Monthly Archives: March 2017

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  A look back at 2016 (Weekly blog, 26 March 2017)

  Posted on March 27, 2017 by Catherine Leonard in Catherine's Page

  A blog by Catherine Leonard, Secretary-General I’ve been finalising the 2016 INTO Annual Review this week.   Just waiting for the figures from our Accountant now and then we’re good to go.   Having this week also drafted a long speech for World Heritage Day however, my creative juices are running dry.  It’s cheating but […]

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  3Rd Caribbean Conference, Website now Live! Making heritage matter

  Posted on March 25, 2017 by Bill Turner in Caribbean Region, Conferences, INTO News, News From Members, North America Region

  Making heritage matter Welcome to the brand-new website for the 3rd Caribbean conference of national trusts and preservation societies.  Visit www.curacaoheritage.com, where you’ll find all the information for the November 2017 heritage conference. Discover the subject areas, program details, conference rates and accommodation information. We’ll be posting regular updates on the program, activities, the key-note speakers […]

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  New ideas (Weekly blog, 19 March 2017)

  Posted on March 20, 2017 by Catherine Leonard in Catherine's Page

  A blog by Catherine Leonard, Secretary-General “The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones,” said John Maynard Keynes.  Well, I’m rather regretting blogging about time management and spring cleaning last week! Think big This week has been full of the kind of big thinking I was extolling. […]

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  Call for Presenters – Keeping History Above Water

  Posted on March 14, 2017 by Bill Turner in Climate Change, Conferences, News From Members, North America Region

  Keeping History Above Water – Annapolis October 29 – November 1 2017 An international gathering on adapting historic coastal communities to sea level rise Hosted by the City of Annapolis with Support from the Newport Restoration Foundation. October 29 – November 1, 2017 Call for Presenters Originally convened by the Newport Restoration Foundation in April […]

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  Spring cleaning (Weekly blog, 13 March 2017)

  Posted on March 14, 2017 by Catherine Leonard in Catherine's Page

  A short blog by Catherine Leonard, Secretary-General Spring cleaning was my goal this weekend.  Inspired by National Spring Cleaning Week (6-12 March), I had a long list of jobs from rotating matresses to reorganising the larder. Sad to say, I didn’t complete the challenge.  These things always take longer than you think … (more about that […]

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  Russian reminiscences (Weekly blog, 5 March 2017)

  Posted on March 5, 2017 by Catherine Leonard in Catherine's Page

  A blog by Catherine Leonard, Secretary-General On Friday, I caught a brief report by the BBC’s Russian Correspondent, Sarah Rainsford, in which she took a nostalgic look back at visits to Moscow.  I was momentarily transported from a wet drive home to my own five months undergraduate placement to Voronezh in 1992. Voronezh 300 miles south […]

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