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Lara Prendergast

Lara Prendergast

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How Boston became the cradle of American children’s literature

How Boston became the cradle of American children’s literature

It was Labor Day in Boston and the bronze ducklings in the city’s Public Garden were each wearing a fluffy autumnal scarf. Nobody seems quite sure...

07.10.2026 30

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Lara Prendergast

Maine character syndrome

When I arrive at the Longfellow Hotel in Portland, Maine, the weather is as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow described it: “Into each life some rain must...

26.09.2026 30

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Lara Prendergast

Beware the ‘matrescence’ con

Lara Prendergast has narrated this article for you to listen to. Every so often, a fashionable new concept is born. Witness the arrival of...

18.06.2026 20

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Lara Prendergast

Motherhood / Beware the ‘matrescence’ con

Lara Prendergast has narrated this article for you to listen to. Every so often, a fashionable new concept is born. Witness the arrival of...

17.06.2026 40

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Lara Prendergast

Motherhood / Beware the ‘matrescence’ con

Lara Prendergast has narrated this article for you to listen to. Every so often, a fashionable new concept is born. Witness the arrival of...

17.06.2026 40

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Lara Prendergast

Charge it, please / I embraced my inner Eloise at the Plaza

I am 36, not six. Nevertheless, I arrive in New York with my favorite book, Eloise, packed carefully in my hand luggage. At the airport I hail a taxi,...

01.03.2026 40

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Lara Prendergast

Charge it, please / I embraced my inner Eloise at the Plaza

I am 36, not six. Nevertheless, I arrive in New York with my favorite book, Eloise, packed carefully in my hand luggage. At the airport I hail a taxi,...

01.03.2026 40

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Lara Prendergast

Charge it, please / I embraced my inner Eloise at the Plaza

I am 36, not six. Nevertheless, I arrive in New York with my favorite book, Eloise, packed carefully in my hand luggage. At the airport I hail a taxi,...

28.02.2026 70

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Lara Prendergast

Smartphone wars / Snobbery is the best weapon against screen time

16.12.2025 40

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Lara Prendergast

Smartphone wars / Snobbery is the best weapon against screen time

16.12.2025 30

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Lara Prendergast

Star pupils: aiming high with Marlborough’s astronomy students

04.09.2025 30

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Lara Prendergast