Monday, 24 November 2025
The 150th anniversary of St Aloysius Church Oxford
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Yesterday was the 150th anniversary of the opening of the church of St Aloysius in Oxford. On that day in 1875 Bishop William Bernard Ullath...
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Friday, 21 November 2025
The reappearance of the Florentine Diamond
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A fortnight ago there was the really amazing announcement by the Imperial House of Austria that, contrary to widespread belief, one of the H...
Thursday, 20 November 2025
A monument well worthy of conservation in Marlborough
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I came upon an online report about work to conserve and enhance a remarkable historic monument in Marlboroughin Wiltshire. The Mound, as it ...
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Two early Christian mosaics from Turkey and Israel
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A regular reader of this blog very kindly sent me the link to a Daily Mail online article about two mosaic floors which have been uncovered...
Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Evolution and transformation in latex Roman Germany
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Two recent archaeological investigations in Germany have yielded interesting information about the changes in society from the later fifth c...
Monday, 17 November 2025
An eighth century gold medallion from Norfolk
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The discovery of an apparently eighth century Anglo-Saxon gold pendant near Swaffham in Norfolk is not only further evidence of the rich dep...
Monday, 10 November 2025
Conserving pillboxes from WWI
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Yesterday, on Remembrance Sunday, the Sunday Telegraph had an interesting and informative article about work in Norfolk to preserve survivi...
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Saturday, 8 November 2025
A Portuguese ship from 1533 Discovered in Namibia
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The Indian Defence Review reports in an online article about the discovery in Namibia of the Portuguese carrack the Bom Jesus, and much o...
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