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Oxford Archives
On Monday I did a day’s work on manuscripts held in the Bodleian Library. Particularly, of course, Ashmole 48 – Richard Sheale’s ballad collection. There is some dispute over the purpose of the collection. Sheale is known to have been a minstrel attached to the Stanley family, but interpretations over the years have described Ashmole…
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Art Everywhere turns UK’s streets into world’s largest art show | Art and design | theguardian.com
Art Everywhere turns UK’s streets into world’s largest art show | Art and design | theguardian.com. Today’s Guardian has a free guide to the art works and on the website, a gallery.
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History students will no longer tolerate or believe grand narratives | Colm Tóibín | Comment is free | The Guardian
History students will no longer tolerate or believe grand narratives | Colm Tóibín | Comment is free | The Guardian. So many big issues in such a short article. Fascinating to me because my other historical passion (aside from the early modern) is Irish history. Of all the places in the world where you might…
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10 truths a PhD supervisor will never tell you | Features | Times Higher Education
10 truths a PhD supervisor will never tell you | Features | Times Higher Education. Interesting article. I’m not sure I agree with them all, but certainly they are food for thought.
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Help Us To Curate the World’s Biggest Art Show – Art Everywhere
Help Us To Curate the World’s Biggest Art Show – Art Everywhere. What a brilliant idea. I am SO impressed and I really hope I see some of these around. Lovely, of course, to see the Pelican Portrait of Queen Elizabeth and the Ambassadors in there, but I’m quite taken with Cold Dark Matter: An…