The Broken Futures project researches local historical prosecutions of sex between men in Berkshire’s Crime and Punishment Archives, 1861 to 1967 to understand how these men were experiencing life and…Read More >
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How an ‘absolute unit’ of a tweet catapulted one rural life museum into the spotlight
By Adam Koszary, Museums and Special Collections Services look at this absolute unit. Our tweet from the Museum of Rural English Life account was a simple enough command. It accompanied…Read More >
The First World War in Biscuits, and advising the BBC
By Dr Teresa Murjas, Department of Film, Theatre and Television, University of Reading Over the last couple of months, I have been working with Reading Museum and The MERL to…Read More >