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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 10536, member: 54"]<font size="6"><b><b>The Basiliscoe Mercury 206</b></b></font></p><p><b>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</b></p><p><b>Arms and armour in the news</b></p><p>With the imminent arrival of the Edinburgh Festival and the Glorious Twelfth, we have a good sprinkling of Scottish and hunting stories. Otherwise the usual mish-mash of mammoths, trebuchets, submarines and tournaments. Oh, and Barbie goes Games-of-Throning, in her new armour.</p><p><b>Obituary for William 'Bill' Reid</b></p><p><a href="http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=5557bc147d34993782f185bde&id=4bd35b67ff&e=05fc5d4d24" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=5557bc147d34993782f185bde&id=4bd35b67ff&e=05fc5d4d24" rel="nofollow"><u>http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=5557bc147d34993782f185bde&id=4bd35b67ff&e=05fc5d4d24</u></a></p><p><b>Ancient arms and forts</b></p><p>Feature on the Gallic chariot recently discovered in the Ardennes</p><p><a href="http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/07/2014/elite-gallic-chariot-burial-revealed" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/07/2014/elite-gallic-chariot-burial-revealed" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/07/2014/elite-gallic-chariot-burial-revealed</u></a></p><p>Catch up on excavations at Binchester Roman Fort</p><p><a href="http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/06052014/article/pompeii-of-the-north-revealed-by-archaeologists" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/06052014/article/pompeii-of-the-north-revealed-by-archaeologists" rel="nofollow"><u>http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/06052014/article/pompeii-of-the-north-revealed-by-archaeologists</u></a></p><p>Project to bring together all the evidence on Viking burials in Dublin nears completion</p><p><a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/the-vikings-beneath-modern-dublin-1.1867504" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/the-vikings-beneath-modern-dublin-1.1867504" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/the-vikings-beneath-modern-dublin-1.1867504</u></a></p><p>Update on the Royston cave - Edward III, retired curator and the Templars all feature…</p><p><a href="http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Link-to-King-Edward-III-paves-way-for-solving-mystery-behind-Royston-Cave-20140719060619.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Link-to-King-Edward-III-paves-way-for-solving-mystery-behind-Royston-Cave-20140719060619.htm" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Link-to-King-Edward-III-paves-way-for-solving-mystery-behind-Royston-Cave-20140719060619.htm</u></a></p><p><a href="http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/news/new_evidence_could_date_historic_royston_cave_to_the_mid_14th_century_1_3699235" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/news/new_evidence_could_date_historic_royston_cave_to_the_mid_14th_century_1_3699235" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/news/new_evidence_could_date_historic_royston_cave_to_the_mid_14th_century_1_3699235</u></a></p><p><font size="5"><b>Hunting round the world and through the ages</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>Ritual mammoth tusks in Mexico</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=71563" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=71563" rel="nofollow"><u>http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=71563</u></a></p><p>Bear claw found in Peruvian tomb - weapon or ritual costume?</p><p><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/#/science/science-news/1-500-year-old-claws-intrigue-archaeologists-peru-n154151" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nbcnews.com/#/science/science-news/1-500-year-old-claws-intrigue-archaeologists-peru-n154151" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.nbcnews.com/#/science/science-news/1-500-year-old-claws-intrigue-archaeologists-peru-n154151</u></a></p><p>Edinburgh’s whale bone arch goes for some tlc</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/historic-buildings/art492036-19th-century-whale-jawbones-leave-Edinburgh-Meadows-vital-repair-them-begins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/historic-buildings/art492036-19th-century-whale-jawbones-leave-Edinburgh-Meadows-vital-repair-them-begins" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/historic-buildings/art492036-19th-century-whale-jawbones-leave-Edinburgh-Meadows-vital-repair-them-begins</u></a></p><p>Hope you saved up enough for that "huntin’,fishin’ and shootin’" break</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/25/luxury-hunting-fishing-high-price-deer-salmon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/25/luxury-hunting-fishing-high-price-deer-salmon" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/25/luxury-hunting-fishing-high-price-deer-salmon</u></a></p><p>If not, just stay home and read <b><i>H is for Hawk</i></b> by Helen Macdonald instead</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/23/h-is-for-hawk-helen-macdonald-review" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/23/h-is-for-hawk-helen-macdonald-review" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/23/h-is-for-hawk-helen-macdonald-review</u></a></p><p><b>Grave stories</b></p><p>13000 year old victims of violence in Egypt go on show</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jul/14/13000-year-old-skeletons-war-dead-british-museum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jul/14/13000-year-old-skeletons-war-dead-british-museum" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jul/14/13000-year-old-skeletons-war-dead-british-museum</u></a></p><p>Boudicca’s victims found in Colchester</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art490654-Hacked-Roman-legs-jawbones-brutal-Boudiccan-battles-archaeologists" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art490654-Hacked-Roman-legs-jawbones-brutal-Boudiccan-battles-archaeologists" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art490654-Hacked-Roman-legs-jawbones-brutal-Boudiccan-battles-archaeologists</u></a></p><p>Re-creating the inhabitants of an Edinburgh graveyard</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art492359-Eerie-reconstructions-show-faces-diets-medieval-men-women-Edinburgh-graveyard" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art492359-Eerie-reconstructions-show-faces-diets-medieval-men-women-Edinburgh-graveyard" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art492359-Eerie-reconstructions-show-faces-diets-medieval-men-women-Edinburgh-graveyard</u></a></p><p>If this is your favourite section, you might like to know this is just out in paperback - perfect summer reading!</p><p>Nigel McCrery: <b><i>Silent Witnesses</i></b> </p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silent-Witnesses-Nigel-McCrery/dp/0099569248/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406372714&sr=1-1&keywords=silent+witnesses+nigel+mccrery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silent-Witnesses-Nigel-McCrery/dp/0099569248/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406372714&sr=1-1&keywords=silent+witnesses+nigel+mccrery" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silent-Witnesses-Nigel-McCrery/dp/0099569248/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406372714&sr=1-1&keywords=silent+witnesses+nigel+mccrery</u></a></p><p><b>On the Frontlines</b></p><p>Plan for Northampton’s battlefield</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-28161326" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-28161326" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-28161326</u></a></p><p>Update on the investigations round Lake George battle site</p><p><a href="http://www.troyrecord.com/science/20140719/archaeologists-excavate-colonial-battleground-in-lake-george" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.troyrecord.com/science/20140719/archaeologists-excavate-colonial-battleground-in-lake-george" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.troyrecord.com/science/20140719/archaeologists-excavate-colonial-battleground-in-lake-george</u></a></p><p><a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/excavating-last-mohicans-site-180952141/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=07232014&utm_content=smartnewsmohicansbattlefield2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/excavating-last-mohicans-site-180952141/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=07232014&utm_content=smartnewsmohicansbattlefield2" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/excavating-last-mohicans-site-180952141/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=07232014&utm_content=smartnewsmohicansbattlefield2</u></a></p><p>Finding FortHarrell?