By Claire Nolan The site of a prehistoric round cairn and reputedly the pre-Christian inauguration site of the Kings of Uíbh Eachach Cobha, Knock Iveagh in County Down, Northern Ireland,…Read More >
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The Historic Landscape – Friend or Foe?
By Claire Nolan Despite a long and persistent tradition of landscape romanticism in Britain, previous critical studies of the ‘rural idyll’ [1][2] have clearly demonstrated that the countryside does not…Read More >
Cynddylan at the tipping point
By Paul Brassley The intensity of a poem invites us to explore its implications. In this blog I argue that a short poem written nearly seventy years ago predicted many…Read More >
Naming places: how children make the world their own
By Jeremy Burchardt Place-name (toponym) research has a long and distinguished tradition in English historical scholarship, associated with the work of luminaries such as Margaret Gelling, Harry Thorpe and the…Read More >
Technologies of Division
By Paul Brassley ‘Ah luuurrve the smell of napalm in the morning’ says one of the less attractive characters (are there any attractive ones?) in the film Apocalypse Now (Francis…Read More >
Wartime narratives of the English landscape: rurality and national identity in Went the Day Well (1942)
By Jeremy Burchardt Films offer distinctive and in some respects unique opportunities for representing landscape and, as scholars such as David Lowenthal, David Matless and Paul Readman have amply demonstrated,…Read More >
‘A visit to the countryside is always accompanied by a feeling of unease; dread.’
By Lottie Jacob and Jeremy Burchardt The countryside has long been a place intrinsic to the British national identity, from the Romantic movement through to the present day. And yet,…Read More >
Walking back through time: a landscape history of pathways
By Dr Eddie Procter For a while now I have been contemplating researching a comprehensive landscape history of paths, or at least the pathways of Britain. Paths, such an intrinsic…Read More >
Pandemic landscapes – follow-up
By Paul Readman It has become a truism to say that for many people, the experience of coronavirus has blurred the boundaries between work and home. My work moved indoors,…Read More >
Unlockdown?
By Jeremy Burchadt During the first UK lockdown this Spring, many people ventured out into the countryside who would never normally do so. Walking over the usually deserted Pewsey Downs…Read More >
