The past is never
quite past.

Cultural history

Sample essay: The lives hidden in the margins

What marginalia, doodles and side notes can tell us about the people who lived in the shadow of the main story.

Illustrative sample, not Laura’s published writing.

Memory & identity

Sample essay: Who gets to write history?

History is not just what happened, but who remembers, who explains and who is left out.

Illustrative sample, not Laura’s published writing.

Art & society

Sample essay: Reading the past through images

Paintings, prints and objects are more than illustrations. They are arguments about the world, made visible.

Illustrative sample, not Laura’s published writing.