Themescene E-Issues (Members Only)
Here are the electronic versions of Themescene from issue 79 (2005) onwards. Full subject and author indexes (1984 to date) will be found here.
Each issue comprises the articles listed plus news about the society, reports of meetings and events, and regular features such as Just4Kids and reader's letters.
2024
Issue 154 - Auguste Piccard part 1, The philately of Eurovision, Himalayan lakes part 2.
2023
Issue 153 - Lichens on stamps, 'Moths' pioneered a new air age, Himalayan lakes part 1, Recording a schoolboy's "Almost an adventure"
Issue 152 - Evolution of the postcard - Postcrossing - Collecting Hobbits part 2 - Philatelic firsts
Issue 151 - Collecting Hobbits part 1, Enchanting Sundarbans on stamps part 2, Appeal of one-page competitions.
Issue 150 - Expo '58; Enchanting Sundarbans on stamps; Dry leaf or butterfly?; Studying World War II history.
2022
Issue 149 - BTA Residential Weekend, Microscopes, Thematic Exhibiting pt. 2, Liberec 2022.
Issue 148 - Alfons Mucha pt. 2, Joseph Sloper, Thematic exhibiting pt. 1, Post WWII postcards of Sarawak
Issue 147 - Alfons Mucha pt. 1, Colonisation of Australia pt. 5, Bay of Pigs invasion, Buddha
Issue 146 - Bronte Sisters, Success on sipping stout, Colonisation of Australia pt. 4, Nebra sky disc, Peace.
2021
Issue 145 - The BTA at Autumn Stampex, Colonisation of Australia pt. 3, World Postcard Day, A Whale's Tale, Kon-Tiki: creator god.
Issue 144 - Kim Il-sung, Colonisation of Australia pt. 2, Mail carried by motorcycle, Sir Hall Caine, Europa
Issue 143 - The Three Venices, Colonisation of Australia pt 1, Following the Masters, Blockchain meets philately, A new approach to collecting.
Issue 142 - Post-Unification Italy, Messenger of Peace, Bayeux Tapestry, Battle of Britain stamps.
2020
Issue 141 - Republic of Venice, Finding vanilla flavour in a thematic collection, From thematic exhibit to themed collection, Attention all shipping.
Issue 140 - A voyage through the Grand Canal, 'Interactive' postage stamps, The SS Great Britain and the young sailor, Stamp collecting parrot fashion, The search for vaccines
Issue 139 - Connections: Nuneham Park House, Orchid conferences, Creating a commemorative cover, Philatelic perspective on COVID 19, Malay festive foods.
Issue 138 - Falun Mine, Jaffa Gate and the Tower of David, "Most interesting butterfly in the world", Mayflower celebrations.
2019
Issue 137 - Oranges are not the Only Fruit, Inspired by ... , Silent Night, Philatelic Crusade for Peace
Issue 136 - The Road to Penicillin, Do You Like Kipling?, Victorian Letter Boxes
Issue 135 - No Sense of Triumphalism, Leonardo Da Vinci, Of Postcards and Birds
Issue 134 - Channel Islands Pillar Box Experiment, Postcards of the LNR, Lillie Langtry, First Voyage of Captain Cook, Life of Gustav Klimt, Food Matters
2018
Issue 133 - BTA Residential Weekend, What Can the Matter Be?, Famous Artists of Cheyne Walk
Issue 132 - Sanatorium at Benenden, Blue butterflies, Museum of Philatelic History, Franz Liszt
Issue 131 - Tragic fire captured in postcards, Lunar New Year, Open Philately
Issue 130 - Mythology "explains" everything, Artistic stamps, Leaping dolphins, Pay attention!
2017
Issue 129 - Fictional detectives - the media, A stroll to the bank, 'Capability' Brown.
