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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

If anyone's around in Falmouth tomorrow, bored and want to listen to me prattle on about psychedelic creativity, then I'll be at the Cornish Bank, alongside some other amazing people as part of the British Popular Culture(s) conference. Details and FREE tickets here: fixr.co/event/the-br...

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Buy tickets to The British Popular Culture(s) Conference on Saturday 11 Jul at The Cornish Bank | FIXR

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Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Look what just arrived! The paperback of our book #AmongtheGiants has landed! 😍 beautiful cover. Available at Kew and all good book shops from 30 July! #KewGardens #TreeGang #OctopusPublishing #GaiaBooks #KewPublishing @rbgkew.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social @foylesforbooks.bsky.social

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Look who's book is only £10 from the MUP website for a limited time only....!

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Very much looking forward to travelling to Falmouth for the 2026 British Pop Culture conference this week. I've slipped in some KLF into my keynote talk which has made me very happy indeed.

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The conference aims to renew this collaborative practice by inviting participation from those involved in all aspects of cultural scenes, practices and critical appreciation to nurture a vibrant third...

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Innes M. Keighren @inneskeighren.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

New blog post: "21 years to go..." inneskeighren.com/williammacin...

Nine books relating to émigrés and the counter-revolution on a wooden desk.

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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Can you help with this PhD Research Project on Useful Hedgerow Plants? rhulpsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... 🧵6/6

A poster advertising an online questionnaire about useful hedgerow plants. The background is a picture of blackberries and the text reads: “Can you help with a PhD Research Project on Useful Hedgerow Plants? Based at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Royal Holloway University of London, I am researching knowledge and attitudes to hedgerow plants across the UK and I need your input. Can you identify edible plants in hedgerows? Do you go foraging? Do you use plants for timber, fuel or crafts? Whether you have lots of knowledge on this topic or none at all your perspective is valuable to the research. Scan the QR code to fill in the survey. It's quick and easy and your response will be very helpful. Thank you! More information about about how answers will be used and what will be done with the data can be found at the start of the survey. If you have any questions or would like more information please contact: anna.lewis.2023@live.rhul.ac.uk “. There is a QR code in the bottom left corner.

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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Finally, later research will be focussed on the transmission of traditional knowledge – is it being passed on to younger generations and are young people gaining the possible benefits of connecting to nature and their local area? How is knowledge gained - does social media have a role to play? 🧵5/6

A pair of white skin toned hands holding disposable coffee cups full of sloes.

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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The project will also look at why foraging in hedgerows is popular now; why, in the age of the 24hr supermarket, blackberry picking is still a key autumn activity. This will help understand whether a tactile, embodied relationship with the landscape can impact wellbeing and sense of place.🧵4/6

A close up of a bramble bush with some ripe blackberries and some red and green unripe blackberries.

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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The project started as an MSc thesis based in Surrey and found 107 plant species being used with 274 unique uses; from nettles for hair tonic to hawthorns for ketchup to rose hips for itching powder. The PhD will look across the UK for plant usage and record local diversity and plant traditions.🧵3/6

A tall and sprawling hedge with many plant species photographed against a grey cloudy sky. Visible plants include dog rose, hawthorn, elder and bramble.

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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

In her PhD project Anna is recording how people are using hedgerow plants across the UK, for food, craft, fuel, cosmetics and many other purposes. This photo shows blackberry and wild fennel flowers; the combination eaten together tastes just like a Blackjack – a hedgerow sweet treat! 🧵 2/6

A white skin toned hand holding a blackberry and a yellow fennel flower. Eating these two together tastes exactly like a blackjack sweet.

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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Useful hedgerow plants – tools for wellbeing and sense of place. RHUL Geography PhD student Anna Lewis is working on a project with RBG Kew studying hedgerow plants, how they are being used across the UK and how hedgerows can impact sense of place. 🧵 1/6 #RHULGeographyResearchSpotlight

A view of a traditional hedged landscape taken from the top of a hill in Somerset looking down at the fields with wildflowers including poppies and daisies in the foreground.

