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Saffron Walden Historical Journal No 30 (Autumn 2015)

The Autumn 2015 edition of the Journal included articles featuring a fascinating study of the paintings of William Tomkins of Audley End and more

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The Guardian view on ancient DNA: a female shaman exposes our flawed assumptions about the past |...

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Tonight is Midsummer Eve, which was for centuries the traditional date for celebrating the summer solstice. It was once a high point of the festival year - a time of feasts, parades, ghosts, love, roses, and bonfires blazing in the short summer night.

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