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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 396176, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury299</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arms and armour in the news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Summer has delayed this Bazzy, but it is a bumper edition! Whole fortresses in lakes, Roman camps, cannons and shipwrecks. In addition, lots of items ofpopular culture, the Bazzy equivalent of the beach book. And a number of nautical items for those enjoying their beach holiday….</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient arms and forts </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This week’s weapon in the lake: an axe</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C30448%2Cwest-pomerania-weapon-have-been-sunk-lake-lubanowo-nearly-two-thousand-years.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C30448%2Cwest-pomerania-weapon-have-been-sunk-lake-lubanowo-nearly-two-thousand-years.html" rel="nofollow">http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,30448,west-pomerania-weapon-have-been-sunk-lake-lubanowo-nearly-two-thousand-years.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Or a whole fortress in a Bulgarian lake</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://sofiaglobe.com/2018/08/20/archaeology-remnants-of-ancient-fortress-found-underwater-off-bulgarias-st-thomas-island/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sofiaglobe.com/2018/08/20/archaeology-remnants-of-ancient-fortress-found-underwater-off-bulgarias-st-thomas-island/" rel="nofollow">https://sofiaglobe.com/2018/08/20/archaeology-remnants-of-ancient-fortress-found-underwater-off-bulgari</a><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/107167/Salt-of-the-Alps--Ancient-Austrian-mine-holds-Bronze-Age-secrets#.W4Jx7jG0V9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/107167/Salt-of-the-Alps--Ancient-Austrian-mine-holds-Bronze-Age-secrets#.W4Jx7jG0V9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/107167/Salt-of-the-Alps--Ancient-Austrian-mine-holds-Bronze-Age-secrets#.W4Jx7jG0V9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating Roman legion base in Anatolia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture-and-art/roman-legionary-base-in-turkey-to-be-unearthed/1233653" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture-and-art/roman-legionary-base-in-turkey-to-be-unearthed/1233653" rel="nofollow">https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture-and-art/roman-legionary-base-in-turkey-to-be-unearthed/1233653</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the Roman fort at Binchester</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/16409808.new-discoveries-in-dig-at-bishop-auckland-roman-fort/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/16409808.new-discoveries-in-dig-at-bishop-auckland-roman-fort/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/16409808.new-discoveries-in-dig-at-bishop-auckland-roman-fort/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Impressive Roman period tower found in Turkey</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2018/08/13/roman-era-military-observation-tower-discovered-in-southeastern-turkey" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2018/08/13/roman-era-military-observation-tower-discovered-in-southeastern-turkey" rel="nofollow">https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2018/08/13/roman-era-military-observation-tower-discovered-in-southeastern-turkey</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating Byzantine fortress in Bulgaria</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/08/18/second-bulgarian-empire-demolished-6th-century-byzantine-walls-of-rusocastro-to-build-far-more-massive-fortress-archaeologists-find/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/08/18/second-bulgarian-empire-demolished-6th-century-byzantine-walls-of-rusocastro-to-build-far-more-massive-fortress-archaeologists-find/" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/08/18/second-bulgarian-empire-demolished-6th-century-byzantine-walls-of-rusocastro-to-build-far-more-massive-fortress-archaeologists-find/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Beasts of assorted varieties…</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fishing in ancient Korea- older than we thought</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/106764/Cast-from-the-past--World-s-oldest-fishing-net-sinkers-found-in-South-Korea#.W2qZfjG0V9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/106764/Cast-from-the-past--World-s-oldest-fishing-net-sinkers-found-in-South-Korea#.W2qZfjG0V9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/106764/Cast-from-the-past--World-s-oldest-fishing-net-sinkers-found-in-South-Korea#.W2qZfjG0V9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bison hunting and prairie fires</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/smu-nbh071818.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/smu-nbh071818.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/smu-nbh071818.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Roman “horseshoes” found in Vindolanda</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-45034623" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-45034623" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-</a><a href="https://www.latestly.com/technology/science/mahabharata-era-relics-found-in-up-by-archaeological-survey-of-india-294952.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.latestly.com/technology/science/mahabharata-era-relics-found-in-up-by-archaeological-survey-of-india-294952.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.latestly.com/technology/science/mahabharata-era-relics-found-in-up-by-archaeological-survey-of-india-294952.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Importance of walrus ivory to the Norse Greenland settlements</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://popular-archaeology.com/article/lost-norse-of-greenland-fueled-the-medieval-ivory-trade-ancient-walrus-dna-suggests/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://popular-archaeology.com/article/lost-norse-of-greenland-fueled-the-medieval-ivory-trade-ancient-walrus-dna-suggests/" rel="nofollow">https://popular-archaeology.co</a><a href="https://www.guns.com/2018/08/01/snowden-slights-and-his-canoe-sized-shotgun-photos/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.guns.com/2018/08/01/snowden-slights-and-his-canoe-sized-shotgun-photos/" rel="nofollow">https://www.guns.com/2018/08/01/snowden-slights-and-his-canoe-sized-shotgun-photos/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the late-5thcentury massacre at Sandby borg</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/moment-frozen-in-time-evidence-of-a-late-fifthcentury-massacre-at-sandby-borg/5C803B7E77A41439BC3B50D4BF96560E" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/moment-frozen-in-time-evidence-of-a-late-fifthcentury-massacre-at-sandby-borg/5C803B7E77A41439BC3B50D4BF96560E" rel="nofollow">https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/moment-frozen-in-time-evidence-of-a-late-fifthcentury-massacre-at-sandby-borg/5C803B7E</a><a href="https://www.livescience.com/63295-trophy-heads-mummies-ancient-peru-pits.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livescience.com/63295-trophy-heads-mummies-ancient-peru-pits.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.livescience.com/63295-trophy-heads-mummies-ancient-peru-pits.