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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 4h

These are the fellas who led the resistance

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 4h

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 4h

Saw a fascinating selection of material relating to Epping Forest @thelondonarchives.bsky.social yesterday - maps, photos, letters, ephemera and more!

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 6h

Ah, that's good :-)

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 7h

Not preachy at all. If you don't mind my saying so, it sounds the sort of thing John might say.

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 7h

Through the fry-up stage already. And that's a nice gloss on indulgence and its after effects. Will remember that for next time.
V glad to hear you're moving forwards a little. The project sounds good. (And stones in your shoes, yes. They wear a little smooth in time.)

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 8h

Ah, I took it you were on a course or something. Strange learning sounds a mixed bag. Hope you're ok - this week and in the scheme of things.
All good here. (Well, hungover and trying to work, but plus ca change…)

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 8h

There are some wonderful interviews with Wheeler on the BBC archive. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 8h

Sounds good!

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 11h

An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old

“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”

Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon

(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)

Black-and-white picture of two children playing in woodland. Also in the picture, there are 12 hidden animals including an owl, a bat and a squirrel.

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 9h

My review of The Boundless Deep, Richard Holmes' biography of the young Tennyson, a man struggling with familial demons and both excited and terrified by the implications of geological and astronomical science. Thanks as always to @engelsbergideas.bsky.social. engelsbergideas.com/reviews/tenn...

Tennyson was young once

A new biography of the formative years of the Victorian poet illuminates an unparalleled historical moment of vulnerability and wonder.

engelsbergideas.com

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 9h

Oh very much so! This passed me by entirely. Thank you.

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 10h

On the remarkable, audacious sanity of Autumn Journal, written at a time of political crisis and in the shadow of war.

Louis MacNeice and Autumn Journal

One of the 20th century's great history poems – and a joyous confession of faith in everyday life

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 20h

An absolute legend!

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 20h

Thank you!

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 21h

I want to buy some Jacques Brel. Where's the best place to start?

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 1d

Some fun reading for the weekend!

The real-life gangsters and gamblers behind Damon Runyon's Guys and Dolls

America's storied underworld in the Roaring Twenties and after

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 1d

A terrific actress. But talent doesn't always run in families.

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 2d

From this, up on my Substack now.

Louis MacNeice and Autumn Journal

One of the 20th century's great history poems – and a joyous confession of faith in everyday life

mathewlyons.substack.com

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 2d

Louis MacNeice in 1940 looking back on the poetry of the Thirties.

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Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 2d

Jilly Cooper on ageing.

The books on staying young are so dismal. They all tell you to give up booze and lying in the sun. I think that's junk, booze and sun make me jolly, and nothing ages one quicker than feeling miserable. They're always banging on, too, about the right diet and one's cholesterol level.

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Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder that if you’d like to work with a writer and narrative person who puts in fun things like this even in a game with a non-historical setting- then I’m available for work at the beginning of the new year

Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 3d

I love writing for games and getting to slip in little bits of historiography. In one storylet I’ve covered ambiguity in material culture, “truth” and “emotional truth”, and the need to research the everyday alongside the exceptional 🫡

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 2d

“Smile at everyone, but without trusting anyone you do not know. Above all make sure that you do not scorn or condemn anything about their country."

Advice from Erasmus to a scholar visiting England in 1527.

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 2d

I enjoy being edited. Why wouldn't you value having someone pay close attention to your work?

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · 2d

Season 5 of Slow Horses is even sillier than the others

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