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  1. My friendly locals…

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    September 5, 2012 by Lydia Syson

    …in other words, the independent booksellers I’m lucky enough to have near me. We may not have the tube in …
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  2. A sudden blow

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    September 3, 2012 by Lydia Syson

    A few weeks ago I lost my memory.  I’m still circling round what happened, telling and retelling myself the story, …
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  3. Blenheim Palace Festival: 14th September 2012

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    August 30, 2012 by Lydia Syson

    Panel discussion on The Spanish Civil War: Fact and Fiction with Paul Preston and Richard Baxell at Blenheim Palace Literary …
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  4. The Torch of History

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    August 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 …
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  5. My local hero: the magnificent Dr Lettsom

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    August 29, 2012 by Lydia Syson

    My favourite place to write is in bed, right at the top of our house in Camberwell.  Looking out of …
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  6. It’s All Relative & Drawn to Spain

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    August 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 …
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  7. Len Crome – Autobiographical Notes

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    August 2, 2012 by Lydia Syson

    Len Crome (1909-2001) was chief of the medical service of the 15th Army Corps of the Republican army during the …
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  8. WBW Competition winning entry: These Talking Walls by James Barber (Sidcot School)

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    June 6, 2012 by Lydia Syson

      Chapter 1 – Arno Svoboda I stepped from the bus onto the campus grounds. The building was magnificent, a …
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  9. Map of Paris, 1871

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    March 1, 2012 by Lydia Syson

    ‘Harper’s Map of Paris’ can be found in the back of W.P.Fetridge’s 1871 The Rise and Fall of The Paris Commune (see …
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MPP: Q & A on The History Girls

MY FRIENDLY LOCALS: Independent bookshops in S E London

L'sF: Find out more about the history behind Liberty's Fire

L'sF: Meet the women of the Paris Commune

L'sF: Who were the pétroleuses?

L'sF: Communards in London: a guided walk

L'sF: Interview about writing Liberty's Fire with Rebecca Mascull

TBS: Ideas for further reading/viewing/visiting

TBS: Polish pilots in WW2

TBS: Fear of Flying

TBS: The Battle of Britain from below

TBS: Romney Marsh in poetry and fiction

TBS: Wartime spirit

TBS: Inspirational 40s films

AWBU: How to find out more about the Spanish Civil War

AWBU: Homage to Catalonia

AWBU: Spanish Civil War music

AWBU: The Army of Africa

AWBU: Black Americans in Spain

AWBU: Art & the Spanish Civil War

AWBU: The Cave Hospital

AWBU: The Battle of the Ebro 1

AWBU: The Battle of the Ebro 2

AWBU: Unburying the dead

BOOKSHOPS: Support your local!

FAMILY INFLUENCES: Rebels, romantics and wordsmiths

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14 July 2018: Beacon Lit Festival - NEW VOICES

4 July 2018: Penzance Literary Festival

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