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Mary Neal CBE (1860-1944) and the girls of The Esperance Club were the spirit and instigators of the early 20th Century's Folk Song and Dance Revival. This project connects their stories to the inheritance of English song and dance today.

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19 January 2021

Hear Again Great Aunt Mary's Tune Radio 4 Extra BBC Sounds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0084ldp Lucy Neal reviews the archive of Victorian reformer Mary Neal and the divisions in the English Folk Dance movement. From 2007. Available again until Feb...
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24 March 2015

Esperance Street named for the A-Z?
A crop of remarkable news!  At a party on March 26th in King's Cross the results of a public competition will be announced to rename the streets of the recently recreated urban centre there. A...
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