Exploring another quintette from Oxfords’ Festive Countdown Calendar 2024!
National Museums Liverpool – 8 museums and galleries located around Liverpool that grew from a donation of the 13th Earl of Derby’s natural history collection in 1851
If you get a chance to visit in person, in Liverpool, entry to all venues is free (although donations are welcome!) Explore online through the NML’s stories, videos and collections.
Spark: the link between Edward Smith-Stanley, his private menagerie at Knowsley Hall near Liverpool and his support of, and friendship with, Edward Lear.
Check out MathHeads (a fun mental math game) or explore Wolfram/Alpha Computational Intelligence site (recommended by Oxford’s Director of Data Science, Professor Danny Wilson.
Explore thousands of archeological finds from pre-Roman and Roman Britain. During exploration of the Bath spring, 130 Roman curse tablets from 2-4 AD were found. 130 ordinary people had inscribed wrongs they wanted righted by the goddess Sulis. (The Celts worshipped Sulis (means to see, good) at the Bath spring; the Roman-Britains called the goddess, Sulis Minerva. )
Small spark: Curious to learn more about the 130 wrongs? Also, why it was selected to be part of the UNESCO Memory of the World UK register
All Things Classic Literature and Jane Austen’s Fiction
Dr. Octavia Cox explains and explores literature through her popular Youtube channel.
Jane Austen’s Fiction Manuscripts (Digital Edition) allows you to explore some 1100 pages of fiction written in Jane Austen’s own hand.
SOFRA: A Journey through Manisa from Seed to Plate (sofra means a table set for people to eat)
This is a story about the people who live(d) in the Gediz Valley in Manisa, a province of Turkiye. The project focuses on the languages, cultures and people who lived here from Paleolithic times to today but it is centred around food and its role as a social connector.
Check out the downloadable project book — explore some of the recipes and enjoy the stories.