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History writing, history, and writing #12

Believing women’s stories, embracing native languages, dictionaries, unicorns, and time machines.

12 hrs ago • Amy Freeborn

Favourite sentences and paragraphs from stories I read this year (2025)

Artistic revolutions, first drafts of history, and waiting for ideas to bloom; sedimentary records, object-based problem-solving, and cruel choices…

Dec 26, 2025 • Amy Freeborn

How a 16th Century book lover approached the threat of the Dissolution of the Monasteries

John Leland found a way to balance his devotion to literature and history with his loyalty to Henry VIII.

Dec 12, 2025 • Amy Freeborn

History writing, history, and writing #11

Social history, women’s education, typewriters, woodsmen, and war.

Dec 1, 2025 • Amy Freeborn

Research: the influence of women’s under-representation on women history practitioners

Analysis of a data sub-set from an online survey of almost 1,000 history practitioners. This is the third (and final, for now) in a series of articles…

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