</p><p><a href="http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2014-07-10/news/fort-harrell-everglades-discovery/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2014-07-10/news/fort-harrell-everglades-discovery/" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2014-07-10/news/fort-harrell-everglades-discovery/</u></a></p><p><font size="5"><b>Cannons to the left, cannon to the right</b></font></p><p>The latest in Lasse Mattila's trebuchet experiments on impact and ranges <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyOcYrHosV8&app=desktop" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyOcYrHosV8&app=desktop" rel="nofollow"><u>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyOcYrHosV8&app=desktop</u></a></p><p>Two cannon redisplayed in North Shield’s Clifford’s Fort - picture</p><p><a href="http://www.thenetnorthshields.co.uk/return-of-historic-cannons-marks-the-start-of-old-low-light-refurbishment/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thenetnorthshields.co.uk/return-of-historic-cannons-marks-the-start-of-old-low-light-refurbishment/" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.thenetnorthshields.co.uk/return-of-historic-cannons-marks-the-start-of-old-low-light-refurbishment/</u></a></p><p><b>Miscellany</b></p><p>Scraps of medieval linen found in Northampton</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-28245779" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-28245779" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-28245779</u></a></p><p>Victorian boxing club investigated in York dig</p><p><a href="http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/11341457.Boxing_club_recorded_during_dig/?ref=rss" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/11341457.Boxing_club_recorded_during_dig/?ref=rss" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/11341457.Boxing_club_recorded_during_dig/?ref=rss</u></a></p><p><b>Into the 20th century</b></p><p>Surveying WWI training trenches in Norfolk</p><p><a href="http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/local/latest-local-news/mystery-unravels-at-first-world-war-practice-trenches-in-bircham-newton-1-6186614" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/local/latest-local-news/mystery-unravels-at-first-world-war-practice-trenches-in-bircham-newton-1-6186614" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/local/latest-local-news/mystery-unravels-at-first-world-war-practice-trenches-in-bircham-newton-1-6186614</u></a></p><p>Fascinating piece about Bashford Dean and helmet design in the First World War</p><p><a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/now-at-the-met/2014/bashford-dean-and-helmet-design-during-world-war-i#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/now-at-the-met/2014/bashford-dean-and-helmet-design-during-world-war-i#" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/now-at-the-met/2014/bashford-dean-and-helmet-design-during-world-war-i#</u></a></p><p><b>Today</b></p><p>Ukraine’s museums back in the frontline</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/71490/Ukraine-rebels-go-to-the-museum--To-steal-World-War-II-tanks-and-two-howitzers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/71490/Ukraine-rebels-go-to-the-museum--To-steal-World-War-II-tanks-and-two-howitzers" rel="nofollow"><u>http://artdaily.com/news/71490/Ukraine-rebels-go-to-the-museum--To-steal-World-War-II-tanks-and-two-howitzers</u></a></p><p>Iraq’s culture under fire</p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Islamic-militants-destroy-Muslim-shrine-in-Mosul/33336" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Islamic-militants-destroy-Muslim-shrine-in-Mosul/33336" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Islamic-militants-destroy-Muslim-shrine-in-Mosul/33336</u></a></p><p><b>Nautical news</b></p><p>Ancient naval ram discovered and identified in this illustrated article</p><p><a href="http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/06052014/article/ancient-naval-ram-found-in-phanagoria-reveals-history-of-popular-unrest-in-63-b-c" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/06052014/article/ancient-naval-ram-found-in-phanagoria-reveals-history-of-popular-unrest-in-63-b-c" rel="nofollow"><u>http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/06052014/article/ancient-naval-ram-found-in-phanagoria-reveals-history-of-popular-unrest-in-63-b-c</u></a></p><p>Update on work on HMS <i>London</i>, lost 1665</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-28466331" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-28466331" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-28466331</u></a></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jul/25/shipwreck-excavation-17th-century-london-southend" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jul/25/shipwreck-excavation-17th-century-london-southend" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jul/25/shipwreck-excavation-17th-century-london-southend</u></a></p><p>Conserving the keel of <i>La Belle</i></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/71603/La-Belle-artifacts-rolling-into-Austin--Arrival-of-325-year-old-keel-the-start-of-famed-ship-s-final-journey" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/71603/La-Belle-artifacts-rolling-into-Austin--Arrival-of-325-year-old-keel-the-start-of-famed-ship-s-final-journey" rel="nofollow"><u>http://artdaily.com/news/71603/La-Belle-artifacts-rolling-into-Austin--Arrival-of-325-year-old-keel-the-start-of-famed-ship-s-final-journey</u></a></p><p><a href="http://www.thebatt.com/news/view.php/788537/17th-century-ship-wreckage-travels-from-" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thebatt.com/news/view.php/788537/17th-century-ship-wreckage-travels-from-" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.thebatt.com/news/view.php/788537/17th-century-ship-wreckage-travels-from-</u></a></p><p>Remembering (and re-creating) dazzle campaign for camouflaged ships</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/jul/14/dazzle-ships-recreated-first-world-war-centenary" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/jul/14/dazzle-ships-recreated-first-world-war-centenary" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/jul/14/dazzle-ships-recreated-first-world-war-centenary</u></a></p><p>·<a href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe/status/488945576902684672" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe/status/488945576902684672" rel="nofollow"><u>Reply</u></a></p><p>·<a href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe/status/488945576902684672" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe/status/488945576902684672" rel="nofollow"><u>Retweet</u><u>Retweeted</u></a></p><p>·<a href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe/status/488945576902684672" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe/status/488945576902684672" rel="nofollow"><u>Delete</u></a></p><p>·<a href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe/status/488945576902684672" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe/status/488945576902684672" rel="nofollow"><u>Favorite</u><u>Favorited</u></a></p><p>·More</p><p>Exploring U-boat U-166 sunk off the coast of Texas (rather eerie!) <a href="http://www.khou.com/news/local/Shipwrecks-in-Gulf-are-ghostly-reminders-of-Nazis-off-Texas-coast-267105671.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.khou.com/news/local/Shipwrecks-in-Gulf-are-ghostly-reminders-of-Nazis-off-Texas-coast-267105671.html" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.khou.com/news/local/Shipwrecks-in-Gulf-are-ghostly-reminders-of-Nazis-off-Texas-coast-267105671.html</u></a></p><p>Sherman tank raised from ship lost in the Barents Sea</p><p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2705705/WWII-tank-salvaged-wreck-U-S-Arctic-convoy-ship-torpedoed-German-U-Boat-dying-days-war.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2705705/WWII-tank-salvaged-wreck-U-S-Arctic-convoy-ship-torpedoed-German-U-Boat-dying-days-war.html" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2705705/WWII-tank-salvaged-wreck-U-S-Arctic-convoy-ship-torpedoed-German-U-Boat-dying-days-war.html</u></a></p><p><b>Museum news and exhibitions</b></p><p><font size="5"><b>News</b></font></p><p>The Met is looking for a new arms and armor curator</p><p><a href="http://www.artcurators.org/networking/apply_now.aspx?view=2&id=211049" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.artcurators.org/networking/apply_now.aspx?view=2&id=211049" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.artcurators.org/networking/apply_now.aspx?view=2&id=211049</u></a></p><p>And its visitor figures stay healthy</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/71772/For-the-third-year-in-a-row--Metropolitan-Museum-announces-more-than-6-million-annual-attendance" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/71772/For-the-third-year-in-a-row--Metropolitan-Museum-announces-more-than-6-million-annual-attendance" rel="nofollow"><u>http://artdaily.com/news/71772/For-the-third-year-in-a-row--Metropolitan-Museum-announces-more-than-6-million-annual-attendance</u></a></p><p>NaturalHistoryMuseum get a royal scoop</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/71725/Prince-George-poses-for-birthday-photo-at-Natural-History-Museum--London" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/71725/Prince-George-poses-for-birthday-photo-at-Natural-History-Museum--London" rel="nofollow"><u>http://artdaily.com/news/71725/Prince-George-poses-for-birthday-photo-at-Natural-History-Museum--London</u></a></p><p>The future of Italy’s museums</p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Italian-culture-minister-pledges-to-give-museums-more-autonomy/33331" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Italian-culture-minister-pledges-to-give-museums-more-autonomy/33331" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Italian-culture-minister-pledges-to-give-museums-more-autonomy/33331</u></a></p><p>And summer reading:<b><i>A Strange Business: Making Art and Money in 19th-Century Britain</i></b> by James Hamilton</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/25/strange-business-art-money-nineteenth-century-britain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/25/strange-business-art-money-nineteenth-century-britain" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/25/strange-business-art-money-nineteenth-century-britain</u></a></p><p><b>New museums </b></p><p>Tour of