From the Tower – Back Issues – 2013

From the Tower – Back Issues – 2013

January Issue (read here)

  • Fire safety at Canterbury Faire
  • Things to do at Canterbury Faire
  • Notice from BOD

February Issue – No Issue

    March Issue (read here)

    • Awards granted at Canterbury Faire
    • Social Media Policy
    • Baronial Heraldic Challenge
    • Event Ad: Baronial Anniversary

    April Issue (read here)

    • Baronial Champions
    • Baronial Heraldic Challenge

    May Issue (read here)

    • Event Ad: Midwinter Camp
    • Yule Quill Competition

    June & July Combined Issue (read here)

    • Baron and Baroness Column
    • Seneschal’s Column
    • Baronial Heraldic Challenge

    August Issue (read here)

    • Yule Archery Tourney report
    • Antiques Arms Faire Report
    • Officer Vacancies

    September Issue (read here)

    • Final Flourishes article
    • Baron and Baroness Column
    • Seneschal’s Column

    October Issue (read here)

    • Event Ad: Collegium
    • A&P show demo
    • FESTA Canterbury Tales
    • Event Ad: Golden Flight IV

    November Issue (read here)

    • Event Ad: Kirkwood Spring Picnic
    • Notice of monthly tournament
    • Event Ad: Canterbury Faire

    December Issue (read here)

    • Event Ad; Christmas Feast
    • Event Ad: Revel of St Nicholas
    • Event Ad; Twelfth Night Pas d’Armes
    • Article: 16th century War Arrow

    From the Tower – Back Issues – 2012

    From the Tower – Back Issues – 2012

    March cover of From the Tower, showing Antonia di Lorenzo operating her fire breathing dragon at Canterbury Faire

    January Issue (read here)

    • Canterbury Faire information
    • Canterbury Faire poem
    • Canterbury Faire fire information

    February Issue (read here)

    • Incoming Seneschal’s Column
    • Pearls: A Lasting Love article
    • Making polyester hardened lamellar armour article

    March Issue (read here)

    • Awards given at Canterbury Faire
    • Event Ad: String Day the Third
    • Event Ad: Baronial Anniversary

    April Issue (read here)

    • Grand March article
    • European Sumptuary Law article
    • Baronial Anniversary information

    May Issue (read here)

    • Baronial Anniversary photos
    • Baronial champions and awards
    • Brewer’s A&S competition

    June Issue (read here)

    • Event ad: Yule
    • Event ad: Midwinter Coronation

    July Issue (read here)

    • Mushroom pies recipe
    • Yule event report
    • Event ad: Midwinter Coronation

    August Issue (read here)

    • Yule recipes
    • Deputy Reeve advertisement
    • Event Ad: Golden Flight 3

    September Issue (read here)

    • How do I research article
    • A Mongol Coat article
    • Heraldic Humour
    • Event Ad: Nelson Medieval Camp

    October Issue (read here)

    • Event Ad: L’Evento Italiano
    • Event Ad: Canterbury Faire

    November Issue (read here)

    • Nelson Medieval Camp event report
    • L’Evento Italiano event report

    December Issue (read here)

    • Two Medieval Gardening Books article
    • Cockatrice Cover Art contest
    • Event Ad: 50 Years celebration

    From the Tower – Back Issues – 2011

    From the Tower – Back Issues – 2011

    The April 2011 cover of From the Tower featuring a large Lochac flag, flying in front of the marquee at Canterbury Faire

    January Issue (read here)

    • St Judes Tournament Event Report
    • Populace Survey
    • Canterbury Faire information
    • Event Ad: Hafla
    • Event Ad: St Kessog Feast and Collegium

    February Issue (read here)

    • St Judes Tournament Event Report
    • Populace Survey
    • Canterbury Faire information
    • Event Ad: Hafla
    • Event Ad: St Kessog Feast and Collegium

    March Issue

    • No Issue due to the devastating February 11 earthquake

    April Issue (read here)

    • Officer Introduction
    • Baronial Champions Wanted
    • Awards from Canterbury Faire
    • Event Ad: Baronial Anniversary

    May Issue (read here)

    • Baronial Champions
    • New Officers
    • Event teaser for Golden Flight

    June Issue (read here)

    • Battle of Lepanto information
    • Event Ad: Lepanto Yule
    • Baronial Ovens notice

    July Issue (read here)

    • Baronial Succession information
    • Southron Gaard Financial Report
    • Images from Great Northern War
    • Event Ad: Baronial Games Faire

    August Issue (read here)

    • Column from the Vicar
    • Yule Event Report
    • Event Ad: Fimbulwinter
    • Event Ad: Golden Flight

    September Issue (read here)

    • Yule Arrow photos
    • Baronial Succession information
    • Event Ad: Golden Flight

    October Issue (read here)

    • Baronial Succession Candidates
    • Fimbulwinter Event Report
    • Medieval Meals for Modern Cooks
    • Canterbury Faire Ad

    November Issue (read here)

