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Wednesday 1 May 2024
Olympics - by Robin Scott-Elliot
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It took the time you have spent reading these words, and probably the rest of this sentence as well for my favourite ever Olympic moment to ...
Thursday 21 March 2024
My family’s tragic band of brothers - by Robin Scott-Elliot
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History was my favourite subject at school and it still fascinates me today – I’ve always got a pile of history books next to my bed (my f...
Thursday 14 March 2024
A Chilly Afternoon's Mudlarking! by guest author Kate Wiseman
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Hi, I was absolutely delighted to be asked to make a film about mudlarking* for the Time Tunnellers. If you don’t know, mudlarking is searc...
Thursday 9 November 2023
Giving History a Twist –by Marie Basting
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The idea for My Family and Other Romans came to me in a dream. Red caped legionaries, glowing amber as they boarded a gleaming silver bul...
Wednesday 31 August 2022
How mining led to the first industrial canals of England – by Susan Brownrigg
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The historic county of Lancashire was the birthplace of England’s first industrial canals. Canals were created as an alternative way to tr...
Tuesday 8 March 2022
Girl Power during the Highland Clearances - a #WomensHistoryMonth Special
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When I was at Edinburgh University in the nineties, I studied John McGrath’s play The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil . It’s a re...
Wednesday 2 March 2022
World Book Day special - The beauty of traditional typesetting and printing by Jeannie Waudby
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The book is finally ready to go to the printer’s, word-perfect and with a beautiful cover. This is where it finally becomes an object that...
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