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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 197532, member: 54&quot;]The Basiliscoe Mercury 261</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As usual, only one Bazzy in December and it&#039;s the annual Christmas edition. Robert the Bruce makes a late run-in in the dead kings contest, a 17th century Dutch wreck gets a name check with Poldark, and a reminder of some of our best books. All this plus lady jousters and the Bazzy Christmas stocking. Back in 2017. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arms and armour in the news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Beasts of assorted varieties…</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ice Age hunters in a spot of deforestation</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161201092823.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161201092823.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161201092823.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sexing stone age artists</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2016/12/13/Sex-of-prehistoric-hand-stencil-artists-can-be-determined-forensic-analysis/9051481639455/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2016/12/13/Sex-of-prehistoric-hand-stencil-artists-can-be-determined-forensic-analysis/9051481639455/" rel="nofollow">http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2016/12/13/Sex-of-prehistoric-hand-stencil-artists-can-be-determined-forensic-analysis/9051481639455/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nomadic Mongolia, past and present</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2016/dec/07/archaeology-sheds-light-on-mongolias-uncertain-nomadic-future" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2016/dec/07/archaeology-sheds-light-on-mongolias-uncertain-nomadic-future" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2016/dec/07/archaeology-sheds-light-on-mongolias-uncertain-nomadic-future</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hoard of early medieval horsebits found in Russia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2016/12/08/dozens-1300-year-old-horse-bits-russian-archaeological/#axzz4SXOsvpn9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2016/12/08/dozens-1300-year-old-horse-bits-russian-archaeological/#axzz4SXOsvpn9" rel="nofollow">http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2016/12/08/dozens-1300-year-old-horse-bits-russian-archaeological/#axzz4SXOsvpn9</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And a horse-shoe from Cork</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/treasure-trove-of-artifacts-found-under-cork-street-434599.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/treasure-trove-of-artifacts-found-under-cork-street-434599.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/treasure-trove-of-artifacts-found-under-cork-street-434599.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Short article on falconry</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2016/12/12/follow-the-aquila-the-eagle-huntress-and-the-ancient-history-of-falconry/#66f74e5161c1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2016/12/12/follow-the-aquila-the-eagle-huntress-and-the-ancient-history-of-falconry/#66f74e5161c1" rel="nofollow">http://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2016/12/12/follow-the-aquila-the-eagle-huntress-and-the-ancient-history-of-falconry/#66f74e5161c1</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wolves…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/12/poetics-wolves-mapping-metaphor-world-literature/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/12/poetics-wolves-mapping-metaphor-world-literature/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2016/12/poetics-wolves-mapping-metaphor-world-literature/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Is this the face that launched 1000 schiltrums? Robert the Bruce</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-38242781" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-38242781" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-38242781</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/08/sprucing-up-robert-the-bruce-scottish-kings-face-gets-3d-treatment" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/08/sprucing-up-robert-the-bruce-scottish-kings-face-gets-3d-treatment" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/08/sprucing-up-robert-the-bruce-scottish-kings-face-gets-3d-treatment</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tycho Brache, truly Renaissance science’s golden boy…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomer-and-alchemist-tycho-brahe-died-full-gold-180961447/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomer-and-alchemist-tycho-brahe-died-full-gold-180961447/" rel="nofollow">http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomer-and-alchemist-tycho-brahe-died-full-gold-180961447/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Toenail reveals the truth about the Franklin expedition</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/lasers+toenail+clipping+reveal+franklin+expedition+diet+cause+death/12486169/story.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/lasers+toenail+clipping+reveal+franklin+expedition+diet+cause+death/12486169/story.