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Katie Parker @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

This post is a tiny window into the fascinating research done by Beth Williamson on orthography, #maps and the @rgs.org , a CDA project between @rhulgeography.bsky.social and the RGS. #skystorians 🗃️

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Innes M. Keighren @inneskeighren.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

New blog post: "The short, forgotten life of Joseph-Louis de Gonzague-Agricol-Dominique Teixeira" inneskeighren.com/williammacin...

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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The recipient of the 2026 Area Prize for the best paper written by an early-career scholar is Madelaine Joyce @maddiejoyce.bsky.social. @rhulgeography.bsky.social

Person in a dark winter coat with fur hood standing on a wooden platform overlooking a vast, barren landscape under a cloudy sky.

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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

👁️ Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse by Laurie Parsons @laurieparsons.bsky.social / @royalholloway.bsky.social. Published as part of @rgsibg.bsky.social monograph series. May 2026 #OpenAccess doi.org/10.31389/lse...

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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 28/04/2026

Peatlands are central to climate change, yet basic questions remain unanswered. A global research community has mapped out what we most urgently need to know.

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Peatlands are vital for tackling climate change, yet scientists still haven’t found them all

Peatlands are central to climate change, yet basic questions remain unanswered. A global research community has mapped out what we most urgently need to know.

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Royal Holloway @royalholloway.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Protecting peatlands to protect our planet 🌍 Researchers in Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London (inc. Dr. Alice Milner) have worked to establish the most urgent unanswered questions about our peatland ecosystems, a vital source of Earth’s global soil carbon. ow.ly/v3kR50YR02J

Person in a red jacket walking on a narrow stone path through a vast peatland under a cloudy sky.

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Alice Milner @alicemmilner.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

We've written a piece for @uk.theconversation.com accompanying our #PeatQuest study identifying priority questions in #peatland science, explaining how the questions aren't just technical priorities, but encompass communities, livelihoods, power and fairness. theconversation.com/peatlands-ar...

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Peatlands are vital for tackling climate change, yet scientists still haven’t found them all

Peatlands are central to climate change, yet basic questions remain unanswered. A global research community has mapped out what we most urgently need to know.

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Alice Milner @alicemmilner.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Peatlands store more carbon than the world's forests yet fundamental questions remain unanswered. Today we publish 50 priority research questions, identified by 467 participants from 54 countries #PeatQuest #Peatlands www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

This Friday!!

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Innes M. Keighren @inneskeighren.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

New blog post: "The mysterious de Leahy and Lee" inneskeighren.com/williammacin... #C18

The signatures of two women: B de Leahy and E Lee.

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Big thanks to @redpeppermag.bsky.social for highlighting my new book Postcapitalist Cities in the latest issue! It’s in some very esteemed company. Remember, if you want to buy it, go to the MUP website and use code AUTHOR50 for 50% off

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Postcapitalist Cities:
Towards a Common Urban
Future
Oli Mould
Manchester University Press
Fundamental to any blueprint for revolutionary change is knowing
what type of alternative we want. Oli Mould does just this.
Drawing upon history,
making use of contemporary case studies,
Mould illustrates
how our urban spaces are shaped by the needs of capitalism but
also embody the foundations of a post-capitalist future.

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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Beth’s research was a collaboration between the Department of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London and the Royal Geographical Society. It was funded by Techne AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership. 2/2

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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Precision in place names: the problem of orthography at the Royal Geographical Society - an online exhibition by PhD student Beth Williamson. www.rgs.org/our-collecti... #RHULGeogResearch #RHULGeogPhD #RoyalHolloway #RoyalGeographicalSociety #LinguisticDiversity #Maps 1/2

Image credit: "Persia, Afghanistan & Beluchistan,” by George Curzon (1892). Royal Geographical Society. Source: RGS-IBG.

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Innes M. Keighren @inneskeighren.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

New blog post: "The beginning of the end, and other wishful thoughts" inneskeighren.com/williammacin...

Leonor de Almeida Portugal, Marquesa de Alorna, by Józef Pitschmann (1780).

