On September 15, ‘John Clare and the Art of Bird Watching’, a symposium, will be held in the David Attenborough Building, University of Cambridge. The event is a collaboration between the Centre for John Clare Studies (English Faculty) and the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI). Speakers will include Tim Dee, Mina Gorji (Cambridge), Francesca Mackenney (Bristol), […]
Continue ReadingMonth: August 2017
Dr Ross Wilson discusses the poetry and gardens of Alexander Pope in a BBC4 documentary, August 2017
Dr Ross Wilson discussed the poetry and gardens of Alexander Pope with Janina Ramirez in a BBC4 documentary, ‘In Search of Arcadia’, which aired on Wednesday, 9th August, and is available to watch again here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b090c4f6. ‘In Search of Arcadia’ traced the origins of the English landscape movement to a stretch of the Thames to […]
Continue ReadingDr Kasia Boddy reviews ‘The Bittersweet Science’ for Prospect Magazine, August 2017 issue
Dr Kasia Boddy’s review of The Bittersweet Science: Fifteen Writers in the Gym, in the Corner and at Ringside appears in the August 2017 issue of Prospect magazine, available online in July. https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/boxings-glory-days-are-over-but-writers-still-come-back-for-more
Continue Reading‘Sculpture in the Close’, curated by Dr Rod Mengham, at Jesus College until 17 September 2017
‘Sculpture in the Close’, showcasing the work of nine female artists (Phyllida Barlow, Louise Bourgeois, Mona Hatoum, Shirazeh Houshiary, Kim Lim, Cornelia Parker, Agnes Thurnauer, Rachel Whiteread, Alison Wilding), continues throughout August, daily 10.00am to 6.00pm. Dr Rod Mengham has written the catalogue: https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/news/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/SitC-2017-final-no-bleeds-170613-1-1.pdf For further information about the exhibition: https://www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/college/events/sc@Sculpture-close
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