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Author: Marcus Bicknell

Marcus Bicknell is the great-grand-nephew of Clarence Bicknell, curator of the family collection, editor of www.clarencebicknell.com and chairman of the Clarence Bicknell Association. He was awarded the 2017 Parmurelu d’Oru prize for services to culture in Bordighera. After his Masters in Physical Anthropology from Cambridge University in 1969 he was a marketing executive in the media business all his career; he managed Genesis and worked for CBS, A&M Records, television satellite operator SES Astra and the BBC. He has served on the Development Board of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and other community associations. He was born in the USA, is a British national, motor-racer, horse-rider, has lived in 7 countries, speaks German and French and lives with his family in the Chiltern Hills.
December 23, 2025

Museo Bicknell and Vilnius University – Erasmus+ summer internships

The Clarence Bicknell Association offers its congratulations to Dssa. Daniela Gandolfi of the Museo Bicknell in Bordighera for the new arrangement with […]

December 8, 2025December 8, 2025

Edward Berry – the English Bank in Bordighera

I was recently ask by Jürgen Schlieszeit of Bordighera, researcher into the villas and buildings in the town, whether it is possible […]

November 13, 2025November 13, 2025

Clarence Bicknell prints for year-end gifts

Those wonderful  botanical watercolours by Clarence Bicknell, from his 1906 Casa Fontanalba Visitors’ Book, are on sale at the Woodland Trust online […]

October 23, 2025October 23, 2025

Clarence triggers interest in Nottingham

https://www.artculturetourism.co.uk/post/clarence-bicknell-the-victorian-polymath-and-nottingham My article (link above) about Clarence for Art Culture Tourism, Marysia Zipser’s Nottingham-oriented blog has had some very positive response, thank […]

October 8, 2025October 8, 2025

New page for Clarence’s father

Interest from researchers has inspired me to add a page about Clarence’s father Elhanan, accessible in the main menu of the web […]

August 7, 2025August 7, 2025

In Clarence’s Footsteps – Elisabetta Massardo

Occasional pop-up photo exhibitions on www.clarencebicknell.com – number 3 Elisabetta Massardo Elisabetta Massardo is a mountain walker, photographer and botanist who spends […]

July 21, 2025July 21, 2025

Jane Winter and Will Arnold-Forster, Ka Cox

I received an interesting email from London resident Jane Winter, member of the Clarence Bicknell Association, today. Can you help her in […]

June 19, 2025

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June 7, 2025June 19, 2025

Cypripedium calceolus and Elisabetta Massardo

We are privileged to be able to publish a recent and rare photo of Cypripedium calceolus – known in English as Lady’s […]

May 16, 2025May 16, 2025

Parmurelu d’Oru to Giuseppe Bessone

Independent award in Bordighera, Italy, for services to culture. The Little Golden Palm Leaf. For the 18th edition of the annual Parmurelu […]

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