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In the midst of everything, I gave a conference paper

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Robert J S Briggs

Before starting this post I checked back quickly on what I’d written in my previous one on New Year’s Day. Turns out full-of-hope-for-2021 Rob indicated that it was well within the realms of possibility to find the time “in the … Continue reading →

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What. A. Year (and three quarters).

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Robert J S Briggs

Determined as I was not to go an entire calendar year without writing a blog post for Surrey Medieval, it came to pass. Which is a bit sad, from a symbolic point of view at least, although let’s be frank, … Continue reading →

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Surrey Medieval is alive and well

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Robert J S Briggs

I really didn’t mean to leave it so long. Surrey Medieval has been going for several years now, and in that time I’ve seen numerous great (or could-have-been-great-if-only-their-authors-had-stuck-at-it) blogs come and go. I think this is the longest I’ve left … Continue reading →

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At the end of the year

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Robert J S Briggs

It wasn’t supposed to take me so long to post something new here. I have my reasons for this. You know how they say you can balance a full-time job with a part-time PhD? Exactly, no-one says that, because you can’t, … Continue reading →

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Mapping pottery

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Robert J S Briggs

Originally posted on English Landscape and Identities:
Following on from suggestions (primarily by Prof. Barry Cunliffe) at our Academic Advisory Board meeting last year, we started thinking about how we might map aceramic (or minimally ceramic-using) zones through our time…

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Stuck in the medieval mind

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Robert J S Briggs

Last weekend’s Medieval Studies Forum meeting on “The Medieval Mind” was, much as I expected, a work-out for the grey matter (in the slightly unlikely setting of a village nursery classroom). The presentations were uniformly excellent – even mine seemed to … Continue reading →

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Objects and Landscape

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Robert J S Briggs

Exactly three weeks ago, I was making paper-thin excuses as to why I couldn’t come into work in order to attend the Objects and Landscape conference at the British Museum. Organised by the Portable Antiquities Scheme in concert with the … Continue reading →

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I’m back!

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Robert J S Briggs

Truth is, I never went away. Well, that’s not true since I went on holiday for a fortnight back in June. What I think I’m trying to say is that it’s been of source of ever growing embarrassment that I … Continue reading →

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Violent crime is nothing new

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Robert J S Briggs

Last night I had to endure the unsettling experience of having a mass drunken argument take place a matter of metres from my bedroom window (I don’t think it quite descended into a street brawl – when I summoned up the courage to … Continue reading →

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Miracles & Charms

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Robert J S Briggs

I think the Wellcome Collection may be my new favourite place in London. Free entry, wonderful exhibits, killer bookshop, bumped into a good friend who I hadn’t seen in years – what’s not to love? I would recommend you try … Continue reading →

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