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Through the arrow-slit . . . </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The latest enemy to attack castles: weeds</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/aug/21/english-heritage-launches-campaign-to-save-castles-from-weeds" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/aug/21/english-heritage-launches-campaign-to-save-castles-from-weeds" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/aug/21/english-heritage-launches-campaign-to-save-castles-from-weeds</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Castles in the UK to visit- though the choice from Scotland is abysmal…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/britains-best-places-to-see-castles/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/britains-best-places-to-see-castles/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/britains-best-places-to-see-castles/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Heatwave shows up the secrets of Ashby Castle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/burton/heatwave-ashby-castle-dry-grass-1840894" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/burton/heatwave-ashby-castle-dry-grass-1840894" rel="nofollow">https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/burton/heatwave-ashby-castle-dry-grass-1840894</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>14th century blacksmith shop found in medieval Bulgarian castle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/08/16/14th-century-blacksmiths-workshop-with-kilns-found-at-tsarevets-fortress-in-bulgarias-veliko-tarnovo/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/08/16/14th-century-blacksmiths-workshop-with-kilns-found-at-tsarevets-fortress-in-bulgarias-veliko-tarnovo/" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/08/16/14th-century-blacksmiths-workshop-with-kilns-found-at-tsarevets-fortress-in-bulgarias-veliko-tarnovo/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sheffield castle- the search is on!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/search-begins-for-sheffields-lost-medieval-castle/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/search-begins-for-sheffields-lost-medieval-castle/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/search-begins-for-sheffields-lost-medieval-castle/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Saving Fairburn Tower</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/support-us/projects-and-appeals/fairburn-tower-appeal/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=b1d9d5a8-86b4-4a83-b3c5-8dd7f485b714&utm_campaign=banquetinghouse" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/support-us/projects-and-appeals/fairburn-tower-appeal/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=b1d9d5a8-86b4-4a83-b3c5-8dd7f485b714&utm_campaign=banquetinghouse" rel="nofollow">https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/support-us/projects-and-appeals/fairburn-tower-appeal/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=b1d9d5a8-86b4-4a83-b3c5-8dd7f485b7</a><a href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/public-dig-uncovers-evidence-of-17th-century-attack-at-castle-fraser" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/public-dig-uncovers-evidence-of-17th-century-attack-at-castle-fraser" rel="nofollow">https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/public-dig-uncovers-evidence-of-17th-century-attack-at-castle-fraser</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Trying to protect the walls of Kano, Nigeria</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2018-07-peopleand-politicsthreaten-kano-ancient-walls.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://phys.org/news/2018-07-peopleand-politicsthreaten-kano-ancient-walls.html" rel="nofollow">https://phys.org/news/2018-07-peopleand-politicsthreaten-kano-ancient-walls.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating Fort Edward and the Seven Years War</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.saratogian.com/20180730/archaeological-field-school-reveals-french-and-indian-war-findings" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.saratogian.com/20180730/archaeological-field-school-reveals-french-and-indian-war-findings" rel="nofollow">http://www.saratogian.com/20180730/archaeological-field-school-reveals-french-and-indian-war-findings</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cannons to the left, cannon to the right</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting feature on the Lyle gun</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.miningjournal.net/news/local/2018/08/history-comes-alive-with-firing-of-lyle-gun/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.miningjournal.net/news/local/2018/08/history-comes-alive-with-firing-of-lyle-gun/" rel="nofollow">http://www.miningjournal.net/news/local/2018/08/history-comes-alive-with-firing-of-lyle-gun/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cannons at the Tamil Nadu Police Museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/police-museum-proves-a-crowd-puller/article24578494.ece" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/police-museum-proves-a-crowd-puller/article24578494.ece" rel="nofollow">https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/police-museum-proves-a-crowd-puller/article24578494.ece</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Alamo cannon return, with a salute…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.kbtx.com/content/news/Alamo-cannons-sent-off-with-a-bang-at-Texas-AM-Rellis-Campus-491453581.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kbtx.com/content/news/Alamo-cannons-sent-off-with-a-bang-at-Texas-AM-Rellis-Campus-491453581.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.kbtx.com/content/news/Alamo-cannons-sent-off-with-a-bang-at-Texas-AM-Rellis-Campus-491453581.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sprucing up Colorado State University’s WWI trophy cannon</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://source.colostate.edu/csus-cannon-returns-home-after-6-week-facelift-in-englewood/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://source.colostate.edu/csus-cannon-returns-home-after-6-week-facelift-in-englewood/" rel="nofollow">https://source.colostate.edu/csus-cannon-returns-home-after-6-week-facelift-in-englewood/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>German trophy stolen from Canadian war memorial</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.capebretonpost.com/news/regional/display-gun-stolen-from-yarmouth-county-war-monument-site-in-arcadia-is-still-missing-230546/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.capebretonpost.com/news/regional/display-gun-stolen-from-yarmouth-county-war-monument-site-in-arcadia-is-still-missing-230546/" rel="nofollow">http://www.capebretonpost.com/news/regional/display-gun-stolen-from-yarmouth-county-war-monument-site-in-arcadia-is-still-missing-230546/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Living in the past</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Heatwaves and armour wearing</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/29/heatwave-britain-how-affects-jobs-summer-hot-weather" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/29/heatwave-britain-how-affects-jobs-summer-hot-weather" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/29/heatwave-britain-how-affects-jobs-summer-h</a><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/medieval-servants-yorks-barley-hall/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/medieval-servants-yorks-barley-hall/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/medieval-servants-yorks-barley-hall/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Café Basiliscoe: this week’s specials</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Medieval omelette…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/how-to-make-omelet-medieval/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/how-to-make-omelet-medieval/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/how-to-make-omelet-medieval/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>…with cheese of the pharaohs...