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/lasers+toenail+clipping+reveal+franklin+expedition+diet+cau</a><a href="http://westerndigs.org/new-evidence-reveals-violent-final-days-at-arizonas-montezuma-castle/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://westerndigs.org/new-evidence-reveals-violent-final-days-at-arizonas-montezuma-castle/" rel="nofollow">http://westerndigs.org/new-evidence-reveals-violent-final-days-at-arizonas-montezuma-castle/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Iconic view of Nonsuch Palace saved for the Nation</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art565864-Henry-VIIIs-lost-palace-of-Nonsuch" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art565864-Henry-VIIIs-lost-palace-of-Nonsuch" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art565864-Henry-VIIIs-lost-palace-of-Nonsuch</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Miscellany</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yew trees and archery</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/the-right-chemistry-the-yew-tree-has-been-a-valuable-weapon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/the-right-chemistry-the-yew-tree-has-been-a-valuable-weapon" rel="nofollow">http://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/the-right-chemistry-the-yew-tree-has-been-a-valuable-weapon</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Henry VIII and a treatise on warfare- nice pictures!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2012/03/one-that-got-away.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2012/03/one-that-got-away.html" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2012/03/one-that-got-away.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tales of the development of the Low Gatebeck Gunpowder Works</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nwemail.co.uk/Risks-of-life-near-a-Cumbrian-gunpowder-mill-d8876bcb-2391-4153-b197-4b8092d19e98-ds" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nwemail.co.uk/Risks-of-life-near-a-Cumbrian-gunpowder-mill-d8876bcb-2391-4153-b197-4b8092d19e98-ds" rel="nofollow">http://www.nwemail.co.uk/Risks-of-life-near-a-Cumbrian-gunpowder-mill-d8876bcb-2391-4153-b197-4b8092d19e98-ds</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Visit to a Greek gunpowder works at Dimitsana, Arcadia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://hellenicnews.com/road-greece-open-air-water-power-museum-catherine-tsounis-special-hellenic-news-america/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://hellenicnews.com/road-greece-open-air-water-power-museum-catherine-tsounis-special-hellenic-news-america/" rel="nofollow">https://hellenicnews.com/road-greece-open-air-water-power-museum-catherine-tsounis-special-hellenic-news-america/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sad news indeed- closure of London’s Whitechapel Bell foundry</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/12/02/so-long-whitechapel-bell-foundry/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/12/02/so-long-whitechapel-bell-foundry/" rel="nofollow">http://spitalfieldslife.com/2016/12/02/so-long-whitechapel-bell-foundry/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cannons to the left, cannon to the right</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Restoring Bahawalpur&#039;s Mughal cannon and its history <a href="http://tribune.com.pk/story/1254465/old-times-mughal-era-cannon-vintage-treasure-bahawalpur-city/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://tribune.com.pk/story/1254465/old-times-mughal-era-cannon-vintage-treasure-bahawalpur-city/" rel="nofollow">http://tribune.com.pk/story/1254465/old-times-mughal-era-cannon-vintage-treasure-bahawalpur-city/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fort Sumner’sParrot conserved</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.guns.com/2016/12/08/fort-sumter-cannon-saved-by-anonymous-donor/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.guns.com/2016/12/08/fort-sumter-cannon-saved-by-anonymous-donor/" rel="nofollow">http://www.guns.com/2016/12/08/fort-sumter-cannon-saved-by-anonymous-donor/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Spanish war cannon restored</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://marblehead.wickedlocal.com/news/20161201/historic-cannon-finds-temporary-home" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://marblehead.wickedlocal.com/news/20161201/historic-cannon-finds-temporary-home" rel="nofollow">http://marblehead.wickedlocal.com/news/20161201/historic-cannon-finds-temporary-home</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.itemlive.com/news/marblehead-sticks-to-its-gun/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.itemlive.com/news/marblehead-sticks-to-its-gun/" rel="nofollow">http://www.itemlive.com/news/marblehead-sticks-to-its-gun/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cannon balls found in Savannah</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://wsav.com/2016/12/01/cannonball-discovery-reveals-long-history-of-forts-in-savannah/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wsav.com/2016/12/01/cannonball-discovery-reveals-long-history-of-forts-in-savannah/" rel="nofollow">http://wsav.com/2016/12/01/cannonball-discovery-reveals-long-history-of-forts-in-savannah/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New Zealand cannon restored</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/87310991/Nelson-Talisman-Sea-Cadet-unit-revel-in-restoration-of-century-old-gun" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/87310991/Nelson-Talisman-Sea-Cadet-unit-revel-in-restoration-of-century-old-gun" rel="nofollow">http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/87310991/Nelson-Talisman-Sea-Cadet-unit-revel-in-restoration-of-century-old-gun</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Rochester’s WI trophy –lost and found</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.irondequoitpost.com/news/20161208/case-of-missing-world-war-i-cannon-solved" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.irondequoitpost.com/news/20161208/case-of-missing-world-war-i-cannon-solved" rel="nofollow">http://www.irondequoitpost.com/news/20161208/case-of-missing-world-war-i-cannon-solved</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1909 postcard of cannon from Fort Massachusetts –lovely picture! <a href="http://www.sunherald.com/living/article119923763.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sunherald.com/living/article119923763.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.sunherald.com/living/article119923763.