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the broken compass mathew lyons substack the broken compass subscribe sign in home notes chat reviews previews essays interviews the writer s bookshelf auctions microhistories digressions news about the sense haunted ground landscape memory and normandy 1944 reposted for the anniversary of d day jun 6 mathew lyons 32 14 11 nottingham alabaster objects of strangeness mystery and devotion how the english reformation tried to obliterate a unique medieval artform jan 23 mathew lyons 41 20 17 the writer s bookshelf amanda craig eight questions about writers books and reading jun 8 mathew lyons 39 13 8 most popular view all the critic cornered jan 21 mathew lyons 121 47 28 the writer s bookshelf james marriott mar 2 mathew lyons 107 29 24 the writer s bookshelf victoria moul sep 1 2025 mathew lyons 101 29 27 re imagining elizabethan london aug 28 2025 mathew lyons 88 41 29 auden by peter ackroyd may 6 mathew lyons 81 31 20 history in plain sight four anglo saxon churches to visit may 23 2025 mathew lyons 67 34 19 latest top discussions review elizabeth i queen court a compact but powerful new exhibition at the philip mould gallery jun 4 mathew lyons 53 19 14 the writer s bookshelf samira shackle eight questions about writers books and reading jun 1 mathew lyons 16 6 8 microhistories 16 the world s first international war crimes trial a fifteenth century precedent for the post war prosecutions at nuremberg may 29 mathew lyons 18 1 first sight lolly willowes by sylvia townsend warner what reviewers made of this classic novel on publication in 1926 may 27 mathew lyons 43 20 6 the writer s bookshelf victoria mackenzie eight questions about writers books and reading may 25 mathew lyons 49 13 19 walking into darkness my father alzheimer s and the ends of life reposted to mark the tenth anniversary of my dad s death may 22 mathew lyons 45 27 11 news van dyck the european a new exhibition and book trace the artist s journey from antwerp to genoa and london may 20 mathew lyons 26 12 11 the writer s bookshelf jeremy wikeley eight questions about writers books and reading may 18 mathew lyons 54 17 22 inside the burton mausoleum the legendary explorer s last resting place shut for seventy years opens to the public may 15 mathew lyons 50 10 11 see all the broken compass history literature art wonder subscribe recommendations view all 38 small finds peter ross cosmographia m e rothwell jonathan bate s literary remains jonathan bate contra mundum from alexander larman alexander larman laura thompson s substack laura thompson the broken compass subscribe about archive recommendations sitemap 2026 mathew lyons privacy terms collection notice start your substack get the app substack is the home for great culture this site requires javascript to run correctly please turn on javascript or unblock scripts