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Flag Fen: a Concise Archæoguide
Originally posted on Francis Pryor – In the Long Run:
And now for a big digression: I’m moving aside for a guest blogger, my niece Alice Smith, herself an active blogger on the theatre. She has just graduated from Leeds in…
Posted in archaeology/history, books, publishing
Tagged archaeology, archæoguide, ebook, ebooks, epub, flag fen, kindle
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Tower of London Scaffold Tour
This morning I was lucky enough to be able to join a group of people getting a close-up view of some conservation work currently being undertaken on Bowyer Tower and adjacent walls. Most visitors to the Tower of London probably … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology/history, architecture
Tagged Bowyer Tower, conservation, Flint Tower, stonemasonry, Tower of London
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Ice Age Art at the British Museum
There are a lot of benefits derived from being a member of the Council for British Archaeology, but I think yesterday’s private view of Ice Age Art at the British Museum was, by itself, worth the membership fee. Space …….…….. … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology/history, museums & galleries
Tagged British Museum, ice age art, Jill Cook
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Time Team cancelled by Channel 4, but it may still have a future
Channel 4 announced the cancelling of Time Team this evening, as reported in The Guardian. There is more information on the official Time Team Facebook page, and a response from Tim Taylor. The series has had its ups and downs … Continue reading
Gerrard Winstanley and the Diggers
Michael Wood has been at the heart of some excellent history television programmes for over thirty years. His latest project, The Great British Story: a People’s History, developed from The Story of England which told the history of the country … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology/history
Tagged Cobham, Diggers, English Civil War, English Revolution, Gerrard Winstanley, Michael Wood
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Charlotte, Shelley and the debt crisis
Princess Charlotte was an unhappy person, and had what would appear to have been a horrible life. She was the daughter of the Prince Regent (later King George IV), and although she found happiness in her marriage to Prince Leopold … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology/history, architecture
Tagged Brighton, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Princess Charlotte, Royal Pavilion
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Francis Pryor blogging the new series of Time Team
Since my previous posts about Time Team there’s been an awful lot of media coverage, including two issues of British Archaeology magazine with a fair bit of coverage. After the initial programmes which seemed to be taking the programme in … Continue reading
Johan Zoffany RA, David Garrick, William Shakespeare and Kitty Clive (and Bushy Park)
My daughter has been home from university over Easter; she is in the closing stages of writing her dissertation Class, Morality & Taste: theatre & society in Eighteenth Century London, and I have had the pleasure of reading through four … Continue reading
Time Up for Time Team?
Dig by Wire: this was the first episode of Time Team in the new series, and I found it very disappointing (I had been looking forward to it). There are two new presenters who came over as extremely lightweight, one … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology/history, radio and TV
Tagged british archaeology, mick aston, time team
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