Prehistory & landscape
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Jonathan Last
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Of course the media want Englishness and ancestry to be a "deeply contentious debate" even if the piece itself says 75-90% of us don't think it's an issue.
Communities, national or local, are rooted in places not genes, but heritage bodies don't help either when they lazily invoke 'our ancestors'.
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Also worth asking what can the heritage sector deliver for communities in these 'green gap' areas...?
Archaeologists and sf readers groan in unison
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Ancient and modern at the Bank of England for #MosaicMonday, from the rebuilding work in the 30s: photo of a damaged Roman mosaic found in 1933; and a bit of modern design that was never installed - thankfully someone realised that showing Ireland under the British crown wasn't a good idea in 1937…
The debate about English identity has been a perennial one but has now taken on a harder edge
The Selfish Gene writer has begun a Jurassic Park-stye tale about bringing Homo erectus back from extinction – but the wider scientific community isn’t sure it’s wise…
Not sure this really means cuts to green space, just that deprived areas aren't seeing the uplift BNG is meant to provide? Understanding what BNG is actually delivering in all areas would be useful, given that it can be off site. But the proposal to increase the exemption to 2.5ha is very worrying.
Jonathan Last
Not mentioned here but hopefully other radio listeners will agree that his dual role in Bleak Expectations was a delight
