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The Long Read. Impressions of a Modern Pilgrim: Walking the Camino to Santiago de Compostela
by Dr Rebecca Rist Whan that Averylle with his shoures soote The droughte of March hath perced to the roote, … Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrymages When in April the sweet showers fall, And pierce the drought of… Continue reading
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Christmas 2016: Sugar and Spice and All Things…
by Dr Richard Blakemore [1] Samuel Pepys, the famous diarist of the mid-seventeenth century, enjoyed Christmas (as we learned in the third post of our Christmas 2016 series). In 1661 he recorded spending a merry evening with friends; five years… Continue reading
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Christmas 2016: Twelfth Cake
by Prof Anne Lawrence Twelfth Night: or King and Queen’ by the early-modern poet, Robert Herrick begins: Now, now the mirth comes With the cake full of plums, Where bean’s the king of the sport here; Beside we must know,… Continue reading
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Outstanding graduates from diverse backgrounds sought for unique Police Now Leadership programme
Are you passionate about transforming neighbourhoods for the better and in supporting local communities? Do you want to make a real and lasting impact on policing in the UK? We, Sanctuary Graduates, are helping Police Now, a social enterprise, to… Continue reading
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British Undergraduate Historical Association: Promoting Undergraduate Historical Research
Matthew Norris (Part 3 History, and our 2016/17 Humanities Student Representative) has established a national undergraduate history research organisation, the ‘British Undergraduate Historical Association’. The BUHA runs its own journal, The British Historical Review, the first issue of which appeared… Continue reading
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