Fullerton: Warwickshire 1848

A continuing series of posts to highlight my small antique map collection. All scans are taken directly from an original copy, not a reproduction. Map of Warwickshire from “The Parliamentary Gazetter of England and Wales” published by A. Fullerton and Co., 1848. From Berkshire Byways: Gazetteers and popular atlases were a speciality of Fullerton & Co. The firm started in…

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Flash Mob during RAG Week 2010

Just in case RAG week wasn’t already enough of a distraction along comes a Flash Mob! The Flash Mob was through the University’s “Flash Mob Society”, RAG week is organised by the University’s RAG Society. The things I do for charity… The event was also recorded for posterity and posted on YouTube:

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Some reflections on Botswana IGGY U 2010

A quick series of comments, not designed to be a throrough summary of my experiences but more to reflect on the event. From the 15th to the 28th August 2010 the IGGY Summer U was held in Gaborone, Botswana, hosted by BACS (Botswana Accountancy College), and once again I was fortunate enough to be running a Mathematics course, a revised…

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Flip

Bit of fun I found sitting around in an obscure folder as I was tidying up my files, can’t remember when I first grabbed it but it’s under a Creative Commons license (see text below form). Put in your original text and it’ll turn it upside down… now cut and paste into anything you want to. Doesn’t cope with capital…

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