Leicester’s new Richard III centre</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/22/richard-iii-visitor-centre-leicester" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/22/richard-iii-visitor-centre-leicester" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/22/richard-iii-visitor-centre-leicester</u></a></p><p>Feature about the IWM’s new displays in London, opening this month <a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/art490802-Every-object-tells-a-story-Imperial-War-Museums-new-atrium-promises-new-creative-displays" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/art490802-Every-object-tells-a-story-Imperial-War-Museums-new-atrium-promises-new-creative-displays" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/art490802-Every-object-tells-a-story-Imperial-War-Museums-new-atrium-promises-new-creative-displays</u></a></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/71538/Imperial-War-Museum-London-opens-new--permanent-First-World-War-Galleries" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/71538/Imperial-War-Museum-London-opens-new--permanent-First-World-War-Galleries" rel="nofollow"><u>http://artdaily.com/news/71538/Imperial-War-Museum-London-opens-new--permanent-First-World-War-Galleries</u></a></p><p>Princenhof in Delft re-opens</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/71642/Museum-Prinsenhof-Delft--located-in-a-15th-century-former-monastery--reopens-to-the-public" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/71642/Museum-Prinsenhof-Delft--located-in-a-15th-century-former-monastery--reopens-to-the-public" rel="nofollow"><u>http://artdaily.com/news/71642/Museum-Prinsenhof-Delft--located-in-a-15th-century-former-monastery--reopens-to-the-public</u></a></p><p>Tito’s yacht to become new museum</p><p><a href="http://www.ansa.it/ansamed/en/news/sections/tourism/2014/07/16/bars-and-restaurants-to-open-on-titos-legendary-yacht_37d8886b-0ad2-4315-8b10-3b23587883ba.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ansa.it/ansamed/en/news/sections/tourism/2014/07/16/bars-and-restaurants-to-open-on-titos-legendary-yacht_37d8886b-0ad2-4315-8b10-3b23587883ba.html" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.ansa.it/ansamed/en/news/sections/tourism/2014/07/16/bars-and-restaurants-to-open-on-titos-legendary-yacht_37d8886b-0ad2-4315-8b10-3b23587883ba.html</u></a></p><p><b>Museum developments</b></p><p>IWM’s new interactive WWI galleries</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art491130-Imperial-War-Museum-re-opens-with-astonishing-interactive-First-World-War-Gallery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art491130-Imperial-War-Museum-re-opens-with-astonishing-interactive-First-World-War-Gallery" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art491130-Imperial-War-Museum-re-opens-with-astonishing-interactive-First-World-War-Gallery</u></a></p><p>Apps for visiting north France</p><p><a href="http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/travel/where-history-comes-alive-two-new-apps-for-a-historical-journey-of-northern-france-9619480.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/travel/where-history-comes-alive-two-new-apps-for-a-historical-journey-of-northern-france-9619480.html" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/travel/where-history-comes-alive-two-new-apps-for-a-historical-journey-of-northern-france-9619480.html</u></a></p><p>Film about the Hermitage</p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Hermitage-film-chronicles-great-museums-turbulent-history/33327" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Hermitage-film-chronicles-great-museums-turbulent-history/33327" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Hermitage-film-chronicles-great-museums-turbulent-history/33327</u></a></p><p>Looking for lost stories and mementos of WWI around Europe</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art492343-Europeana-project-aims-forgotten-World-family-histories" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art492343-Europeana-project-aims-forgotten-World-family-histories" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art492343-Europeana-project-aims-forgotten-World-family-histories</u></a></p><p>York’s Episcopal registers to be digitalized</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/71771/York-awarded-Mellon-funding-for-digitisation-of-Archbishops--Registers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/71771/York-awarded-Mellon-funding-for-digitisation-of-Archbishops--Registers" rel="nofollow"><u>http://artdaily.com/news/71771/York-awarded-Mellon-funding-for-digitisation-of-Archbishops--Registers</u></a></p><p><b>Museum musings</b></p><p>Wide-ranging piece about art forgeries</p><p><a href="http://www.brooklynrail.org/2014/07/art/beyond-the-relic-cult-of-art" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.brooklynrail.org/2014/07/art/beyond-the-relic-cult-of-art" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.brooklynrail.org/2014/07/art/beyond-the-relic-cult-of-art</u></a></p><p><b>Conservation corner</b></p><p>US museums provide practical training and advice for Syrian museums</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/71546/United-States-museums-provide-emergency-support-for-Syrian-museum-collections" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/71546/United-States-museums-provide-emergency-support-for-Syrian-museum-collections" rel="nofollow"><u>http://artdaily.com/news/71546/United-States-museums-provide-emergency-support-for-Syrian-museum-collections</u></a></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/US-museums-provide-emergency-support-for-Syria/33309" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/US-museums-provide-emergency-support-for-Syria/33309" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/US-museums-provide-emergency-support-for-Syria/33309</u></a></p><p>Gothic Hall of the Santi Quattro Coronati convent restored</p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Romes-most-profane-Medieval-frescoes-unveiled/33256" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Romes-most-profane-Medieval-frescoes-unveiled/33256" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Romes-most-profane-Medieval-frescoes-unveiled/33256</u></a></p><p><b>Objects</b></p><p>Viking Sword connected to Hastings and Bannockburn comes up for sale - too much history!</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-28271904" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-28271904" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-28271904</u></a></p><p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2689177/Is-England-s-unluckiest-sword-Viking-broadsword-losing-four-history-s-greatest-battles-just-120-000.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2689177/Is-England-s-unluckiest-sword-Viking-broadsword-losing-four-history-s-greatest-battles-just-120-000.html" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2689177/Is-England-s-unluckiest-sword-Viking-broadsword-losing-four-history-s-greatest-battles-just-120-000.html</u></a></p><p>Story of an Aztec shield</p><p><a href="http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/07/2014/an-aztec-shield-gifted-to-a-conquistador" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/07/2014/an-aztec-shield-gifted-to-a-conquistador" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/07/2014/an-aztec-shield-gifted-to-a-conquistador</u></a></p><p>Horse pendant and WWI medal from Essex</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art491646-Festival-Archaeology-2014-Katie-Marsden-picks-medieval-pendant-World-War-medal" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art491646-Festival-Archaeology-2014-Katie-Marsden-picks-medieval-pendant-World-War-medal" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art491646-Festival-Archaeology-2014-Katie-Marsden-picks-medieval-pendant-World-War-medal</u></a></p><p>Always worth checking through your kilt - you never know what you will find</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-28470902" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-28470902" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-28470902</u></a></p><p>WWI undercoat in Brighton - interesting but sad story</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art490783-An-undercoat-worn-a-First-World-War-soldier-Brighton-Museum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art490783-An-undercoat-worn-a-First-World-War-soldier-Brighton-Museum" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art490783-An-undercoat-worn-a-First-World-War-soldier-Brighton-Museum</u></a></p><p>Laws on ownership of antique guns tightened</p><p><a href="http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk/tougher-antique-gun-laws-in-force-1.469416" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk/tougher-antique-gun-laws-in-force-1.469416" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk/tougher-antique-gun-laws-in-force-1.469416</u></a></p><p><b>Exhibitions</b></p><p>Round-up of UK’s First World War exhibitions this summer</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art492090-The-best-exhibitions-and-events-to-see-for-the-First-World-War-Centenary-in-2014" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art492090-The-best-exhibitions-and-events-to-see-for-the-First-World-War-Centenary-in-2014" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art492090-The-best-exhibitions-and-events-to-see-for-the-First-World-War-Centenary-in-2014</u></a></p><p>Buses go to war in London</p><p><a