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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Jul 21, 2020
- 5 min
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!
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Jun 17, 2020
- 2 min
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
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Feb 3, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Aug 16, 2019
- 2 min
New work!
Last month was four weekends of Open Studios - and what fun it was! Visitors included a number of professionals - an archaeologist, an...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Jul 11, 2019
- 8 min
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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- May 27, 2019
- 3 min
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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- May 10, 2019
- 1 min
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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Apr 17, 2019
- 2 min
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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Mar 16, 2019
- 3 min
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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Mar 10, 2019
- 1 min
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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Feb 1, 2019
- 2 min
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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Nov 30, 2018
- 2 min
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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Nov 16, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Nov 9, 2018
- 3 min
Bodyworlds Piccadilly
Not piccalilli. Not peccadillo. Not even Pickled Liver (though there might have been one). Thank you Siri and iphone autocorrect for...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Nov 4, 2018
- 2 min
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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Aug 17, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Jul 13, 2018
- 4 min
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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Jun 4, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Mar 23, 2018
- 2 min
The dead on display
Summary of the University of Southampton "Skeletons, Stories and Social Bodies" conference 2018: Met some old friends, made some new...
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