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Monday, February 28th, 2011http://www.abc.net.au/rn/latenightlive/stories/2011/3138530.html Includes mention of the royal touch and Valentine Greatrakes, and a nice plug for Birkbeck at the end!
Prof. Michael Hunter on New Zealand Radio, on 17th C Science and Magic
Saturday, February 12th, 2011http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday
Cleveland Street Workhouse Petition
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011A Georgian workhouse has been discovered on Cleveland St, central London, which needs to be listed if it is to avoid demolition. This is a very rare survival and it may have an important literary connection. The campaign needs more signatures asap to prove it’s a popular cause while the government considers its future. Interestingly, [...]
The Birkbeck Early Modern Intelligencer Christmas Cracker
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010‘Tis the Season for a Christmassy post. So the Intelligencer is taking a break from the usual listings and events information to bring you a page of Christmas links and cheer. There was avery wilfull & strict observation of the day com[m]only called Christmasse day Try as he might proto-Scrooge Oliver Cromwell couldn’t stop early [...]
As You Like It, Camden Roundhouse – Ticket for Sale, 13 Jan 2011
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010Plan ahead for Shakespeare in January! For Sale: Spare Ticket for As You Like It Roundhouse, Camden (Chalk Farm tube 3 minutes) 13 January 2011 at 7.30 p.m. Stalls Row F £25. Will accept £20. Update: The ticket has been sold.
Tonight! Dr Andy Hopper, ‘The Role of Treachery and Turncoats!’, A Birkbeck EMS Event
Friday, November 26th, 2010Dr Andy Hopper, ‘The Role of Treachery and Turncoats in Shaping Military and Political Strategies During the Civil Wars’, 6.30 pm, Friday 26 Nov, Clore G01 You are warmly invited to our next paper, our first on the Civil Wars. Dr Andy Hopper is currently working on a book entitled Turncoats and Renegadoes: Changing sides [...]
The Birkbeck Early Modern Society is an Amazon Associate: Shop & Support the Society
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010As you’ll have noticed by now, advertising is in full swing for the ‘perfect Christmas’, etc. The Intelligencer has also noted this and has thought ‘it’s time to get in on the action’! What you may not know is that, if you click on the banner below or use the Amazon search box to the [...]
All Go at the Globe: Winter Events and a New Season Announcement
Wednesday, November 17th, 2010It may be an open air theatre but that’s not stopping Shakepeare’s Globe from celebrating the winter season in style. The Globe’s Winter Wassail will run from 1-3 January 2011. It will feature the Gabrieli Consort & Players – many of whom are regular musicians and singers at Globe productions. Gabrieli will present a choral [...]
March Against the Savage Education Cuts!
Friday, November 5th, 2010The NUS and UCU are jointly organising a national demonstration – ‘Fund Our Future: Stop Education Cuts’ – to take place on Wednesday 10 November 2010. Meet at Horse Guards Avenue – 11.30am. More details here: http://www.demo2010.org/?utm_source=taomail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5936+URGENT%3A+National+Demonstration+against+education+cuts+-+Wednesday+10+November&tmtid=25862-5936-2-1446-357766
Early Image of Nonesuch Palace To Be Sold At Christies
Thursday, November 4th, 2010An early watercolour painted by the Flemish artist Jortis Hoefnagel in 1568 expected to fetch 1.2 M! More here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/nov/03/henry-viii-palace-nonsuch
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