Oh, and I forgot to say, if you have an interest in the Forest of Dean you could
do worse than reading the early work of Dennis Potter, also an Oxford graduate,
from that area.
See in particular his wonderfully enaging The Changing Forest, produced inthe
alte 50s early 60w as radio talks, amd more recetley as a slim book:
http://www.fweb.org.uk/Dean/deanhist/dennis_potter.htm
J.
Quoting J Symonds <[log in to unmask]>:
> I heard Lisa on Radio 4 and was impressed. The trouble is I am committed to
> contemporary archaeology, and already believe that it is worthwhile.
>
> Looking at the comments posted in response to the Guardian article it is
> clear
> that we have a long way to go before contemporary archaeology can be
> accepted
> as a mainstream and worthwhile archaeological endeavour.
>
> Having said that, work at Heeley City Farm in Sheffield this summer on a
> Victorian terraced house was able to make links to modern concerns over the
> use
> of fossil fuels and global warming, and the need to recycle, and thereby
> gained
> broad-based community interest and support.
>
> 'Tell me something that I don't already know' is nevertheless still the big
> question that needs to be countered as we push the boundaries.
>
> J.
>
>
>
>
> Quoting dan Hicks <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > For interest -- Lisa Hill's work in Forest of Dean in todays Guardian,
> also
> > picked up with
> > interview with Lisa on today's Radio 4 PM programme -
> > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/outdoors/article6815635.ece
> >
> > DH
> >
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