Issue 128 - From Classics Scholar to Classical Geologist, It's Patently Obvious, The Story of Brasilia
Issue 127 - A Day at Kew Gardens, Stamps Defining Social History, part 2, Supermarket Philately, Herbs and Spices
Issue 126 - Hou Don It! [Harry Houdini], Beatrix Potter, Stamps Defining Social History part 1, The Cocoon of a Silkworm, A Jewish Ghetto
2016
Issue 125 - Stained Glass Windows, BTA Weekend 2016, Scouting around the World
Issue 124 - The Panama Canal, Velopost, The Dragonfly, Begging Letters, Peruvian Railways
Issue 123 - Hard Boiled Queens, In Search of Early Life, Romance of the Three Kingdom
Issue 122 - Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, Poem on the Plinth, METAI, Heffalumps
2015
Issue 121 - Dragons, Who was Good King Wenceslas?, The Salvation Army, Amundsen’s North East Passage pt.3
Issue 120 - Thankful villages, Amundsen’s North-East Passage pt. 2, The changing climate
Issue 119 - 2015: the UN Year of Light, Amundsen’s Northeast Passage pt. 1, Magna Carta
Issue 118 - Bicycle Crash Mail, Sigmund Freud, The Red Arrows, Irish Hospital Sweepstakes
2014
Issue 117 - Enigma of the Nazca Lines, BTA 2014 Weekend Report
Issue 116 - Prodigality of species, Sir Walter Scott, Philatelic commemorations of World War I
Issue 115 - History of the Fictional Detective, Julia Ward Howe
Issue 114 - Royal Grand Commonwealth Tour, Early years of the BTA
2013
Issue 113 - Bobby Fischer: greatest ever chess player?, Telling a Story: postcards are a plus!; Farmers in the Developing World
Issue 112 - Maximaphily, Motorcycle Speedway Racing, Banking and Lotteries, Confessions of a thematic collector
Issue 111 - The life of J. S. Bach, Go by cycle!, Waterfalls, Down the Tube (London Underground)
Issue 110 - Aviation on stamps, Great movie directors, Chess
2012
Issue 109 - Military history of New Zealand, Japanese Echo and other cards (Japanese pictorial postal stationery)
Issue 108 - Japanese art, The women of World War II, Globalisation of vanilla, One man’s marine adventure
Issue 107 - Exotic fruits, British Expeditionary Force in France
Issue 106 - The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, An informal postal service in the Galapagos Islands, Telling a story via postal history, Thematic postal history pt.4
2011
Issue 105 - Homer's Odyssey, Captain James Cook, Lifeboat cinderella solutions, Reading the Bible, Thematic postal history part 3.
Issue 104 - Copernicus, William Morris, Mail for the Blind, Thematic postal history part 2.
Issue 103 - Milestones in Manned Flight, Coats of Arms part 2, German Armed Forces Occupation of the Channel Islands, Thematic postal history, part 1.
Issue 102 - Passion & Parachuting, Coats of Arms part 1, iPosties.
2010
Issue 101 - Grimm but delightful tales, Literature on British stamps, Captain Cook observed, Beijing-Frankfurt-Lillehammer,The Babe
Issue 100 - London 2010, Mary Jane Seacole, Rev. Harris Isaacs of South Africa, One theme - many themes
Issue 99 - Royal Society Copley Medal, Progress of puppets, Singapore Philatelic Museum
Issue 98 - John Thomas Baines, American Indian art, Great thinkers of the 16th century, Seven ages of man
2009
Issue 97 - Robert Fitzroy, Puccini opera, Britain's railway evolution part 3.
Issue 96 - Britain's railway evolution part 2, The Victoria Cross.
Issue 95 - Charles Darwin part 2, Peace, Britain's railway evolution part 1, Astrophilately
Issue 94 - Charles Darwin part 1, Herbert Kappler, Tngska fireball, Writing up your collection.
2008
Issue 93 - Blood and plunder, A whale's tale part 2, Wire that fenced the West, Women in medicine
Issue 92 - A whale's tale part 1, USA postage currency, Andorra's postal history, Secrets of the saucy seaside postcard.
Issue 91 - Masks: a loss of self, Coinage or bank notes on stamps? Where land and water meet, Life's events.
Issue 90 - Eurothema, Tongan royalty, Those who kept the nation posted, International Polar Year.
2007
Issue 89 - The 'Peculiar Institution' part 2, T. T. Races final lap, Silk ligatures and sutures, As easy as ABC?
Issue 88 - The 'Peculiar Institution' part 1, Written communication, Aboriginal message sticks, T. T. Races lap 3.
Issue 87 - not available. Please contact the Editor for articles
Issue 86 - not available. Please contact the Editor for articles
2006
Issue 85 - not available. Please contact the Editor for articles
Issue 84 - Chinese treasure ships part 1, For the sick and wounded, Cross of Lorraine, St. John of the Cross
Issue 83 - What does circus mean to you, Who was Dorus Rijkers? Origin of the Carmelites part 2
Issue 82 - Thematic use of airmail part 2, Origins of the Carmelites part 1, Durus Rijkers, Visit to the post office.
2005
Issue 81 - Thematic use of airmail part 1, Story of a soul, Rule Britannia, Moths and silks
Issue 80 - 'Just like that', Ferns, Anyone for pneumatics.
Issue 79 - Distinguished dozen part 2, Life's events, Australian post master gallery.
Issue 78 - not available. Please contact the Editor for articles
Please contact the Editor for articles from the years 1986 - 2004
