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    Carol Harris and Mike Brown
    • May 26, 2020
    • 3 min

    Beggar My Neighbour

    Here’s an excerpt from the book Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens, in 1860-61. In it Pip, a young blacksmith’s apprentice, is...

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    Carol Harris and Mike Brown
    • May 24, 2019
    • 2 min

    Fondant creams

    In our session on sweets in history we talked about how they made sweets in medieval times. Few of the ingredients we use today were fami...

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    Carol Harris and Mike Brown
    • May 23, 2019
    • 2 min

    Medieval Manuscripts, Monks and Marginalia

    In medieval times, before printing was invented, each book would be made by hand by monks. Only very wealthy people could afford books an...

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