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War poet Siegfried Sassoon’s papers arrive in Cambridge

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Share The archive of World War I poet Siegfried Sassoon has been delivered to the Cambridge University Library after a campaign to raise £1.25m. The library bought the collection after a successful fundraising drive – helped by a £550,000 grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund. The archive includes a manuscript of Sassoon’s statement refusing to return... »

Rare Simpsons script up for sale

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Share A Simpsons fan from rural Stirling is selling his rare original script of a 1990 episode of the popular cartoon. Adam Carter, from Aberfoyle, was given the manuscript when he was just eight years old by actress Maggie Roswell, who voices several Simpsons characters. The 45-page script, signed by Roswell, is for the “Bart v Thanksgiving”... »

George Washington letter smashes auction record

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ShareA letter written by the first US President, George Washington, has sold at auction for $3.2m (£1.9m). The sale, at Christie’s in New York, was a record for a letter written by Washington. The four-page letter was written in 1787 to the president’s nephew, Bushrod Washington, and urges adoption of the country’s new constitution. A partially written... »

Sassoon fund gains £550,000 boost

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Share (with video) A campaign to save the papers of World War I poet Siegfried Sassoon for the nation has been bolstered by a grant of £550,000. The National Heritage Memorial Fund’s award to Cambridge University puts it closer to raising the £1.25m needed to permanently secure the collection. It includes a manuscript of Sassoon’s statement refusing to... »

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