Author Archive
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Len Crome Memorial Lecture 2014: Taking Sides
1March 2, 2014 by Lydia Syson
The Spanish Civil War ‘gripped the imagination of a generation’, said Valentine Cunningham this weekend at Taking Sides: Artists and …
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National Libraries Day
0February 8, 2014 by Lydia Syson
Today’s the day to show your love for all the libraries in the country, and celebrate with millions of other …
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Authors Take Sides
1January 26, 2014 by Lydia Syson
Who is this glorious woman? If you saw the recent production of The Scottsboro Boys at the Young Vic in London …
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Ravilious
1January 14, 2014 by Lydia Syson
Ravilious in Pictures: The War Paintings by James Russell (The Mainstone Press) – one of the most thoughtful and appropriate Christmas …
keep readingCategory News | Tags: Alan Powers, Christmas presents, Dulwich Picture Gallery, homing pigeons, James Russell, Kenneth Clark, Mainstone Press, Narvik, Ravilious, That Burning Summer, War Artist, WW2
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Wartime Christmas
0December 22, 2013 by Lydia Syson
Today’s war-themed window in the Carnegie 2014 Advent Calendar by We Sat Down is my inspiration for this final post of the …
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Competition: The History Girls
0November 30, 2013 by Lydia Syson
This week there’s a chance to win a copy of That Burning Summer thanks to the The History Girls – if you already …
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Island of Last Hope
0November 25, 2013 by Lydia Syson
A group of Polish fighter pilots walking away from a Hawker Hurricane in October 1940, probably at RAF Northolt in …
keep readingCategory News | Tags: 303 squadron, anti-Polish racism, attacks on Poles, Bogusław Mierzwa, City of Poznań, First to Fight, heel-clicking, Island of Last Hope, J B Priestley, Kościuszko, Michal Lesziewicz, Polish Air Force, Polish pilots, Rumania, Stanisław Duszyński, That Burning Summer, WW2 myths
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28th February 2014: visit to Sydenham School, Lewisham
0November 14, 2013 by Lydia Syson
I’m looking forward to discussingThat Burning Summer, Britain’s Polish allies, the experience of invasion and much more with some of …
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9th January 2014: Teenage Reading Group launch
0November 14, 2013 by Lydia Syson
Inspirational writer Sam Osman and I will be at Petts Wood Library from 6.30-7.30 pm to launch Bromley’s Teenage Reading Group …
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Channel Radio Competition
0November 13, 2013 by Lydia Syson
Romney Marsh’s 24/7 radio station, Channel Radio, and Kent law firm Gullands are offering a copy of Romney Marsh set THAT BURNING …
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