Pub crawl and ‘zombie walk’ win funding to promote humanities

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Pub crawl and ‘zombie walk’ win funding to promote humanities

The UK’s only national humanities research festival has announced funding awards to 41 universities and cultural organisations

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Pub crawl and ‘zombie walk’ win funding to promote humanities

The UK’s only national humanities research festival has announced funding awards to 41 universities and cultural organisations

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