I'm extremely happy and excited to be an ~emerging writer~ at the London Library this year!

More about the programme and everyone in it here:

www.londonlibrary.co.uk/about-us/lat...

We're looking forward to our Spring Meeting in Cambridge on 28 March 2025. This year we are planning a visit to Selwyn College. Its Archives hold letters associated with Charlotte Yonge's cousin and biographee, the missionary Bishop #JohnColeridgePatteson.
charlottemyonge.org.uk

In the 19th century, opiates were marketed to women as miracle cures. But the widespread use of laudanum led to addiction and had horrible consequences. Discover the dark history of opium in this fascinating blog post: jvc.oup.com/2020/12/18/t...

Here's a closer look at the altar. The reredos is in memory of a Hampshire novelist, Charlotte M Yonge who died in 1901.
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