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Ghee Bowman

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Historian, story-teller, Woodcraft Folk leader, Quaker chaplain at Exeter University. Writer of 'The Indian Contingent' and 'The Great Epinal Escape'

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Handwritten lines, one of which is underlined in red.

Handwritten lines, one of which is underlined in red.

Hello history of print folk! Is there something called a 'Faux printer' (or does 'Faux' belong to the place name before?)

#EarlyModern πŸ—ƒοΈ

17.03.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Blue Vanguard is a monthly jazz club dedicated to bringing the finest national and international guests to our home town of Exeter. The club has run successfully since September 2011 and has a loyal following.

πŸ“… 27th March 2025
πŸ• 19:30pm
🎟 www.wegottickets.com/CygnetTheatre

#exeter#jazz #music

17.03.2025 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Major grant to fund research into the history of transatlantic slavery - The National Archives The National Archives has been awarded a Β£1 million grant by Lloyd’s Register Foundation for a new, collaborative research programme on the history of the transatlantic trade in enslaved people. PASSA...

New project funded with Β£1 million by Lloyd's Register Foundation at @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy explores the history of transatlantic slavery. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/m... 1/3

17.03.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 349    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

I'm trying to decide which is funnier:
β€’ System of a County Down
β€’ The Blarney Stone Roses

17.03.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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My poetry collection about teaching/education as English teacher and examiner over 40 years. Joys and despairs as poignant then as now, latter probably more for so many these days. An eclectic poetry mix, available at Wrecking Ball Press.

17.03.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Naughty Japanese Badgers - Artemis Storytelling double bill

πŸ“… 4th April 2025
πŸ• 7:30PM
🎟 www.wegottickets.com/cygnettheatre

"Very funny, very entertaining. Two completely different shows, same storyteller" - Katy Cawkwell

#exeter #devon #cygnettheatre #theatre #visitexeter #fyp #storytelling

17.03.2025 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Countess Luann - Chic, C'est La Vie (Official Video)
YouTube video by Ultra Records Countess Luann - Chic, C'est La Vie (Official Video)

Thoroughly enjoyed watching @CountessLuann @swxbristol last night
She’s camp, she’s loud & proud, the audience were adoring, participative
An extraordinary presence
And don’t forget her great band!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rgz...

22.02.2025 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Countess Luann - SWX Bristol

If you're near #Bristol , come and join me this afternoon, to watch this great show swxbristol.com/events/count...

which features my talented cousin Daniel Glass!

21.02.2025 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us this coming Monday at #IAIS to discuss Vernon Schubel’s new work with him - the registration link is here: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

18.02.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone knows it was originally 'a norange' and 'a nuncle', but did you also know that it was originally 'a ninkjet printer'?

18.02.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 202    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 0
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Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...

This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.

The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

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The Great Epinal Escape! Part 2. With Ghee Bowman
YouTube video by Well That Aged Well The Great Epinal Escape! Part 2. With Ghee Bowman

New podcast now out, on the largest successful POW escape of the Second World War - the Great Epinal Escape.

You can find it on youtube, spoitfy and everywhere you find podcasts.

'Well that aged well'

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG4g...

13.02.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Keynote: Secularism as Misdirection: Critical Thought from the Global South Visiting Researcher Professor Nivedita Menon delivers this keynote lecture, hosted by the South Asia Centre and SCI.

This should be fascinating...

Nivedita Menon at Exeter uni in 2 weeks

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/keynote-se...

10.02.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Arts & Culture Exeter | Nurturing Creativity An exhibition of art in a variety of creative mediums by undergraduate nursing students at the University of Exeter, created as part of the module 'The Art and History of Nursing'.

This is gonna be brilliant!

Student nurses at Exeter have been making artworks as part of their course

'Nurturing Creativity', this Friday 14th

www.artsandcultureexeter.co.uk/events/5TvTX...

10.02.2025 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
"Holy Holy Holy"- Jay Hulme | King Julez
YouTube video by King Julez "Holy Holy Holy"- Jay Hulme | King Julez

A Friend read this poem at our #Quaker Meeting for Worship at Exeter University yesterday.

Spot on, in my opinion
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFSu...

08.02.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ITV1, 9pm: 'Ayres & Graces'. This week our intrepid trio of Pam Ayres, Grace Jones & Grace Slick go down the Colorado River in a canoe

06.02.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A print journalist had once asked me if there were enough English translators of Indian language literature. I had told her the real question ought to be whether there were enough resources for existing translators. They didn't publish that interview πŸ˜‚

06.02.2025 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Episode 218: The Indian Contigent. Part 1. With Ghee Bowman Well That Aged Well Β· Episode

Here's the spotify link

open.spotify.com/episode/0119...

06.02.2025 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Indian Contigent. Part 1. With Ghee Bowman
YouTube video by Well That Aged Well The Indian Contigent. Part 1. With Ghee Bowman

New podcast (1 of 2) has just gone live on youtube and spotify and elsewhere.

Hosted by Erlend Hedegart

Please check it out and do give me your feedback

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcFn...

06.02.2025 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You're most welcome, Laura! It's a great space, at the heart of the university of Exeter. Do come and visit

03.02.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks Ash

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PERSON OF THE DAY. 3 February 1924. Leading historian Edward Palmer (β€œEP”) Thompson was born in Oxford. He’s best known for his seminal historical work on British radical movements, in the early 19th century, most notably, his landmark book The Making of the English Working Class.

03.02.2025 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Rave on!

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A good friend found these pages in a book in a street market in Chinatown in Singapore Can anyone identify what they might be, and indeed the language?

03.02.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Empires. A Historical and Political Sociology Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)

See our latest book review by Dominic Alessio on Krishan Kumar's Empires: A Historical and Political Sociology (2021): doi.org/10.1080/0308...

03.02.2025 07:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is a word of warning to all of us. Left, right, or anything else.

Constantly reevaluating and learning.

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