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“Only your work will be remembered”: the 150th anniversary of Jože Plečnik’s birth
21 January 2022 European studies
On 21 July 2021, UNESCO added four new cultural sites to its World Heritage List. One of these four was the work of the architect Jože Plečnik on Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana in the years between the world wars, transforming it...
Slavery and the Sugar Trade: cataloguing five bills of lading
20 January 2022 American Collections
N.B. This article may contain descriptions which are outdated and/or culturally/racially insensitive Title: Jamaica negroes cutting (sugar) canes in their working dresses. Shelfmark: T.1140.(3.) Slave sugar sweetened the British economy for over three hundred years. As abolitionist discourse grew over...
Rosemary Goad
20 January 2022 Sound and vision
Sue Bradley remembers Rosemary Goad and the agreement that allows us to hear her voice today.
The man who lost his memory – Part 2
20 January 2022 Untold lives
We continue our story of the Reverend Philip Read, looking at his work and travels across the globe. Philip Read (or Philip Chesshyre Read) was born in 1850 in Hyde, Cheshire, the son of Anglican clergyman Alexander and his wife...
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