Would you rather be hired or fired?

Explore the story behind commemorative ceramics and the design work of Dame Laura Knight.

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Would you rather be hired or fired as a memento mori artist?

Would you rather be hired or fired as a memento mori artist?

Hired or Fired? Could you design ceramics for a Royal Coronation?

Hired or Fired? Could you design ceramics for a Royal Coronation?

Hired or Fired? Could you have made it as a prehistoric hunter?

Hired or Fired? Could you have made it as a prehistoric hunter?

Hired or Fired? Discover life for a footballer in the 1910s

Hired or Fired? Discover life for a footballer in the 1910s

Hired or Fired? How would you manage as a lead mine worker?

Hired or Fired? How would you manage as a lead mine worker?

Hired or Fired? Would you have liked to be a 1930’s housewife?

Hired or Fired? Would you have liked to be a 1930’s housewife?

Hired or Fired? Could you make it as an egg-collecting climmer?

Hired or Fired? Could you make it as an egg-collecting climmer?