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Monthly Archives: May 2011
The Chimney Sweep and the Gong: J. Brixley
When I was nine or ten, we used to have typing lessons on a set of old computers that someone had donated to my school. Having already mastered the typing tutor program that the school used, I indulged myself by … Continue reading
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‘The Sherlock Holmes of India’ – Abdul Aziz
In the first decade of the twentieth century, India was still under British rule. In practice, this meant that the huge collection of territories that made up the Raj were run by a massive bureaucracy: the Indian Civil Service. This … Continue reading
‘Into Mountain Wilds – Spiritualists’ Strange Pilgrimage’ – John and Elizabeth Lawson
On the 10th of January 1928, two New Zealand pilots, George Hood and John Robert Moncreiff, set out to try and cross the Tasman Sea in a Ryan B-1 Brougham monoplane, taking off from Sydney early in the morning. Their … Continue reading
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‘The Most Interesting Woman in the World’ – Maude Royden
In the mid-1920s the British feminist Maude Royden (1876-1956) was probably the most famous woman in the English-speaking world. She toured the United States, Australia and New Zealand, giving speeches on modern topics such as gender politics and sex to … Continue reading
Introduction
This blog is a place for stories about people from the past. These will not be biographies as such, but interesting vignettes or reflections about moments and relationships in people’s lives – dramatic, romantic, or mysterious. They are also (mostly) … Continue reading
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