POP star Robbie Williams has been asked to donate part of his huge fortune to help save the Staffordshire Hoard for the Midlands, the Sunday Mercury can reveal.
The Stoke-on-Trent singer is on a secret list of celebrities and millionaires being contacted in a bid to raise £3.3 million to keep the Anglo-Saxon treasure in the region.
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Monday, 25 January 2010
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Artefacts selected to outline history of North Yorkshire
AN ANGLO-SAXON helmet, a Viking arm ring and a Second World War Halifax Bomber are just some of the artefacts that tell the story of North Yorkshire’s history, according to a new project.
Ten items of varying shapes and sizes have been selected to outline the history of the county as part of a national project entitled A History Of The World.
It was developed by the British Museum, 350 museums across the country and the BBC.
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Ten items of varying shapes and sizes have been selected to outline the history of the county as part of a national project entitled A History Of The World.
It was developed by the British Museum, 350 museums across the country and the BBC.
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Thursday, 14 January 2010
Find £3.3m to buy Staffordshire hoard for nation, public urged
Historian Starkey spearheads fight to save Anglo-Saxon 'gangland bling' unearthed in West Midlands
A public appeal was launched today to raise £3.3m in three months to buy the Staffordshire hoard, one of the most jaw-dropping of archeological finds or, as the historian David Starkey called it, 5.5 kilos of Anglo-Saxon "gangland bling".
Politicians and archaeologists joined Starkey in Birmingham to launch a campaign to raise the money and keep the hoard, the largest and most significant find of Anglo-Saxon gold, in the Midlands. Failure to raise the money was almost unthinkable, said Starkey.
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A public appeal was launched today to raise £3.3m in three months to buy the Staffordshire hoard, one of the most jaw-dropping of archeological finds or, as the historian David Starkey called it, 5.5 kilos of Anglo-Saxon "gangland bling".
Politicians and archaeologists joined Starkey in Birmingham to launch a campaign to raise the money and keep the hoard, the largest and most significant find of Anglo-Saxon gold, in the Midlands. Failure to raise the money was almost unthinkable, said Starkey.
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Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Appeal to keep Anglo-Saxon gold hoard in West Midlands
Historian Dr David Starkey has backed a campaign to keep the UK's largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold in the region it was unearthed.
The appeal, launched at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, aims to raise £3.3m to buy the Staffordshire Hoard which was discovered last July.
Up to 1,500 artefacts were found in a field near Lichfield by metal detecting enthusiast Terry Herbert.
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The appeal, launched at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, aims to raise £3.3m to buy the Staffordshire Hoard which was discovered last July.
Up to 1,500 artefacts were found in a field near Lichfield by metal detecting enthusiast Terry Herbert.
Read the rest of this article...
Historian Dr David Starkey launches campaign to keep Staffordshire gold hoard in Midlands
Historian Dr David Starkey today launched a fundraising drive to keep the largest ever hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold in the region where it was discovered.
The campaign, being launched at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, aims to raise £3.3 million to acquire the Staffordshire Hoard, which was found by a metal detectorist last summer.
If the campaign is successful, the Hoard would be jointly acquired by both the Birmingham museum and the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent.
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The campaign, being launched at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, aims to raise £3.3 million to acquire the Staffordshire Hoard, which was found by a metal detectorist last summer.
If the campaign is successful, the Hoard would be jointly acquired by both the Birmingham museum and the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent.
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