February Miscellany
A group of masons’ marks from a canal tunnel in Bath.
A group of masons’ marks from a canal tunnel in Bath. Kennet and Avon canal tunnel, under Cleveland House and Sydney Road, Bath, access via Sydney Gardens. Sydney Gardens were laid out as commercial pleasure grounds between 1792 and 1794, as part of Robert Adam’s grand plan of ‘Bath new Town’. The initial detailed design…
Mummies Cannibals and Vampires by Richard Sugg
Mummies Cannibals and Vampires by Richard Sugg, Routledge, second edition, 2016. An enormous heap of curious information. Does that suggest that your devoted reviewer has been less than wholly entranced by Richard Sugg’s opus? It is all too terribly true. Dr Sugg (his Twitter handle) has amassed a large amount of information on a completely…
September Miscellany
September Miscellany Upcoming Events Making Your Mark Symposium James Wright Upcoming Lectures Knole at Night Tours Graffiti Tours at Hoghton Tower Haunted Landscape Day Symposium at Conway Hall, London Items of Interest The University of Oslo has digitised its collection of Svartebøker or Black Book grimoires. (via Owen Davies [@odavies9] on Twitter)