Posts Tagged ‘Cable Street’
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Lou Kenton, 1908-2012
0September 18, 2012 by Lydia Syson
The oldest surviving British volunteer for the International Brigades has died aged 104. Both ordinary and extraordinary, Lou Kenton was one of many individuals whose matter-of-fact and everyday heroism worked their way into A World Between Us. In fact, when I began keep reading
Category Blog | Tags: ambulance driver, Cable Street, International Brigades, Lou Kenton, Spain
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The Torch of History
0August 30, 2012 by Lydia Syson
For most of my life I’ve been as likely to pole-vault out of the garden as to sit down to watch the Olympic opening ceremony on television. The celebration of children’s books certainly softened my resistance to the occasion. And I enjoyed the glimpses of London in 1948 we had on our screens. And finally, I had time to watch – and get keep reading
Category Blog | Tags: A WORLD BETWEEN US, Cable Street, Lydia Syson, Olympics, Spanish Civil War
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It’s All Relative & Drawn to Spain
1August 4, 2012 by Lydia Syson
Here’s an article about some of the romantics, rebels and wordsmiths in my family which I wrote for the Jewish Socialist magazine’s Winter 2012 issue, followed by David Rosenberg’s review of A World Between Us. keep reading
Category Reviews & more | Tags: anti-fascist activists, Battle of Cable Street, British Library, Cable Street, David Low, David Rosenberg, family history, Freedom Press, Imperial War Museum, Jack Gaster, Jewish Socialist, Left Book Club, Leila Berg, Lulu Gaster, Maire Lynd, Moira Gaster, Moses Gaster, N F Dryhurst, research, Robert Lynd, Workers Circle
