Author Archive
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Len Crome Memorial Conference 12th March 2016: Women and the Spanish Civil War
0December 22, 2015 by Lydia Syson
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Gingerbread Pigs
0December 13, 2015 by Lydia Syson
My kitchen is heady with the scent of cloves and ginger and muscavado and cinnamon. The biscuity part of our …
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‘Resist the attempt to construct an argument’
2October 19, 2015 by Lydia Syson
This slogan flashed by while I sat enthralled by William Kentridge’s video installation Notes Towards a Model Opera at the …
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In which I go ‘Down The Rabbit Hole’…
0October 2, 2015 by Lydia Syson
…with fellow History Girl, Catherine Johnson. A little over a year ago, the world of children’s literature cheered the launch …
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Who are you like?
0September 18, 2015 by Lydia Syson
UKYAX is all about breaking down barriers between readers and writers, and finding new ways to spread the word about …
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UKYA Extravaganza
0September 6, 2015 by Lydia Syson
I’m not sure if it sounds more like a circus or a speed-dating event for authors and readers, but I …
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In the footsteps of Communards
0July 6, 2015 by Lydia Syson
What happened to the revolutionaries who managed to escape Paris after the bloody fall of the Commune? Over three thousand …
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Coming up…
0June 23, 2015 by Lydia Syson
26 June 2015: Carnegie shadowing event at Graveney School 27 June 2015 (For info): Anarchism & Education: the history of Louise Michel …
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‘The Red Virgin’
0June 23, 2015 by Lydia Syson
There is a character in Liberty’s Fire who is not named, but can be easily identified as Louise Michel, the best known …
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Meet the archivist…at the Marx Memorial Library
2June 6, 2015 by Lydia Syson
This interview first appeared on The History Girls blogsite on June 6th 2015: In April I wrote about the Conscience and Conflict exhibition of …
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