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The ‘Leicester’ Casta Paintings

The ‘Leicester’ Casta Paintings

Mar 30, 2023 | Casta Paintings, News

I spoke at a fascinating conference about the ‘Leicester’ Casta Paintings

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Potato Quote

Philomena Cunk: ‘How did Sir Walter Raleigh invent the potato?’
Professor Ashley Jackson: ‘Well, he didn’t invent the potato in that I don’t think that anyone actually has invented a root vegetable.’

— ‘Cunk on Britain’, 10 April 2018, BBC 2
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