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Discover stories from our collections, work, research, and events. Warning: may contain absolute units.

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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
May 22, 2014

Name that beer!

< Enter our competition to name a new beer for the MERL Village Fete! You may remember Adam’s recent post...

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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
May 22, 2014

Our Country Lives update: Michael Eavis's French wellies

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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
May 21, 2014

Biscuit recipe of the week: 1940s jam biscuits

By Shira Kilgallon, UoR History Student and MERL Library Volunteer This week’s biscuit recipe comes from Ministry of Food pamphlets…

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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
May 19, 2014

Weekly What's On: May 19th to 25th

You can find full details of all our forthcoming events and activities in our What’s On and MERL Families guides, which are now available…

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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
May 16, 2014

Press release: What's cooking in the community? Find out at the MERL Village Fete

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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
May 16, 2014

Biscuit recipe of the week: Picnic Café's famous macaroons

by Alison Hilton, Marketing Officer and biscuit sampler. Fans of Picnic Café in Reading will share my excitement about this week’s…

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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
May 14, 2014

Rural Reads review #6: Harvest by Jim Crace

by Rob Davies, Volunteer Coordinator and Rural Reads regular. In April, members of Rural Reads read Harvest by Jim Crace…

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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
May 13, 2014

Please touch: Future handling collection at MERL

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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
May 12, 2014

Our Country Lives update: How we research