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Impossible Journeys – Mathew Lyons
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The following is from my introduction to. First published in 2006 and currently available in a beautiful edition. From the Folio Society, of which more below. The central idea of. Possible because no-one really knew what lay over the horizon. What, though, actually constitutes an impossible journey? Journeys to places which did not exist;. Claims to have visited or seen places which did not exist;. Journeys which it is no longer possible to make; and. The answer I hope always should be yes. There is ...
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Review: Merchant Adventurers by James Evans – Mathew Lyons
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Review: Merchant Adventurers by James Evans. November 30, 2014. This review appears in the current December/January issue of Management Today. The recent media coverage of the discovery of Sir John Franklin’s flagship, the. On the sea floor in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is a reminder of the public’s abiding fascination with the Age of Exploration and of its huge cost, in terms of both blood and treasure. Neither the. With this in mind, James Evans’ new book. That year under the command of Sir Hugh ...
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Henry VIII and his bastard children – Mathew Lyons
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Henry VIII and his bastard children. January 30, 2012. February 19, 2012. I was asked on Twitter the other day (by the estimable @rocio carvajalc) how many illegitimate children Henry VIII. Henry Fitzroy (1519 1536). It’s worth pointing out, of course, that despite the manifest recognition of his status, he was not made Prince of Wales, an honour that had been accorded his brief-lived namesake in 1511. Among the other tombs of the Howard dynasty. Sir Walter Ralegh on war and faith. You addressed what was...
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Mathew Lyons – Mathew Lyons
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The future is ours to write: some thoughts on Britain after Brexit. June 27, 2016. June 29, 2016. Like most of my friends, I was heartbroken by the vote on Thursday. Heartbroken but not wholly surprised. Let’s leave aside the dishonesty of the campaign. Elites can only command respect when their expertise and ability work for the common good. When they so clearly and catastrophically fail, and are not called to account in any way, if is not unreasonable for people to become cynical and distrustful. At a ...
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Poems – Mathew Lyons
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May 26, 2015. I don’t think I have mentioned this before on here, but for those who like such things I have a poetry Tumblr at mathewlyons.tumblr.com. All comments / criticism welcome. They are all to some extent or another work in progress; at some point there will be publication. Elsewhere on the internet. Mathew and his work. Country Life, Shakespeare and midsummer madness. Canada AM: the Prince Charles letters →. One thought on “ Poems. May 26, 2015 at 4:40 pm. Glück, Auf, meine Heimat! Richard Topcl...
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The Favourite – Mathew Lyons
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The true story behind one of the greatest love stories in British history, the relationship between Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Ralegh. Related posts on my blog can be found here. Is wonderful. Elegant and intriguing a seductive portrait of a fascinating relationship. I couldn’t put it down.’. Helen Castor, author of. As one of her books of 2011 in. Susan Ronald, author of. Pirate Queen: Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventurers, and the Dawn of Empire. Barbara Kyle, author of. Impeccably researched book ...
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Ben Jonson: his early life and how it shaped him – Mathew Lyons
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Ben Jonson: his early life and how it shaped him. June 11, 2012. June 11, 2012. Contrary as always, Ben Jonson could cast horoscopes but didn’t believe in them. What, then, would he have made of his own? He entered the world on 11 June 1572, the feast of St Barnabas. In Canterbury and Stratford-on-Avon, Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare. Its first since Roman times. The Elizabethan moment had yet to arrive. Half-brother of Sir Walter Ralegh. Was one of those serving under Gilbert’s comman...
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Richard Topcliffe and the capture and torture of Robert Southwell – Mathew Lyons
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Richard Topcliffe and the capture and torture of Robert Southwell. June 25, 2012. June 25, 2012. The capture and torture of Southwell is a perfect example of Topcliffe’s full-service approach to persecution: it was his own handiwork through and through, and took extensive planning and thought. With exquisite timing, Anthony Babington. A consolatory letter to all the afflicted Catholikes in England. A declaration of great troubles pretended against the realme by a number of seminarie priests and Jesuists.
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History Today column: Charlie Hebdo and the judgement of history – Mathew Lyons
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History Today column: Charlie Hebdo and the judgement of history. March 23, 2015. As I write this, millions of people are on the streets of France to protest about the murders of eight writers and artists at. Of four Jewish patrons of a kosher food store, and of three police officers. It might be glib to suggest the attraction of such responses lay in their simplicity and neatness. Glib, but not necessarily untrue. Few people like to let events redefine their worldviews; editorial writers and pol...Could...
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The LRB, Twitter and Craig Raine’s ‘Gatwick’ – Mathew Lyons
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The LRB, Twitter and Craig Raine’s ‘Gatwick’. June 8, 2015. June 3rd was a strange day on Twitter. For most of it, a living poet was trending. Unfortunately for Craig Raine, the poet in question, he was trending because a long poem of his entitled ‘Gatwick’ had appeared in the LRB and Twitter didn’t like it. Which is the point, really. Certainly there is no shortage of bad poetry in the world. I have written some of it myself. But most of it doesn’t end up in the LRB. Some of it is worse. Rather, he seem...
