Yesterday, International Women’s Day, I went to see the new small exhibition at the British Library. And while the census is not obviously about women, the question of counting women matters. Col. William Thornton, who fought under the Duke of Cumberland in 1745, and was later MP for York, thundered
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Well, I’ve joined the 21st century. And I’m not sure I like it. The cheesy font I have chosen for the header to this post is called ‘Jane Austen’. But would Jane have recognized it? I beg to differ. She wouldn’t have recognized the census, either (before her time). As
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