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Where are all the blue plaques celebrating women?
Blue plaques are found right across Greater London, showing us where important people in history have lived and worked. Over 900 official plaques have been erected across London since the scheme began in 1866. But, currently just 14 per cent of blue plaques across the city celebrate women. The first plaque to a woman was…
Virago Modern Classic Book Club: The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond Lehman
Virago Modern Classics Book Club February 2019 The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond Lehmann This February we are reading Rosamond Lehmann’s The Weather in the Streets. A novel of searing honesty and a passionate portrayal of forbidden love. A chance encounter with the man who enchanted her as a teenager leads Olivia Curtis into to a forbidden love affair….