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BELONGING

February 21, 2018 - April 13, 2018
The Museum of English Rural Life, The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX United Kingdom
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A charcoal drawing of a house and a lone Scots Pine.

Belonging is a multi-site exhibition curated by final-year Museum Studies students Do you belong? As social animals we feel compelled to seek out the company of others. We place ourselves into groups and categories. We define our identities by how similar or different we are to other people. Yet sometimes belonging can lead to exclusion. […]

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LADYBIRD IN FOCUS: MAKING AND CRAFT

February 27, 2018 - August 26, 2018
The Museum of English Rural Life, The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX United Kingdom
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Do you enjoy making and crafting? Do you Knit, Sew or Upcycle regular household items into new things? Making and craft was a popular theme for Ladybird, appearing across multiple series and allowing the creation of a subsection of the Hobbies and Interests series entitled ‘How to make’. The crafts within these series focus primarily […]

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SEMINAR SERIES: RURAL RIDERS AND RADICALS

January 18, 2018 @ 12:00 pm - March 22, 2018 @ 1:00 pm
The Museum of English Rural Life, The Museum of English Rural Life, Redlands Road
Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX United Kingdom
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Black and white image of a man riding a grey working horse in a field with haystack in the background

A series of lunchtime talks organised by the Department of English Literature and the Museum of English Rural Life, in celebration of their ongoing collaborations. Events in the series feature (alternately) writers with a national profile, and academic authors showcasing new and exciting research. 18 January - Alexandra Harris - The marsh and the visitor […]

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