Amy Freeborn
@amyfreeborn.bsky.social
Writer. Public historian (MA candidate). Maker. Driven by curiosity and creativity.
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did not expect the site of Thomas Beckett’s murder to be memorialized in a fashion that is quite so fucking metal
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
did not expect the site of Thomas Beckett’s murder to be memorialized in a fashion that is quite so fucking metal
Are you interested in women’s #History? 🗃️ Would you answer a couple of quick questions about historians of women and women’s history books to help me with a textile-art project I’m working on? I’ve got a short survey below 👇
Thank you, and please feel free to share 🙌
forms.office.com/r/MwPtYeTFkD
Thank you, and please feel free to share 🙌
forms.office.com/r/MwPtYeTFkD
Microsoft Forms
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October 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Are you interested in women’s #History? 🗃️ Would you answer a couple of quick questions about historians of women and women’s history books to help me with a textile-art project I’m working on? I’ve got a short survey below 👇
Thank you, and please feel free to share 🙌
forms.office.com/r/MwPtYeTFkD
Thank you, and please feel free to share 🙌
forms.office.com/r/MwPtYeTFkD
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I had a brilliant set of UG dissertation students last year.
One wrote an excellent blog on counterfactual history and the North Berwick witch-hunt: blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/cardiff-supe...
Have a read! I think counterfactual history is a tool that #earlymodern #hextag peeps should use more often. 😊
One wrote an excellent blog on counterfactual history and the North Berwick witch-hunt: blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/cardiff-supe...
Have a read! I think counterfactual history is a tool that #earlymodern #hextag peeps should use more often. 😊
Would the North Berwick Witch Trials have happened without King James VI? A Counterfactual History (Lucy Martin)
Cardiff students reflecting on witches, saints, wonders and more.
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk
September 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I had a brilliant set of UG dissertation students last year.
One wrote an excellent blog on counterfactual history and the North Berwick witch-hunt: blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/cardiff-supe...
Have a read! I think counterfactual history is a tool that #earlymodern #hextag peeps should use more often. 😊
One wrote an excellent blog on counterfactual history and the North Berwick witch-hunt: blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/cardiff-supe...
Have a read! I think counterfactual history is a tool that #earlymodern #hextag peeps should use more often. 😊
Love this factoid: Near Millennium Bridge is the street Broken Wharf. The watergate it describes may've been broken since 1209; def from 1590s. There's no record of it ever being fixed. That we're still commemorating a disfunctional quayside seems unreasonable, ludicrous, but somehow wonderful too.
An old piece tracking the ghosts of Elizabethan London.
Re-imagining Elizabethan London
In search of the invisible city
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August 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Love this factoid: Near Millennium Bridge is the street Broken Wharf. The watergate it describes may've been broken since 1209; def from 1590s. There's no record of it ever being fixed. That we're still commemorating a disfunctional quayside seems unreasonable, ludicrous, but somehow wonderful too.
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We need your help!
The East Anglian Folklore Centre is having a fundraiser. We desperately want to keep our space open and have achieved so much this last year.
But for it to continue we need your support. As little as 50p and a share would mean the world.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
The East Anglian Folklore Centre is having a fundraiser. We desperately want to keep our space open and have achieved so much this last year.
But for it to continue we need your support. As little as 50p and a share would mean the world.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
August 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
We need your help!
The East Anglian Folklore Centre is having a fundraiser. We desperately want to keep our space open and have achieved so much this last year.
But for it to continue we need your support. As little as 50p and a share would mean the world.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
The East Anglian Folklore Centre is having a fundraiser. We desperately want to keep our space open and have achieved so much this last year.
But for it to continue we need your support. As little as 50p and a share would mean the world.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
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Hi everyone,
As part of my dissertation, I am researching audiobook narration.
If you have listened to an audiobook within the last two years, or have previously been a frequent audiobook user, I would really appreciate your thoughts!
You can find the survey here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
As part of my dissertation, I am researching audiobook narration.
If you have listened to an audiobook within the last two years, or have previously been a frequent audiobook user, I would really appreciate your thoughts!
You can find the survey here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
July 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Hi everyone,
As part of my dissertation, I am researching audiobook narration.
If you have listened to an audiobook within the last two years, or have previously been a frequent audiobook user, I would really appreciate your thoughts!
You can find the survey here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
As part of my dissertation, I am researching audiobook narration.
If you have listened to an audiobook within the last two years, or have previously been a frequent audiobook user, I would really appreciate your thoughts!
