The Well-Made Book: Essays & Lectures by Daniel Berkeley Updike: Essays and Lectures by Daniel Berkeley Updike
Copper Phoenix Musings (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
*** PRESS RELEASE *** The Edward Jenner Museum For Immediate Release 06/11/09 Crown Jewels story comes to Gloucestershire Keith Hanson, Chief Exhibitor of the Crown Jewels will be giving a talk “The Inside Story” on Thursday 26 th November at the Old Cyder House in Berkeley. As part of the continuing series of Talks on interesting and diverse subjects find out what it is like to live in...
PRINTED MATERIAL (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Whilst staying with my Mum for the week I decided to take advantage of the beautiful autumn weather and take a trip up to Berkeley in Gloucestershire to visit the 13th century church of St Mary the Virgin. I read about the church recently and couldn't believe that I've visited Berkeley many times but had always missed this gem. It is situated next to the Edward Jenner Museum and Jenner himself, the...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 29/08/2009
Your recent reports (25 August) on the settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories make it clear that any upcoming talks are likely to follow a familiar pattern. Israel will make noises about peace while refusing to budge on the key issues of Jerusalem and the refugees, and will continue to annex land, expand settlements and expel Palestinians from Jerusalem. As in the past, the US government...
Copper Phoenix Musings (Free subscription) | 28/07/2009
A campaign to return a statue of Edward Jenner to Trafalgar Square has been re-launched in his 260th Anniversary year. The Statue used to stand on a fifth plinth in Trafalgar Square but was moved to Kensington Gardens in 1862. Next year sees worldwide celebration of the 30th anniversary of the eradication of smallpox: Edward Jenner discovered the vaccine against smallpox and was the Father of Immunology....
Copper Phoenix Musings (Free subscription) | 23/07/2009
The national spotlight is currently shining brightly on an empty plinth in Trafalgar Square. Built in 1841 the ‘Fourth plinth’ was intended for an equestrian statue but was recently the subject of a hotly contested competition by artists who desired their own brand of art fill the plinth. Famous figures in the world of art such as Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, and Tracey Emin battled to...
Copper Phoenix Musings (Free subscription) | 01/07/2009
On 30 th June 2009, 14 volunteer gardeners are visiting Berkeley for the day to give the Edward Jenner Museum a tidy-up/make-over in Jenner’s former garden. The Museum run by a charitable trust is the Co-Op’s chosen recipient for assistance this year out of the whole Mid-counties region, which has delighted staff at the famous Gloucestershire attraction. As part of the Co-op ethos staff...
Archaeology in Europe (Free subscription) | 14/06/2009
Archaeologists believe they could have found the first-ever excavated Saxon nunnery, on a dig in Gloucestershire. The annual dig, by the University of Bristol, has unearthed remains of a Saxon building in the grounds of the Edward Jenner Museum, Berkeley. The Berkeley Project to find Saxon Berkeley and the missing nunnery has been going for five years. Read the rest of this article...
Mirabilis.ca (Free subscription) | 14/06/2009
From the Beeb: Students unearth Saxon nunnery. Archaeologists believe they could have found the first-ever excavated Saxon nunnery, on a dig in Gloucestershire. The annual dig, by the University of Bristol, has unearthed remains of a Saxon building in the grounds of the Edward Jenner Museum, Berkeley. [continue]
BBC News (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Archaeologists digging in Berkeley, Gloucestershire believe they could have found the first-ever excavated Saxon nunnery.
Copper Phoenix Musings (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Looks as though the news release that Banksy is exhibiting at Bristol Museum has knocked any BBC coverage of the dig due today at Berkeley on the head. Although I love art it is only because Banksy is a "mythical" figure that so much coverage has been given to him, whereas here we have a story of international importance with a discovery of a monastery enclosure the size of Winchester in...
Psychic Blog (Free subscription) | 19/05/2009
A photograph seems to have captured a hazy image of a man sitting on a chair in the attic of the Edward Jenner Museum in Berkeley, Gloucestershire.
euronews24 (Free subscription) | 18/05/2009
A photograph seems to have captured a hazy image of a man sitting on a chair in the attic of the Edward Jenner Museum in Berkeley, Gloucestershire.The picture was taken by BBC photographer Chris Sandys, who said: I don't believe in ghosts myself, bu 2 Vote(s)
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
10: Christmas at Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire Huge amounts of greenery is used to turn the Norman cellars of Britain's oldest inhabited castle into an exciting grotto. This weekend is part of the annual Charity Fayre, giving families an opportunity to do some early Christmas shopping. Or visit in December during the Castle by Candlelight event, when the entire castle is lit by candles and flickering...
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