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- Lydia Hardy – largely remembered in the endnotes of history books. 7 June 2026
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- A roam around my books 11 – the missing narratives from history 20 March 2025
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Author Archives: Lynn Steinson
A roam around my books – 4
I love biographies. What are the qualities, the chances or choices, that lead to achievement and fame? Just how does a writer decide which events to include or omit from the narrative of a lifetime. A linear sequence of episodes … Continue reading
Yanis Varoufakis in conversation with Paul Mason.
Yanis Varoufakis on Europe and Corbyn. Continue reading
Posted in Politicians in conversation
Tagged European Union, Jeremy Corbyn, Paul Mason, TTIP, Yanis Varoufakis
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A roam around my books – 3
I love to travel, venture into the unknown. Two shelves of travel books represent my worldwide quest for understanding the world we live in a little more, questioning ‘knowledge’ which had hitherto been taken for granted, or learning and seeing … Continue reading
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Historians make history, but not in circumstances of their own choosing…
“Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under circumstances of their own choosing, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past”, Karl Marx. Edward Palmer … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Forgotten histories
Tagged E.P.Thompson, The Making of the English Working Class
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No time for encores
‘Try to evolve, not to repeat. Why fall in love with Swan Lake again and again?’ Life is too short for too many encores. Carlos Acosta wants to try everything before checking out, he tells the audience gathered in the … Continue reading
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Tristram and Michael in conversation about Friedrich, HS2 and other things Manc
Michael Wood gave his inaugural lecture, or more accurately, inaugural conversation on the broad topic “Victorians, Manchester and the Importance of History in Public Culture”. The member of the audience who complained that he was expecting a lecture on what … Continue reading
Posted in Authors in conversation, Politicians in conversation, Review
Tagged Chartist, Engels, Manchester, Marx, Michael Wood, Shock City, Tristram Hunt
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David Miliband Farewell Tour
David Miliband stands in front of the ‘one nation’ banners that proclaim his brother Ed’s strategy for Labour. He is in the political spotlight for one last time to thank his supporters, before leaving for a new career in New … Continue reading
‘We keep being told “we’re all in this together”. But it remains boom-time for the people at the top.’ Owen Jones
Owen Jones, The Independent columnist, political commentator and author of Chavs:The Demonization of the Working Class, presented the Fourth Frow Lecture, organised by the Working Class Movement Library, on 4 May 2013. Owen Jones, brought up in nearby Stockport, an … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-austerity, Manchester, Owen Jones, Salford
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A roam around my books – 2
My new pine bookcase runs along almost the entire length of the dining room. It was almost filled within an hour of delivery, with a selection of political and travel books and many of my biographies, an eclectic collection which … Continue reading
A roam around my books – 1- in search of my “favourite” book.
I live in a house which is occupied by battalions of books. My study has a wall lined with them, the living room hosts a bookcase, the landing another. Books are scattered on occasional tables and bedside cabinets, recipe books … Continue reading
