Why you should always go back
It isn't long ago that I went to Norwich Museum for the first time. (Okay, it turns out it was over a year ago... not much happens in my...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Jan 12, 2018
- 2 min
A golden hoard
Firstly, spelling is everything. There was a Golden Horde - which I'd never heard of - was the 17th largest in history, whilst the Roman...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Dec 29, 2017
- 4 min
The colour of landscape
Sometimes, the various threads of life weave together into a colourful tapestry. Christmas has been spent catching up with friends who...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Dec 18, 2017
- 1 min
Need a last minute present idea?
I interrupt myself and my series on the lovely Ipswich museum with this urgent seasonal message. I had a lovely tour of the Fitzwilliam...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Dec 7, 2017
- 1 min
Hip Hip Hooray
Tiny, self-indulgent post. Today I heard the result of the Photography Degree assessment. The degree I started as "something to do"...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Dec 1, 2017
- 2 min
Marvels of Ipswich, Part II
Next in the amazing story of a trip to the Ipswich Museum. Part I (in case you missed it) is here. Here, I want to share just one of the...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Nov 25, 2017
- 2 min
Marvels of Ipswich, Part I
I made a long anticipated, long overdue visit to Ipswich Museum. It is one of those regional treasures, crammed with original Victorian...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Nov 9, 2017
- 1 min
Odd things I've overheard
When you hang around museums and their interesting people, you hear some odd things. Most of these raise more questions than they answer....
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Nov 3, 2017
- 1 min
Books for sale - direct!
Looking for the perfect Christmas present for that friend who still wishes it was Halloween? Buy my book! I know I've mentioned this...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Oct 13, 2017
- 1 min
70 pages of skulls for sale!
After a prompt from a very good friend, I have been persuaded to put a book of my images together and offer it for sale. This way any of...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Sep 29, 2017
- 2 min
Curious beasts before the deluge
A belated write up of a lovely afternoon spent in the company of curious beasts at the Whipple Museum as part of Open Cambridge. These...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Sep 19, 2017
- 2 min
An Atlantis for Octopuses
Blog been slow as I've been ill, and I've still got the wonders of the Open Cambridge display at the Whipple to share. But not today....
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Sep 1, 2017
- 2 min
Skeleton day trip to meet the public
Last weekend I had a fantastic afternoon meeting people meeting human bones for the first time. It was a free, drop in workshop organised...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Aug 23, 2017
- 3 min
Where are all the Snicthons?
I had to write with the excitement and urgency of those discussing with flat earthers what they think caused the solar eclipse this week....
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Aug 18, 2017
- 3 min
Meeting a new skull
So last month I had a chance to meet a new skull. And was invited by a pro to "say what I see". Let's see what I can tell you about a...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Jul 26, 2017
- 2 min
Timeline of death (in art)
After the wonderful, lovely, joyful, belly laughs of the Death and the Maiden conference, I have been resting. I did present the full...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Jul 15, 2017
- 2 min
The Marathon scale of progressive acceptability
Sorry I've been so quiet recently. I had a long rest after Dying for Life, then a push to write up the final bits for my photography...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Jun 16, 2017
- 4 min
How the sieve changed the skull (or not)
***Correction to this information - see bottom of blog*** Of all the nightmare fodder I shared on the last post, the question that came...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- Jun 9, 2017
- 3 min
The Malice of Raspberry Seeds
Sorry for a period of quiet, I've had a bit of a tooth ache and been trying to book a visit to a dentist. It's all because raspberries...
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Susan Elaine Jones
- May 22, 2017
- 1 min
Dying for Life was dead good
A very quick post (as I'm still exhausted) to say how brilliant the Dying for Life Event was. Over 150 people came to chat about dying,...
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