A nun’s love letter, 1878

When I was aged 10, the farmers used to come round the schools to pick volunteers to work on the farms during the summer holidays, mainly to help bring in the harvest. The country was still building u

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For centuries, LGBTQ+ people were forced to live in hiding, facing legal persecution and social stigma. Many were unable to be open in their relationships, and their LGBTQ+ identities are lost to hist

GWEN slipped off her pumps and poured herself a cuppa from the brown teapot with its knitted cover. She sighed contentedly as she leaned back in the kitchen chair and picked up her post. It had been a