
He lectures widely on glass & writes for journals as diverse as The Times & Daily Telegraph, Country Life, Homes & Antiques & Glass Matters.
His 550-page opus, The Decanter, An Illustrated History of Glass from 1650, published in 2004, has just been entirely re-worked & will be published in November 2018: The Decanter, Ancient to Modern, 535 pages, 165,000 words with 3,000+ examples illustrated.
Research for his 20th Century Glass, 2006, led him on a voyage of discovery across Europe & the US. This quest, involving visits to glassworks in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, the Czech Republic & Venice, resulted in his richly-decorated book, now sold out. Andy is a witty, spontaneous speaker who is delighted to share his knowledge & enthusiasm for the subject with audiences. He says that his mission is to engage, entertain & educate. He has never delivered the same talk twice, doesn’t work from notes & rearranges his slides for every talk. ‘I'm dead-serious about my subject, but a lecturer’s primarily responsibility is to take the audience along for the ride. By the end of a talk, nobody should be left regretting their decision to abandon a comfy fireside armchair for a hard seat in a hall’.
Andy had Britain’s largest antique & vintage glass shop, Glass Etc, Antiques & High Class Junk, in his hometown of Rye, on the Sussex coast. He also owns around 25,000 pieces of glass & 30,000+ glass-related images, & admits that he need all the help he can get!