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The National Institute of Adult and Continuing Education (NIACE), founded in 1921 as the British Institute of Adult Education, has been influential in promoting adult education and lifelong learning. This publication marks its 80th anniversary and is a collection of reflections from contributors who have been involved with NIACE. The articles, grouped under the headings of 'The origins of NIACE', 'Chefs in a hot kitchen', 'Gathering storms: hopes and realities, 1970-1990', and 'Rolling back the dark clouds' are: Lord Haldane, the Haldane Trust, The British Institute of Adult Education, and Sir William Emrys / Howard Gilbert; Fusion not fission: the BIAE secretary remembers / David Wiseman; Reminiscences concerning NIACE and its predecessors / Derek Legge; The beginning of the National Institute of Adult Education / Henry Arthur Jones; An inspector recalls those early years / Harold Marks; Recollections of Edward Hutchinson: mentor and family friend / Saskia Heasman; Edward Hutchinson: secretary, 1949-1971 / Brian Groombridge; Arthur K. Stock: director, 1971-1988 / Paul Fordham; Alan Tuckett: director, 1988- / Stephen McNair; NIACE during the 1970s and 1980s / Arthur K. Stock; How they brought the good news from Queen Anne Street to Leicester / Henry Arthur Jones; A friendly lodger (ACACE) from 1977-1983 / Howard Gilbert; Wise presidential guidance in a time of turbulence: 1988-1994 / Roy Harding; Sir Winston Churchill (1953) on adult education / [Winston Churchill]; REPLAN and UDACE... the 'Baronies': REPLAN - an education programme for the adult unemployed / Tony Uden; UDACE: Unit for the Development of Adult Continuing Education / Stephen McNair; A broadcaster's perspective / Don Grattan; Adults and higher education: the NIACE role? / Stephen McNair; International aspects and exciting developments: 1975-1995 / Howard Fisher; Growing independence in Wales: NIACE DYSGU CYMRU / Howard Gilbert and Dewi Jones; Drama, growth and fun... NIACE in the 1990s / Judith Summers; A right to read?: NIACE involvement in 25 years of adult literacy in the UK / Alan Tuckett. Show less