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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Living by the pen: British Library explores history of writing

Angry telegram by playwright John Osborne and 2,000-year-old homework among exhibits Any modern child fretting about messing up their homework can be reassured – the ancient Egyptians could be just as hopeless. “It is a bit of a disaster … it’s not good,” said the curator Adrian Edwards, referring to the nearly 2,000-year-old Greek homework of an Egyptian child, on display at the British Library. Continue reading...


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