Tag: Jane Guillod

Digging even deeper

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on July 4, 2017

The following article was originally published in the May 2017 edition of Family Tree Magazine. Henry Carroll (1812-74) was largely a mystery when I wrote the original Digging Deeper article […]

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The Solitary Traveller IV: The South Downs Way

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on October 1, 2015

The name ‘Sussex’ derives from the Kingdom of Sussex, according to legend it was founded by Ælle of Sussex in 477 AD, then in 825 […]

Posted in Photography, Travel | Tagged Jane Guillod, London, research, South Downs Way, Sussex, the solitary traveller, walking, Wiston | 4 Comments

The Solitary Traveller III: York and Durham

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on September 30, 2015

York is a ‘Scandy‘ town but not Durham. York & Durham Arriving in a very old city is a strange and wonderful experience. Often one […]

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Digging Deeper

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on September 4, 2015

My research journey from Bloomsbury to Ballarat was sparked by a rough sea voyage. I wrote this article, while battling seasickness, on a large ferry bound for […]

Posted in Featured | Tagged Bloomsbury, Family Tree Magazine, genealogy, Henry Carroll, Jane Guillod, Julia Carroll, Thomas Guillod, Wiston | 1 Comment

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The #Orwell quote from The Lion and the Unicorn was worthy of a run: "A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase" in The Malign Incompetence of the British Ruling Class nyti.ms/2RWEZsY #brexit

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The Malign Incompetence of the British Ruling Class nyti.ms/2RWEZsY and I do wonder if @aroberts_andrew would describe himself as a "right wing historian"?

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MIT, Stanford professors are designing a cryptocurrency to top Bitcoin fortune.com/2019/01/… ping @Downes

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In Time (2011) by Andrew Niccol is not a futuristic dystopia but informed contemporary economic analysis. Discuss. pic.twitter.com/nOBf…

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The rest of the quote: "In order to fit into these organisations, individuals have had to deindividualise themselves, have had to deny their native diversity and conform to a standard pattern, have had to their best to become automata." twitter.com/Darcy196…

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Aldous Huxley sagely wrote: "Too much organisation transforms men and women into automata, suffocates the creative spirit and abolishes the very possibility of freedom ..." #managerialism twitter.com/sdinhamu…

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