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- NZ & South Seas Exhibition, 1889-90As soon as I read about the marvellous New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, I knew it was perfect place for a scene in Murder in the Devil’s Half Acre. Grand exhibitions were all the rage in the 1800s, showing off the extraordinary innovation and prosperity of the Victorian period. The Dunedin event was hard… Continue Reading →
- A Win for the WorkersThe next time you’re burning the midnight oil at work, spare a thought for how it used to be, when the ‘midnight oil’ was a feeble lamp lighting the piecework taken home by women after a long day on the factory floor. And give thanks to the campaigners for workers’ rights, who fought hard for… Continue Reading →
- Women in Medicine, NZMedicine has always fascinated me – the life-and-death drama, the clever use of forensics to uncover the truth, and especially the weird (and frankly terrifying) drugs and equipment used in the past. Like Chlorodyne, which promised to cure a startling array of complaints, from cholera to coughs to insomnia, but contained a mix of chloroform,… Continue Reading →
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- NZ & South Seas Exhibition, 1889-90
- A Win for the Workers
- Women in Medicine, NZ
- Scenes from inside Versailles Palace
- Scenes from the Versailles gardens
- Inspirational books for writing “The Last Child At Versailles”
- Any questions?
- Book Giveaway
- New novel / book festival
- Historic Chateau Tongariro – sleeping on a volcano
- Tongariro National Park – walking on a volcano
- Women’s Right to Vote
- NZ Crime and Mystery Writing
- Kate Mosse, Carcassonne & Arles at Christmas
- Old Books and a Rocking Chair
- Promo update
- History, epidemics and science
- Fundraiser for Daffodil Day
- Voices from the past
- Loire Valley must-see: Château de Chenonceau
- Voyage to New Zealand
- Loire Valley must-see: Leonardo da Vinci’s final home
- Kindness
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