120 members of TAS Midhurst celebrated the 50th anniversary of the national society last month with an evening reception at Capron House, including speeches and music from local groups, notably the brass band of Midhurst Primary School.

For the Jubilee year, TAS Mid Sussex. five other local societies and TAS Sussex Area combined to be a Gold Sponsor for the Young Craftsman of the Year Competition at the South of England Show, held as usual in Ardingly, Sussex.

In a special lecture on 10 July 2018, convened in Chequer Mead to mark and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of NADFAS (National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies, now know more conveniently as The Arts Society), the well-known art historian and television personality