Category: Announcements
Dead Images
We were invited recently to contribute to the Dead Images project, which explores the legacy of human skull collection within the Natural History Museum, Vienna. In particular, their display of thousands of skulls collected right...
Colchester Memorial Plans
In Colchester, locals have been campaigning for several years to get a memorial for the women who were accused tried and hanged as witches. Now Colchester council have finally agreed to a memorial in...
Poetry Competition Now Closed
The HAD poetry competition for 2015 is now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered. We’ve had nearly 200 fantastic entries and deciding on the winner is going to be tough! The winner will...
Poetry Competition reminder
Don’t forget there is still one month left to enter our poetry competition!
HAD Poetry Competition
Often we find displays of the bones of ancestors in museums that lack much, if any, consideration of the personhood of the individual on display. Honouring the Ancient Dead (HAD) never advocates display of...
The Wanton Green
HAD is delighted to be associated with The Wanton Green: contemporary pagan writings on place, including a contribution by Emma Restall-Orr. Synopsis From the lost magics and holy waters of London to bleak Staffordshire Moorlands;...
HAD Achieves Charity Status
We are delighted to report that, backdated to April 2013, Honouring the Ancient Dead is now officially recognised as a charity within the UK. This excellent news should mean that we can consider reaching...
Sponsored walk
Avebury sponsored walk On 10 August 2013 at 2pm (assemble at the Red Lion), HAD will be holding a fund raising walk around the Avebury Circle. Everyone is invited to raise money for HAD, walking as many...
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