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Stop fobbing women off with 'grief is love with no place to go'
Can we please just acknowledge that sometimes, it hurts for a reason?
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When Women Scream Like Hawks: Emotion, Memoir, and the Hamnet Debate
Today’s post was sparked off by a wonderful book I read, far too quickly and far too late into the night (because I couldn’t put it down): Laura…
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Spinning Tall Tales: Shakespeare's Silk Mulberry and Magical Herbs in 'Hamnet'
I have not yet watched Hamnet. I will - I might post about it - but the general excitement about it has brought me back to the novel behind the film. I…
 • Lucy Writes History
Winter Light and the Dry Tree, January 1462
Sometime in the 1460s, a painter in Bruges began to work on a tiny oak panel.
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Kant, and a Bro's Defence of Pure Reason: Why What is Taking us Back to the 'Dark Ages' is Unquestioning Sexism, not AI
Thoughts on Johannes de Weck in Today's Guardian
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A Winter Garden
On Friday I finished up in my last gardening job of 2025.
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Why Not Having a Baby is Hard Physical Work: Thoughts on IVF, Mary I, and Changing Laws
I sat down yesterday evening thinking I would write a really good Christmas post.
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