photography

Picture of the week: Hayes’ Studio

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This week’s picture is from the Ryedale Folk Museum in the lovely village of Hutton-le-Hole in North Yorkshire. This daylight photographic studio, believed to be the oldest existing one in England, belonged to local photographer William Hayes. The studio was in the garden of his home in Hutton-le-Hole, until his son donated it to the …

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Still Looking Back

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I hope you liked last week’s book review on The Stone Book Quartet. A couple of people have said they’re interested in reading it, and I’ve already lent my copy out, so that’s a good start. At the moment I’m reading SPQR by Mary Beard. It’s a history of ancient Rome, which potentially could be …

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