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Further adventures in the archives
It has been a crazy week of adventure, triggered by the deep dive into old museum inventories in the Cambridge University Library. Masked...
Susan Elaine Jones
Aug 19, 20214 min read
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To the memory of Ben Huggins of the Lovely Matilda
A tale of the memento mori coffins for the memory of Ben Huggins, and how often they seem to appear at auction!
Susan Elaine Jones
Jul 21, 20205 min read
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Bird Skeletons of the world
Skeletons. So often a labour of love. But two years of work at the University of Cambridge Zoology Museum is finally ready to share
Susan Elaine Jones
Jun 17, 20202 min read
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It's what's under the skin that counts
I love it when a plan comes together. I've finally met all the right people and I'm making progress. I am working on 3D printing a skull...
Susan Elaine Jones
Feb 3, 20202 min read
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New work!
Last month was four weekends of Open Studios - and what fun it was! Visitors included a number of professionals - an archaeologist, an...
Susan Elaine Jones
Aug 16, 20192 min read
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In defence of buying a human skeleton
It isn’t about owning a skeleton. It is about access. It is about trust. It is about our shared humanity. It’s about communion with our...
Susan Elaine Jones
Jul 11, 20198 min read
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Bird footed, bird hipped dinosaurs
Emerging from the blur of activity with human skeletons from "Things to do when you're dead" (if you're interested in this, you're too...
Susan Elaine Jones
May 27, 20193 min read
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Death Fest 2019!
Death Fest time is here again! Okay, so we never officially called it that. Instead, this month, I've been helping put the final touches...
Susan Elaine Jones
May 10, 20191 min read
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Handling death with the death maidens
As arrangements for the Dying for Life event "Things to do when you're dead"* are hotting up, I'm getting out and about talking to people...
Susan Elaine Jones
Apr 17, 20192 min read
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Unlikely flights
This week I went to a talk at Zoology on Palaeognaths. (I spent much of the week guessing what Palaeognaths were... I knew I'd seen the...
Susan Elaine Jones
Mar 16, 20193 min read
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Yes, we have kneecaps!
Much belated post after cold and snot induced vertigo. A second time with bird skeletons in the Zoology Museum, so many more bird...
Susan Elaine Jones
Mar 10, 20191 min read
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Do birds have kneecaps?
I've spent a lot of time in the Zoology museum this month, both front of house (helping people find things in the museum, including the...
Susan Elaine Jones
Feb 1, 20192 min read
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Death and football scores
Laid low at the moment. Resting, and hoping to not wake up to this view anytime soon. (Though I had a lovely conversation with someone...
Susan Elaine Jones
Nov 30, 20182 min read
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Honey coloured bones
Quick post as I'm up to my eyeballs editing skeleton photos. The local friendly archaeologist has been giving me great access to be able...
Susan Elaine Jones
Nov 16, 20181 min read
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Bodyworlds Piccadilly
Not piccalilli. Not peccadillo. Not even Pickled Liver (though there might have been one). Thank you Siri and iphone autocorrect for...
Susan Elaine Jones
Nov 9, 20183 min read
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Best story of the month
This month I have been to a number of Death Awareness events: From Selfies to Runes, how do we want to be remembered? Face to Face with...
Susan Elaine Jones
Nov 4, 20182 min read
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Butterflies, bats, fish and flying things
The Zoology Museum in Cambridge is now fully open! (Okay, that's been true for a couple of months, but I've been a bit run down and...
Susan Elaine Jones
Aug 17, 20181 min read
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Things I learnt last week
Last week I spent a couple of days at the Material Bodies conference, where archaeologists and historians got together to share and...
Susan Elaine Jones
Jul 13, 20184 min read
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Help a starving artist
Quick blog post to say things are for sale. Specifically, a first opportunity to see and buy four limited edition images from my...
Susan Elaine Jones
Jun 4, 20181 min read
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The dead on display
Summary of the University of Southampton "Skeletons, Stories and Social Bodies" conference 2018: Met some old friends, made some new...
Susan Elaine Jones
Mar 23, 20182 min read
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