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The RSA - a coffeehouse for the common good

Posted on 9th April 2019 by Sarah Holloway

I recently discovered the ultimate coffeehouse down the road from our office. An 'Enlightenment' coffeehouse - a place designed to incubate ideas….

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Manchester’s Fight for Freedom: The John Rylands Library and the Peterloo Massacre

Posted on 14th March 2019 by Sarah Holloway

SNEAK PREVIEW! Next week a fascinating and deeply moving exhibition will open at the stunning John Rylands Library in Manchester. Drawing on their collection, it marks….

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First 100 Years: celebrating the centenary of women in law

Posted on 5th March 2019 by Sarah Holloway

What's the first thing you notice in this picture? It was taken in 1982 at an event by an international law firm based in London, and its striking gender….

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Curious Collections of the National Trust

Posted on 1st February 2019 by Sarah Holloway

A wooden pet, a grenade that looks like a perfume bottle and a prosthetic leg for dancing - not what immediately comes to mind when I think of things the….

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Collections by Candlelight – the awesome archives of the Royal Society

Posted on 5th December 2018 by Sarah Holloway

Science, candles and dance in an archive? – Sounds like an interesting, and potentially explosive combination! Yes I did a double take too when I saw the leaflet for….

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Introducing… Sharing Repton: Historic Landscapes for All

Posted on 5th November 2018 by Sarah Holloway

This year The Gardens Trust are leading an inspiring project piloting ways to engage new people with the wonders of our gardens and landscape history. I've been….

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A Tale for Halloween

Posted on 29th October 2018 by Sarah Holloway

The nights are drawing in, and as All Hallows Eve approaches it is time to settle by the fireside for a scary yarn or two. To tell such tales who better than Siân….

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Liverpool: Capital of Culture 10 years on

Posted on 15th October 2018 by Sarah Holloway

It’s a special year for one of our brightest hubs - 2018 marks the 10th anniversary of Liverpool's year as Capital of Culture. A perfect time to….

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‘put her forward’: Making a statue for the 21st century

Posted on 6th September 2018 by Annie Reilly

'So…we’re going to print some statues.’ Definitely sounds like something that would have been said on Star Trek or that would have made Marty McFly….

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Street Art: The power of a picture on the wall

Posted on 30th August 2018 by Sarah Holloway

Above my desk is a postcard with a striking monochrome stencil of a lady whose steady gaze quietly encourages me to get on with things! This is 18th century feminist Mary….

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