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Cloisters 21 Now Available

September 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Anthropology and Archaeology, Cloisters Magazine, NCS Information

Cloisters 21, the latest edition of our magazine is out now. It is available as an online electronic magazine at http://issuu.com/cloisters/docs/cloisters21. You can read it there in comfort and style.
 
  
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First Minister Claims Stone Of Destiny Fake

June 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Anthropology and Archaeology, English, Literature and Languages, History and Geneaology, Scottish History

In the wake of the release of a new film and book about the 1950 theft and subsequent recovery of the  Stone of Destiny, Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond, has claimed that that particular Stone is a fake and that the original has been lost for 700 years.
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Cloisters Magazine launch

April 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments · Anthropology and Archaeology, Cloisters Magazine, History and Geneaology, Learning Resources, Uncategorized, Vocational Online Learning, journalism, moodle

The email newsletter of the New Curiosity Shop has transformed with issue 20, out now. It has now become a proper quarterly magazine. It is available as an online electronic magazine at http://issuu.com/cloisters/docs/cloisters20. You can read it there now.

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Watch out for Bone Kickers

February 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Anthropology and Archaeology, History and Geneaology, NCS Courses

The BBC is to air a new TV drama based on the heady world of the archaeologist. According to Polly Hill, the BBC’s commissioning editor for independent drama, said Bone Kickers would make history and archaeology “sexy, accessible and exciting”. Our Introduction to Archaeology tutor, Howard Middleton-Jones, is yet to admit whether the series is [...]

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