href="http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/</u></a></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art489033-Goodbye%20Piccadilly-the-buses-that-went-to-war-at-London-Transport-Museum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art489033-Goodbye%20Piccadilly-the-buses-that-went-to-war-at-London-Transport-Museum" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art489033-Goodbye%20Piccadilly-the-buses-that-went-to-war-at-London-Transport-Museum</u></a></p><p>Royal children in London</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/71773/A-new-exhibition-at-Buckingham-Palace-brings-together-nine-generations-of-royal-children" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/71773/A-new-exhibition-at-Buckingham-Palace-brings-together-nine-generations-of-royal-children" rel="nofollow"><u>http://artdaily.com/news/71773/A-new-exhibition-at-Buckingham-Palace-brings-together-nine-generations-of-royal-children</u></a></p><p><a href="http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/exhibitions/royal-childhood" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/exhibitions/royal-childhood" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/exhibitions/royal-childhood</u></a></p><p>Protests at the V&A</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/work-and-daily-life/political-history/art492493-Berlin-Palestinian-uprisings-Putin-protests-Disobedient-Objects" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/work-and-daily-life/political-history/art492493-Berlin-Palestinian-uprisings-Putin-protests-Disobedient-Objects" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/work-and-daily-life/political-history/art492493-Berlin-Palestinian-uprisings-Putin-protests-Disobedient-Objects</u></a></p><p><a href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/disobedient-objects/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/disobedient-objects/" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/disobedient-objects/</u></a></p><p>Henry VIII’s armour in Kent</p><p><a href="http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/henry_viii_s_armour_returns_to_leeds_castle_1_3697485" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/henry_viii_s_armour_returns_to_leeds_castle_1_3697485" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/henry_viii_s_armour_returns_to_leeds_castle_1_3697485</u></a></p><p><a href="http://www.leeds-castle.com/What%92s+On" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.leeds-castle.com/What%92s+On" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.leeds-castle.com/What%92s+On</u></a></p><p>WWI stories at Brighton</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art490906" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art490906" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art490906</u></a></p><p>Policing in Ireland</p><p><a href="http://www.museum.ie/en/exhibition/preserving-the-peace.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.museum.ie/en/exhibition/preserving-the-peace.aspx" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.museum.ie/en/exhibition/preserving-the-peace.aspx</u></a></p><p>Summer 1914 in Paris</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/71584/-Summer-of-1914--The-Last-Days-of-the-Old-World--opens-at-the-Biblioth-egrave-que-nationale-" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/71584/-Summer-of-1914--The-Last-Days-of-the-Old-World--opens-at-the-Biblioth-egrave-que-nationale-" rel="nofollow"><u>http://artdaily.com/news/71584/-Summer-of-1914--The-Last-Days-of-the-Old-World--opens-at-the-Biblioth-egrave-que-nationale-</u></a></p><p>King Wilhelm in Stuttgart</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/71573/Exhibition-marks-the-150th-anniversary-of-the-death-of-King-Wilhelm-I-of-W-rttemberg-" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/71573/Exhibition-marks-the-150th-anniversary-of-the-death-of-King-Wilhelm-I-of-W-rttemberg-" rel="nofollow"><u>http://artdaily.com/news/71573/Exhibition-marks-the-150th-anniversary-of-the-death-of-King-Wilhelm-I-of-W-rttemberg-</u></a></p><p><a href="http://www.staatsgalerie.de/ausstellung/koenigliche_sammellust/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.staatsgalerie.de/ausstellung/koenigliche_sammellust/" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.staatsgalerie.de/ausstellung/koenigliche_sammellust/</u></a></p><p>Magna Carta and WWI posters in Boston</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/71526/Over-There--Exhibition-of-posters-from-WWI-opens-at-the-Museum-of-Fine-Arts--Boston" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/71526/Over-There--Exhibition-of-posters-from-WWI-opens-at-the-Museum-of-Fine-Arts--Boston" rel="nofollow"><u>http://artdaily.com/news/71526/Over-There--Exhibition-of-posters-from-WWI-opens-at-the-Museum-of-Fine-Arts--Boston</u></a></p><p><a href="http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions</u></a></p><p><font size="5"><b>Books</b></font></p><p>A.J. Carson (Ed.), J. Ashdown-Hill, D. Johnson, W. Johnson & P.J. Langley: <b><i>Finding Richard III: The Official Account of Research by the Retrieval and Reburial Project</i></b></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/15/finding-richard-iii-official-account/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/15/finding-richard-iii-official-account/" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/15/finding-richard-iii-official-account/</u></a></p><p><b><i>De Nimègue à Java: Les soldats suisses au service de la Hollande</i></b></p><p><b><i>XVIIe - XXe siècles</i></b></p><p><a href="http://www.musees.vd.ch/fr/no_cache/chateau-morges/expositions/actualites/actualites-detail/article/nouvelle-publication/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.musees.vd.ch/fr/no_cache/chateau-morges/expositions/actualites/actualites-detail/article/nouvelle-publication/" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.musees.vd.ch/fr/no_cache/chateau-morges/expositions/actualites/actualites-detail/article/nouvelle-publication/</u></a></p><p><a href="http://www.musees.vd.ch/fileadmin/groups/14/images/expositions/Catalogue_CH_Serv_Hollande_Bon_comm.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.musees.vd.ch/fileadmin/groups/14/images/expositions/Catalogue_CH_Serv_Hollande_Bon_comm.pdf" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.musees.vd.ch/fileadmin/groups/14/images/expositions/Catalogue_CH_Serv_Hollande_Bon_comm.pdf</u></a></p><p><b><i>Critical Military Studies</i></b> - Call for Papers</p><p><a href="http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/pgas/rcms-cfp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/pgas/rcms-cfp" rel="nofollow"><u>http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/pgas/rcms-cfp</u></a></p><p>Latest titles from Osprey</p><p><a href="http://www.ospreypublishing.com/weapon/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ospreypublishing.com/weapon/" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.ospreypublishing.com/weapon/</u></a></p><p><a href="http://www.ospreypublishing.com/new_vanguard/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ospreypublishing.com/new_vanguard/" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.ospreypublishing.com/new_vanguard/</u></a></p><p>The Bodliean have some new WWI titles</p><p><a href="http://www.bodleianbookshop.co.uk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bodleianbookshop.co.uk/" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.bodleianbookshop.co.uk/</u></a></p><p><b>Online books</b></p><p>H.C.W. Angelo: <b><i>The school of fencing</i></b></p><p><a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=K0cCAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=angelo+fencing&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8MzTU-mzJMmAPdexgIAP&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=angelo%20fencing&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=K0cCAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=angelo+fencing&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8MzTU-mzJMmAPdexgIAP&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=angelo%20fencing&f=false" rel="nofollow"><u>http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=K0cCAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=angelo+fencing&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8MzTU-mzJMmAPdexgIAP&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=angelo%20fencing&f=false</u></a></p><p><font size="6"><b>Frederick Markham: <b><i>Shooting in the Himalayas: A Journal of Sporting Adventures </i></b></b></font></p><p><a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nkAFAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=shooting&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pczTU5LGE4fmObPZgIAP&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=shooting&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nkAFAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=shooting&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pczTU5LGE4fmObPZgIAP&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=shooting&f=false" rel="nofollow"><u>http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nkAFAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=shooting&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pczTU5LGE4fmObPZgIAP&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=shooting&f=false</u></a></p><p><font size="5"><b>Popular culture</b></font></p><p>British writers reveal their inspiration from stories of the Great War</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/26/untold-stories-first-world-war-leading-writers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/26/untold-stories-first-world-war-leading-writers" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/26/untold-stories-first-world-war-leading-writers</u></a></p><p>Review of <b><i>Valiant Hearts: The Great War</i></b></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/20/valiant-hearts-the-great-war-review" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/20/valiant-hearts-the-great-war-review" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/20/valiant-hearts-the-great-war-review</u></a></p><p>A look at recent reel histories</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/series/reelhistory" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/series/reelhistory" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.theguardian.com/film/series/reelhistory</u></a></p><p>Barbie gets a new suit of armour- pictures</p><p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/3dprinted-medieval-armour-turns-barbie-into-a-dragon-slayer-9611557.