Author Archive
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That Burning Summer: links and background resources
0March 1, 2015 by Lydia Syson
Interested in exploring any of the history, ideas or places in That Burning Summer? Here are some good starting points –
Category Reviews & more | Tags: Bibliography, further reading, history behind, That Burning Summer
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Find out more about the background to A WORLD BETWEEN US
10March 1, 2015 by Lydia Syson
There have been about 15,000 books written in English about the Spanish Civil War – twice that many in Spanish, …
keep readingCategory Reviews & more | Tags: A WORLD BETWEEN US, Bibliography, books about Spanish Civil War, films about Spanish Civil War, novels, Reading, Spanish Civil War
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Bees not fleas
0February 24, 2015 by Lydia Syson
Fellow YA author Helen Grant and I struck up conversation on Twitter at the weekend after reading a couple of …
keep readingCategory News | Tags: children's writing, Courtauld, Dodie Smith, Helen Grant, Philippa Stockley, RLF, The Guardian, The History Girls, The Starlight Barking, YouGov poll
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Proof Fever
2January 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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Epiphany
0January 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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Can I get there by Candlelight?
0December 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 …
keep readingCategory News | Tags: candlelight, Globe Theatre, Gothic, guttering, London, Paris Commune, Political clubs, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, tallow
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Hiawatha: Photographer
1November 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 …
keep readingCategory News | Tags: 19th century, Hiawatha, Hiawatha Photographing, Lewis Carroll, Longfellow, photography, Victorian, wet collodion
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Stiff Upper Lips
0October 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 …
keep readingCategory News | Tags: aeroneurosis, Bomber Command, Combat Stress, Flying Personnel Research Committee, flying stress, George Cocker, Joana Bourke, La Monnaie, Lack of Moral Fibre, LMF, morale, neurasthenia, opera, RAF, Salamander Oasis, Shell shock, soldier's heart, That Burning Summer, WW2
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‘Maximum meaning, minimum means’
0October 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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School visits: bonus time
0September 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 …
keep readingCategory News | Tags: Anna Perera, author visits, Creative Writing, CWISL, David Massey, Ian Cobain, Spanish Civil War, STREAM 2014, Streatham and Clapham High School, writing festival
