a peer-reviewed international journal containing substantial articles of original research.
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Books

Cover of Tile Gazetteer Tile Gazetteer - A Guide to British Tile and Architectural Ceramics Locations - our 'Good Tile Guide'
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Cover of European Industrial Tiles European Industrial Tiles - published in autumn 2004 is the fully-illustrated catalogue of the travelling exhibition on European Industrial Tiles, which opened at Boizenburg in August 2004 and arrived at Jackfield Tile Museum in September 2005. The 144-page catalogue, in four languages, has a series of essays on industrial tile production in Britain (by Hans van Lemmen), Germany, Belgium, France and Holland, and shows all the tiles in full colour.
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Cover of Fired Earth 1000 Years of Tiles in Europe

Fired Earth 1000 Years of Tiles in Europe- Edited by Hans van Lemmen & John Malam, Richard Dennis/TACS, 1991, 180pp, 36 in full colour, paperback
The catalogue of the travelling exhibition of the same name, organised to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society.  18 excellent chapters outline the history of tiles in Europe and the UK, each written by an acknowledged specialist in that field.

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Brightening The Long Days: Hospital Tile Pictures - John Greene. TACS, 1987. An illustrated book on the use of pictorial tiles in children's wards. Out of Print.

Special Items & Downloads

Cover of Minton Tiles in the Churches of Staffordshire Minton Tiles in the Churches of Staffordshire - this substantial report is currently available as a free downloadable file.
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Opus sectile work by Powell's of Whitefriars Opus sectile work by Powell's of Whitefriars - full list of Powell's of Whitefriars opus sectile locations available as a free download. The list was compiled by Dr Dennis Hadley during private research at the Powell's of Whitefriars archive held by the Victoria and Albert Museum, Archive of Art and Design.
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The TACS Church Ceramics Conference 2006 - the papers given at the Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society Conference ‘Church Ceramics: Decorative tiles, mosaic and terracotta during and after the Gothic Revival' are now available as free PDF downloads.
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Bibliography: Tiles & Architectural Ceramics, 3rd edition 1995, edited by Philip Brown (42 pages) £6.00

Dutch Tiles at Farrago & History of the House, 2nd edition 1990 by H. van Lemmen & J. Montgomery (proceeds of the sale of this publication will go towards the restoration of Farrago, Hornsea) £3.50

The Tile File - Artists, Designers and Manufacturers Database on CDrom or paper.
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