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Asian round-up</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Updates on the Terracotta warriors (and friends)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2016-11/28/c_135863600.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2016-11/28/c_135863600.htm" rel="nofollow">http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2016-11/28/c_135863600.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.livescience.com/25510-terracotta-warriors.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.livescience.com/25510-terracotta-warriors.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.livescience.com/25510-terracotta-warriors.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And they’re coming to the UK in 2018</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/china-s-terracotta-warriors-march-back-into-the-uk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/china-s-terracotta-warriors-march-back-into-the-uk/" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/china-s-terracotta-warriors-march-back-into-the-uk/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Early fortifications in Japan</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201611290062.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201611290062.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201611290062.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Living in the past</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sydney schoolteacher moves to Muscat to improve her jousting </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3988910/Jousting-Sydney-school-teacher-moves-Oman-Middle-East.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3988910/Jousting-Sydney-school-teacher-moves-Oman-Middle-East.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3988910/Jousting-Sydney-school-teacher-moves-Oman-Middle-East.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ladies with poleaxes</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/87733364/new-plymouth-woman-is-the-best-in-the-world-with-a-poleaxe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/87733364/new-plymouth-woman-is-the-best-in-the-world-with-a-poleaxe" rel="nofollow">http://www.stuff.co.nz/oddstuff/87733364/new-plymouth-woman-is-the-best-in-the-world-with-a-poleaxe</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Austerlitz refought (spoiler alert- same result)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38199738" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38199738" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38199738</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Xmas menu in Café Basiliscoe (sadly, mainly alcoholic…)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Beef soup from China…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2016-12/16/content_27689915.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2016-12/16/content_27689915.htm" rel="nofollow">http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2016-12/16/content_27689915.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Washed down with British beer through history</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161130-why-the-stone-age-could-be-when-brits-first-brewed-beer" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161130-why-the-stone-age-could-be-when-brits-first-brewed-beer" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161130-why-the-stone-age-could-be-when-brits-first-brewed-beer</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Or cider…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-origins-apple-cider-180960662/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-origins-apple-cider-180960662/" rel="nofollow">http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-origins-apple-cider-180960662/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Or punch</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/dec/19/very-merry-seventeenth-century-punch-recipe-found-in-yorkshire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/dec/19/very-merry-seventeenth-century-punch-recipe-found-in-yorkshire" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/dec/19/very-merry-seventeenth-century-punch-recipe-found-in-yorkshire</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And an ancient kitchen to cook it all in</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.archaeology.org/news/5140-161215-turkey-anatolia-kitchens" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.archaeology.org/news/5140-161215-turkey-anatolia-kitchens" rel="nofollow">http://www.archaeology.org/news/5140-161215-turkey-anatolia-kitchens</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Into the 20th century</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Japanese navy veteran recalls PearlHarbor 75 years on <a href="http://artdaily.com/news/92242/Japanese-navy-veteran-recalls-Pearl-Harbor-75-years-on#.WEvljDF759A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/92242/Japanese-navy-veteran-recalls-Pearl-Harbor-75-years-on#.WEvljDF759A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/92242/Japanese-navy-veteran-recalls-Pearl-Harbor-75-years-on#.WEvljDF759A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>US guns at Pearl Harbor</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2016/12/7/remember-pearl-harbor-the-men-and-the-guns/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2016/12/7/remember-pearl-harbor-the-men-and-the-guns/" rel="nofollow">https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2016/12/7/remember-pearl-harbor-the-men-and-the-guns/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Middle-east updates</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>War memorial for the UEA</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/british-artist-idris-khan-creates-uae-s-first-war-memorial/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/british-artist-idris-khan-creates-uae-s-first-war-memorial/" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/british-artist-idris-khan-creates-uae-s-first-war-memorial/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>France