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Publishing an ebook: a steep learning curve (Part 1)

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Nigel Smith

A couple of years ago Francis Pryor wrote an ebook, Flag Fen: a Concise Archæoguide, but recently the publisher decided his company was moving on to new projects and so the book became unavailable. As Francis is my brother-in-law I offered … Continue reading →

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Francis Pryor blogging the new series of Time Team

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Nigel Smith

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 →

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Time Team & Francis Pryor – In the Long Run

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Nigel Smith

It is pleasing to see that a new series of Time Team is coming to Channel 4, starting on Sunday (22 January) at 1800. Let’s hope that it is kept scheduled at the same time for the whole series instead … Continue reading →

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Francis Pryor’s The Birth of Modern Britain: A Journey into Britain’s Archaeological Past: 1550 to the Present

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Nigel Smith

Back in 2003 Britain BC, the first volume of Francis Pryor‘s ‘archaeological history’ of Britain appeared, with Britain AD close on its heels; then a couple of years later Britain in the Middle Ages was published. I’ve eventually just got … Continue reading →

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The Cambridge Murders and The Crossing Places : two stories set in East Anglia

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Nigel Smith

I was in conversation with my brother-in-law the other day and, among many other things, we talked of Glyn Daniel. I knew of him as an archaeologist and author of books of popular archaeology (e.g. The First Civilisations and Megalith … Continue reading →

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The Making of the British Landscape

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Nigel Smith

Recently I wrote a piece on the ibooknet blog about the new book The Making of the British Landscape by Francis Pryor. It’s had some good reviews in the Guardian and both the Daily and Sunday Telegraph. This is a … Continue reading →

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