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Old voices, new voices: public engagement using eighteenth-century letters

A thirteen-year-old boy sitting at the back thrusts immediately his hand in the air. It is the end of a two-hour Year 9 workshop on eighteenth-century letters. The final task has been a creative writing exercise. The young people have been invited to write a letter in the voice of Hampton Allen, using early-eighteenth-century language, … Continue reading “Old voices, new voices: public engagement using eighteenth-century letters”

Author:Author Karen Harvey
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14 December 202214 December 2022
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