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Archive work in the British Library – the way I work
At the end of September I went down to London to hear a paper by Chris Marsh at the Royal Historical Society, so I took the opportunity to travel down a bit ahead of time and spend the afternoon in the British Library. This is something I haven’t done for a couple of years, for…
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Pilgrimage of Grace
The end of the summer brought quite a few productive weeks, if I do say so myself. While I was waiting for various things to do with the book manuscript to come together, I was also working on my Pilgrimage of Grace article. It looks at a cluster of references to ballads and rhymes in…
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Reblogged from Katherine Butler – The Earliest Surviving Song in Praise of Queen Elizabeth I?
Came across this interesting ballad post while I was looking for something else. Source: The Earliest Surviving Song in Praise of Queen Elizabeth I?
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European Dimensions of Popular Print Culture (EDPOP)
Sadly, I can’t make this event at the John Rylands, but I’d be interested to hear all about it. John Rylands Library Special Collections Blog Source: European Dimensions of Popular Print Culture (EDPOP)
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The Reformation of the People? The View from the Alebench
Originally posted on the many-headed monster: Mark Hailwood It’s not every day the Protestant Reformation gets to celebrate its 500th birthday – well, only on one day, really. And it’s no surprise that yesterday’s anniversary of that fateful day when Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church door of Wittenberg – the first…
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Snowed under
Just a quick post to say that normal service will be resumed shortly – I’ve got lots of things on my list to write posts about, but I simply haven’t got the time at the moment to write them because I’m busy writing lectures and marking. Normally I write a stack of posts and schedule…
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A night to remember
I’m singing ballads at this event in Manchester. Rylands Blog The 31st October is a date which you might notice in the diary – perhaps an evening you mark with a ghoulish costume, or by taking the children trick or treating, or even staying in and watching a film that makes you want to hide…
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Final stretch
Lately, I’ve been in the final stages of putting together the manuscript for the book. As I came to the very end of the project, I spent a couple of days writing a few new bits for a reworked introduction. I’d never been entirely comfortable with the fact that the first chapter was the introduction,…
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Nowhere to hide — The Research Whisperer
Can vice-chancellors ever really know what it’s like for emerging researchers and precariat postdocs? I was reading two vice-chancellors discuss how to take pressure off young academics the other week and it made me increasingly ragey. Set-ups like this are doomed in many ways because you’re asking people with incredible privilege and a fair whack […]…
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Rufford Old Hall
During the summer, we went to Rufford Old Hall‘s family fun day, where we had a go at archery and visited our friends at the North West Reptile Club (someday I hope to be able to take Dave along). To be honest, I wasn’t going to bother going round the house this time, as we…
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