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/3dprinted-medieval-armour-turns-barbie-into-a-dragon-slayer-9611557.html" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/3dprinted-medieval-armour-turns-barbie-into-a-dragon-slayer-9611557.html</u></a></p><p><b>Events</b></p><p>News from Brussells</p><p><a href="http://www.legermuseum.be/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.legermuseum.be/" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.legermuseum.be/</u></a></p><p>Paris</p><p><a href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/evenements.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/evenements.html" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/evenements.html</u></a></p><p>HBSA</p><p><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/hbsauk/home" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sites.google.com/site/hbsauk/home" rel="nofollow"><u>https://sites.google.com/site/hbsauk/home</u></a></p><p><b>Diary dates - a lot of tournaments</b></p><p>Denmark tournament</p><p><a href="http://www.middelaldercentret.dk/Events/joustofthegolden.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.middelaldercentret.dk/Events/joustofthegolden.html" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.middelaldercentret.dk/Events/joustofthegolden.html</u></a></p><p>Kaltenberg’s tournament</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/jul/14/worlds-biggest-joust-bavaria-germany" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/jul/14/worlds-biggest-joust-bavaria-germany" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/jul/14/worlds-biggest-joust-bavaria-germany</u></a></p><p><a href="http://www.ritterturnier.de/en/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ritterturnier.de/en/" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.ritterturnier.de/en/</u></a></p><p>England</p><p><a href="http://themedievalfestival.leeds-castle.com/home" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://themedievalfestival.leeds-castle.com/home" rel="nofollow"><u>http://themedievalfestival.leeds-castle.com/home</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/events/knights-and-jousts/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/events/knights-and-jousts/" rel="nofollow"><u>https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/events/knights-and-jousts/</u></a></p><p><b>Calls for papers</b></p><p><b>3-6 June 2015 Madrid</b></p><p>ARCHAEOMETALLURGY IN EUROPE<a href="http://www.congresos.cchs.csic.es/aie4/call-for-papers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.congresos.cchs.csic.es/aie4/call-for-papers" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.congresos.cchs.csic.es/aie4/call-for-papers</u></a></p><p><b>Sales Fairs and auctions</b></p><p>Collection of artillery offered for sale this autumn</p><p><a href="http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/</u></a></p><p>30 July 2014 London</p><p>Modern Sporting Guns</p><p><a href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21658/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21658/" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21658/</u></a></p><p><b>Websites and downloads</b></p><p>Illustrated article in Italian by Giovanni Dellantonio on cannons of Gregor Löffler</p><p><a href="http://www.academia.edu/7527425/Due_di_dodici_con_Giove_Ammone_i_falconetti_di_Gregor_Loffler_per_Sigismondo_Thun_datati_1554_Carlo_V_e_il_rame_di_Ferdinando_I_dAsburgo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.academia.edu/7527425/Due_di_dodici_con_Giove_Ammone_i_falconetti_di_Gregor_Loffler_per_Sigismondo_Thun_datati_1554_Carlo_V_e_il_rame_di_Ferdinando_I_dAsburgo" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.academia.edu/7527425/Due_di_dodici_con_Giove_Ammone_i_falconetti_di_Gregor_Loffler_per_Sigismondo_Thun_datati_1554_Carlo_V_e_il_rame_di_Ferdinando_I_dAsburgo</u></a></p><p>Submarine B-396, Moscow</p><p><a href="http://englishrussia.com/2014/07/17/submarine-b-396-one-of-the-best-moscow-museums/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://englishrussia.com/2014/07/17/submarine-b-396-one-of-the-best-moscow-museums/" rel="nofollow"><u>http://englishrussia.com/2014/07/17/submarine-b-396-one-of-the-best-moscow-museums/</u></a></p><p>Latest magazine from Les Invalides</p><p><a href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/Echo-du-Dome/museearmee_echodudome_30.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/Echo-du-Dome/museearmee_echodudome_30.pdf" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.musee-armee.fr/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/Echo-du-Dome/museearmee_echodudome_30.pdf</u></a></p><p>Updates at DeReMilitari</p><p><a href="http://deremilitari.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://deremilitari.org/" rel="nofollow"><u>http://deremilitari.org/</u></a></p><p><b>1066 etc: </b>Jousts, castles, cities</p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/18/urban-jousts-the-later-middle-ages-white-bear-bruges/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/18/urban-jousts-the-later-middle-ages-white-bear-bruges/" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/18/urban-jousts-the-later-middle-ages-white-bear-bruges/</u></a></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/16/images-castles-medieval-manuscripts/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/16/images-castles-medieval-manuscripts/" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/16/images-castles-medieval-manuscripts/</u></a></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/22/image-city-peace-war-burgundian-manuscript-jean-froissarts-chronicles/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/22/image-city-peace-war-burgundian-manuscript-jean-froissarts-chronicles/" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/22/image-city-peace-war-burgundian-manuscript-jean-froissarts-chronicles/</u></a></p><p><b>Finally</b></p><p>This fortnight we tweeted Shropshire monuments, with added squirrels</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe" rel="nofollow"><u>https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe</u></a></p><p><b>Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown – 28 July 2014</b></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><a href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" rel="nofollow"><u>http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html</u></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 10536, member: 54"][SIZE=6][B][B]The Basiliscoe Mercury 206[/B][/B][/SIZE] [B]TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community Arms and armour in the news[/B] With the imminent arrival of the Edinburgh Festival and the Glorious Twelfth, we have a good sprinkling of Scottish and hunting stories. Otherwise the usual mish-mash of mammoths, trebuchets, submarines and tournaments. Oh, and Barbie goes Games-of-Throning, in her new armour. [B]Obituary for William 'Bill' Reid[/B] [URL='http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=5557bc147d34993782f185bde&id=4bd35b67ff&e=05fc5d4d24'][U]http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=5557bc147d34993782f185bde&id=4bd35b67ff&e=05fc5d4d24[/U][/URL] [B]Ancient arms and forts[/B] Feature on the Gallic chariot recently discovered in the Ardennes [URL='http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/07/2014/elite-gallic-chariot-burial-revealed'][U]http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/07/2014/elite-gallic-chariot-burial-revealed[/U][/URL] Catch up on excavations at Binchester Roman Fort [URL='http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/06052014/article/pompeii-of-the-north-revealed-by-archaeologists'][U]http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/06052014/article/pompeii-of-the-north-revealed-by-archaeologists[/U][/URL] Project to bring together all the evidence on Viking burials in Dublin nears completion [URL='http://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/the-vikings-beneath-modern-dublin-1.1867504'][U]http://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/the-vikings-beneath-modern-dublin-1.1867504[/U][/URL] Update on the Royston cave - Edward III, retired curator and the Templars all feature… [URL='http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Link-to-King-Edward-III-paves-way-for-solving-mystery-behind-Royston-Cave-20140719060619.htm'][U]http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Link-to-King-Edward-III-paves-way-for-solving-mystery-behind-Royston-Cave-20140719060619.htm[/U][/URL] [URL='http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/news/new_evidence_could_date_historic_royston_cave_to_the_mid_14th_century_1_3699235'][U]http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/news/new_evidence_could_date_historic_royston_cave_to_the_mid_14th_century_1_3699235[/U][/URL] [SIZE=5][B]Hunting round the world and through the ages[/B][/SIZE] Ritual mammoth tusks in Mexico [URL='http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=71563'][U]http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=71563[/U][/URL] Bear claw found in Peruvian tomb - weapon or ritual costume? [URL='http://www.nbcnews.com/#/science/science-news/1-500-year-old-claws-intrigue-archaeologists-peru-n154151'][U]http://www.nbcnews.com/#/science/science-news/1-500-year-old-claws-intrigue-archaeologists-peru-n154151[/U][/URL] Edinburgh’s whale bone arch goes for some tlc [URL='http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/historic-buildings/art492036-19th-century-whale-jawbones-leave-Edinburgh-Meadows-vital-repair-them-begins'][U]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/historic-buildings/art492036-19th-century-whale-jawbones-leave-Edinburgh-Meadows-vital-repair-them-begins[/U][/URL] Hope you saved up enough for that "huntin’,fishin’ and shootin’" break [URL='http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/25/luxury-hunting-fishing-high-price-deer-salmon'][U]http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/25/luxury-hunting-fishing-high-price-deer-salmon[/U][/URL] If not, just stay home and read [B][I]H is for Hawk[/I][/B] by Helen Macdonald instead [URL='http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/23/h-is-for-hawk-helen-macdonald-review'][U]http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/23/h-is-for-hawk-helen-macdonald-review[/U][/URL] [B]Grave stories[/B] 13000 year old victims of violence in Egypt go on show [URL='http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jul/14/13000-year-old-skeletons-war-dead-british-museum'][U]http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jul/14/13000-year-old-skeletons-war-dead-british-museum[/U][/URL] Boudicca’s victims found in Colchester [URL='http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art490654-Hacked-Roman-legs-jawbones-brutal-Boudiccan-battles-archaeologists'][U]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art490654-Hacked-Roman-legs-jawbones-brutal-Boudiccan-battles-archaeologists[/U][/URL] Re-creating the inhabitants of an Edinburgh graveyard [URL='http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art492359-Eerie-reconstructions-show-faces-diets-medieval-men-women-Edinburgh-graveyard'][U]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art492359-Eerie-reconstructions-show-faces-diets-medieval-men-women-Edinburgh-graveyard[/U][/URL] If this is your favourite section, you might like to know this is just out in paperback - perfect summer reading! Nigel McCrery: [B][I]Silent Witnesses[/I][/B] [URL='http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silent-Witnesses-Nigel-McCrery/dp/0099569248/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406372714&sr=1-1&keywords=silent+witnesses+nigel+mccrery'][U]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silent-Witnesses-Nigel-McCrery/dp/0099569248/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1406372714&sr=1-1&keywords=silent+witnesses+nigel+mccrery[/U][/URL] [B]On the Frontlines[/B] Plan for Northampton’s battlefield [URL='http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-28161326'][U]http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-28161326[/U][/URL] Update on the investigations round Lake George battle site [URL='http://www.troyrecord.com/science/20140719/archaeologists-excavate-colonial-battleground-in-lake-george'][U]http://www.troyrecord.com/science/20140719/archaeologists-excavate-colonial-battleground-in-lake-george[/U][/URL] [URL='http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/excavating-last-mohicans-site-180952141/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=07232014&utm_content=smartnewsmohicansbattlefield2'][U]http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/excavating-last-mohicans-site-180952141/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=07232014&utm_content=smartnewsmohicansbattlefield2[/U][/URL] Finding FortHarrell? [URL='http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2014-07-10/news/fort-harrell-everglades-discovery/'][U]http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2014-07-10/news/fort-harrell-everglades-discovery/[/U][/URL] [SIZE=5][B]Cannons to the left, cannon to the right[/B][/SIZE] The latest in Lasse Mattila's trebuchet experiments on impact and ranges [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyOcYrHosV8&app=desktop'][U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyOcYrHosV8&app=desktop[/U][/URL] Two cannon redisplayed in North Shield’s Clifford’s Fort - picture [URL='http://www.thenetnorthshields.co.uk/return-of-historic-cannons-marks-the-start-of-old-low-light-refurbishment/'][U]http://www.thenetnorthshields.co.uk/return-of-historic-cannons-marks-the-start-of-old-low-light-refurbishment/[/U][/URL] [B]Miscellany[/B] Scraps of medieval linen found in Northampton [URL='http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-28245779'][U]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-28245779[/U][/URL] Victorian boxing club investigated in York dig [URL='http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/11341457.Boxing_club_recorded_during_dig/?ref=rss'][U]http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/11341457.Boxing_club_recorded_during_dig/?ref=rss[/U][/URL] [B]Into the 20th century[/B] Surveying WWI training trenches in Norfolk [URL='http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/local/latest-local-news/mystery-unravels-at-first-world-war-practice-trenches-in-bircham-newton-1-6186614'][U]http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/local/latest-local-news/mystery-unravels-at-first-world-war-practice-trenches-in-bircham-newton-1-6186614[/U][/URL] Fascinating piece about Bashford Dean and helmet design in the First World War [URL='http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/now-at-the-met/2014/bashford-dean-and-helmet-design-during-world-war-i#'][U]http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/now-at-the-met/2014/bashford-dean-and-helmet-design-during-world-war-i#[/U][/URL] [B]Today[/B] Ukraine’s museums back in the frontline [URL='http://artdaily.com/news/71490/Ukraine-rebels-go-to-the-museum--To-steal-World-War-II-tanks-and-two-howitzers'][U]http://artdaily.com/news/71490/Ukraine-rebels-go-to-the-museum--To-steal-World-War-II-tanks-and-two-howitzers[/U][/URL] Iraq’s culture under fire [URL='http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Islamic-militants-destroy-Muslim-shrine-in-Mosul/33336'][U]http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Islamic-militants-destroy-Muslim-shrine-in-Mosul/33336[/U][/URL] [B]Nautical news[/B] Ancient naval ram discovered and identified in this illustrated article [URL='http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/06052014/article/ancient-naval-ram-found-in-phanagoria-reveals-history-of-popular-unrest-in-63-b-c'][U]http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/06052014/article/ancient-naval-ram-found-in-phanagoria-reveals-history-of-popular-unrest-in-63-b-c[/U][/URL] Update on work on HMS [I]London[/I], lost 1665 [URL='http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-28466331'][U]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-28466331[/U][/URL] [URL='http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jul/25/shipwreck-excavation-17th-century-london-southend'][U]http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jul/25/shipwreck-excavation-17th-century-london-southend[/U][/URL] Conserving the keel of [I]La Belle[/I] [URL='http://artdaily.com/news/71603/La-Belle-artifacts-rolling-into-Austin--Arrival-of-325-year-old-keel-the-start-of-famed-ship-s-final-journey'][U]http://artdaily.com/news/71603/La-Belle-artifacts-rolling-into-Austin--Arrival-of-325-year-old-keel-the-start-of-famed-ship-s-final-journey[/U][/URL] [URL='http://www.thebatt.com/news/view.php/788537/17th-century-ship-wreckage-travels-from-'][U]http://www.thebatt.com/news/view.php/788537/17th-century-ship-wreckage-travels-from-[/U][/URL] Remembering (and re-creating) dazzle campaign for camouflaged ships [URL='http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/jul/14/dazzle-ships-recreated-first-world-war-centenary'][U]http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/jul/14/dazzle-ships-recreated-first-world-war-centenary[/U][/URL] ·[URL='https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe/status/488945576902684672'][U]Reply[/U][/URL] ·[URL='https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe/status/488945576902684672'][U]Retweet[/U][U]Retweeted[/U][/URL] ·[URL='https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe/status/488945576902684672'][U]Delete[/U][/URL] ·[URL='https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe/status/488945576902684672'][U]Favorite[/U][U]Favorited[/U][/URL] ·More Exploring U-boat U-166 sunk off the coast of Texas (rather eerie!) [URL='http://www.khou.com/news/local/Shipwrecks-in-Gulf-are-ghostly-reminders-of-Nazis-off-Texas-coast-267105671.html'][U]http://www.khou.com/news/local/Shipwrecks-in-Gulf-are-ghostly-reminders-of-Nazis-off-Texas-coast-267105671.html[/U][/URL] Sherman tank raised from ship lost in the Barents Sea [URL='http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2705705/WWII-tank-salvaged-wreck-U-S-Arctic-convoy-ship-torpedoed-German-U-Boat-dying-days-war.html'][U]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2705705/WWII-tank-salvaged-wreck-U-S-Arctic-convoy-ship-torpedoed-German-U-Boat-dying-days-war.html[/U][/URL] [B]Museum news and exhibitions[/B] [SIZE=5][B]News[/B][/SIZE] The Met is looking for a new arms and armor curator [URL='http://www.artcurators.org/networking/apply_now.aspx?view=2&id=211049'][U]http://www.artcurators.org/networking/apply_now.aspx?view=2&id=211049[/U][/URL] And its