MSMT Newsletters

The MSMT issues newsletters by email to update interested parties of current developments and upcoming events. To be added to the circulation please email msedgwickmt@gmail.com.

Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust Newsletter #5 – July 2024

 

Welcome to this newsletter of the Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust (MSMT). The aim of our newsletters, compiled from the contributions of various Trustees, is to tell everyone who is fascinated by motoring history about our activities and bring you news from the world of automotive books. Including:            
* New books on Mini Mikes, De Dion Bouton and Motorsport in Northern Ireland
* What the MSMT are looking for in "modern" history
* Nick Baldwin - an appreciation by Michael Ware - fellow founding Trustee of the MSMT
* Resources at the British Motor Museum
* Favourite Books by Giles Chapman
* The MSMT

 

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Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust Newsletter #4 – November 2023

Welcome to this newsletter of the Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust (MSMT). The aim of our newsletters, compiled from the contributions of various Trustees, is to tell everyone who is fascinated by motoring history about our activities and bring you news from the world of automotive books. Including:

* New books - Goldie - The Story of Alfred Goldie Gardner, Vintage Sunbeams - The New Generation 1921 - 1926 and Cultra - Motoring with panache the story of the Motor Meets and Hillclimbs
* The Trust's Self-Publishing Workshop
* A Self-Publishing Guide from CPI Print
* 2023's Book Awards
* Retirement of Michael Ware as the Trust's longest-serving Trustee
* My Favourite Book by Paul Skilleter
* The MSMT and its aims
             

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Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust Newsletter Issue #3 – December 2022

Welcome to this newsletter of the Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust (MSMT). The aim of our newsletters, compiled from the contributions of various Trustees, is to tell everyone who is fascinated by motoring history about our activities and bring you news from the world of automotive books. Including:

* Books supported by the MSMT in 2022
* Preview of Self-Publishing seminar for 2023
* Rise of the Megabook By Ray Hutton - Motoring Journalist, Author and Chairman of the MSMT
* Recording the history of the Classic Car Movement by Andes Ditlev Clausager
* Better pictures for your book by Michael Ware - former Curator of the NMM and Professional Motorsport Photographer
* Third European Conference for Automotive History - preview
* The MSMT, its purpose and history
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Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust Newsletter Issue #2 – December 2021

Welcome to this newsletter of the Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust (MSMT). The aim of our newsletters, compiled from the contributions of various Trustees, is to tell everyone who is fascinated by motoring history about our activities and bring you news from the world of automotive books. Including:

* Books supported by the MSMT in 2021
* Jonathan Wood wins 2021 Michael Sedgwick Award
* Alphabet soup - The MSMT and the SAHB and how they work together
* Self-publish and be damned. How to do it by Ian Dussek
* The 2021 Royal Automobile Club Motoring Book Awards and the MSMT
* Publishing on Amazon as a print-on-demand. An author's experience by Ray Hutton
* Coming soon - forthcoming titles supported by the MSMT
* The MSMT - why and how?

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Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust Newsletter Issue #1 – April 2020

Welcome to the first regular newsletter of the Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust. The aim of our newsletters, compiled from the contributions of various Trustees, is to tell everyone who is fascinated by motoring history about our activities and bring you news from the world of automotive books. Including:

* What is the MSMT?
* Who was Michael Sedgwick by Michael Ware, former curator at the National Motor Museum
* How the MSMT operates - free assistance!
* Just published and supported by the MSMT
* Self-publishing - not as difficult as you think, by Ian Dussek, author and publisher of HRG - The Sportsman's ideal
* Sir Stirling Moss OBE - an appreciation of the MSMT connections
* Book Review - RGS Atalantas by Alan Shattock reviewed by Bob Cartwright
* A prime destination for researchers - The National Motor Museum reference library by Patrick Collins - Curator- Vehicles and Research NMM

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