takes on war cultural role</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/france-joins-international-treaty-to-protect-cultural-heritage-in-war-zones-/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/france-joins-international-treaty-to-protect-cultural-heritage-in-war-zones-/" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/france-joins-international-treaty-to-protect-cultural-heritage-in-war-zones-/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/france-promise-30m-to-global-fund-for-culture-in-danger-/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/france-promise-30m-to-global-fund-for-culture-in-danger-/" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/france-promise-30m-to-global-fund-for-culture-in-danger-/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>France puts in claim to shipwreck linked to lost colony of Fort Caroline</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://jacksonville.com/florida/2016-11-29/france-claims-rights-shipwreck-linked-lost-colony-fort-caroline" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://jacksonville.com/florida/2016-11-29/france-claims-rights-shipwreck-linked-lost-colony-fort-caroline" rel="nofollow">http://jacksonville.com/florida/2016-11-29/france-claims-rights-shipwreck-linked-lost-colony-fort-caroline</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.newhistorian.com/shipwreck-changed-history-found-off-florida-coast/7730/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.newhistorian.com/shipwreck-changed-history-found-off-florida-coast/7730/" rel="nofollow">http://www.newhistorian.com/shipwreck-changed-history-found-off-florida-coast/7730/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>17th century wreck of the Schiedam rediscovered</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/14963745.Shipwreck_rediscovered_in_the_exact_spot_at_Gunwalloe_where_Poldark_wreck_was_filmed/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/14963745.Shipwreck_rediscovered_in_the_exact_spot_at_Gunwalloe_where_Poldark_wreck_was_filmed/" rel="nofollow">http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/14963745.Shipwreck_rediscovered_in_the_exact_spot_at_Gunwalloe_where_Poldark_wreck_was_filmed/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting article about 18th century ships on rocks in South Africa: <a href="https://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/south-africa-colonialism-was-written-stone" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/south-africa-colonialism-was-written-stone" rel="nofollow">https://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/south-africa-colonialism-was-written-stone</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>James Matthew’s shipwreck off Perth coast, 1841, mapped using 3D modelling</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-11/3d-modelling-used-to-scour-james-matthews-shipwreck-off-perth/8107678" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-11/3d-modelling-used-to-scour-james-matthews-shipwreck-off-perth/8107678" rel="nofollow">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-11/3d-modelling-used-to-scour-james-matthews-shipwreck-off-perth/8107678</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the Franklin ships</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/mysterious-lost-ships-hms-terror-and-erebus-reveal-new-layer-of-clues-in-arctic/2016/11/22/55a1a6de-9628-11e6-bb29-bf2701dbe0a3_story.html?utm_term=.65d6fdcbd724" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/mysterious-lost-ships-hms-terror-and-erebus-reveal-new-layer-of-clues-in-arctic/2016/11/22/55a1a6de-9628-11e6-bb29-bf2701dbe0a3_story.html?utm_term=.65d6fdcbd724" rel="nofollow">https://www.w</a><a href="http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_artifacts_going_to_london_ottawa_for_future_franklin_exhibit/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_artifacts_going_to_london_ottawa_for_future_franklin_exhibit/" rel="nofollow">http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_artifacts_going_to_london_ottawa_for_future_franklin_exhibit/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exploring U-Boat victims off Canada</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/bell-island-shipwreck-study-1.3899921" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/bell-island-shipwreck-study-1.3899921" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/bell-island-shipwreck-study-1.3899921</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Australia’s concerns for war grave wrecks off Indonesia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/12/19/11/36/war-veteran-fears-for-shipwreck-and-war-graves" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/12/19/11/36/war-veteran-fears-for-shipwreck-and-war-graves" rel="nofollow">http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/12/19/11/36/war-veteran-fears-for-shipwreck-and-war-graves</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum news and exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>News</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>How should school children behave in French museums</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/mus-e-d-orsay-engulfed-in-row-over-warders-treatment-of-school-group-during-a-visit-to-the-paris-mus/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/mus-e-d-orsay-engulfed-in-row-over-warders-treatment-of-school-group-during-a-visit-to-the-paris-mus/" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/mus-e-d-orsay-engulfed-in-row-over-warders-treatment-of-school-group-during-a-visit-to-the-paris-mus/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New museums </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New medieval galleries at