The Dott 07 Design Festival October 16-28 situated between the Sage and the Baltic. Website link Dott 07
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Ronan's blog
The Readers of the Lost Art
Submitted by Ronan on Tue, 2007-02-06 13:21.The Readers of the Lost Art are a group of oddballs and misfits who are drawn to Newcastle's Literary and Philosophical Society every fortnight by a common love of comic books (or 'graphic novels', for those with delusions of maturity). When asked whether we would be interested in Mapping the Necklace, our thoughts turned for inspiration to those comic books with a strong sense of location.
Bits and pieces of Durham history
Submitted by Ronan on Sun, 2007-03-04 18:54.On Saturday, Pauline, Andrew, Becky and myself met up at the Lit and Phil to check out their local history section for tales from Durham. I discovered an Ecclesiastical History of the area in volume II of William Page's A History of the County Durham, and jotted down some notes on the interesting bits.
The Legend of Sir John Duck
Submitted by Ronan on Sun, 2007-02-18 21:08.I wanted to point people in the direction of David Simpson's North East England History Pages, which has a section devoted to County Durham History. This looks to be an excellent resource for developing our Story Map of Durham's Necklace Park.
In my last post, I promised I would go into some of the more interesting stories encountered during research, and for your reading pleasure I present to you...