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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

9th Denis Cosgrove Lecture: ‘Lithic Lives: Earth Stories from Cambodia’s Land of the Gemstones’, Professor by Harriet Hawkins at Royal Holloway. Monday 11th May, 5:30pm, in the Moore Building auditorium. Book your free ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/9th-cosgrove-lecture-tickets-1986329320468

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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The packed programme of events is designed to plug directly into the curriculum, while giving teachers the opportunity to extend their geographical knowledge & skills. With Keynote lectures, a selection of workshops and a room full of exhibitors, including publishers, exam boards & travel companies.

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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Booking is open for Geography Southeast! A free conference for geography teachers on 29th June at Royal Holloway, University of London. www.eventbrite.com/e/geography-southeast-teacher-conference-tickets-1984038304979 #geographyteacher #geography @rgs.org @geographicalassoc.bsky.social

Booking is open! Free Teacher conference. Monday 29th June 2026 at Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey. The packed programme of events, all tapping into key themes and skills in the geography curriculum will include keynote lectures, a selection of exciting and informative workshops and a room full of exhibitors, including publishers, exam boards and travel companies. The logos for geography southeast, the Royal Geographical Society and Royal Holloway, University of London are included

Speakers:

Steve Brace (GA)
Geography – making a difference
(incl. review of curriculum developments).

Dr Poppy Harding (University of Hertfordshire) Can we teach the Climate Crisis with Optimism?

Professor Vandana Desai (Royal Holloway)
Tackling diversity in Geography.

The RGS Lecture:
Professor Oli Mould (Royal Holloway)
The Changing City:
Alternative uses of Urban Space.

Publishers exhibition. Lunch is provided.

Workshop 1 Options (select 1):

Dr Adrian Palmer (Royal Holloway)
The new eye in the sky: Drone Technology applications in Geography.

Graeme Schofield (Oak Academy)
Shared resources, different classrooms: Practical approaches to individualising curriculum materials.

Karen Corfield (Discover the World Education)
Beyond the Map: Inspiring Curiosity and Creativity in Geography Classrooms.

Dr Stefan Engels (Royal Holloway)
Exploring the Royal Holloway campus: managing aliens, water and
much more.

Workshop 2 Options (select 1):

Professor Katie Willis (Royal Holloway)
Using migration data in the classroom workshop.

Katie Hall (ESRI, UK)
GIS: Taking your skills further.

Rachel Owen (RGS-IBG)
In the classroom and the field: exploring RGS resources for schools.

Jo Harris (Field Studies Council)
Empowering students to be decision makers during fieldwork at GCSE and beyond.

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

📢 BOOK LAUNCH EVENT📢 The good folk at Urban Salon are hosting the launch of my new book 'Postcapitalist Cities' on 1 May 4pm at KCL where I'll be in discussion with @davidjmadden.bsky.social & @gypjh2000.bsky.social Details & FREE tickets here: theurbansalon.com/2026/02/19/b...

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Book Launch: Postcapitalist Cities (Oli Mould) – The Urban Salon

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Royal Holloway @royalholloway.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

We're turning climate change on its head ☀️ Dr Laurie Parsons and colleagues in Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London are unearthing the human and societal effects of global warming to shape future climate action. Find out more: ow.ly/EopK50YrTYN

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Innes M. Keighren @inneskeighren.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

New blog post for International Women's Day: "The forgotten labour of Nancy Dupont" inneskeighren.com/williammacin... #IWD2026 #C18

The inscription to Nancy on the family monument in the Père Lachaise cemetery, reading "Marie Anne Dupont, veuve Aublay, décédée le 17 décembre 1839. Celui qui croit en moi, dit le Seigneur, vivra éternellement." © Amis et Passionnés du Père Lachaise.

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

One final call for this session at the RGS, as we could do with one more paper to round out some amazing looking sessions. Please consider submitting, or share with someone who might! tacity.co.uk/2026/01/30/c...

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CfP @ RGS-IBG 2026: Unconventional Geographies of Solidarity

01-04 September 2026, London Session Organizers: Oli Mould (Royal Holloway, University of London), Hanxi Wang (University College London) In Multitude (2004), political philosophers Michael Hardt a…

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Innes M. Keighren @inneskeighren.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

New blog post: "Macintosh, Washington, and Goethe's birthday present" inneskeighren.com/williammacin...

Portrait of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, by Joseph Karl Stieler (1828). © Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen – Neue Pinakothek, WAF 1048.

