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Animals – 7: Horses and donkeys

Animals – 7: Horses and donkeys

February 24, 2025
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. Myrtle Broome’s love of animals shines through many of her letters. This post is one of a series looking at the animals…

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Shoes and clothes – 3

Shoes and clothes – 3

March 26, 2024
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This post is the third in a series looking at clothing. This instalment focuses on the clothes worn by the servants who…

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Shoes and clothes – 1

Shoes and clothes – 1

February 6, 2024
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This post is the first of a series looking at clothing, and focuses on the day-to-day clothes worn by Myrtle Broome and…

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Learning Arabic – 6

Learning Arabic – 6

June 20, 2023
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This is one of a series about Myrtle Broome’s experience of learning Arabic. This post is the second of two looking at…

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Learning Arabic – 5

Learning Arabic – 5

May 30, 2023
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This is one of a series about Myrtle Broome’s experience of learning Arabic. This post is the first of two looking at…

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Learning Arabic – 4

Learning Arabic – 4

April 18, 2023
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This is one of a series about Myrtle Broome’s experience of learning Arabic. This post is the second of two looking at…

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Learning Arabic – 3

Learning Arabic – 3

March 28, 2023
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This is the third of a series about Myrtle Broome’s experience of learning Arabic. This post is the first of two looking…

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Learning Arabic – 2

Learning Arabic – 2

March 7, 2023
by Francisco Bosch-Puche
Myrtle Broome

Author: Susan Biddle. This is the second of a series about Myrtle Broome’s experience of learning Arabic. This post looks at how she progressed during…

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