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/107012/World-s-oldest-cheese-found-in-Egyptian-tomb#.W3p3KTG0V9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/107012/World-s-oldest-cheese-found-in-Egyptian-tomb#.W3p3KTG0V9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/107012/World-s-oldest-cheese-found-in-Egyptian-tomb#.W3p3KTG0V9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>…and prehistoric bread</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/106881/Archaeologists-discover-bread-that-predates-agriculture-by-4-000-years#.W3p6vDG0V9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/106881/Archaeologists-discover-bread-that-predates-agriculture-by-4-000-years#.W3p6vDG0V9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/106881/Archaeologists-discover-bread-that-predates-agriculture-by-4-000-years#.W3p6vDG0V9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Miscellany</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Heatwave reveals the road of the Templars</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/heatwave-reveals-medieval-road-in-england/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/heatwave-reveals-medieval-road-in-england/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/heatwave-reveals-medieval-road-in-england/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fascinating depiction of a sword in 15th cent Flemish painting <a href="http://artdaily.com/news/106650/15th-century-masterpiece-loaned-to-the-Rijksmuseum#.W2QQlDG0V9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/106650/15th-century-masterpiece-loaned-to-the-Rijksmuseum#.W2QQlDG0V9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/106650/15th-century-masterpiece-loaned-to-the-Rijksmuseum#.W2QQl</a><a href="https://www.thestar.co.uk/lifestyle/remains-of-200-year-old-ironworks-found-near-elsecar-and-hoyland-1-9288907" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thestar.co.uk/lifestyle/remains-of-200-year-old-ironworks-found-near-elsecar-and-hoyland-1-9288907" rel="nofollow">https://www.thestar.co.uk/lifestyle/remains-of-200-year-old-ironworks-found-near-elsecar-and-hoyland-1-9288907</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Short illustrated piece on Chinese military historic sites</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514f3259544d79457a6333566d54/share_p.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514f3259544d79457a6333566d54/share_p.html" rel="nofollow">https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514f3259544d79457a6333566d54/share_p.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Killing fields</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No point looking for a horse at Bosworth soon</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/26m-mira-driverless-car-testing-1921045" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/26m-mira-driverless-car-testing-1921045" rel="nofollow">https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/26m-mira-driverless-car-te</a><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/the-battle-of-vienna-was-not-a-fight-between-cross-and-crescent" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://aeon.co/essays/the-battle-of-vienna-was-not-a-fight-between-cross-and-crescent" rel="nofollow">https://aeon.co/essays/the-battle-of-vienna-was-not-a-fight-between-cross-and-crescent</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Culloden at risk from trees </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/modern-day-battle-with-trees-at-culloden" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/modern-day-battle-with-trees-at-culloden" rel="nofollow">https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/modern-day-battle-with-trees-at-culloden</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Into the 20th century</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Metaldetecting in Germany can be against the law</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-crime-weapons/german-police-seize-nazi-era-weapons-man-said-to-have-found-with-detector-idUSKBN1KF2IF?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=quora&utm_medium=referral" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-crime-weapons/german-police-seize-nazi-era-weapons-man-said-to-have-found-with-detector-idUSKBN1KF2IF?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=quora&utm_medium=referral" rel="nofollow">https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-crime-weapons/german-police-seize-nazi-era-weapons-man-said-to-have-found-with-detector-idUSKBN1KF2IF?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=quora&utm_medium=referral</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Marking Amiens</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/04/100-years-after-the-battle-of-amiens-a-poignant-reminder" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" 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class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/26/falklands-war-retold-helen-parr-our-boys" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/26/falklands-war-retold-helen-parr-our-boys</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the search for two 16th century ships, theCordelière and the Regent</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44806083" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44806083" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44806083</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Looking for Cortes’s wrecks</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2462097&CategoryId=14091" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2462097&CategoryId=14091" rel="nofollow">http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2462097&CategoryId=14091</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Researching the earliest ships on the slave trade in the 16th century</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/transatlantic-slave-trade-voyages-ships-log-details-africa-america-atlantic-ocean-deaths-disease-a8494546.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/transatlantic-slave-trade-voyages-ships-log-details-africa-america-atlantic-ocean-deaths-disease-a8494546.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/transatlantic-slave-trade-voyages-ships-log-details-africa-america-atlantic-ocean-deaths-disease-a8494546.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cast-iron cannon lifted from Florida wreck</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/08/14/spanish-cannon-found-off-florida-coast-orig.cnn" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/08/14/spanish-cannon-found-off-florida-coast-orig.cnn" rel="nofollow">https://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/08/14/spanish-cannon-found-off-florida-coast-orig.cnn</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the search for HMS Endeavour at Rhode Island</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/north-america/shipwreck-may-solve-250yearold-mystery/news-story/841298bff0fa71a8adf724f175f8d7e2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/north-america/shipwreck-may-solve-250yearold-mystery/news-story/841298bff0fa71a8adf724f175f8d7e2" rel="nofollow">https://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/north-america/shipwreck-may-solve-250yearold-mystery/news-story/841298bff0fa71a8adf724f175f8d7e2</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What happened to HMS Culloden’s cannons?