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All medals have a story to tell and with careful research we can unearth the most interesting and unexpected histories:...
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Words by Duncan Campbell If you have stolen billions of pounds of your country’s resources and you want to get...
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No.1 Royal Crescent, the townhouse museum where you can explore fashionable life in Georgian Bath of the 18th century, has a range of access resources to suit disabled or neurodiverse people, wheelchair users, those with mobility issues, visual or hearing impairments or learning disabilities. The museum provides step-free access, with...
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The young King Henry V has just assumed the throne and is planning to invade parts of France. Then 500...
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Eight frost fairs were held on the Thames between 1607 and 1814; the first recorded frost fair was in the...
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Words by Duncan Campbell Offering a valuation on someone’s family heirloom might sound like a plain vanilla type of task for anyone in my line of work. In practice such jobs are rarely so simple. For a thing to be classed as an heirloom, there is an implied continuity of...
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“1,000 years of history in about six seconds, coming up”– Daisy Game takes a whistle-stop tour of Bath, courtesy of...
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A sunny day in early spring is the ideal time to explore a town known as the ‘Capital of the...
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Black Lives Matter has seen public statues coming under frontline debate. This hit close to home as Bristol’s Colston statue was toppled into the harbour, watched by the world. Daisy Game reviews Roger Lytollis’ book on the subject. Roger Lytollis’ On A Pedestal is part essay collection, part travelogue-romp. Hopping...
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This month is a significant landmark for The Queen because on 6 February she becomes the first British monarch to...
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Bath Abbey has launched an exciting new Schools Learning Programme that brings to life over 1,000 years of the Abbey’s...
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Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI) recently welcomed a new Chair of Management and a new Chair of Directors. Both have been working with the institution over the last couple of years and understand both the challenges the institution faces as well as its manifold strengths. We welcome them...