July 2009 Update
No doubt there are many who are wondering how the parlous state of affairs in the Sudan is affecting the Society and its efforts to restore the Melik and to rescue the Bordein from being sold for scrap.
Melik News
UK Foreign Office: Our Ambassador in Khartoum
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 1898.
Melik Bulletin March 2008
The March 2008 issue of Melik Bulletin is now available.
Sudan and Nubia Magazine
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 Sudan and Nubia Magazine.
Nile gunboats to be given new role
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 restoring the Gunboat MELIK and the Armed Steamer BORDEIN and giving them new roles to attract visitors to the Sudan.
Sudeley Castle embarks upon a new season
On 31st March, Lady Ashcombe hosted a party for the launch of the 2006 Season, at Sudeley Castle in Winchcombe.