Posts By: WRoCAH Office

  • The Poetic Footsteps of Charlotte Smith

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    The Poetic Footsteps of Charlotte Smith: Val Derbyshire from the 2015 WRoCAH cohort reflects on a recent research trip to seek out new insight into the life of the poet and novelist, Charlotte Smith.

  • Swimming in a media sea

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    “SWIMMING IN A MEDIA SEA”: WRoCAH student, Lucy Cheseldine, reflects on the challenges of talking about academic research to non-academic audiences through podcasting.

  • Unlocking York Minster: Go On Without Me

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    Unlocking York Minster: Go On Without Me – In the fourth and final blog post of the series about her work with York Minster, Kirsty Surgey reports on the performance she created for the York Residents’ Festival.

  • ‘All is Not Loss’: Change, Narrative and the Community Ownership of Historic Buildings

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    Congratulations to Nigel Walter, who has become one of the first successful doctoral students to graduate from WRoCAH. Nigel’s thesis sought to develop new philosophical approaches to the conservation of church buildings, and resulted in the production guide being used by the Church of England to support parish churches planning changes to their buildings.

  • Unlocking York Minster: Always unfinished ….

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    Unlocking York Minster: Always Unfinished – In the third blog posts of the series about her work with York Minster, Kirsty Surgey reflects on how the ordinary can transformed into treasure.