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.
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A place for looking closer, asking questions and following the threads of history.
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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.
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