Love Lives: From Cinderella to Frozen by Carol Dyhouse was published on 11/2/21 Post author By Maggie Hanbury Post date 2 February 2021 Categories In News The story of how women’s lives, loves, and dreams have been re-shaped since 1950, the year of Walt Disney’s Cinderella and a time when teenage girls dreamed of marriage, Mr Right, and happy endings… Cinderella stories captured the imagination of girls in the 1950s, when dreams of meeting the right man could seem like a […]
London and the Seventeenth Century by Margarette Lincoln was published on 9/2/21 Post author By Maggie Hanbury Post date 1 February 2021 Categories In News The Gunpowder Plot, the Civil Wars, Charles I’s execution, the Plague, the Great Fire, the Restoration, and then the Glorious Revolution: the seventeenth century was one of the most momentous times in the history of Britain, and Londoners took center stage. In this fascinating account, Margarette Lincoln charts the impact of national events on an […]