As historical researchers we often find ourselves navigating archives of varying depth, scope and ultimate ‘usefulness’. Depending on our area of research we may find ourselves immersed in business ledgers, census records, design registers, catalogues, letters, diaries, textile samples or even wired to a desk listening to scratchy oral history recordings. We are likely to … Continue reading
Category Archives: Writing
Warning: Dates in Calendar are closer than they appear
Three weeks into ‘The Plan’. Remember I said it was possibly unachievable? Yeah it was. So much so I have ignored it for the last three weeks and, aside from a few half-hearted attempts, have been very very unproductive. Bad student. So what went wrong? I plotted out the tasks I needed to do each week … Continue reading
One of those cunning plans…
Cheryl and I met up earlier this week to discuss some of the points that had been raised at the conference and to think about the next steps. September sees my first annual progression – I have to hand in a 10,000 word chapter along with some other bits of paperwork that show me to … Continue reading
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