Lydia Syson

1. Proof Fever

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   January 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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2. Epiphany

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   January 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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3. Can I get there by Candlelight?

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   December 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 …
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   Category News | Tags: candlelight, Globe Theatre, Gothic, guttering, London, Paris Commune, Political clubs, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, tallow

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4. Hiawatha: Photographer

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   November 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 …
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   Category News | Tags: 19th century, Hiawatha, Hiawatha Photographing, Lewis Carroll, Longfellow, photography, Victorian, wet collodion

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5. Stiff Upper Lips

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   October 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 …
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   Category 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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6. ‘Maximum meaning, minimum means’

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   October 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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7. School visits: bonus time

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   September 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 …
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   Category 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

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8. Summer news – updated

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   August 1, 2014 by Lydia Syson

   

   This is a bits-and-pieces, catch-up kind of a post, mostly to express my gratitude to lots of different people who’ve …
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   Category News | Tags: Anne Clark, Catherine Clarke, City University, CWISL, Felicity Bryan, Flubit competition, Im Dunklen Licht der Tage, National Literacy Trust, Picture Book Agent, Teaching and Mentoring, The History Girls, Two Turtle Doves, Where's Wally fun run

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9. Darkling I listen

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   July 3, 2014 by Lydia Syson

   

   I’ve only heard a nightingale sing once, in a wood near Bristol, when I was in my early twenties.  Last …
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   Category News | Tags: Artliner, Combat Stress, Corinna Dean, Farnborough, FAST, Keats, Nightingale, Outside Broadcast, Slacklands, Spitfire, test pilot, The Wind Tunnel Project

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10. Celebrating Romance

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    June 5, 2014 by Lydia Syson

    

    Think of historical romance, and I suspect you’ll find yourself instantly bogged down in swathes of taffeta, tripping over corset-laces …
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    Category News | Tags: #Romance14, Cathy Hopkins, Catnip, clean teen, Competition, digital romance, Emily Thomas, giveaway, historical romance, Keris Stainton, Liz Bankes, London Books, political romance, Romance Festival, steamy, UKYA

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