Thank you very much. My 3x great grandparents, the Penrys, had a beer and coffee house at Red Lion Court/Alley Spitalfields. Is this the site of the , possible, Playhouse? Regards, Jan

In this special episode we’re taking you behind usually closed doors for a fascinating discussion about heritage loss, as part of The Seaford Head Project. It features leading heritage practitioners from Historic England, the National Trust, the South Downs National Park Authority and Archaeology South-East, and local councillors from Seaford, East Sussex. We discuss responding to coastal erosion and prioritising at-risk sites, the grieving process of letting go of what cannot be saved, and how we might move forward as a profession and a public to a more nuanced understanding of heritage permanence.

If you’re from Seaford or the surrounds we particularly want to hear from you, so let us know what you think by leaving a comment or emailing us ase@ucl.ac.uk. 

You can find out more information about this project and a transcript of the podcast on the project website: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology-south-east/seaford-head

The Seaford Head Project is funded by Historic England with contributions from the South Downs National Park Authority.

The Seaford Head Project: Policy and Practitioner Discussion

William Carruthers is a historian of archaeology, heritage, and decolonisation. He holds an AHRC-funded PhD (2014) in the History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Cambridge, and trained in archaeology (BA and MA) at the UCL Institute of Archaeology.

Will is the author of Flooded Pasts (Cornell University Press, 2022) and an Honorary Lecturer in the Department of Art History and World Art Studies at the University of East Anglia.https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501766442/flooded-pasts/#bookTabs=1

Historians of Archaeology - Dr Amara Thornton Interviews Dr William Carruthers

The first podcast of 2023 (recorded in 2022 - all references to open days etc. are from December - please email Charlotte c.frearson@ucl.ac.uk for up to date information).

Johanna Zetterstrom-Sharp is recently appointed Associate Professor in Heritage at UCL’s Institute of Archeology. Prior to this, she was Senior Curator of Anthropology at the Horniman Museum, Lecturer in Anthropology at Goldsmiths, and has over 10 years of experience working in museums. The focus of her museum practice is opening up museum collections to community-led research and projects. Her research explores mid-century museum practice, and its intersection with colonialism, as well as the colonial history and inheritance of milk and dairy.

Parkaeology with Dr Johanna Zetterstrom-Sharp

Lorna Webb joins the podcast for a look at how women are represented in Early Medieval/ Old English literature for Women's History Month! We talk about Beowulf (obviously) and Lorna makes host Emily try to answer some rather rude riddles. You might be surprised at the breadth of female representation on display!

You can find more Medieval musings from Lorna in her Medieval Corner: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology-south-east/lornas-medieval-corner

Transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology-south-east/sites/archaeology_south_east/files/asedd_ep11_lorna_webb_transcript.docx

Episode 11 - Women's (Medieval) History Month, with Lorna Webb

Only Collections in The Building is a podcast series by researcher and museum activist Heba Abd el Gawad, and Associate Professor Johanna Zetterstrom-Sharp, as part of UCL’s Institute of Archaeology AHRC funded Mobilising Collections for Institutional Change: Egypt at the Horniman’ project.
 
Activists, artists, and indigenous practitioners are being invited to intervene in or disrupt museum spaces with the aim to bring change. But meaningful collaboration relies on much larger structural or professional changes that they rarely have the power to implement.
 
There is so much talk about museums, decolonisation, and social justice, but very little that is grounded in the day-to-day work of structural change and how it impacts the people who are relied on to implement it. It is in this everyday work that relationships can breakdown. Rather than having a breakdown, we will ask what it means in practice to put people before collections by sharing our experience working together on All Eyes on Her! (https://www.horniman.ac.uk/project/all-eyes-on-her/), a community-collaborative exhibition at the Horniman.
 
This series is produced by Maria Christodoulou, creator of From Root to Vine.
 
Episode 1 uses a packet of scarf pins from the 1990s to explore how everyday resistance is hidden through museum practice.

Episode 1: Unpinning Colonialism "Only Collections in the Building"

Only Collections in the Building Episode 2: I don’t accept Horniman’s gift.

What does it mean to be generous, when that generosity is built on the exploitation of others?

In this episode we explore the limits of good intentions and how inherited stories of public generosity impact on our ability to tell truthful histories in the present.

The Horniman in South London takes its name from Frederick Horniman, a liberal MP, abolitionist and a Quaker. He is a man remembered in the Horniman’s institutional aims for his founding gift to the people of London in 1901. Horniman’s gift included his collections, a considerable plot of land, and money to build a new Museum that would “bring the world to forest hill”. 

But this world was a colonial one, and Horniman was a tea trader. It is a world that enabled this liberal man and others like him to travel widely, build imperial connections and drive significant profit margins, all without recognition of the labour, entitlement and exploitation that underpinned it.

Only Collections in The Building is a podcast series by researcher and museum activist Heba Abd el Gawad, and Associate Professor Johanna Zetterstrom-Sharp, as part of UCL’s Institute of Archaeology AHRC funded Mobilising Collections for Institutional Change: Egypt at the Horniman’ project. In this episode we also speak to Nathalie Cooper, PhD student at the University of Warwick.

The series is produced by Maria Christodoulou, creator of From Root to Vine.

Episode 2: I Don't Accept Horniman's Gift "Only Collections in the Building"

Archaeologists from UCL's Archaeology South-East recently found the possible remains of the Red Lion Playhouse, the earliest purpose-built playhouse in London. Emily talks to Stephen White, the archaeologist leading the excavations at Whitechapel Central, about the excavation, what evidence there is for the playhouse, and what work is still to be done as we move into the next phase of the analysis!

See the news story about the Red Lion discovery: https://bit.ly/38KYZol

Don't forget to check out the 3D model of the timber structure (the possible stage of the Red Lion playhouse): https://skfb.ly/6T6Rx

Follow Stephen on twitter @stevejameswhite

Episode 1 - The Red Lion Playhouse, with Stephen White

Archaeology South-East is the commercial branch of UCL's Institute of Archaeology.
Our Digs Deeper podcast takes you into the world of development-led archaeology, whether that be discussing a new archaeological discovery, talking to our archaeologists about their day-to-day roles, demystifying the archaeological process or tackling issues affecting our sector.

Episode 1 - The Red Lion Playhouse, with Stephen White

UCL Archaeology South-East

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