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.danspapers.com/2018/07/british-man-o-war-cannons-off-montauk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.danspapers.com/2018/07/british-man-o-war-cannons-off-montauk/" rel="nofollow">https://www.danspapers.com/2018/07/british-man-o-war-cannons-off-montauk/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the Hunley</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-clues-about-why-confederate-submarine-hl-hunley-sank-180969724/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-clues-about-why-confederate-submarine-hl-hunley-sank-180969724/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-clues-about-why-confederate-submarine-hl-hunley-sank-180969724/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1863 Lt Haines, Royal Artillery, goes round Lake Ontario</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/curr/author-discovers-tale-of-english-artillery-officers-breezy-1863--jaunt-around-lake-ontario-20180729" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/curr/author-discovers-tale-of-english-artillery-officers-breezy-1863--jaunt-around-lake-ontario-20180729" rel="nofollow">http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/curr/author-discovers-tale-of-english-artillery-officers-bree</a><a href="https://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/drain-the-oceans-greatest-mysteries-of-our-oceans-uncovered/news-story/bf94aef144553dbd399b59c82ed218ed" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/drain-the-oceans-greatest-mysteries-of-our-oceans-uncovered/news-story/bf94aef144553dbd399b59c82ed218ed" rel="nofollow">https://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/drain-the-oceans-greatest-mysteries-of-our-oceans-uncovered/news-story/bf94aef144553dbd399b59c82ed218ed</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>More WW2 ships in Asia have been looted and partly destroyed</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/19/government-investigates-fresh-reports-of-looting-of-sunken-navy-ships" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/19/government-investigates-fresh-reports-of-looting-of-sunken-navy-ships" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/19/government-investigates-fresh-reports-of-looting-of-sunken-navy-ships</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum news and exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>News</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Six best museums in regions of Azerbaijan</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Six_best_museums_in_regions_of_Azerbaijan-1185167" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Six_best_museums_in_regions_of_Azerbaijan-1185167" rel="nofollow">https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Six_best_museums_in_regions_of_Azerbaijan-1185167</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Prize for the Mary Rose Museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/106877/The-Mary-Rose-wins-Visitor-Experience-Award" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/106877/The-Mary-Rose-wins-Visitor-Experience-Award" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/106877/The-Mary-Rose-wins-Visitor-Experience-Award</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Swedish crown isstolen</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/01/thieves-escape-motorboat-swedish-crown-jewels/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/01/thieves-escape-motorboat-swedish-crown-jewels/" rel="nofollow">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/01/thieves-escape-motorboat-swedish-crown-jewels/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Italy scraps free entry to cultural sites on Sundays</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/italy-tickets" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/italy-tickets" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/italy-tickets</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New museums </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum of Antiquities re-opens in Idlib</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/106884/Antiquities-museum-reopens-in-Syria-s-rebel-held-province-of-Idlib#.W3p5_TG0V9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/106884/Antiquities-museum-reopens-in-Syria-s-rebel-held-province-of-Idlib#.W3p5_TG0V9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/106884/Antiquities-museum-reopens-in-Syria-s-rebel-held-province-of-Idlib#.W3p5_TG0V9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New wingat the Prado opens</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/106644/The-Museo-del-Prado-completes-the-redesign-and-rehang-of-its-North-Wing-galleries#.W2K4zjG0V9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/106644/The-Museo-del-Prado-completes-the-redesign-and-rehang-of-its-North-Wing-galleries#.W2K4zjG0V9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/106644/The-Museo-del-Prado-completes-the-redesign-and-rehang-of-its-North-Wing-galleries#.W2K4zjG0V9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum developments</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Digitalizing medieval manuscripts</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/penn-brings-philadelphias-rare-medieval-manuscripts-to-the-world/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/penn-brings-philadelphias-rare-medieval-manuscripts-to-the-world/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/penn-brings-philadelphias-rare-medieval-manuscripts-to-the-world/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum musings</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Baroque paintings and US museums</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/review/very-much-an-acquired-taste" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/review/very-much-an-acquired-taste" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/review/very-much-an-acquired-taste</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Remembering the Wall</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/project-could-see-berlin-wall-reconstructed-and-then-demolished-as-part-of-anniversary-performance" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/project-could-see-berlin-wall-reconstructed-and-then-demolished-as-part-of-anniversary-performance" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/project-could-see-berlin-wall-reconstructed-and-then-demolished-as-part-of-anniversary-performance</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And still pulling down statues</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/20/confederate-statues-north-carolina-silent-sam" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/20/confederate-statues-north-carolina-silent-sam" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/20/confederate-statues-north-carolina-silent-sam</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation corner</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dating Henry VIII’s portrait</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/08/14/tree-rings-date-henry-viii-portrait-1525the-year-became-obsessed/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/08/14/tree-rings-date-henry-viii-portrait-1525the-year-became-obsessed/" rel="nofollow">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/08/14/tree-rings-date-henry-viii-portrait-1525the-year-became-obsessed/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Objects</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Medal depicting Peterloo Massacre to go on display- pictures</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/the-rare-medal-commemorating-the-peterloo-massacre/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/the-rare-medal-commemorating-the-peterloo-massacre/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/the-rare-medal-commemorating-the-peterloo-massacre/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Confederatetimecapsulefound</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/08/05/us/new-orleans-beauregard-statue-time-capsule-trnd/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/08/05/us/new-orleans-beauregard-statue-time-capsule-trnd/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://edition.cnn.com/2018/08/05/us/new-orleans-beauregard-statue-time-capsule-trnd/index.