Worcester, Massachusetts</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.telegram.com/entertainmentlife/20161214/worcester-art-museum-celebrates-holidays-and-opening-of-revamped-medieval-galleries" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.telegram.com/entertainmentlife/20161214/worcester-art-museum-celebrates-holidays-and-opening-of-revamped-medieval-galleries" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegram.com/entertainmentlife/20161214/worcester-art-museum-celebrates-holidays-and-opening-of-revamped-medieval-galleries</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mathematics gallery in the Science Museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/92261/Maths-explored-in-new-Science-Museum-gallery-designed-by-architect-Zaha-Hadid#.WEvkDDF759A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/92261/Maths-explored-in-new-Science-Museum-gallery-designed-by-architect-Zaha-Hadid#.WEvkDDF759A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/92261/Maths-explored-in-new-Science-Museum-gallery-designed-by-architect-Zaha-Hadid#.WEvkDDF759A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Garda Museum opens in Dublin Castle </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/garda-museum-opens-in-dublin-castle-35289408.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/garda-museum-opens-in-dublin-castle-35289408.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/garda-museum-opens-in-dublin-castle-35289408.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation corner</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Iron Age bloomeries found in Poland</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,412267,mazowieckie-more-than-70-bloomeries-from-2-thousand-years-ago-discovered-in-kanie.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,412267,mazowieckie-more-than-70-bloomeries-from-2-thousand-years-ago-discovered-in-kanie.html" rel="nofollow">http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,412267,mazowieckie-more-than-70-bloomeries-from-2-thousand-years-ago-discovered-in-kanie.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And Stuart Sutherland</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/12/2016/craggie-bloomery-iron-working-in-late-medieval-sutherland" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/12/2016/craggie-bloomery-iron-working-in-late-medieval-sutherland" rel="nofollow">http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/12/2016/craggie-bloomery-iron-working-in-late-medieval-sutherland</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the Viking tool box found in Denmark</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.livescience.com/57063-viking-tools-found-at-mysterious-fortress.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.livescience.com/57063-viking-tools-found-at-mysterious-fortress.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.livescience.com/57063-viking-tools-found-at-mysterious-fortress.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Austria&#039;s race against time to save anti-Nazi film,City Without Our Jews</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/92108/Austria-s-race-against-time-to-save-anti-Nazi-film#.WEFEFTF759A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/92108/Austria-s-race-against-time-to-save-anti-Nazi-film#.WEFEFTF759A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/92108/Austria-s-race-against-time-to-save-anti-Nazi-film#.WEFE</a><a href="http://www.lep.co.uk/news/ex-worden-hall-body-armour-to-be-sold-off-1-8276121" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lep.co.uk/news/ex-worden-hall-body-armour-to-be-sold-off-1-8276121" rel="nofollow">http://www.lep.co.uk/news/ex-worden-hall-body-armour-to-be-sold-off-1-8276121</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2016/very-rare-elizabethan-jack-of-plate-armour-bought-by-the-va-at-thomas-del-mar-auction/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2016/very-rare-elizabethan-jack-of-plate-armour-bought-by-the-va-at-thomas-del-mar-auction/" rel="nofollow">https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2016/very-rare-elizabethan-jack-of-plate-armour-bought-by-the-va-at-thomas-del-mar-auction/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Belgian revolver that nearly killed poet Rimbaud fetches 435,000 euros <a href="http://artdaily.com/news/92085/Gun-that-nearly-killed-poet-Rimbaud-fetches-435-000-euros#.WD_mTzF759A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/92085/Gun-that-nearly-killed-poet-Rimbaud-fetches-435-000-euros#.WD_mTzF759A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/92085/Gun-that-nearly-killed-poet-Rimbaud-fetches-435-000-euros#.WD_mTzF759A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nordenfelt machine gun top seller at Bonhams <a href="http://artdaily.com/news/92217/Pioneering-19th-century-machine-gun-top-seller-at-the-Daedalus-Collection-sale-at-Bonhams#.WEvoOTF759A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/92217/Pioneering-19th-century-machine-gun-top-seller-at-the-Daedalus-Collection-sale-at-Bonhams#.WEvoOTF759A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/92217/Pioneering-19th-century-machine-gun-top-seller-at-the-Daedalus-Collection-sale-at-Bonhams#.WEvoOTF759A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gun adverts from Christmas past</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.guns.com/2016/12/14/serving-up-a-heaping-helping-of-those-old-gun-ads-photos/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.guns.com/2016/12/14/serving-up-a-heaping-helping-of-those-old-gun-ads-photos/" rel="nofollow">http://www.guns.com/2016/12/14/serving-up-a-heaping-helping-of-those-old-gun-ads-photos/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For the 2018 diary- Charles I’s lost art collection</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/royal-academy-to-reassemble-charles-i-s-art-for-blockbuster-anniversary-show/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/royal-academy-to-reassemble-charles-i-s-art-for-blockbuster-anniversary-show/" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/royal-academy-to-reassemble-charles-i-s-art-for-blockbuster-anniversary-show/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Medieval