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pophistory Folk musicians Doc Watson and Earl Scruggs both recently passed away. Watch them play together at Watson's home. bit.ly/L5gwFR about 1 hour ago via Buffer Retweeted by MathewJLyons and 3 others
JoKelly09 I always said this to my sons, "If you are able to read, you will succeed." @RoomtoRead about 2 hours ago via web Retweeted by MathewJLyons and 1 other
What took them so long? telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/… about 2 hours ago via web
@random_angles … but no offence if the answer's no! about 3 hours ago via web in reply to random_angles
@random_angles Book sounds interesting! Built around individual bands/tracks/moments in life? If you'd like to chat I could DM my email… about 3 hours ago via web in reply to random_angles
@random_angles If it's not too bold a question, what are you working on? about 4 hours ago via web in reply to random_angles
@random_angles As Hemingway said: It's easy. All you have to do is sit at a typewriter and bleed. Delighted to hear you're writing, though. about 4 hours ago via web in reply to random_angles
Shakespeare's Stratford: catholicism, death and a road across the bridge about 4 hours ago via HootSuite
DaintyBallerina For anyone who may have missed the campaign to #saveBBC4History you can sign the petition here goo.gl/QXfFf about 6 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by MathewJLyons and 21 others
Shakespeare's England: Stratford Journeys #2 wp.me/p1EDRx-ar about 4 hours ago via WordPress.com
@pilgrimrose Yes. Such clarity. It may be the wrong thing to say but I find the dignity of her intelligence in that interview rather moving. about 7 hours ago via web in reply to pilgrimrose
anamariecox RT @meganeabbott: “I never knew a writer who regarded [writing] as anything but a refined form of crucifixion.”—James M. Cain about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck Retweeted by MathewJLyons and 6 others
HallieRubenhold I'll bet that the person who decided to send Hump to Eurovision is the same person who chose those one-eyed bollards as our olympic mascots. about 10 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® Retweeted by MathewJLyons and 4 others
Haven't seen this for a while but it still makes me laugh a lot. A Newport State of Mind youtube.com/watch?v=Eijc2t… about 18 hours ago via web
What would you say is the source of most of your work? "Need of money, dear." The great Dorothy Parker in conversation. theparisreview.org/interviews/493… about 18 hours ago via web
@SJHunt2 Thanks Sharon! Have a lovely day. about 19 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to SJHunt2
@random_angles Thank you! And very nice to hear from you again too! How are things? I see you're in Budapest. Very exciting, I hope. 5:56 PM May 29th via web in reply to random_angles
More from @tomchivers on paranoid reactionary nonsense as peddled by the Green party blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tomchiver… 5:18 PM May 29th via web
@weedlit Thank you Tim. Very generous of you indeed! 3:52 PM May 29th via web in reply to weedlit
weedlit More great links for historians, writers, readers, and #histfic authors from the brilliant @mathewjlyons bit.ly/L0Fs4G #amwriting 3:49 PM May 29th via TweetDeck Retweeted by MathewJLyons

Name Mathew Lyons
Location London
Web http://mathewlyon...
Bio Mathew is a London-based writer and historian. His most recent book, 'The Favourite', was published by Constable last year. The paperback is out in June 2012.