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What I read in 2025

26 front covers of book and one back cover in rows of nine.
January 6, 2026January 6, 2026 ~ Lucy Janes ~ Leave a comment

All the books I read in 2025 - 56 in total - and what I thought of them.

Puzzles and partings: thinking about emotions in archival description

An old airmail envelope with a blue banner across the top that says 'Xmas Greetings by air mail to' and the address 'Miss Jean Watson, Hamilton Road, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland.' Pic credit: Glasgow University Archives and Special Collections: ASC 013 A/61: Airmail Xmas Card (1942)
January 27, 2025 ~ Lucy Janes ~ Leave a comment

Where do feelings fit into an archive catalogue? I reflected on this when cataloguing a collection collection of letters from a young Edwin Morgan to his student girlfriend Jean Watson.

What I read in 2024

January 9, 2025January 9, 2025 ~ Lucy Janes ~ Leave a comment

I read just 36 books in 2024, which I think is the lowest yet, but I still found books I loved.

Walking the Pilgrims’ Way: Postscript

June 17, 2024July 30, 2024 ~ Lucy Janes ~ 1 Comment

The practicalities of walking the Prilgrims' Way from London to Canterbury: accommodation, food and tips for walking.

Walking the Pilgrims’ Way day 5: Boughton Lees to Canterbury

May 31, 2024June 2, 2024 ~ Lucy Janes ~ 4 Comments

Fifth, and final, day on the Pilgrims' Way, brought me to Canterbury, some tears, and a new road.

Walking the Pilgrims’ Way day 4: Aylesford to Boughton Lees

May 30, 2024June 5, 2024 ~ Lucy Janes ~ 2 Comments

An exhausting fourth day on the Pilgrims' Way provokes thoughts of productivity and lying fallow.

Walking the Pilgrims’ Way day 3: Wrotham to Aylesford

May 29, 2024June 5, 2024 ~ Lucy Janes ~ 4 Comments

Third day on the Pilgrims' Way led me through woodland tunnels and to a revived priory.

Walking the Pilgrims’ Way day 2: Dartford to Wrotham

May 28, 2024June 5, 2024 ~ Lucy Janes ~ 4 Comments

Second day on the Pilgrims' Way led me to pretty villages and lovely graveyards.

Walking the Pilgrims’ Way day 1: Southwark to Dartford

May 27, 2024June 5, 2024 ~ Lucy Janes ~ 6 Comments

On the first day of walking the Pilgrims' Way, the route goes through the suburbs, industrial estates and marshes on the outskirts of London.

Walking the Pilgrims’ Way: Prologue

May 26, 2024June 1, 2024 ~ Lucy Janes ~ 5 Comments

Why walk 85 miles from London to Canterbury along the Pilgrims Way?

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Gossips by Virginia Lee Burton, c1943. Displayed at the Artist Textiles – Picasso to Warhol exhibition at New Lanark, 2018

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