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Christina Hourigan @treeseeker.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Historical Geographers!! Do you have any news, cfps, conference sessions, papers, books or events you would like to alert others to in our next #HGRG spring newsletter? Get in touch with @hcraddock.bsky.social by 13 February and spread the word! #historicalgeography #RGS #news

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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Join us for our EDI event to celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month 'Queer Geographies' on Thursday 26th February 2026 with Professor Katie Willis. 1-2pm. All welcome from within geography and beyond!

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Rachael Squire @squirerachael.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

'Cold War Museology' and 'Cold War Scotland' are wonderful and important books. A pleasure to review them here: Beyond the missile and military: towards colourful Cold War histories www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Beyond the missile and military: towards colourful Cold War histories

Emerging from an AHRC funded project on Materialising the Cold War, Cold War Museology (Douthwaite, J., Nehring, H., & Alberti, S. J. (Eds.) (2025). Cold War museology. Taylor & Francis) and Cold W...

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I’m co-curating a session at the @rgsibg.bsky.social conference in September on “Unconventional Geographies of Solidarity” - here is the CfP. Please consider submitting or sharing if this is in your wheelhouse

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CfP @ RGS-IBG 2026: Unconventional Geographies of Solidarity

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Innes M. Keighren @inneskeighren.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

New blog post: "Where were the women?" inneskeighren.com/williammacin...

A sketch portrait of Luise von Göchhausen (c. 1780) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Humans returned to British Isles earlier than previously thought at the end of the last ice age. Research by Dr Adrian Palmer and colleagues @royalholloway.bsky.social in The Conversation. theconversation.com/humans-retur... #RHULGeogResearch #RHULResearch #RoyalHolloway #Climate #Environment

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States of Precarity @statesofprecarity.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Today we launch States of Precarity in UK HE Geography. Thank you to the 364 colleagues whose experiences shaped this work. Download the report, share widely, and join us in advocating for change. Launch event (1:00-2:30GMT): www.rgs.org/events/upcom... Read report: www.rgs.org/research/hig...

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States of precarity in UK Higher Education geography

Findings from a discipline-focused research project exploring the lived realities of precarious academic work within UK Higher Education geography.

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Oli Mould @olimould.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I’m sure you’re all *thrilled* to hear what you can preorder my new book - Postcapitalist Cities - from the MUP website with a whopping 40% off till the end January. So yours for only £12.

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Manchester University Press - Postcapitalist cities

Postcapitalist cities - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Postcapitalist cities by Oli Mould

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States of Precarity @statesofprecarity.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

TOMORROW: Report Launch and Discussion 1:00-2:30PM GMT Guest Speakers: Matilda Fitzmaurice (@matildaf.bsky.social) Jay Todd (@jaytoddgla.bsky.social) Lekan Adekola Gillian Rose (@profgillian.bsky.social) Register: www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

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States of precarity in UK geography report launch

We're invitomh all geographers to the launch of the States of Precarity in UK Higher Education Geography report.

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planthums-uk.bsky.social @planthums-uk.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Check out our @planthums-uk.bsky.social web pages at kew.org/science/inte... Learn who we are, what we do, and how you can work with us on #PlantHumanities #research @rbgkew.bsky.social @rhulgeography.bsky.social

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States of Precarity @statesofprecarity.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

And now to Diss Mere and Holocene records with Ian Candy from @rhulgeography.bsky.social #QRA2026ADM

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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

His supervisors were Simon Blockley, Adrian Palmer, Bethan Davies (Newcastle) and Sam Roberson (BGS). His examiners were Chris Darvill (external, Manchester) and Anna Bourne (Internal, QMUL). Thanks also to Simon Armitage as independent chair.

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Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London @rhulgeography.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Huge congratulations to Dr Alex Clark who has successfully defended his thesis with minor corrections. Alex's thesis is entitled 'A multi-proxy investigation of northeast Irish Ice Sheet dynamics during the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition' #RHULGeogResearch #RoyalHolloway #PhD #Glaciation

Photo of Chris Darvill, Alex Clark and Anna Bourne by the maps in the foyer of the Queens Building at Royal Holloway, University of London

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