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Italian government revoked license for Gerard portrait</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/italy-revokes-export-licence-for-the-frick-s-princely-portrait-by-gerard" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/italy-revokes-export-licence-for-the-frick-s-princely-portrait-by-gerard" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/italy-revokes-export-licence-for-the-frick-s-princely-po</a><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/107080/Kupferstichkabinett-opens-exhibition-of-drawings-from-the-Rembrandt-School-#.W30X_jG0V9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/107080/Kupferstichkabinett-opens-exhibition-of-drawings-from-the-Rembrandt-School-#.W30X_jG0V9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/107080/Kupferstichkabinett-opens-exhibition-of-drawings-from-the-Rembrandt-School-#.W30X_jG0V9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Japanese arms and armour and prints in Bologna</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/106667/Palazzo-Albergati-exhibits--Japan--Tales-of-Love-and-War--#.W2VmJDG0V9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/106667/Palazzo-Albergati-exhibits--Japan--Tales-of-Love-and-War--#.W2VmJDG0V9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/106667/Palazzo-Albergati-exhibits--Japan--Tales-of-Love-and-War--#.W2VmJDG0V9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cartoons in Washington</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/national-gallery-explores-humour-in-the-age-of-trump" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/national-gallery-explores-humour-in-the-age-of-trump" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/national-gallery-explores-humour-in-the-age-of-trump</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WWI posters in Athens, Georgia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/106979/Exhibition-at-Georgia-Museum-of-Art-celebrates-end-of-World-War-I#.W3p4cDG0V9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/106979/Exhibition-at-Georgia-Museum-of-Art-celebrates-end-of-World-War-I#.W3p4cDG0V9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/106979/Exhibition-at-Georgia-Museum-of-Art-celebrates-end-of-World-War-I#.W3p4cDG0V9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pamela Hartshorne: The Royal Mews Buckingham Palace</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.scalapublishers.com/title.aspx?category=new-titles&subcategory=&id=3669" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.scalapublishers.com/title.aspx?category=new-titles&subcategory=&id=3669" rel="nofollow">http://www.scalapublishers.com/title.aspx?category=new-titles&subcategory=&id=3669</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Feature on Iran’s Book of the Kings</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180810-the-book-of-kings-the-book-that-defines-iranians" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180810-the-book-of-kings-the-book-that-defines-iranians" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180810-the-book-of-kings-the-book-that-defines-iranians</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Selection of recent mediaeval books</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/07/new-medieval-books-crusaders-devils/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/07/new-medieval-books-crusaders-devils/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/07/new-medieval-books-crusaders-devils/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Online Book</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Two underwater surveys</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.boem.gov/ESPIS/4/5109.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.boem.gov/ESPIS/4/5109.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.boem.gov/ESPIS/4/5109.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/sites/default/files/no._305_broome_flying_boat_compendium.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/sites/default/files/no._305_broome_flying_boat_compendium.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/sites/default/files/no._305_broome_flying_boat_compendium.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Remembering the armistice in Scottish gardens</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/armistice-gardens-bloom-across-aberdeenshire-to-mark-first-world-war-centenary" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/armistice-gardens-bloom-across-aberdeenshire-to-mark-first-world-war-centenary" rel="nofollow">https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/armistice-gardens-bloom-across-aberdeenshire-to-mark-first-world-war-centenary</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Recreating Spain’s lost Antarcticadventure</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/death-on-the-ice-the-forgotten-spaniards-who-discovered-antarctica/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/death-on-the-ice-the-forgotten-spaniards-who-discovered-antarctica/" rel="nofollow">http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/death-on-the-ice-the-forgotten-spaniards-who-discovered-antarctica/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Street fashion- carry your own riot shield…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/shortcuts/2018/jul/30/war-core-what-is-this-fashion-trend-good-for" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/shortcuts/2018/jul/30/war-core-what-is-this-fashion-trend-good-for" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/shortcuts/2018/jul/30/war-core-what-is-this-fashion-trend-good-for</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lost bits ofMonty Python and the Holy Grail found</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/aug/01/monty-python-amorous-pink-knight-unseen-sketches-revealed" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/aug/01/monty-python-amorous-pink-knight-unseen-sketches-revealed" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/aug/01/monty-python-amorous-pink-knight-unseen-sketches-revealed</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Recreating World War I lives </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/02/100-days-100-lives-pen-portraits-to-mark-armistice-centenary-first-world-war" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/02/100-days-100-lives-pen-portraits-to-mark-armistice-centenary-first-world-war" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/02/100-days-100-lives-pen-portraits-to-mark-armistice-centenary-first-world-war</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>How not to make a sword like in the movies</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.wearethemighty.com/entertainment/movies-get-blacksmithery-wrong" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wearethemighty.com/entertainment/movies-get-blacksmithery-wrong" rel="nofollow">https://www.wearethemighty.com/entertainment/movies-get-blacksmithery-wrong</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Build your own Kenilworth Castle on Minecraft</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/building-kenilworth-castle-minecraft/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/building-kenilworth-castle-minecraft/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/building-kenilworth-castle-minecraft/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Why we never saw Gladiator 2</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180810-gladiator-2-was-written-and-its-mad" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180810-gladiator-2-was-written-and-its-mad" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180810-gladiator-2-was-written-and-its-mad</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Diary