Recent access restrictions to the BBC Written Archives Centre in Caversham represent a serious threat to scholarship in modern British history. My new article explores the history of the WAC, including debates over access and ownership of its collections

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🪦 #31DaysOfGraves — Day 30: Colour Everyone liked the bronze Green Man on the headstone of John Joseph Thompson last year so here he is again.

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The Bear in the Chimney-pot Hat. It was a gloomy, overcast day, lifted by the constant fall of dun-brown and golden and scarlet leaves and the flitting of little birds in the garden and along the lane - clouds of goldcrests and firecrests with feathers as bright as the turning trees.

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Mary Andrews (1852-1914) never gained academic degrees or elected a Fellow to any scientific society. But she pursued a love of geology at a time when women were generally discouraged from contributing any kind of scientific endeavour. ⚒️🧪 www.geological-digressions.com/mary-katheri...

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That is the face of a woman who is sick of having her photo taken and wants a drink, now

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