National Railway Museum Research Lead. Historian of industrial working-class worlds 1850-1950. Passionate about connecting museums and universities.
Oliver Betts
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Most amazing defense I've ever come across in years of looking at Old Bailey records today from a man accused of stealing sheep in 1815:
A regular museum day is such an odd thing:
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Handle Victorian Suitcase
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Answer obscure press inquiry
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Have existential crisis about severe lack of funding
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Argue about c18th oil painting
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Find out more about moths than you ever wanted to
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Maybe after a decade or more of culture war nonsense, the more useful thing to do regarding the Dickens museum story of the moment would be to simply ignore it.
Its a bad faith story being pushed by people with no interest in any of the relevant debates just looking for a reaction.