visitor figures stay healthy [URL='http://artdaily.com/news/71772/For-the-third-year-in-a-row--Metropolitan-Museum-announces-more-than-6-million-annual-attendance'][U]http://artdaily.com/news/71772/For-the-third-year-in-a-row--Metropolitan-Museum-announces-more-than-6-million-annual-attendance[/U][/URL] NaturalHistoryMuseum get a royal scoop [URL='http://artdaily.com/news/71725/Prince-George-poses-for-birthday-photo-at-Natural-History-Museum--London'][U]http://artdaily.com/news/71725/Prince-George-poses-for-birthday-photo-at-Natural-History-Museum--London[/U][/URL] The future of Italy’s museums [URL='http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Italian-culture-minister-pledges-to-give-museums-more-autonomy/33331'][U]http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Italian-culture-minister-pledges-to-give-museums-more-autonomy/33331[/U][/URL] And summer reading:[B][I]A Strange Business: Making Art and Money in 19th-Century Britain[/I][/B] by James Hamilton [URL='http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/25/strange-business-art-money-nineteenth-century-britain'][U]http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/25/strange-business-art-money-nineteenth-century-britain[/U][/URL] [B]New museums [/B] Tour of Leicester’s new Richard III centre [URL='http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/22/richard-iii-visitor-centre-leicester'][U]http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jul/22/richard-iii-visitor-centre-leicester[/U][/URL] Feature about the IWM’s new displays in London, opening this month [URL='http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/art490802-Every-object-tells-a-story-Imperial-War-Museums-new-atrium-promises-new-creative-displays'][U]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/art490802-Every-object-tells-a-story-Imperial-War-Museums-new-atrium-promises-new-creative-displays[/U][/URL] [URL='http://artdaily.com/news/71538/Imperial-War-Museum-London-opens-new--permanent-First-World-War-Galleries'][U]http://artdaily.com/news/71538/Imperial-War-Museum-London-opens-new--permanent-First-World-War-Galleries[/U][/URL] Princenhof in Delft re-opens [URL='http://artdaily.com/news/71642/Museum-Prinsenhof-Delft--located-in-a-15th-century-former-monastery--reopens-to-the-public'][U]http://artdaily.com/news/71642/Museum-Prinsenhof-Delft--located-in-a-15th-century-former-monastery--reopens-to-the-public[/U][/URL] Tito’s yacht to become new museum [URL='http://www.ansa.it/ansamed/en/news/sections/tourism/2014/07/16/bars-and-restaurants-to-open-on-titos-legendary-yacht_37d8886b-0ad2-4315-8b10-3b23587883ba.html'][U]http://www.ansa.it/ansamed/en/news/sections/tourism/2014/07/16/bars-and-restaurants-to-open-on-titos-legendary-yacht_37d8886b-0ad2-4315-8b10-3b23587883ba.html[/U][/URL] [B]Museum developments[/B] IWM’s new interactive WWI galleries [URL='http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art491130-Imperial-War-Museum-re-opens-with-astonishing-interactive-First-World-War-Gallery'][U]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art491130-Imperial-War-Museum-re-opens-with-astonishing-interactive-First-World-War-Gallery[/U][/URL] Apps for visiting north France [URL='http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/travel/where-history-comes-alive-two-new-apps-for-a-historical-journey-of-northern-france-9619480.html'][U]http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/travel/where-history-comes-alive-two-new-apps-for-a-historical-journey-of-northern-france-9619480.html[/U][/URL] Film about the Hermitage [URL='http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Hermitage-film-chronicles-great-museums-turbulent-history/33327'][U]http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Hermitage-film-chronicles-great-museums-turbulent-history/33327[/U][/URL] Looking for lost stories and mementos of WWI around Europe [URL='http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art492343-Europeana-project-aims-forgotten-World-family-histories'][U]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art492343-Europeana-project-aims-forgotten-World-family-histories[/U][/URL] York’s Episcopal registers to be digitalized [URL='http://artdaily.com/news/71771/York-awarded-Mellon-funding-for-digitisation-of-Archbishops--Registers'][U]http://artdaily.com/news/71771/York-awarded-Mellon-funding-for-digitisation-of-Archbishops--Registers[/U][/URL] [B]Museum musings[/B] Wide-ranging piece about art forgeries [URL='http://www.brooklynrail.org/2014/07/art/beyond-the-relic-cult-of-art'][U]http://www.brooklynrail.org/2014/07/art/beyond-the-relic-cult-of-art[/U][/URL] [B]Conservation corner[/B] US museums provide practical training and advice for Syrian museums [URL='http://artdaily.com/news/71546/United-States-museums-provide-emergency-support-for-Syrian-museum-collections'][U]http://artdaily.com/news/71546/United-States-museums-provide-emergency-support-for-Syrian-museum-collections[/U][/URL] [URL='http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/US-museums-provide-emergency-support-for-Syria/33309'][U]http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/US-museums-provide-emergency-support-for-Syria/33309[/U][/URL] Gothic Hall of the Santi Quattro Coronati convent restored [URL='http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Romes-most-profane-Medieval-frescoes-unveiled/33256'][U]http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Romes-most-profane-Medieval-frescoes-unveiled/33256[/U][/URL] [B]Objects[/B] Viking Sword connected to Hastings and Bannockburn comes up for sale - too much history! [URL='http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-28271904'][U]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-28271904[/U][/URL] [URL='http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2689177/Is-England-s-unluckiest-sword-Viking-broadsword-losing-four-history-s-greatest-battles-just-120-000.html'][U]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2689177/Is-England-s-unluckiest-sword-Viking-broadsword-losing-four-history-s-greatest-battles-just-120-000.html[/U][/URL] Story of an Aztec shield [URL='http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/07/2014/an-aztec-shield-gifted-to-a-conquistador'][U]http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/07/2014/an-aztec-shield-gifted-to-a-conquistador[/U][/URL] Horse pendant and WWI medal from Essex [URL='http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art491646-Festival-Archaeology-2014-Katie-Marsden-picks-medieval-pendant-World-War-medal'][U]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art491646-Festival-Archaeology-2014-Katie-Marsden-picks-medieval-pendant-World-War-medal[/U][/URL] Always worth checking through your kilt - you never know what you will find [URL='http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-28470902'][U]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-28470902[/U][/URL] WWI undercoat in Brighton - interesting but sad story [URL='http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art490783-An-undercoat-worn-a-First-World-War-soldier-Brighton-Museum'][U]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art490783-An-undercoat-worn-a-First-World-War-soldier-Brighton-Museum[/U][/URL] Laws on ownership of antique guns tightened [URL='http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk/tougher-antique-gun-laws-in-force-1.469416'][U]http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/uk/tougher-antique-gun-laws-in-force-1.469416[/U][/URL] [B]Exhibitions[/B] Round-up of UK’s First World War exhibitions this summer [URL='http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art492090-The-best-exhibitions-and-events-to-see-for-the-First-World-War-Centenary-in-2014'][U]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art492090-The-best-exhibitions-and-events-to-see-for-the-First-World-War-Centenary-in-2014[/U][/URL] Buses go to war in London [URL='http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/'][U]http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/[/U][/URL] [URL='http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art489033-Goodbye%20Piccadilly-the-buses-that-went-to-war-at-London-Transport-Museum'][U]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art489033-Goodbye%20Piccadilly-the-buses-that-went-to-war-at-London-Transport-Museum[/U][/URL] Royal children in London [URL='http://artdaily.com/news/71773/A-new-exhibition-at-Buckingham-Palace-brings-together-nine-generations-of-royal-children'][U]http://artdaily.com/news/71773/A-new-exhibition-at-Buckingham-Palace-brings-together-nine-generations-of-royal-children[/U][/URL] [URL='http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/exhibitions/royal-childhood'][U]http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/exhibitions/royal-childhood[/U][/URL] Protests at the V&A [URL='http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/work-and-daily-life/political-history/art492493-Berlin-Palestinian-uprisings-Putin-protests-Disobedient-Objects'][U]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/work-and-daily-life/political-history/art492493-Berlin-Palestinian-uprisings-Putin-protests-Disobedient-Objects[/U][/URL] [URL='http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/disobedient-objects/'][U]http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/disobedient-objects/[/U][/URL] Henry VIII’s armour in Kent [URL='http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/henry_viii_s_armour_returns_to_leeds_castle_1_3697485'][U]http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/henry_viii_s_armour_returns_to_leeds_castle_1_3697485[/U][/URL] [URL='http://www.leeds-castle.com/What%92s+On'][U]http://www.leeds-castle.com/What%92s+On[/U][/URL] WWI stories