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The Trustees of the John Latham Foundation announced the opening of Flat Time House (FTHo), the home of the late artist, to the public on 2 October 2008.

As of yesterday, 15 September, Antony Hudek is the new Research Fellow who has joined Ligatus to work on the John Latham Archive. Antony brings strong art historian and archiving experience to the project alongside excellent academic skills. He will be based in both the Flat-Time-House and the Ligatus office and his primary role will be to implement a classification system for the JLA documents based on John Latham's cosmological ideas.

A reception was held at the Great Hall of Lambeth Palace on 13 May 2008
to celebrate the official launch of the Ligatus Research Unit. Over 130
guests attended, representing a diverse range of interests, both
academic, practical and commercial.

[inline:LigatusLaunch11.JPG=Lambeth Palace Photo Naomi Hodgkin]

Professor Nicholas Pickwoad, Director of Ligatus, made a short speech in
which he gave an overview of the plans and goals of Ligatus. He stated
that bookbinding constitutes a substantial and hugely under-exploited