Blog & News


Project PI to give a talk on Thornton to Edinburgh's Open History Society

Project PI to give a talk on Thornton to Edinburgh's Open History Society

Cordelia Beattie (PI) will give a talk, 'Alice Thornton (1626-1707) and her Rediscovered Manuscripts', to the Open History Society at 19:30 on Friday November 17th 2023 at the Royal Scots Club, 29-31 ...

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Project Team to Host a Being Human Cafe

Project Team to Host a Being Human Cafe

We are hosting Alice Thornton’s Café on 18th November in Edinburgh as part of Being Human, the UK’s national festival of the humanities. This is a completely free event for the whole community to enjo...

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Alice Thornton and the Irish Rebellion of 1641

Alice Thornton and the Irish Rebellion of 1641

This guest blog to mark the anniversary of the Irish Rebellion is by Naomi McAreavey, Associate Professor in Renaissance Literature at University College Dublin. Naomi McAreavey is editor of The Lette...

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Throwback Podcast: Debbie Cannon on Alice Thornton, A Woman of Her Time

Throwback Podcast: Debbie Cannon on Alice Thornton, A Woman of Her Time

In January 2021, during lockdown, the writer and actor Debbie Cannon was interviewed by Lottie Walker of Blue Fire Theatre Company about all things Alice Thornton. They talk about the one-woman play, ...

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Digital Edition: Where will our new release take you?

Digital Edition: Where will our new release take you?

We are delighted to announce the digital release of a further 81 pages of the Book of Remembrances. With half of this book now available to browse, we’d love to hear your comments on the text and the ...

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Cordelia Beattie, Suzanne Trill, Joanne Edge, Sharon Howard. 'Blog & News'. Alice Thornton's Books. Accessed .
https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/posts/8/
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