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Handel and Royalty
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England’s Earliest Kings 2: Offa and the Mercian Supremacy
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George II
Life and Times of King George II I ran this workshop at Crayford Manor (Bexley College) in November 2002 as part of a series on the Kings and Queens of England. I subsequently ran it at the City Lit in June 2019 and as a zoom class in February 2021. The slides from this are…
Music and Art Inspired by Shakespeare 5
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James VII and II
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