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07/03/2018- The Archive Visit.

The photos at the top of the post are the photos that I took when I went to the archive. The archive was the most beautiful and extensive thing that I have ever seen. 

There were specimens that I never would have thought I would have found beautiful until I saw them in the flesh. For example these were the seaweed samples. They were absolutely gorgeous and the folds and colours were exquisite. 

Donna Young, the botany curator, told us many stories including the first Botanical garden in England was in Liverpool and was created by James Roscoe. Roscoe was also a botanist and had an extensive collection of dried plants and specimens. Thos garden was destroyed in the war, but a few living specimens were saved and are preserved as dried plants in the World Museum. This is a story that I found fascinating and I thought that it could be something really exciting and interesting to cover as part of my project. 

As there are over 400,000 specimens in the archive, it is hard to home in on a specific collection that you like. But having seen pieces that Donna had picked out for me, that she thought I might like, I cannot wait to go over in the next few weeks again to discuss further my project and sketch some specimens.

James Roscoe, le numéro deux de l’ambassade britannique à Washington, a brutalement quitté ses fonctions, a appris la BBC. Le ministère des Affaires étrangères britannique s’est contenté d’une brève déclaration indiquant que Roscoe avait « quitté son poste », sans fournir la moindre raison. Roscoe occupait l’un des postes les plus exposés de la diplomatie britannique. Il avait notamment assuré…