Author: Liz Bartram

Margery Kempe: Mystic and Medieval Miller

For International Women’s Day we have reproduced below one of the biographies of women millers from our online exhibition where...

The Story of Wind Energy in Europe

Introducing a new project, and how you can help tell the story Wind power has a rich history, shaping Europe’s...

A Wind Power Pioneer

My journey began over coffee and biscuits at the dining table of Dr Peter J Musgrove......

The hero of the drought

Early 20th-century crossbreeding of sorghum in the United States and its propagation in a 21st-century world affected by climate change

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Milling in 19th century Norway

This article first appeared on our blog in May 2020. While sat in a meeting in our Founders’ Room, my...

Sugar mills: shining light into the shadows

Elizabeth Bartram Two months ago, I introduced our 13th Mills Archive Research Publication “Sugar Mills and Slavery” by Stuart Nisbet....

Sugar Mills and Slavery by Stuart M Nisbet

Following an excellent, well-illustrated article by Willem van Bergen in International Molinology, 2020, 101: 2-9, the Mills Archive Trust has...

Women Pioneers

Biographies of women who have made a significant contribution to the history of milling Amy B Smith (b 1962) Dr...

£75,000 grant from the Garfield Weston Foundation for “Hidden Heroes” project

I am delighted to announce that we have been awarded a grant of £75,000 by the Garfield Weston Foundation. This...

Milling in 19th century Norway

While sat in a meeting in our Founders’ Room, my eyes travelled across the spines of the antiquarian books visible...

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