    • Ellesmere A&P show photos
    • Medieval Meals for Modern Cooks
    • Event Ad: Heavy Combat Training Weekend
    • Event Ad: Christmas Revel

    December Issue (read here)

    • Golden Flight Event Report
    • Heavy Combat Training Weekend Event Report
    • Event Ad: Christmas Revel
    • Event Ad: Canterbury Faire

    From the Tower – Back Issues – 2010

    From the Tower – Back Issues – 2010

    The cover of the March 2010 issue of From the Tower, featuring a photograph of Baron Sir Callum being slain by Death

    January Issue (read here)

    • Canterbury Faire news
    • Canterbury Faire Ball
    • Preparing for Canterbury Faire

    February Issue (read here)

    • Canterbury Faire notices including fire information
    • Canterbury Faire survival
    • Event Ad: Baronial Anniversary

    March Issue (read here)

    • Awards from Canterbury Faire
    • Baronial Anniversary information
    • Tales of Southron Gaard. A collection of memories of key events in the history of the the Barony
    • Menu and recipes from the Canterbury Faire feast

    April Issue (read here)

    • Baronial Champions
    • Awards from Baronial Anniversary
    • Demos
    • The Admiralty
    • Event Ad: Tournament of the Roses

    May Issue (read here)

    • Introducing New Officers
    • News from Festival
    • Event Ad: Yule
    • Mind Your Manners

    June Issue (read here)

    • The Scottish Play song
    • From the Baronial Library
    • Mind Your Manners

    July Issue (read here)

    • New Officer Introduction
    • Entries from the Yule Poetry contest
    • Yule event report
    • Event Ad: St Clare’s Collegium
    • From the Baronial Library

    August Issue (read here)

    • Sources for the Yule Feast
    • St Clare Collegium class list
    • St Clare’s Ball list
    • From the Baronial Library

    September Issue (read here)

    • New Officer Introduction
    • Archery Matters
    • St Clare’s photos
    • Event ad: String Day
    • Event ad: Golden Flight

    October Issue (read here)

    • Archery Challenge
    • Introduction to Stewarding
    • SCA Census

    November Issue (read here)

    • String Day Report
    • Images from Golden Flight
    • Canterbury Faire Be Prepared
    • Lochac Officer Training Symposium information
    • Event Ad: St Jude’s Tournament

    December Issue (read here)

    • The Baronial A&S Championship information
    • Canterbury Faire martial activities
    • Canterbury Faire Ball

    From the Tower – Back Issues – 2009

    From the Tower – Back Issues – 2009

    Cover of the January issue of FTT showing a huddle of heavy fighters, standing in a glad, having the tourney format explained to them

    January Issue (read here)

    • Herald’s Cry
    • Images from the Day of Tourneys
    • Martial matters from Heavy, Rapier and Archery 
    • Canterbury Faire notices

    February Issue (read here)

    • Canterbury Faire notices
    • Baronial Championships
    • Mind Your Manners

    March Issue (read here)

    • Images from Canterbury Faire
    • A Lament for the Southern Reaches
    • Known World Handbook Rewrite project

    April Issue (read here)

    • Awards from Canterbury Faire
    • Article on The Tazza
    • Mind Your Manners

    May Issue (read here)

    • Update on the Canterbury Faire cat
    • To make a Tarte of Chese
    • On Favours
    • Event Ad: Yule
    • Preparing for Canterbury Faire

    June Issue (read here)

    • Medieval Padlocks
    • Medieval Knitting
    • Event Ad: Yule

    July Issue (read here)

    • Demo opportunity
    • Yule event report
    • Gazza, Wokka and Phil
    • Event Ad: Baroness’s Birthday Bash
    • Event Ad: Crescent Fence

    August Issue (read here)

    • Yule Poetry Contest Winner
    • Baking and Roasting article
    • Event Ad: St Percival

    September Issue (read here)

    • A brief introduction to Officiers de la Bouche
    • Known World Pavane
    • Event Ad:  November Crown Tournament

    October Issue (read here)

    • The Clerkenwell Tales Book Review
    • Kingdom A&S Championship categories
    • Event Advert: The Feast of Sir Percival and the Quest for the Holy Grail
    • Event Advert: November Crown

    November Issue (read here)

    • Missive from Kingdom
    • Eight easy steps to a Lover’s Knot
    • Feast of St Percival photos
    • Dance List for the Crown Prince’s Ball

    December Issue (read here)

    • Names for Grant of Arms awards
    • Awards from November Crown 
    • Crown Tourney round by round
    • 1500 era Maths and the SCA
    • Southern Gaard’s First Tourney photo

    From the Tower – Back Issues – 2008

    From the Tower – Back Issues – 2008

    Cover of the February issue of From the Tower, featuring the coronation of Berengar and Bethan, King and Queen of Lochac

    January Issue (read here)

    • From the Knight Marshal
    • Health and Safety Advice for camping at Canterbury Faire
    • Event Ad: Twelfth Night Tournament
    • Menu and Report from the December Hafla
    • Etiquette of SCA camping article

    February Issue (read here)

