Melik News

Henry Keown-Boyd

July 2009 Update

20 July 2009

Dear Friends, No doubt there are many who are wondering how the parlous state of affairs in the Sudan is affecting the Society and its efforts…

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UK Foreign Office: Our Ambassador in Khartoum

28 May 2008

UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Ros Marsden, our ambassador in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, shows us the gunboat which General Kitchener used to bombard Omdurman in…

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Melik Bulletin 2008

Melik Bulletin March 2008

01 March 2008

The March 2008 issue of Melik Bulletin is now available Content currently unavailable

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Gunboat Melik, 1897

Sudan and Nubia Magazine

02 November 2007

An article “Victorian Gunboats in the 21st Century” by Melik Society Chairman Henry Keown-Boyd was published by the British Museum in the latest issue of their…

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Agreement has been reached by the Melik Society and National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums (NCAM)

Nile gunboats to be given new role

16 February 2007

Agreement has been reached by the Melik Society and National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums (NCAM) to set up the Nile Foundation for the purpose of…

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Sudeley Castle

Sudeley Castle embarks upon a new season

01 December 2006

On 31st March, Lady Ashcombe hosted a party for the launch of the 2006 Season, at Sudeley Castle in Winchcombe. Fifty invited guests attended the event…

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