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Anglo-Saxon Queens
When the final version of my PhD was accepted by the University of London I had removed a long section on the early Anglo-Saxon queens and other royal women. I was told this was worthy of an MPhil but not PhD material. As it no longer forms part of the thesis it is not subject… Read more »
Mily Balakirev
The Mighty Handful The lives and music of Balakirev, Cui, Borodin, Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov examining how they came together and how their careers overlapped. In 1867 the critic Stasov wrote a review of the Pan-Slav concert organised by Mily Balakirev: “God grant that our Slavonic guests may never forget today’s concert; God grant that they… Read more »
The Enlightenment and the British Museum
This one day course was be run by the City Lit on Saturday 17th Novemebr 2012. Both a product and promoter of the Enlightenment, founded in 1753 the British Museum is the oldest museum of its kind in the World. The course included a visit to the British Museum. Using images from the British Museum including… Read more »
