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Nature writing campaign aims to capture spring's arrival
Today wildlife lovers across the UK have the chance to contribute to the first ever crowd-sourced nature diary to celebrate the first official day of spring.
Swallows and Armenians – reappraising a children’s classic
John, Susan, Titty, Roger. The fictional Walker children are much-loved characters in Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons – a quintessentially English family in an archetypal children’s classic.
Opening up pioneering Jewish historian’s treasured collection
Looked at from one side, it’s the leather sole of a child’s shoe, a scarce resource re-purposed during wartime.
SOLD! The antiques trade gets its first museum exhibition
A new exhibition taking visitors on a journey through the history of antique dealing, curated by a Leeds academic, opens this week at The Bowes Museum, County Durham.
Poetry prize aims to nurture new talent
A new poetry prize aimed at nurturing previously unpublished poets is launched today by the University.