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Women in Our History: Madeline Ethel Lancaster
Our final-year student, Hannah Grimshaw, shares what she has learned about her great-grandmother. Madeline Lancaster (née Styles), known often as Madge, was my great-grandma on my father’s side of the family. She was my grandma’s mother. Although Madeline died long… Continue reading
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Women in our History
For Women’s History Month this year, we wanted to focus on the women in our lives – ordinary women who have made significant contributions in their own way. To start us off, Abbie Tibbott writes about her own experiences tracing… Continue reading
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Things to Do (and Maybe Not to Do) for Valentines Day
This Valentine’s Day, we revisit some romantic – and spiteful – traditions from the past. DO: Be romantic and create a love token Love tokens in the Victorian era were synonymous with emotion. Generally, a love token was a round… Continue reading
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Criminality and Queer History
Dr Liz Barnes discusses the difficulty of uncovering ordinary queer lives in the past. Please note that this post contains references to sexual violence and language that readers might find offensive. Criminality is ever-present for historians seeking to uncover queer… Continue reading
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A Tribute to Nicola Verdon
The department was greatly saddened to learn that our friend and former colleague Nicola Verdon was killed in a cycling accident on 29th December. Nicola was a research fellow in the Department from 2001 to 2004 and returned to us… Continue reading
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