Bear history

@archaeobears

Exploring the archaeology & history of bears in Britain. Home of the #BoxOfficeBears project (on IG as @BoxOfficeBears). Account run by @PalaeoHan

boxofficebears.com Joined September 2015

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Bear history @archaeobears Nov 9, 2023

It was great fun to talk #BoxOfficeBears with @andykesson and @EmmaWhipday for @BBCFreeThinking. Hear it on the link below - or search for ‘Arts & Ideas’ on your podcast provider.

BBC Free Thinking @BBCFreeThinking Nov 8, 2023

Tonight @drmatthewsweet marks #FirstFolio talking #Shakespeare in 🎞️ 🎨 and around🌍 10pm 📻@BBCRadio3 - What else went on in playhouses ? Before a @beinghumanfest event @UniofNottingham hear @PalaeoHan & @andykesson @archaeobears w/ @EmmaWhipday🎧➡️ bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0g…
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Bear history @archaeobears Jun 20, 2024

Artwork in Wakefield remembering a 19th century bear pit.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

www.bbc.co.uk Wakefield dancing bear artwork to remain on landmark Orangery The artwork was installed on Wakefield's Grade II*-listed 19th Century Orangery building in 2022.

Bear history @archaeobears Jun 19, 2024

We’ve just finished this creative writing workshop @NottmLibraries. It was brilliant. Thank you to @AngelaClerkin for leading and to all the writers for joining in. If you want a fab afternoon of creating imaginative stories with others - book Angela!!

A sign advertising a creative workshop called ‘Byron’s bears and other animals’

Bear history @archaeobears Jun 8, 2024

Starting conversations around lynx reintroduction. There is an archaeological record of lynx, from England, Scotland and Wales.

thenational.scot/news/24371673.…

www.thenational.scot ‘We want to listen’: Exhibition on lynx reintroduction to tour southern Scotland AN exhibition on reintroducing lynx to the UK is set to tour southern Scotland in a bid to drum up support for the project.

Bear history @archaeobears Jun 7, 2024

Quite a bit of 🐻 representation in this play. Will there be bears in the town?

callan davies @callanjd Jun 7, 2024

Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor's having a moment this summer: 80s rockers @OVOtheatre (dir. Adam Nichols) + the @TheRSC summer production (dir. Blanche McIntyre). Does it speak keenly to 2020s? Read most up-to-date intro in @OWC_Oxford new edition:
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