    • Missive from the Crown
    • 12th Night Tourney Report
    • Canterbury Faire notices

    March Issue (read here)

    • Awards from Canterbury Faire
    • Steward’s Tale of Canterbury Faire
    • The Battle of Blue Cheese Tavern
    • Recipes from Canterbury Faire
    • Baronial Anniversary Information
    • Mind your Manners

    April Issue (read here)

    • Report and recipes from St Kessog’s First Feast
    • Amusement A Poem
    • Cuppe Perilous

    May Issue (read here)

    • Officer Columns
    • Baronial Anniversary Report
    • Crown Tournament Information
    • Caidan Award of Arms project
    • Mind your Manners

    June Issue (read here)

    • A Rare Patchwork Cushion article
    • Crown Tourney event report
    • Event Ad: Yule
    • Event Ad: Castleburn’s Midwinter Convivium
    • Mind Your Manners

    July Issue (read here)

    • Yule event review
    • Canterbury Faire Site Allocations
    • Leoncello Dance
    • Event Ad: Collegium and Florentine Ball

    August Issue (read here)

    • Kingdom Notices
    • The Wearing of Garb song
    • Mignotta Veccia and Belfiore Dances
    • Event Ad: St Crispin’s Day
    • Mind Your Manners

    September Issue (read here)

    • SCANZ notice
    • Martial Matters
    • Event Ad: Collegium and Florentine Ball
    • Event Ad: St Crispin’s Day

    October Issue (read here)

    • Baronial Succession Process
    • Martial Matters
    • Florentine Ball Review
    • Thornspell Launch
    • Bal d’Argent announcement

    Baronial Succession Issue (read here)

    • Seneschal’s Comments
    • Baronial Succession Process
    • Candidate Statement
    • Polling Form

    November Issue (read here)

    • A Beginner’s Guide to Stew
    • Matters Martial
    • St Crispin’s Day event report
    • Heraldic Symposium event

    December Issue (read here)

    • St Crispin’s Event picnic photos
    • Matters Martial
    • Sententiologist for Hire
    • Event Ad: Black Swan Revel
    • Event Ad: Canterbury Faire

    From the Tower – Back Issues – 2007

    From the Tower – Back Issues – 2007

    Cover for the January 2007 issue of From the Tower featuring a page from the Book of Kells

    January Issue (read here)

    • Candied Fruit Peel
    • Missive from the South
    • The Viking Raiding Boat song

    February Issue (read here)

    • Making Cordials
    • Event Ad: Midwinter Coronation
    • Medieval Stuff Evening

    March Issue (read here)

    • Event Ad: Baronial Anniversary
    • Baronial Populace Survey
    • Canterbury Faire Poem
    • A Guide to Potlucks
    • Missive from St Kessogs

    April Issue (read here)

    • Southron Gaard Renaissance Challenge
    • I love a Good Mystery – article
    • Life of a Bard poem
    • The Baronial Trailer

    May Issue (read here)

    • Southron Gaard Renaissance Challenge
    • Event Ad: Yule
    • I am the Very Model of the SCA Nobility
    • Event Ad: St Kessog’s First Feast

    June Issue (read here)

    • Yule Poetry Contest
    • Event Ad: Yule
    • Grand A&S Competition
    • The Target and the Arrow Poem

    July Issue (read here)

    • Southron Gaard Augmentation of Arms
    • Poems on a Swan and a Ghost
    • Event Ad: Midwinter Coronation

    August Issue (read here)

    • A Heavy Fighter Poem
    • Awards from Midwinter Coronation
    • Grand A&S Competition

    September Issue (read here)

    • Bransle Charlotte Poem
    • Honey article
    • Robin Hood – A Review
    • What happened this month in history

    October Issue (read here)

    • Officer Vacancies
    • Southron Gaard Renaissance Challenge
    • Event Ad: Canterbury Faire

    November Issue (read here)

    • Officer Vacancies
    • Southron Gaard Renaissance Challenge
    • Event Ad: Canterbury Faire

    December Issue

    • No issue

    From the Tower, January AS LIX (2025 CE)

    From The Tower January A.S. LIX



    Contents:

    • Seneschal, Hospitaller, Librarian, Chronicler Officer columns
    • Award Recommendation article
    • Event information for Canterbury Faire & January Monthly Tourney
    • Fibre Guild information, incl meeting topics
    • Officer Vacancies
    • Draft Council Minutes from December meeting

    From the Tower December A.S. LIX (2024 C.E.)

    From The Tower December A.S. LIX


    Cover of the December issue of From the Tower featuring a picture of Baroness Alexandra and Baron Grim (wearing black and white), and THL Angus and Maestra Joana (wearing red and yellow).

    Contents:

    • Columns from Their Excellencies, Seneschal, Hospitaller, and Librarian
    • Announcement of the next Baron and Baroness of Southron Gaard
    • Images from Golden Flight and the Get to the Point Demo
    • Office Vacancy Adverts: Seneschal, Chirurgeon, A&S, Chronicler, Constable, and Youth
    • Draft Council Minutes from November meeting