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Oct 2023

44m 23s

#Slay - Obsessing Over Cemeteries, The V...

After School Archive Club

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Patrick updates the gang about the surprising new skill he has to learn as he starts his PhD, Lis obsesses over her morbid love of cemetery history, and Katie details the perfect afternoon in London - a visit to the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum, and the city's best kept secret: juice?!

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