‘News’ Category

  1. Proof Fever

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    January 27, 2015 by Lydia Syson

    ‘At first the children thought ‘the proof’ meant the letter the sensible Editor had written, but they presently got to …
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  2. Epiphany

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    January 6, 2015 by Lydia Syson

    Twelfth night always seems a better time to start the year than January 1st. The decorations are back under the …
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  3. Can I get there by Candlelight?

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    December 7, 2014 by Lydia Syson

    If you head over to The History Girls, you’ll find some seasonal thoughts on candlelight through time, how light can …
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  4. Hiawatha: Photographer

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    November 24, 2014 by Lydia Syson

    As some of you may know from my most recent post on The History Girls, I’ve been doing a lot …
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  5. Stiff Upper Lips

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    October 28, 2014 by Lydia Syson

    A few days ago, a new opera called Shell Shock premiered in Brussels, just one of the huge number of commemorative …
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  6. ‘Maximum meaning, minimum means’

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    October 6, 2014 by Lydia Syson

    Today’s my first post as one of the History Girls…from now on you’ll find me there on the 6th of …
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  7. School visits: bonus time

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    September 18, 2014 by Lydia Syson

    There’s something particularly satisfying about reading creative work that’s been produced by students after a school visit.  Last summer I …
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  8. Summer news – updated

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    August 1, 2014 by Lydia Syson

    This is a bits-and-pieces, catch-up kind of a post, mostly to express my gratitude to lots of different people who’ve …
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  9. Darkling I listen

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    July 3, 2014 by Lydia Syson

    I’ve only heard a nightingale sing once, in a wood near Bristol, when I was in my early twenties.  Last …
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  10. Celebrating Romance

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    June 5, 2014 by Lydia Syson

    Think of historical romance, and I suspect you’ll find yourself instantly bogged down in swathes of taffeta, tripping over corset-laces …
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