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Introducing... Our plenary speaker lineup for our Summer Conference in You can sign up via our booking form here:
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2022-05-29

Died 1758 William Collier MP for Truro, theatre proprietor & heavy drinker:
‘I can’t say Collier is entirely in the land of the living, for it is his hour of being very drunk, but as much of him as live is entirely devoted to you’.

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2022-05-24

Resources and the park: Becoming a historian: an informal guide ...... free Open Access download ..... https://t.co/f8ntPleACD

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2022-05-24

1717: bill for providing a new livery for Samuel Stubbs, the royal ratcatcher comes to £13; that for Alice Bill, the herbstrewer in ordinary, on the other hand, a mere £1 18s.

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2022-05-20

Resources and the park: MACMORRIS, a project that seeks to map the full range and richness of cultural activity, across languages and ethnic groups, in Ireland from 1541 to 1691......... https://t.co/ibQW9ajs8o

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2022-05-16

History and the park: Women’s Practices in the Time of the Pandemic ...... initiative from the National Library of Serbia.......https://t.co/3ZPxnz6rn3

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2022-05-16

The clock tower (Elizabeth Tower) proved a particular headache for Charles Barry (died 1860) & others. It went through multiple re-designs, 2 'Big Bens' & someone even suggested attaching sails to it so the clock could be powered by the wind.

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2022-05-12

Beyond the Sabbath: Witchcraft and its Stereotypes in Early Modern Europe. DEADLINE 1 JULY 2022. Conference date: 16 September. Details: https://t.co/DKweNlU7SU


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2022-05-06

An appetite for experiment! Explore the tastes of the Royal Society, just published in Notes and Records https://t.co/4noiPzVq0r

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2022-05-05

Enjoying the relaxed afternoon. At the café in Venice, late 19th century.

by Manuel Domínguez.

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2022-04-29

The visualization of animals in order to categorize their position in the great chain of being was one of the primary interests of natural history, read more in Notes and Records https://t.co/UzWiVmRsl8

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2022-04-07

Medieval manuscripts and the park: Deciphering Secrets: The Illuminated Manuscripts of Medieval Europe........ free online course from the University of Colorado...... https://t.co/8KGnEiEKB2

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2022-04-05

Vandals in Rome, 455 AD.

A 19th-century illustration by Heinrich Leutemann.

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2022-03-23

I'm really enjoying editing four travel journals by servants - the hidden majority on the deceptively familiar 'Grand Tour'. Just confirmed that they should be out next year with Records of Social and Economic History!

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2022-03-16

Admiral Byng (executed 1757) continued to haunt the press well into the next century. His example was raised in relation to General John Whitelocke, who was cashiered in 1808 for failing in an assault on Buenos Aires

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2022-03-14