wouldn't reccomend reading within the grain, farmers tend to get annoyed by researchers unexpectedly camping out in their crop fields

Note: in the clip I said the wills project covered the period 1540-1780. WRONG!! It's actually 1540-1790, we have a whole extra decade to think about, lucky us.

Producer: "we've seen you explore churches and the theme is 'abandoned spaces' so we were wondering if you had a faith space that fit the..."

Me: "I have 𝖆 𝖈𝖆𝖛𝖊"

Producer: "you? what?"

Me: "Let Me Tell You About 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖆𝖛𝖊"

Producer: "does it fit our brief for the..."

Me: "𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝕾𝖙 𝕽𝖔𝖇𝖊𝖗𝖙"

That last one is the Kinsol Trestle, one of the tallest free-standing timber railway trestles in the world - it's 105 years old and has been turned into a walkway as part of the Vancouver Island hiking trail! Brilliant way to continue the life of a historic structure.

FOUND HIM. Mr George Henshaw, consul of Genoa. Alongside his body (embalmed and in an iron coffin) he leaves his brother a ring set with sapphire which belonged to their uncle and "all my firearms muskets harquebusses accoutrements & furniture for fowling and hunting"

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There was a lot to cover but I managed to squeeze in a bit of reflection on the creativity at the heart of the discipline of History too. Enjoy! 👇

sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...

Would definitely love one! (& happy to pay the postage)