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Sarah Greenwood
Feb 25, 20204 min read
Muslim sultans at Adlington
a wall painting at Adlington Hall ...which chronicles our relationship with the Ottoman sultans - not entirely what you expect from a countr
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Sarah Greenwood
Aug 15, 20193 min read
Happy birthday, Napoleon!
It’s Napoleon’s birthday! Light the candles this 15 August. Why is this important? Because, in Britain, we are still just a little bit obses
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Sarah Greenwood
Jul 29, 20193 min read
Top 6 Hidden Treasure Troves
Things get lost in big houses - put away by one generation and forgotten by the next. Just occasionally, a chest in the attics reveals an ex
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Sarah Greenwood
Jul 2, 20193 min read
What's the problem with moths?
Elizabeth I employed eight men to beat her furs all day to make sure they didn’t get chomped. More specifically, in 1598 it took six men fo
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Sarah Greenwood
Jun 24, 20193 min read
Not so shabby little Shibden: Anne Lister at home for Gentleman Jack
Something very special is going on in the real life story of Anne Lister of Halifax in the BBC’s production of Gentleman Jack now on BBC...
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Sarah Greenwood
May 27, 20193 min read
Can Cambridge dodge the slave trade?
Interesting that the University of Cambridge is investigating its links with slavery. Are they hoping to be exonerated by the fact that...
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Sarah Greenwood
May 10, 20194 min read
Who was Saexa, the King of Bling?
It’s been a week for royal princes, first with the birth of baby Archie to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who is destined to spend much...
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Sarah Greenwood
Mar 14, 20192 min read
Did Victorian gents do science?
It’s British Science Week and I have just been sent an image of a microscope that set me thinking. The microscope is at Farringford House...
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Sarah Greenwood
Mar 7, 20193 min read
An icon for International Women's Day 2019.
If you want an icon for International Women's Day in the UK in 2019 you couldn’t do better than Nancy Astor. Born an American, she met...
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Sarah Greenwood
Feb 5, 20194 min read
How to celebrate LGBTQ heritage?
What a surprise! The start of LGBTQ Month has unearthed all the simmering questions about the appropriateness of celebrating gay heritage...
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Sarah Greenwood
Jan 9, 20193 min read
Movies, anyone?
Love costume drama? You are spoilt for choice in 2019 and several costume dramas are a hot ticket in this awards season. Why do we like...
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