Portrait of a Lady: with lowered gaze, translucent veil, clasped hands; oil on oak panel, c 1460 by Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter to Duke of Burgundy; died in 1464. The triangular composition, with geometric folds of linen against a dark background, foreshadow abstract modernism. NGA DC

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The research culture at my university was what inspired me to keep pursuing higher education (only to start my PhD in an institution that had used the pandemic as an excuse to strip most of the funding from various research centres, and continually ignore the pleas of overworked staff)

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The St Anne's Classical Reception Reading Group continues to grow and prosper. Last week we kicked off the new academic year with the bleak and wonderful 'Bruto Minore' of Giacomo Leopardi, the great Italian poet of the Romantic period.

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📣CALL FOR PAPERS📣 'Folklore and the Natural World': The Folklore Society’s Annual Conference 2027. 11-13 June 2027, The Cut Conference Centre, Shrewsbury. Deadline for proposals: Sunday 13 December 2026 www.folklore-society.com/event/save-t...

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'Booth’s maps form the backbone of a new exhibition at Senate House library titled A Place to Call Home, which charts the history of housing and poverty in London over the past 200 years.'

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