sculpture in Madrid</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/92128/Monographic-exhibition-of-works-by-Master-Mateo-opens-at-the-Prado-Museum#.WEKX4zF759A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/92128/Monographic-exhibition-of-works-by-Master-Mateo-opens-at-the-Prado-Museum#.WEKX4zF759A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/92128/Monographic-exhibition-of-works-by-Master-Mateo-opens-at-the-Prado-Museum#.WEKX4zF759A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pearl Harbor in Massachusetts</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/remember-pearl-harbor-exhibition-commemorates-75th-anniversary-of-attack/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/remember-pearl-harbor-exhibition-commemorates-75th-anniversary-of-attack/" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/museums/remember-pearl-harbor-exhibition-commemorates-75th-anniversary-of-attack/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This looks like a good bet for Christmas:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Trevor Rowley: An Archaeological Study of the Bayeux Tapestry</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://archeurope.org/@pdf/Bayeux%20Tapestry%20Leaflet.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archeurope.org/@pdf/Bayeux%20Tapestry%20Leaflet.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://archeurope.org/@pdf/Bayeux Tapestry Leaflet.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>David Silverman: Thundersticks: Firearms and the Violent Transformation of Native America</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.capitalcityweekly.com/stories/120716/ae_1271707348.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.capitalcityweekly.com/stories/120716/ae_1271707348.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.capitalcityweekly.com/stories/120716/ae_1271707348.shtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some of the goodies from 2016:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Islamic Arms and Armor in The Metropolitan Museum of Art</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://store.metmuseum.org/art-history+reference/islamic-arms-and-armor-in-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art/invt/80030235?utm_source=mainmuseum&amp;utm_medium=metmuseum.org&amp;utm_content=islamic+arms+and+armor+in+the+metropolitan+museum+of+art+80030235&amp;utm_campaign=islamic+arms+and+armor+in+the+metropolitan+museum+of+art" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://store.metmuseum.org/art-history+reference/islamic-arms-and-armor-in-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art/invt/80030235?utm_source=mainmuseum&amp;utm_medium=metmuseum.org&amp;utm_content=islamic+arms+and+armor+in+the+metropolitan+museum+of+art+80030235&amp;utm_campaign=islamic+arms+and+armor+in+the+metropolitan+museum+of+art" rel="nofollow">http://store.metmuseum.org/art-history+reference/islamic-arms-and-armor-in-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art/invt/80030235?utm_source=mainmuseum&amp;utm_medium=metmuseum.org&amp;utm_content=islamic+arms+and+armor+in+the+metropolitan+museum+of+art+80030235&amp;utm_campaign=islamic+arms+and+armor+in+the+metropolitan+museum+of+art</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A. V. B. Norman and Ian Eaves: Arms &amp; Armour in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen; Volume I: European Armour</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/A/bo24173694.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/A/bo24173694.html" rel="nofollow">http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/A/bo24173694.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arms-Armour-Collection-Majesty-The-Queen/dp/190568648X" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arms-Armour-Collection-Majesty-The-Queen/dp/190568648X" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arms-Armour-Collection-Majesty-The-Queen/dp/190568648X</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thom Richardson: The Tower Armoury in the Fourteenth Century </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://shop.royalarmouries.org/books-and-dvds/royal-armouries-publications/royal-armouries-publications/the-tower-armoury-in-the-fourteenth-century-by-thom-richardson.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://shop.royalarmouries.org/books-and-dvds/royal-armouries-publications/royal-armouries-publications/the-tower-armoury-in-the-fourteenth-century-by-thom-richardson.html" rel="nofollow">https://shop.royalarmouries.org/books-and-dvds/royal-armouries-publications/royal-armouries-publications/the-tower-armoury-in-the-fourteenth-century-by-thom-richardson.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Online Book</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Online Australian edition of IJNA</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-9270.1973.tb00517.x/epdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-9270.1973.tb00517.x/epdf" rel="nofollow">http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-9270.1973.tb00517.x/epdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Virtual books at the BL</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/virtualbooks/index.html#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/virtualbooks/index.html#" rel="nofollow">http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/virtualbooks/index.html#</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>All the reports from the Ho Group on medieval gunpowder in one place</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/fieldsofconflict/Hogroup.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/fieldsofconflict/Hogroup.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/fieldsofconflict/Hogroup.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Great Wall</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.thegreatwallmovie.