Thursday 25 April 2024
King Edward II
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Writing about the origins of Oriel yesterday put me in mind of the fact that today is the 740th anniversary of his birth in the temporary ...
Wednesday 24 April 2024
Anticipating Oriel
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In January 2026 Oriel - my college - will celebrate its 700th anniversary, the fifth oldest college in Oxford and the oldest continuous roya...
Tuesday 23 April 2024
Donatello’s St George
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Today, being St George’s feast day, I fulfilled a long term wish and bought online a small copy of Donatello’s statue of the saint. It is us...
Sunday 21 April 2024
Sourcing silver for Anglo-Saxon coinage
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The Mail Online and some other sources reported recently on an interesting and important piece of research published in Antiquity about ...
Saturday 20 April 2024
Still looking for King John’s treasure
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When The Queen went on Maundy Thursday to Worcester Cathedral to distribute the Royal Maundy on behalf of The King I assume that the Bishop ...
Tuesday 16 April 2024
More relics from the battlefield at Culloden
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Today is the 278th anniversary of the battle of Culloden in 1746. The battlefield near Inverness quite often makes the news, and often due ...
Sunday 14 April 2024
Medieval elite horses in Westminster
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Analysis of a substantial number of medieval equine skeletons found in what was clearly a recognised burial place for the animals in Westmin...
Saturday 13 April 2024
The taste of Roman wine
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The Conversation has an article, based on one by the author in Antiquity which argues that, despite the non uncommon contemporary view t...
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