Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...

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Apart from spending time in bookshops I do love an old fashioned stationery shop and  have fond memories of such a bookshop/stationers in my home town, Nottingham, whilst the shop is long gone, the memories remain. This memory made me decide it was time to take a look at 18th century stationery shops, some of which I imagine were not dissimilar to the one in Nottingham. Let’s begin with a lengthy advertisement in the Hampshire Chronicle, 6 December 1784 for Blagden’s shop on the High Street, Winchester. Mr Blagden helpfully for us provided plenty of prices for stationery items sold in his shop, but not only did he sell stationery, but it was also a circulating library, a music shop and a pharmacy and perfumiers, there’s nothing like diversifying is there?

I have recently looked the Duff family and this story is one that is extremely closely linked to it and encompasses a large part of the globe, from Jamaica to India. We begin with a conversation pi…

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Seeking stories of extinction in museums worldwide, Dolly Jørgensen finds a curated absence at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. It is just an empty pot. The huge orange clay container stands amidst verdant ...

Seeking stories of extinction in museums worldwide, Dolly Jørgensen finds a curated absence at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. It is just an empty pot. The huge orange clay container stands amidst verdant ...