- Collected
- Podcast
Lydia Syson

- 2 December, 2021
- Lydia Syson
Lydia Syson considers the kinds of truth embodied in fiction, and considers its place in historical research. Lydia Syson reflects on the particular kinds of truth that fiction can reveal, considers the radical history of her maternal forebears, and puts the case for novel-reading as an essential element of historical research in ‘The Evidence of Fiction’.
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