As a year passes since the pandemic changed the lives of everyone, many people are looking back to last Easter to see what has changed. The record of the Eton College Chronicle however, affords us an opportunity to look even further back and see what was happening during the Easter Half and Easter Holidays for... Continue Reading →
I once had to disappoint a very excited young Etonian who came into the Museum asking me where the four-foot duck was on display. He had misheard one of his peers, of course: we don’t have a duck which is 1.2m tall! But one of the most iconic specimens in Eton’s Natural History Museum, and... Continue Reading →
Some of the finest art of the Northern Renaissance can be found hidden in books – painted into Books of Hours. The Book of Hours was a popular form of prayer book, based on the hours of the monastic services (Prime, Terce, Nones, Lauds, etc.), but Books of Hours were usually made for an individual... Continue Reading →
