Want to get a job in the heritage sector but don't know where to start? Then check out this quick guide to get started! This guide will focus on the UK heritage sector and is based on my own experience volunteering and working in the sector. You can download it for free below: Guide to … Continue reading A Guide to Joining the Heritage Sector
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Lessons for my Daughter: Anne of France & Suzanne of Bourbon
“My daughter, the perfect natural love that I have for you…gives me the desire and the determination to prepare a few little lessons for you while I am still with you, knowing well your inexperience and extreme youth and hoping that in time you will recall these lessons and that they will help you a … Continue reading Lessons for my Daughter: Anne of France & Suzanne of Bourbon
Archives for Beginners
I've been both sides of the searchroom desk as a researcher and also as an Archives Assistant, so I've put my knowledge to good use and made this guide for anyone wanting to access archives but are not quite sure where to start. I hope you find this guide helpful! Archives for Beginners Download Never … Continue reading Archives for Beginners
Top 10 Sources
Want to write some historical content but don't know where to start finding sources? Then check out my Top 10 Sources booklet below! Free to download, this highlights some of the key resources I use for creating my history blog posts and Snapshot of History videos. I hope you find it helpful, if you find … Continue reading Top 10 Sources
Love Letters: Horatio Nelson & Emma Hamilton
I first came across Emma Hamilton (c.1765-1815) at Kiplin Hall where there was a beautiful portrait of her in one of the rooms upstairs. I volunteered as a steward, so as I read up on all the collection items I found out she was the famous mistress of British naval hero Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). 'Emma, … Continue reading Love Letters: Horatio Nelson & Emma Hamilton
A Doomed Dynasty
Plantagenets, Tudors, Stuarts. All famous and memorable English dynasties. The Godwins? You’d be forgiven for forgetting them as their rule was short-lived. The Godwin family matriarch Gytha. The Godwin family were a powerful noble family from Wessex who came from humble beginnings. The patriarch Earl Godwin of Wessex had gained his earldom under the rule … Continue reading A Doomed Dynasty
Mary Tudor & the Letter of 1536
"Most humbly prostrate before the feet of your most excellent majesty, your most humble, so faithful and obedient subject, who has so extremely offended your most gracious highness that my heavy and fearful heart dare not presume to call you father, deserving of nothing from your majesty, save that the kindness of your most blessed … Continue reading Mary Tudor & the Letter of 1536
Recommendation: Museum of Liverpool
As Storm Dennis hit last weekend I decided to take myself into the warm and dry Museum of Liverpool for a look around, and friends it did not disappoint! With 3 floors covering the pre-historic to present day Liverpool, there was a lot to see! According to some interpretation training I once received, a museums … Continue reading Recommendation: Museum of Liverpool
Barley Hall: Excavation & Reconstruction at its Finest
York is a beautiful city full of amazing historical sites, museums, archives and libraries. It's like a history chocolate box and I'm spoiled for choice whenever I visit! From the gothic Minster to York Explore there is something for everyone, and if you decide to walk down Coffee Yard (a side street of Stonegate) you'll … Continue reading Barley Hall: Excavation & Reconstruction at its Finest
Iconoclasm: the destruction of the world’s past
From a young age I have loved historical objects, whenever I entered a museum or a heritage house I enjoyed viewing objects that were my direct link with the world’s past. From the York Gospels at York Minster to the Nefertiti bust at the Pergamon Museum, these items have helped shape my views on the … Continue reading Iconoclasm: the destruction of the world’s past
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