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Under These Restless Skies: Lady Bridget Wingfield

Under These Restless Skies: Lady Bridget Wingfield

British Museum - Celts - an abandoned Public Gallery and a blockbusting exhibition

This is my letter about the Prehistoric Gallery 'I'm a frequent visitor to the British Museum Prehistoric Galleries and have noticed how it has been gradually denuded of many of  its treasures. In effect the BM has taken away from the public the ability to see the great prehistoric treasures for free and they now have to pay for the privilege of seeing the Battersea and Wandsworth Shields; Waterloo Helmet, Snettisham torcs etc.  Ok, I can see there is a need for special exhibitions but it seems to me that no one at the museum has taken into account: 1. the idea that the BM should have kept a core of objects in the Prehistoric Gallery so that the story of Britain could continue to be enjoyed. 2. the thought that the BM could have found substitutes for the permanent gallery, as it is the Gallery is devastated with huge holes in the narrative, and empty eyesores of cases. 3. Why did the BM need to take virtually everyone of the Snettisham Hoard torcs - there is no...

Experimental Medieval Life Guedelon

Impressive video at the begining of this site which shows a Castle being repaired using medieval technology. Very impressive.

Guided Walks at London Bridge on 15th October. on Chaucer, Shakespeare and Dickens London

I'm doing a couple of walks for Team London Bridge on 15th October - On Chaucer, Shakespeare and Dickens Team London Bridge and the London Bridge Business Improvement District

Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia, | John Koch - Academia.edu

Excellent free E-book on the internet. Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia, | John Koch - Academia.edu : Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia,

Help Ur - Crowdsourcing Excavation Records from Ur

AWOL - The Ancient World Online: Crowdsourcing Excavation Records from Ur : Crowdsourcing Excavation Records from Ur

Wolf Hall - film location more important than the real locations

Google Wolf Hall locations and mostly you will get a list of the film locations. As a tourist it is easy to go on a tour of the film locations - much harder to find the real locations -despite the fact that most of them are Tourist Attractions or in the heart of London. Baffling. Fans of TV drama Wolf Hall can now follow a map around the filming locations including in Bath, Bristol and Somerset | Western Daily Press