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Our Best of 2024: the Rest
12/18/2024 12:00 PM

In our December series, members of the department reflect on the books, films, TV, music, art, exhibitions and experiences that shaped their year. Today we reflect on the ‘best of the rest’ – games, exhibitions, visits, and time spent with loved ones. Jeremy Burchardt Visit Southwold Museum in Suffolk if you ever get the chance […]

Our Best of 2024: Music
12/17/2024 12:00 PM

In our December series, members of the department reflect on the books, films, TV, music, art, exhibitions and experiences that shaped their year. Today, we asked colleagues for their best song/album of the year. Jeremy Burchardt Motorama, ‘Rose in the Vase’ – beautiful hypnotic song (and video). Matt Worley I liked the new the Cure […]

Notre-Dame: Cathedral of Light
12/16/2024 12:00 PM

Professor Lindy Grant reflects on the reopening of Notre-Dame after a fire destroyed parts of the building in 2019. ‘It’s so light’: that is what everyone has said about the cathedral of Notre-Dame, as it opened its doors again. It seems only yesterday that TV screens were filled with images of the cathedral roof ablaze, […]

Our Best of 2024: Film and TV
12/13/2024 12:00 PM

In our December series, members of the department reflect on the books, films, TV, music, art, exhibitions and experiences that shaped their year. Today, we ask colleagues that their favourite film or TV show was this year. Jeremy Burchardt Yasujiro Ozu – Late Spring (1949). Exceptional depth of humanity while questioning both Japanese cultural traditions […]

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