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Lydia Syson

@LydiaSyson

Writer. Mostly history. No fixed generic abode. @RLFWriters Consultant Fellow.

 Camberwell, London
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Joined December 2011
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Frankfurt is a weird time for writers; it can feel like everyone is getting 6 figure deals (they’re not!). To do something for those who aren’t yet at that stage, I’m offering a free critique of your first 10k words & synopsis (fiction only) - to enter RT by midnight Sat! 📚✍️
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I may be a tad biased but the team of author/educators who lead these sessions are fab! @LydiaSyson
Wallace Collection Learning (@WallaceLearning) profile pictureWallace Collection Learning@WallaceLearning29 Sep 2023
Looking to invigorate your teaching of creative writing? Bring your class to Fresh Eyes, a writing session in the galleries. Find out more: bit.ly/3RhOtxr
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Most refugees can't access safe routes under the UK's broken immigration rules. This is why we're calling for #RoutesToSafety to be created urgently. 🧡 Share this post to help us spread awareness 📣 Add your name to our campaign: safepassage.org.uk/routes-to…
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Happy 10th Anniversary Ezra, Loveday and Mahmud! This little book is still in print, and still being read, thanks to teachers, librarians and readers for giving a small book a long life...
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Another busy day today teaching and helping Ntafufu S.S.S students to fill out their London application forms! This return trip is where your sponsorship really matters, please click the link in bio help provide these students with the same life changing experience! 🧡 – at Port Saint Johns, South Africa
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both@sharedifference1 Aug 2023
THEY ARE OFF ! The skies might be grey but their spirits are sunny as Martha and Linda begin their mammoth 160km walk ! Sponsorship link in the bio, keep them going ! 🧡 – at Camden Town, London
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Lost for 80 years, now - a bible belonging to a 13 year old boy, murdered at Auschwitz, has become the only tangible link to his existence. @DovForman meets the Hungarian antique book dealer who found it, and brings the book back to London, to Bela's older sister Lily. 🇭🇺✈️🇬🇧
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I just signed the @AuthorsGuild's Open Letter to Generative AI Leaders calling on them to compensate writers fairly for the use of copyrighted materials in their AI programs. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
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'Performative cruelty': the hostile architecture of the UK government's migrant barge theconversation.com/performa… via @ConversationUK

‘Performative cruelty’: the hostile architecture of the UK government’s migrant barge

Semi-carceral facilities accommodating irregular migrants are designed to be hostile spaces that expose people to substandard conditions and keep them on the move, detached from wider society.

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Suella Braverman broke law by denying asylum seekers £3 a week, judge rules theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…
Suella Braverman broke law by denying asylum seekers £3 a week, judge rules

Suella Braverman broke law by denying asylum seekers £3 a week, judge rules

Home secretary’s withholding of payments for healthy food for children and pregnant women found to be unlawful

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‘Floating Prisons’: The 200-year-old family business behind the Bibby Stockholm - Corporate Watch corporatewatch.org/floating-…
‘Floating Prisons’: The 200-year-old family business behind the Bibby Stockholm - Corporate Watch

‘Floating Prisons’: The 200-year-old family business behind the Bibby Stockholm - Corporate Watch

Bibby Line Group Limited is a UK company offering financial, marine and construction services to clients in at least 16 countries around the world. It recently made headlines after the government...

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@DovForman18 Jul 2023
This week I travelled to Hungary, to pick up a Jewish bible that belonged to my great grandma’s brother, Bela - murdered in Auschwitz, aged 13. Today, visiting Lily in hospital, I handed her his bible, with his signature inside, the only link we have to Bela’s existence.
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This really is amazing! VoxBox: the foldable, portable sound recording booth by Richard Holmes is now on @Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/vox… Ideal for recording #audiobooks and #podcasts
VoxBox: the foldable, portable sound recording booth (Canceled)

VoxBox: the foldable, portable sound recording booth (Canceled)

Never build a duvet/sofa cushion-studio on your kitchen table again. VoxBox is your storable, professional, affordable solution.

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So excited to see #TheLowRoad, my debut novel, in the window of ⁦⁦@gaystheword⁩. Thanks to Erica and Jim for a warm welcome. If you like gritty, sapphic historical fiction from the 1800s this one might be for you:)
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Replying to @KatharineQ @ArchivesHackney @LydiaSyson @StokeyBookshop
If you want to know more about the history of the Refuge for the Destitute, where the main character, Hannah Tyrell, met Annie Simpkins in real life, have a look at the thread below ⬇️😀 nitter.gq/unbounders/status/1526…
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Author @KatharineQ searched high and low through different archives to find this picture of the Refuge for the Destitute in Hackney, where the two main protagonists of her novel #TheLowRoad met in real life in 1820. 2/11
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Our #streetsforpeople Try before you Bike scheme gives you the chance to hire a bicycle for free for three months. Use one of the codes below and have fun cycling orlo.uk/GYjWk bikestreetsforpeople ebikestreetsforpeople cargostreetsforpeople adaptivestreetsforpeople
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Looking forward to discussing The Low Road - and historical fiction - with @LydiaSyson, whose books I like so much:)
Sarah (@Sarah27973) profile pictureSarah@Sarah279733 Jul 2023
I’m really looking forwards to this event tomorrow evening and hearing @KatharineQ talk about using @ArchivesHackney to research #thelowroad @unbounders
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IBMT@IBMT_SCW27 Jun 2023
This Saturday 1 July 1-2pm at @jubilee_gardens on London’s South Bank, remember the volunteers who fought fascism in Spain from 1936-39. ‘Their example inspired the world.’ Songs, tributes and flowers. ¡No pasarán!
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There are just a few tickets left for our (free but bookable) event @ArchivesHackney on 4 July with @LydiaSyson with @HackneyHistory: eventbrite.co.uk/e/hackney-h…
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