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History writing, history, and writing #6
Handbags, manuscripts, Night Witches, and another London relic revisited.
Jul 1
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Amy Freeborn
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June 2025
Re-post: The most important publication in science was paid for in fish books
‘It defined how we understand the universe and popularised the ‘scientific method’, which is the bedrock of modern science.’
Jun 27
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Amy Freeborn
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Re-post: The most important publication in science was paid for in fish books
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Exploring the lives of women through the instructions they left for their deaths
Wills can provide a tangible sense of the personalities of, the people and possession that were important to, ordinary people from the past.
Jun 13
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Amy Freeborn
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History writing, history, and writing #5
Digital archives, bone music, purple dye, and textile design.
Jun 1
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Amy Freeborn
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May 2025
Ill-gotten game and other wartime fun
In between the fighting, there was still time for a bit of mischief.
May 30
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Amy Freeborn
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Women’s role in writing the historical record
The research that’s established a baseline of activity and revealed there’s still more to uncover.
May 16
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Amy Freeborn
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A unique manuscript on the production and consumption of cheese in 16th Century England
The good, the bad, and the horse-y of the “chiefest” of foods in the Tudor period.
May 2
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Amy Freeborn
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A unique manuscript on the production and consumption of cheese in 16th Century England
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History writing, history, and writing #4
A literary theory, librarians, the right to light, and a cheeky cat.
May 1
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Amy Freeborn
5
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April 2025
What is the UK's human cultural heritage?
Recognising, and protecting for the future, the ‘living expressions inherited from our ancestors and passed on to our descendants’.
Apr 18
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Amy Freeborn
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Isaac Newton’s beer mug and boozy ink recipes
A 'valuable relic' and 'excellent' formula which have both 'endured many years'.
Apr 4
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Amy Freeborn
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History writing, history, and writing #3
A forgotten scholar, feminine figures, graffiti, and a doghouse.
Apr 1
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Amy Freeborn
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March 2025
The historical treasure trove emerging from a family photography business
Known colloquially as 'Lewes' family album', the collection is significant not just to its hometown, but the field of photographic history at large.
Mar 21
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Amy Freeborn
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