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2015 in review

Posted on December 31, 2015 by lholmes4keats

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,300 times in 2015. If it were a cable car, it … Continue reading →

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The pages are still blank

Posted on February 6, 2015 by lholmes4keats

“The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible” Vladimir Nabokov I am trying to finish writing a book. It is hard work and … Continue reading →

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The Weaker Sex? 1915

Posted on January 12, 2015 by lholmes4keats

Having just moved before Christmas and this being my quiet time of the year I have been having a bit of a clear out, one of many odd items sold on eBay was this magazine from 1916. Brought as a … Continue reading →

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Styling Austen, The Regency Fashion show

Posted on January 11, 2015 by lholmes4keats

This post is based on a presentation for The Glasgow School of Arts Crafting the look Fashion styling conference, click below to find out more about it http://gsastyling.wordpress.com/ For those of you who have lived your whole life in a … Continue reading →

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2014 in review

Posted on December 30, 2014 by lholmes4keats

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,300 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it … Continue reading →

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Critical Incidents

Posted on June 5, 2014 by lholmes4keats

I completed my PGCE eightish years ago, one of the course work assignments was a journal of ten incidents and my reflections on them. We were told we could present them in any format we liked as long as we … Continue reading →

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Do not be angry with the rain

Posted on January 1, 2014 by lholmes4keats

“Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.” ― Vladimir Nabokov New years day, I am woken by the rain on my window, it continues, keeping all but the very brave or … Continue reading →

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Costume Designers have a lot to answer for

Posted on December 25, 2013 by lholmes4keats

Once upon a 2013 a fluffy headed seamstress collaborated with a talented poet lady in a wonderfully friendly museum at the edge of the world and in the centre of Cambridge. And it was magical. Much later the very same … Continue reading →

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Wanted! Victorian footballers!

Posted on June 23, 2013 by lholmes4keats

Hi We are currently looking for performers to take part in a costumed performance at the big Weekend In Cambridge on Saturday the 6th of July. The performance will celebrate 150 years of the Cambridge Rules (the rules … Continue reading →

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A feast for your eyes

Posted on March 26, 2013 by lholmes4keats

A feast of medical loveliness for you to enjoy with you eyes, from the Cambridge Folk Museum

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2015 in review

The pages are still blank

The Weaker Sex? 1915

Styling Austen, The Regency Fashion show

2014 in review

Critical Incidents

Do not be angry with the rain

Costume Designers have a lot to answer for

Wanted! Victorian footballers!

A feast for your eyes

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