Workshop on Tau Lepton Physics: $\mathbf{30^{th}}$ Anniversary

The first Workshop on Tau Lepton Physics took place at Orsay in 1990. The evolution of the field and some physics highlights are briefly described, following the presentations discussed at the fifteen \tau <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>τ</mml:mi></mml:math> workshops that have been held since then.