Dates</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Last few weeks to tour Greenwich Naval chapel ceiling</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/107089/Final-weeks-for-once-in-a-lifetime-ceiling-tours-of--Britain-s-Sistine-Chapel-#.W35t7TG0V9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/107089/Final-weeks-for-once-in-a-lifetime-ceiling-tours-of--Britain-s-Sistine-Chapel-#.W35t7TG0V9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/107089/Final-weeks-for-once-in-a-lifetime-ceiling-tours-of--Britain-s-Sistine-Chapel-#.W35t7TG0V9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>27 October Royal Armouries Leeds</p><p><br /></p><p>Remembering John Waller</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conferences</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>ICOMAM in Slovenia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/detail/article/koblenz-conference/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/detail/article/koblenz-conference/" rel="nofollow">http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/</a><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/07/call-for-papers-medieval-equestrian-history-imc-2019/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/07/call-for-papers-medieval-equestrian-history-imc-2019/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/07/call-for-papers-medieval-equestrian-history-imc-2019/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Material Culture of War</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://deremilitari.org/2018/07/cfp-material-culture-of-war-imc-leeds-2019/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://deremilitari.org/2018/07/cfp-material-culture-of-war-imc-leeds-2019/" rel="nofollow">http://deremilitari.org/2018/07/cfp-material-culture-of-war-imc-leeds-2019/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sales Fairs and auctions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Highlights from Hermann Historica’s autumn sale</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.hermann-historica.de/en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hermann-historica.de/en" rel="nofollow">https://www.hermann-historica.de/en</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sale of shotguns</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/106837/Gavin-Gardiner-Ltd-announces-highlights-from-its-auction-of-Modern---Vintage-Sporting-Guns-#.W3QKkvZFzmI" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/106837/Gavin-Gardiner-Ltd-announces-highlights-from-its-auction-of-Modern---Vintage-Sporting-Guns-#.W3QKkvZFzmI" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/106837/Gavin-Gardiner-Ltd-announces-highlights-from-its-auction-of-Modern---Vintage-Sporting-Guns-#.W3QKkvZFzmI</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites and downloads</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If still in holiday mode, the illustrations of Sir John de Mandeville’s travels</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_24189" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_24189" rel="nofollow">http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/F</a><a href="https://markerhunter.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://markerhunter.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">https://markerhunter.wordpress.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc: Scottish wars, war & the state, gaining a throne, & Parisian violence</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/shock-and-awe-the-use-of-terror-as-a-psychological-weapon-during-the-bruce-balliol-civil-war-1332-38/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/shock-and-awe-the-use-of-terror-as-a-psychological-weapon-during-the-bruce-balliol-civil-war-1332-38/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/shock-and-awe-the-use-of-terror-as-a-psychological-weapon-during-the-bruce-balliol-civil-war-1332-38/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/04/medieval-military-revolution/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/04/medieval-military-revolution/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/04/medieval-military-revolution/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/staging-deaths-king-sverre-or-a-usurpers-path-to-the-throne/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/staging-deaths-king-sverre-or-a-usurpers-path-to-the-throne/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/staging-deaths-king-sverre-or-a-usurpers-path-to-the-throne/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/the-calamity-of-violence-reading-the-paris-massacres-of-1418/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/the-calamity-of-violence-reading-the-paris-massacres-of-1418/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/the-calamity-of-violence-reading-the-paris-massacres-of-1418/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight I tweeted a visit to Hardwick Hall & its glorious plasterwork</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –27 August 2018</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some people have asked me about making a contribution to the Newsletter – if you would like to support us, you can make a donation here through our Paypal account – see here for details:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www</a>.basiliscoe.com/id2.html[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 396176, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury299 TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community Arms and armour in the news Summer has delayed this Bazzy, but it is a bumper edition! Whole fortresses in lakes, Roman camps, cannons and shipwrecks. In addition, lots of items ofpopular culture, the Bazzy equivalent of the beach book. And a number of nautical items for those enjoying their beach holiday…. Ancient arms and forts This week’s weapon in the lake: an axe [URL]http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C30448%2Cwest-pomerania-weapon-have-been-sunk-lake-lubanowo-nearly-two-thousand-years.html[/URL] Or a whole fortress in a Bulgarian lake [URL='https://sofiaglobe.com/2018/08/20/archaeology-remnants-of-ancient-fortress-found-underwater-off-bulgarias-st-thomas-island/']https://sofiaglobe.com/2018/08/20/archaeology-remnants-of-ancient-fortress-found-underwater-off-bulgari[/URL][URL]http://artdaily.com/news/107167/Salt-of-the-Alps--Ancient-Austrian-mine-holds-Bronze-Age-secrets#.W4Jx7jG0V9A[/URL] Investigating Roman legion base in Anatolia [URL]https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture-and-art/roman-legionary-base-in-turkey-to-be-unearthed/1233653[/URL] Update on the Roman fort at Binchester [URL]http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/16409808.new-discoveries-in-dig-at-bishop-auckland-roman-fort/[/URL] Impressive Roman period tower found in Turkey [URL]https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2018/08/13/roman-era-military-observation-tower-discovered-in-southeastern-turkey[/URL] Investigating Byzantine fortress in Bulgaria [URL]http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/08/18/second-bulgarian-empire-demolished-6th-century-byzantine-walls-of-rusocastro-to-build-far-more-massive-fortress-archaeologists-find/[/URL] Beasts of assorted varieties… Fishing in ancient Korea- older than we thought [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/106764/Cast-from-the-past--World-s-oldest-fishing-net-sinkers-found-in-South-Korea#.W2qZfjG0V9A[/URL] Bison hunting and prairie fires [URL]https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/smu-nbh071818.php[/URL] Roman “horseshoes” found in Vindolanda [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-45034623']https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-[/URL][URL]https://www.latestly.com/technology/science/mahabharata-era-relics-found-in-up-by-archaeological-survey-of-india-294952.html[/URL] Importance of walrus ivory to the Norse Greenland settlements [URL='https://popular-archaeology.com/article/lost-norse-of-greenland-fueled-the-medieval-ivory-trade-ancient-walrus-dna-suggests/']https://popular-archaeology.co[/URL][URL]https://www.guns.com/2018/08/01/snowden-slights-and-his-canoe-sized-shotgun-photos/[/URL] Grave stories Update on the late-5thcentury massacre at Sandby borg [URL='https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/moment-frozen-in-time-evidence-of-a-late-fifthcentury-massacre-at-sandby-borg/5C803B7E77A41439BC3B50D4BF96560E']https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/moment-frozen-in-time-evidence-of-a-late-fifthcentury-massacre-at-sandby-borg/5C803B7E[/URL][URL]https://www.livescience.com/63295-trophy-heads-mummies-ancient-peru-pits.html[/URL] Through the arrow-slit . . . The latest enemy to attack castles: weeds [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/aug/21/english-heritage-launches-campaign-to-save-castles-from-weeds[/URL] Castles in the UK to visit- though the choice from Scotland is abysmal… [URL]https://museumcrush.org/britains-best-places-to-see-castles/[/URL] Heatwave shows up the secrets of Ashby Castle [URL]https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/burton/heatwave-ashby-castle-dry-grass-1840894[/URL] 14th century blacksmith shop found in medieval Bulgarian castle [URL]http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/08/16/14th-century-blacksmiths-workshop-with-kilns-found-at-tsarevets-fortress-in-bulgarias-veliko-tarnovo/[/URL] Sheffield castle- the search is on! [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/search-begins-for-sheffields-lost-medieval-castle/[/URL] Saving Fairburn Tower [URL='https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/support-us/projects-and-appeals/fairburn-tower-appeal/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=b1d9d5a8-86b4-4a83-b3c5-8dd7f485b714&utm_campaign=banquetinghouse']https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/support-us/projects-and-appeals/fairburn-tower-appeal/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=b1d9d5a8-86b4-4a83-b3c5-8dd7f485b7[/URL][URL]https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/public-dig-uncovers-evidence-of-17th-century-attack-at-castle-fraser[/URL] Trying to protect the walls of Kano, Nigeria [URL]https://phys.org/news/2018-07-peopleand-politicsthreaten-kano-ancient-walls.html[/URL] Investigating Fort Edward and the Seven Years War [URL]http://www.saratogian.com/20180730/archaeological-field-school-reveals-french-and-indian-war-findings[/URL] Cannons to the left, cannon to the right Interesting feature on the Lyle gun [URL]http://www.miningjournal.net/news/local/2018/08/history-comes-alive-with-firing-of-lyle-gun/[/URL] Cannons at the Tamil Nadu Police Museum [URL]https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/police-museum-proves-a-crowd-puller/article24578494.ece[/URL] Alamo cannon return, with a salute… [URL]http://www.kbtx.com/content/news/Alamo-cannons-sent-off-with-a-bang-at-Texas-AM-Rellis-Campus-491453581.html[/URL] Sprucing up Colorado State University’s WWI trophy cannon [URL]https://source.colostate.edu/csus-cannon-returns-home-after-6-week-facelift-in-englewood/[/URL] German trophy stolen from Canadian war memorial [URL]http://www.capebretonpost.com/news/regional/display-gun-stolen-from-yarmouth-county-war-monument-site-in-arcadia-is-still-missing-230546/[/URL] Living in the past Heatwaves and armour wearing [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/29/heatwave-britain-how-affects-jobs-summer-hot-weather']https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/29/heatwave-britain-how-affects-jobs-summer-h[/URL][URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/medieval-servants-yorks-barley-hall/[/URL] Café Basiliscoe: this week’s specials Medieval omelette… [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/how-to-make-omelet-medieval/[/URL] …with cheese of the pharaohs... [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/107012/World-s-oldest-cheese-found-in-Egyptian-tomb#.W3p3KTG0V9A[/URL] …and prehistoric bread [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/106881/Archaeologists-discover-bread-that-predates-agriculture-by-4-000-years#.W3p6vDG0V9A[/URL] Miscellany Heatwave reveals the road of the Templars [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/heatwave-reveals-medieval-road-in-england/[/URL] Fascinating depiction of a sword in 15th cent Flemish painting [URL='http://artdaily.com/news/106650/15th-century-masterpiece-loaned-to-the-Rijksmuseum#.W2QQlDG0V9A']http://artdaily.com/news/106650/15th-century-masterpiece-loaned-to-the-Rijksmuseum#.W2QQl[/URL][URL]https://www.thestar.co.uk/lifestyle/remains-of-200-year-old-ironworks-found-near-elsecar-and-hoyland-1-9288907[/URL] Short illustrated piece on Chinese military historic sites [URL]https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514f3259544d79457a6333566d54/share_p.html[/URL] Killing fields No point looking for a horse at Bosworth soon [URL='https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/26m-mira-driverless-car-testing-1921045']https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/26m-mira-driverless-car-te[/URL][URL]https://aeon.co/essays/the-battle-of-vienna-was-not-a-fight-between-cross-and-crescent[/URL] Culloden at risk from trees [URL]https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/modern-day-battle-with-trees-at-culloden[/URL] Into the 20th century Metaldetecting in Germany can be against the law [URL]https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-crime-weapons/german-police-seize-nazi-era-weapons-man-said-to-have-found-with-detector-idUSKBN1KF2IF?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=quora&utm_medium=referral[/URL] Marking Amiens [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/04/100-years-after-the-battle-of-amiens-a-poignant-reminder[/URL] What to do with that old Anderson shelter in the garden [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/21/how-britains-abandoned-anderson-shelters-are-being-brought-back-to-life[/URL] One family and the Falkands [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/26/falklands-war-retold-helen-parr-our-boys[/URL] Nautical news Update on the search for two 16th century ships, theCordelière and the Regent [URL]https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44806083[/URL] Looking for Cortes’s wrecks [URL]http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2462097&CategoryId=14091[/URL] Researching the earliest ships on the slave trade in the 16th century [URL]https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/transatlantic-slave-trade-voyages-ships-log-details-africa-america-atlantic-ocean-deaths-disease-a8494546.html[/URL] Cast-iron cannon lifted from Florida wreck [URL]https://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/08/14/spanish-cannon-found-off-florida-coast-orig.cnn[/URL] Update on the search for HMS Endeavour at Rhode Island [URL]https://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/north-america/shipwreck-may-solve-250yearold-mystery/news-story/841298bff0fa71a8adf724f175f8d7e2[/URL] What happened to HMS Culloden’s cannons? [URL]https://www.danspapers.com/2018/07/british-man-o-war-cannons-off-montauk/[/URL] Update on the Hunley [URL]https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-clues-about-why-confederate-submarine-hl-hunley-sank-180969724/[/URL] 1863 Lt Haines, Royal Artillery, goes round Lake Ontario [URL='http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/curr/author-discovers-tale-of-english-artillery-officers-breezy-1863--jaunt-around-lake-ontario-20180729']http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/curr/author-discovers-tale-of-english-artillery-officers-bree[/URL][URL]https://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/drain-the-oceans-greatest-mysteries-of-our-oceans-uncovered/news-story/bf94aef144553dbd399b59c82ed218ed[/URL] More WW2 ships in Asia have been looted and partly destroyed [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/19/government-investigates-fresh-reports-of-looting-of-sunken-navy-ships[/URL] Museum news and exhibitions News Six best museums in regions of Azerbaijan [URL]https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Six_best_museums_in_regions_of_Azerbaijan-1185167[/URL] Prize for the Mary Rose Museum [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/106877/The-Mary-Rose-wins-Visitor-Experience-Award[/URL] Swedish crown isstolen [URL]https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/01/thieves-escape-motorboat-swedish-crown-jewels/[/URL] Italy scraps free entry to cultural sites on Sundays [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/italy-tickets[/URL] New museums Museum of Antiquities re-opens in Idlib [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/106884/Antiquities-museum-reopens-in-Syria-s-rebel-held-province-of-Idlib#.W3p5_TG0V9A[/URL] New wingat the Prado opens [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/106644/The-Museo-del-Prado-completes-the-redesign-and-rehang-of-its-North-Wing-galleries#.W2K4zjG0V9A[/URL] Museum developments Digitalizing medieval manuscripts [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/penn-brings-philadelphias-rare-medieval-manuscripts-to-the-world/[/URL] Museum musings Baroque paintings and US museums [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/review/very-much-an-acquired-taste[/URL] Remembering the Wall [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/project-could-see-berlin-wall-reconstructed-and-then-demolished-as-part-of-anniversary-performance[/URL] And still pulling down statues [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/20/confederate-statues-north-carolina-silent-sam[/URL] Conservation corner Dating Henry VIII’s portrait [URL]https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/08/14/tree-rings-date-henry-viii-portrait-1525the-year-became-obsessed/[/URL] Objects Medal depicting Peterloo Massacre to go on display- pictures [URL]https://museumcrush.org/the-rare-medal-commemorating-the-peterloo-massacre/[/URL] Confederatetimecapsulefound [URL]https://edition.cnn.com/2018/08/05/us/new-orleans-beauregard-statue-time-capsule-trnd/index.html[/URL] Italian government revoked license for Gerard portrait [URL='https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/italy-revokes-export-licence-for-the-frick-s-princely-portrait-by-gerard']https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/italy-revokes-export-licence-for-the-frick-s-princely-po[/URL][URL]http://artdaily.com/news/107080/Kupferstichkabinett-opens-exhibition-of-drawings-from-the-Rembrandt-School-#.W30X_jG0V9A[/URL] Japanese arms and armour and prints in Bologna [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/106667/Palazzo-Albergati-exhibits--Japan--Tales-of-Love-and-War--#.W2VmJDG0V9A[/URL] Cartoons in Washington [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/national-gallery-explores-humour-in-the-age-of-trump[/URL] WWI posters in Athens, Georgia [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/106979/Exhibition-at-Georgia-Museum-of-Art-celebrates-end-of-World-War-I#.W3p4cDG0V9A[/URL] Books Pamela Hartshorne: The Royal Mews Buckingham Palace [URL]http://www.scalapublishers.com/title.aspx?category=new-titles&subcategory=&id=3669[/URL] Feature on Iran’s Book of the Kings [URL]http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180810-the-book-of-kings-the-book-that-defines-iranians[/URL] Selection of recent mediaeval books [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/07/new-medieval-books-crusaders-devils/[/URL] Online Book Two underwater surveys [URL]https://www.boem.gov/ESPIS/4/5109.pdf[/URL] [URL]http://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/sites/default/files/no._305_broome_flying_boat_compendium.pdf[/URL] Popular culture Remembering the armistice in Scottish gardens [URL]https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/armistice-gardens-bloom-across-aberdeenshire-to-mark-first-world-war-centenary[/URL] Recreating Spain’s lost Antarcticadventure [URL]http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/death-on-the-ice-the-forgotten-spaniards-who-discovered-antarctica/[/URL] Street fashion- carry your own riot shield… [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/shortcuts/2018/jul/30/war-core-what-is-this-fashion-trend-good-for[/URL] Lost bits ofMonty Python and the Holy Grail found [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/aug/01/monty-python-amorous-pink-knight-unseen-sketches-revealed[/URL] Recreating World War I lives [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/02/100-days-100-lives-pen-portraits-to-mark-armistice-centenary-first-world-war[/URL] How not to make a sword like in the movies [URL]https://www.wearethemighty.com/entertainment/movies-get-blacksmithery-wrong[/URL] Build your own Kenilworth Castle on Minecraft [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/building-kenilworth-castle-minecraft/[/URL] Why we never saw Gladiator 2 [URL]http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180810-gladiator-2-was-written-and-its-mad[/URL] Events Diary Dates Last few weeks to tour Greenwich Naval chapel ceiling [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/107089/Final-weeks-for-once-in-a-lifetime-ceiling-tours-of--Britain-s-Sistine-Chapel-#.W35t7TG0V9A[/URL] 27 October Royal Armouries Leeds Remembering John Waller Conferences ICOMAM in Slovenia [URL='http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/detail/article/koblenz-conference/']http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/[/URL][URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/07/call-for-papers-medieval-equestrian-history-imc-2019/[/URL] Material Culture of War [URL]http://deremilitari.org/2018/07/cfp-material-culture-of-war-imc-leeds-2019/[/URL] Sales Fairs and auctions Highlights from Hermann Historica’s autumn sale [URL]https://www.hermann-historica.de/en[/URL] Sale of shotguns [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/106837/Gavin-Gardiner-Ltd-announces-highlights-from-its-auction-of-Modern---Vintage-Sporting-Guns-#.W3QKkvZFzmI[/URL] Websites and downloads If still in holiday mode, the illustrations of Sir John de Mandeville’s travels [URL='http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_24189']http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/F[/URL][URL]https://markerhunter.wordpress.com/[/URL] 1066 etc: Scottish wars, war & the state, gaining a throne, & Parisian violence [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/shock-and-awe-the-use-of-terror-as-a-psychological-weapon-during-the-bruce-balliol-civil-war-1332-38/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/04/medieval-military-revolution/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/staging-deaths-king-sverre-or-a-usurpers-path-to-the-throne/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/the-calamity-of-violence-reading-the-paris-massacres-of-1418/[/URL] Finally This fortnight I tweeted a visit to Hardwick Hall & its glorious plasterwork [URL]https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe[/URL] Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –27 August 2018 Some people have asked me about making a contribution to the Newsletter – if you would like to support us, you can make a donation here through our Paypal account – see here for details: [URL='http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html']http://www[/URL].basiliscoe.com/id2.html[/QUOTE]
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