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A Splendid Idiosyncrasy

7th Jun 2009

'A "Splendid Idiosyncrasy": Prehistory at Cambridge 1915-50' written by Pamela Jane Smith - with a foreword by Colin Renfrew - has recently been published by British Archaeological Reports (BAR) British Series 485: 2009 and distributed by Archaeopress. The study may be of interest to all those wishing to understand the academic environment that T.C. Lethbridge entered into as an undergraduate at Cambridge University in 1919. This, and all other BAR titles, are available from Hadrian Books Ltd. 122 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7BP England.

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The cover photo was taken at Professor John Hutton's retirement party with members of the Cambridge Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology dressed in museum artefacts, 1950. The picture was presented to the author by the Tom Lethbridge's wife - the late Mina Lethbridge.

Inspired by Hoe Hill
The latest entry in TEKH'S Journal is an essay (and a series of observations) entitled ‘Inspired by Hoe Hill’. On Thursday 28th May 2009, I climbed Hoe Hill in the Lincolnshire Wolds. It was almost eight years since I first stumbled upon this natural phenomenon and although I had returned many times, I had shied away from ascending its summit. After climbing Hoe, I returned home and dug out notes and observations I had made in the autumn of 2001. I considered it appropriate to make public my findings along with corresponding photographs in the hope that others too may be inspired to visit this remarkable place.

welbourn TEKH - 'the town in the gravel basin' - June 2009.