at Brighton [URL='http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art490906'][U]http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/war-and-conflict/first-world-war/art490906[/U][/URL] Policing in Ireland [URL='http://www.museum.ie/en/exhibition/preserving-the-peace.aspx'][U]http://www.museum.ie/en/exhibition/preserving-the-peace.aspx[/U][/URL] Summer 1914 in Paris [URL='http://artdaily.com/news/71584/-Summer-of-1914--The-Last-Days-of-the-Old-World--opens-at-the-Biblioth-egrave-que-nationale-'][U]http://artdaily.com/news/71584/-Summer-of-1914--The-Last-Days-of-the-Old-World--opens-at-the-Biblioth-egrave-que-nationale-[/U][/URL] King Wilhelm in Stuttgart [URL='http://artdaily.com/news/71573/Exhibition-marks-the-150th-anniversary-of-the-death-of-King-Wilhelm-I-of-W-rttemberg-'][U]http://artdaily.com/news/71573/Exhibition-marks-the-150th-anniversary-of-the-death-of-King-Wilhelm-I-of-W-rttemberg-[/U][/URL] [URL='http://www.staatsgalerie.de/ausstellung/koenigliche_sammellust/'][U]http://www.staatsgalerie.de/ausstellung/koenigliche_sammellust/[/U][/URL] Magna Carta and WWI posters in Boston [URL='http://artdaily.com/news/71526/Over-There--Exhibition-of-posters-from-WWI-opens-at-the-Museum-of-Fine-Arts--Boston'][U]http://artdaily.com/news/71526/Over-There--Exhibition-of-posters-from-WWI-opens-at-the-Museum-of-Fine-Arts--Boston[/U][/URL] [URL='http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions'][U]http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions[/U][/URL] [SIZE=5][B]Books[/B][/SIZE] A.J. Carson (Ed.), J. Ashdown-Hill, D. Johnson, W. Johnson & P.J. Langley: [B][I]Finding Richard III: The Official Account of Research by the Retrieval and Reburial Project[/I][/B] [URL='http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/15/finding-richard-iii-official-account/'][U]http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/15/finding-richard-iii-official-account/[/U][/URL] [B][I]De Nimègue à Java: Les soldats suisses au service de la Hollande XVIIe - XXe siècles[/I][/B] [URL='http://www.musees.vd.ch/fr/no_cache/chateau-morges/expositions/actualites/actualites-detail/article/nouvelle-publication/'][U]http://www.musees.vd.ch/fr/no_cache/chateau-morges/expositions/actualites/actualites-detail/article/nouvelle-publication/[/U][/URL] [URL='http://www.musees.vd.ch/fileadmin/groups/14/images/expositions/Catalogue_CH_Serv_Hollande_Bon_comm.pdf'][U]http://www.musees.vd.ch/fileadmin/groups/14/images/expositions/Catalogue_CH_Serv_Hollande_Bon_comm.pdf[/U][/URL] [B][I]Critical Military Studies[/I][/B] - Call for Papers [URL='http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/pgas/rcms-cfp'][U]http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/pgas/rcms-cfp[/U][/URL] Latest titles from Osprey [URL='http://www.ospreypublishing.com/weapon/'][U]http://www.ospreypublishing.com/weapon/[/U][/URL] [URL='http://www.ospreypublishing.com/new_vanguard/'][U]http://www.ospreypublishing.com/new_vanguard/[/U][/URL] The Bodliean have some new WWI titles [URL='http://www.bodleianbookshop.co.uk/'][U]http://www.bodleianbookshop.co.uk/[/U][/URL] [B]Online books[/B] H.C.W. Angelo: [B][I]The school of fencing[/I][/B] [URL='http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=K0cCAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=angelo+fencing&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8MzTU-mzJMmAPdexgIAP&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=angelo%20fencing&f=false'][U]http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=K0cCAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=angelo+fencing&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8MzTU-mzJMmAPdexgIAP&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=angelo%20fencing&f=false[/U][/URL] [SIZE=6][B]Frederick Markham: [B][I]Shooting in the Himalayas: A Journal of Sporting Adventures [/I][/B][/B][/SIZE] [URL='http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nkAFAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=shooting&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pczTU5LGE4fmObPZgIAP&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=shooting&f=false'][U]http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nkAFAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=shooting&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pczTU5LGE4fmObPZgIAP&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=shooting&f=false[/U][/URL] [SIZE=5][B]Popular culture[/B][/SIZE] British writers reveal their inspiration from stories of the Great War [URL='http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/26/untold-stories-first-world-war-leading-writers'][U]http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/26/untold-stories-first-world-war-leading-writers[/U][/URL] Review of [B][I]Valiant Hearts: The Great War[/I][/B] [URL='http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/20/valiant-hearts-the-great-war-review'][U]http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/20/valiant-hearts-the-great-war-review[/U][/URL] A look at recent reel histories [URL='http://www.theguardian.com/film/series/reelhistory'][U]http://www.theguardian.com/film/series/reelhistory[/U][/URL] Barbie gets a new suit of armour- pictures [URL='http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/3dprinted-medieval-armour-turns-barbie-into-a-dragon-slayer-9611557.html'][U]http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/3dprinted-medieval-armour-turns-barbie-into-a-dragon-slayer-9611557.html[/U][/URL] [B]Events[/B] News from Brussells [URL='http://www.legermuseum.be/'][U]http://www.legermuseum.be/[/U][/URL] Paris [URL='http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/evenements.html'][U]http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/evenements.html[/U][/URL] HBSA [URL='https://sites.google.com/site/hbsauk/home'][U]https://sites.google.com/site/hbsauk/home[/U][/URL] [B]Diary dates - a lot of tournaments[/B] Denmark tournament [URL='http://www.middelaldercentret.dk/Events/joustofthegolden.html'][U]http://www.middelaldercentret.dk/Events/joustofthegolden.html[/U][/URL] Kaltenberg’s tournament [URL='http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/jul/14/worlds-biggest-joust-bavaria-germany'][U]http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/jul/14/worlds-biggest-joust-bavaria-germany[/U][/URL] [URL='http://www.ritterturnier.de/en/'][U]http://www.ritterturnier.de/en/[/U][/URL] England [URL='http://themedievalfestival.leeds-castle.com/home'][U]http://themedievalfestival.leeds-castle.com/home[/U][/URL] [URL='https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/events/knights-and-jousts/'][U]https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/events/knights-and-jousts/[/U][/URL] [B]Calls for papers 3-6 June 2015 Madrid[/B] ARCHAEOMETALLURGY IN EUROPE[URL='http://www.congresos.cchs.csic.es/aie4/call-for-papers'][U]http://www.congresos.cchs.csic.es/aie4/call-for-papers[/U][/URL] [B]Sales Fairs and auctions[/B] Collection of artillery offered for sale this autumn [URL='http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/'][U]http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/[/U][/URL] 30 July 2014 London Modern Sporting Guns [URL='http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21658/'][U]http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21658/[/U][/URL] [B]Websites and downloads[/B] Illustrated article in Italian by Giovanni Dellantonio on cannons of Gregor Löffler [URL='http://www.academia.edu/7527425/Due_di_dodici_con_Giove_Ammone_i_falconetti_di_Gregor_Loffler_per_Sigismondo_Thun_datati_1554_Carlo_V_e_il_rame_di_Ferdinando_I_dAsburgo'][U]http://www.academia.edu/7527425/Due_di_dodici_con_Giove_Ammone_i_falconetti_di_Gregor_Loffler_per_Sigismondo_Thun_datati_1554_Carlo_V_e_il_rame_di_Ferdinando_I_dAsburgo[/U][/URL] Submarine B-396, Moscow [URL='http://englishrussia.com/2014/07/17/submarine-b-396-one-of-the-best-moscow-museums/'][U]http://englishrussia.com/2014/07/17/submarine-b-396-one-of-the-best-moscow-museums/[/U][/URL] Latest magazine from Les Invalides [URL='http://www.musee-armee.fr/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/Echo-du-Dome/museearmee_echodudome_30.pdf'][U]http://www.musee-armee.fr/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/Echo-du-Dome/museearmee_echodudome_30.pdf[/U][/URL] Updates at DeReMilitari [URL='http://deremilitari.org/'][U]http://deremilitari.org/[/U][/URL] [B]1066 etc: [/B]Jousts, castles, cities [URL='http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/18/urban-jousts-the-later-middle-ages-white-bear-bruges/'][U]http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/18/urban-jousts-the-later-middle-ages-white-bear-bruges/[/U][/URL] [URL='http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/16/images-castles-medieval-manuscripts/'][U]http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/16/images-castles-medieval-manuscripts/[/U][/URL] [URL='http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/22/image-city-peace-war-burgundian-manuscript-jean-froissarts-chronicles/'][U]http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/22/image-city-peace-war-burgundian-manuscript-jean-froissarts-chronicles/[/U][/URL] [B]Finally[/B] This fortnight we tweeted Shropshire monuments, with added squirrels [URL='https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe'][U]https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe[/U][/URL] [B]Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown – 28 July 2014[/B] 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: [URL='http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html'][U]http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html[/U][/URL][/QUOTE]
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