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thegreatwallmovie.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thegreatwallmovie.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New film on Dunkirk</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/14/christoper-nolan-dunkirk-first-full-trailer-tom-hardy-mark-rylance" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/14/christoper-nolan-dunkirk-first-full-trailer-tom-hardy-mark-rylance" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/14/christoper-nolan-dunkirk-first-full-trailer-tom-hardy-mark-rylance</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And Journey’s End</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/18/journeys-end-war-film-that-women-want-rc-sherriff-conflict-trauma" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/18/journeys-end-war-film-that-women-want-rc-sherriff-conflict-trauma" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/18/journeys-end-war-film-that-women-want-rc-sherriff-conflict-trauma</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Eagle Huntress</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/18/the-eagle-huntress-review-documentary-mongolia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/18/the-eagle-huntress-review-documentary-mongolia" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/18/the-eagle-huntress-review-documentary-mongolia</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anna Stothard: The Museum of Cathy</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/16/the-museum-of-cathy-by-anna-stothard-review" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/16/the-museum-of-cathy-by-anna-stothard-review" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/16/the-museum-of-cathy-by-anna-stothard-review</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites and downloads</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etcCourtly love</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/12/undercutting-fabric-courtly-love-tokens-love-wolfram-von-eschenbachs-parzival/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/12/undercutting-fabric-courtly-love-tokens-love-wolfram-von-eschenbachs-parzival/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2016/12/undercutting-fabric-courtly-love-tokens-love-wolfram-von-eschenbachs-parzival/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally - the Bazzy Christmas stocking</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gun adverts from Christmas past</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.guns.com/2016/12/14/serving-up-a-heaping-helping-of-those-old-gun-ads-photos/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.guns.com/2016/12/14/serving-up-a-heaping-helping-of-those-old-gun-ads-photos/" rel="nofollow">http://www.guns.com/2016/12/14/serving-up-a-heaping-helping-of-those-old-gun-ads-photos/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Disney Castle’s medieval origins</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/designed-disneys-castle-144071" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/designed-disneys-castle-144071" rel="nofollow">http://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/designed-disneys-castle-144071</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gaming for historians</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/12/gaming-history-computer-video-games-historical-scholarship/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/12/gaming-history-computer-video-games-historical-scholarship/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2016/12/gaming-history-computer-video-games-historical-scholarship/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Graphic novel take on a secret mission to the US and Canada in WW2</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3b77hv" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3b77hv" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3b77hv</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Game about trebuchets and castles</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.gamesgames.com/game/castle-clout" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gamesgames.com/game/castle-clout" rel="nofollow">http://www.gamesgames.com/game/castle-clout</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A few Magazines to leaf through- all the ICOMAM MAGAZINES online in one place</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://network.icom.museum/icomam/publications/the-magazine/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://network.icom.museum/icomam/publications/the-magazine/" rel="nofollow">http://network.icom.museum/icomam/publications/the-magazine/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christmas in Medieval York</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/11/think-todays-christmas-stressful-try-organizing-medieval-one/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/11/think-todays-christmas-stressful-try-organizing-medieval-one/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2016/11/think-todays-christmas-stressful-try-organizing-medieval-one/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight we tweeted the longest cannons we have seen- 5 metres &amp; counting…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Merry Christmas! </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –20 December 2016</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some people have asked me about making a contribution to the Newsletter – if you would like to support us, you can make a donation here through our Paypal account – see here for details:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www</a>.basiliscoe.com/id2.html</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/x-apple-ql-id://2FFFC384-319B-4F19-AC64-C33D4279937A/x-apple-ql-magic/430B9D1C-8D0F-4E73-9D54-BD32A2E2D13E.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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