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So you want to make a time capsule (with Rosy Scholes and Ellen Knight)
Sep 10, 2026
The Museum of English Rural Life
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What will farming look like in 100 years time? That's the question asked by a group of University of Reading PhD students, managed by Rosy Scholes and Ellen Knight, as part of the University of Reading's centenary celebrations.
In this pod, Joe and Ollie catch up with Rosy and Ellen about their research and their project, which culminated in the burial of a time capsule in our garden, filled with research, creative responses, and visions of what the future of farming might be.
The time capsule project was funded by the University of Reading Centenary Project Grant Scheme and completed with the assistance of Phillippa Heath, Dr Ollie Douglas, Dannielle Keegel, Katie Somerville-Hall, Talor Whitham, Tatiana Dickins, Wiktoria Szkolnicka, Prof Deepa Senapathi, Lucy Markwell and Claire Biggs.
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Absolute Units is the official podcast of The Museum of English Rural Life. This series is made possible through the generous support of Arts Council England and Museums Partnership Reading, a partnership of The MERL with Reading Museum. Theme tune by Tai Dawson. This podcast contains audio from Epidemic Sound.
Co-hosts: Ollie Douglas and Joe Vaughan
Producer: Joe Vaughan
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