{"id":12,"date":"2013-11-01T11:29:18","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T11:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/richardiii\/?p=12"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:21:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:21:25","slug":"a-relatively-quiet-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/richardiii\/2013\/11\/01\/a-relatively-quiet-week\/","title":{"rendered":"A relatively quiet week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week has been relatively quiet in relation to other weeks.\u00a0 This has mainly been down to a lack of meetings, that are useful, but often create more work for me and take up time to do that work.\u00a0 So I have been able to get on with some of the projects that need some time dedicating to them, such as the Brownie\/Guide Challenge Badge that now has a first draft finished.<\/p>\n<p>I did begin my week with the best way to start a Monday morning &#8211; photographing a book that has architectural sketches of the Blue Boar Inn made by Henry Goddard.\u00a0\u00a0 Well, Carl did the photography, I held it still and the owner&#8217;s dog tried to distract us while we did it!\u00a0 The Goddard Family seems to be incredibly talented when it comes to watercolours, there were a number of amazing pictures of local buildings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/richardiii\/files\/2013\/11\/notebook-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13\" alt=\"notebook photo\" src=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/richardiii\/files\/2013\/11\/notebook-photo-300x223.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/richardiii\/files\/2013\/11\/notebook-photo-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/richardiii\/files\/2013\/11\/notebook-photo-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/richardiii\/files\/2013\/11\/notebook-photo.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Continuing in the artist vein, I went to a performance of Shakespeare&#8217;s <em>Richard III<\/em> at the Nottingham Playhouse (details for this are on my previous post).\u00a0\u00a0 It was a most enjoyable evening out.\u00a0 I hadn&#8217;t seen the play performed before, I had to remember it wasn&#8217;t meant to be historically accurate!\u00a0 Once I had settled into the Tudor propaganda, it was so much easier to see the key messages that Shakespeare was trying to communicate:\u00a0\u00a0 Henry Tudor is a hero and make sure the succession is clear and not in the hands of a child (that one is for Elizabeth I)!<\/p>\n<p>There is more information on the ULAS book launch as well,\u00a0 details are below.\u00a0 The launch is open to the public so do come along and meet some of the team.<br \/>\n<a title=\"ULAS Book Launch\" href=\"http:\/\/www2.le.ac.uk\/news\/blog\/2013\/october\/richard-iii-the-king-under-the-car-park\">http:\/\/www2.le.ac.uk\/news\/blog\/2013\/october\/richard-iii-the-king-under-the-car-park<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have had some feedback on the schools resources this week, so will be working on them to improve them.\u00a0\u00a0 If you have any comments or suggestions on what you would like in schools resources (primary or secondary) please comment, or email me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week has been relatively quiet in relation to other weeks.\u00a0 This has mainly been down to a lack of meetings, that are useful, but often create more work for me and take up time to do that work.\u00a0 So I have been able to get on with some of the projects that need some 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