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Would you place a Grand National bet on a Shetland pony?

20 Jul 2015

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, H is for...

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Edmund de Waal installation at CRASSH

Potted histories

23 Jan 2013

Artist and writer Edmund de Waal – known for his work in porcelain as well as his best-selling memoir 'The Hare with the Amber Eyes' - will be giving...

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Leg and torso from the model of a four-legged animal, possibly a deer or horse. This is one of 36 ceramic items recovered from Vela Spila, Croatia.

Archaeologists uncover Palaeolithic ceramic art

24 Jul 2012

Ceramics found on the coast of the Adriatic attest to a hitherto unknown artistic culture which flourished during the last Ice Age, thousands of...

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Owl Punch Bowl, 1903 (detail) Salt-glazed stoneware decorated with blue, brown and sage-green slips Height: 103 cm

‘Picture This #7′ - Owl with a removable head, Fitzwilliam Museum.

08 Oct 2011

He had a lively imagination which gave rise to a procession of grotesque and humorous creatures masquerading as jugs, spoon warmers and toast-racks...

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