You can find the survey here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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I'm looking for participants for my oral history on space and feminism! Please share with anybody you feel may have contacts and email me if you have any questions or would like to get involved: sinead.carter@pgr.reading.ac.uk
July 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I'm looking for participants for my oral history on space and feminism! Please share with anybody you feel may have contacts and email me if you have any questions or would like to get involved: sinead.carter@pgr.reading.ac.uk
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We’re approaching the centenary of this monumental act in 2028. What would a meaningful anniversary look like to you? What should heritage organisations prioritise or showcase? We’d love to hear your thoughts. #EqualFranchise #PublicHistory #GenderHist
🗳️ #OTD 2 July 1928: The Equal Franchise Act received royal assent in the UK, granting all women over 21 the vote—regardless of property.
It gave women electoral equality with men, adding 5 million to the roll and making them the majority in the 1929 election. #VotesForWomen #Suffrage #GenderHist
It gave women electoral equality with men, adding 5 million to the roll and making them the majority in the 1929 election. #VotesForWomen #Suffrage #GenderHist
July 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
We’re approaching the centenary of this monumental act in 2028. What would a meaningful anniversary look like to you? What should heritage organisations prioritise or showcase? We’d love to hear your thoughts. #EqualFranchise #PublicHistory #GenderHist
@roseteanby.bsky.social Hello Dr Teanby - what's the best way to get in touch with you, please? I'm interesting in talking to you about your work. Thanks!
June 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
@roseteanby.bsky.social Hello Dr Teanby - what's the best way to get in touch with you, please? I'm interesting in talking to you about your work. Thanks!
Final call to fill in my dissertation survey🙏 If you research, write/podcast, and/or teach #History (amateur or professional) & particularly if you share what you learn w others, please tell me about your inspiration & ambition: forms.office.com/e/mFNv6tAqxn 🗃️
I'd esp. love to hear from more women.
I'd esp. love to hear from more women.
Microsoft Forms
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May 6, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Final call to fill in my dissertation survey🙏 If you research, write/podcast, and/or teach #History (amateur or professional) & particularly if you share what you learn w others, please tell me about your inspiration & ambition: forms.office.com/e/mFNv6tAqxn 🗃️
I'd esp. love to hear from more women.
I'd esp. love to hear from more women.
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📯This is our new account folks! We're locked out of our previous account so please follow here for the latest IFRWH news #WomensHistory #GenderHistory #Historians
April 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📯This is our new account folks! We're locked out of our previous account so please follow here for the latest IFRWH news #WomensHistory #GenderHistory #Historians
What would you nominate for the UK's forthcoming UNESCO 'Inventory of Living Heritage'?
I'm always keen to learn about (new to me) interesting / 'strange' cultural traditions!
www.gov.uk/government/n...
#IntangibleCulturalHeritage #ICH #LivingHeritage
I'm always keen to learn about (new to me) interesting / 'strange' cultural traditions!
www.gov.uk/government/n...
#IntangibleCulturalHeritage #ICH #LivingHeritage
Communities to nominate UK traditions for new inventory
Nominations will open this summer for traditions like Notting Hill Carnival, Hogmanay and artisanal crafts to be officially recognised
www.gov.uk
April 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
What would you nominate for the UK's forthcoming UNESCO 'Inventory of Living Heritage'?
I'm always keen to learn about (new to me) interesting / 'strange' cultural traditions!
www.gov.uk/government/n...
#IntangibleCulturalHeritage #ICH #LivingHeritage
I'm always keen to learn about (new to me) interesting / 'strange' cultural traditions!
www.gov.uk/government/n...
#IntangibleCulturalHeritage #ICH #LivingHeritage
Finally made it to the pub, which inspired the name of the private press/typeface, which is the subject of one of my favourite stories I've written: www.amyfreeborn.com/x-marks-the-...
April 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Finally made it to the pub, which inspired the name of the private press/typeface, which is the subject of one of my favourite stories I've written: www.amyfreeborn.com/x-marks-the-...
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Picnic at Hanging Rock at 50: how a low-budget whodunnit became a cultural juggernaut
Picnic at Hanging Rock at 50: how a low-budget whodunnit became a cultural juggernaut
As Peter Weir’s Australian classic receives a 4K restoration for cinema, the director and creative team reflect on how it was made – and why it endures
Half a century after it landed in cinemas, the extent of Picnic at Hanging Rock’s enduring legacy seems both astonishing and improbable.
This half-a-million-dollar bush whodunnit, in which a group of schoolgirls and their teacher inexplicably disappear during an outing to Hanging Rock in central Victoria on Valentine’s Day 1900, has managed to make its mark among fashion’s foremost names, infiltrate the world of teen magazines, and run an implausible gamut of cinematic influence. Alexander McQueen riffed on it in 2005; 20 years later, brands like Zimmermann are still turning Picnic into runway fodder in Paris. Sofia Coppola referenced it twice, first for a Marc Jacobs ad, and then again for her gauzy, sexy remake of The Beguiled. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Picnic at Hanging Rock at 50: how a low-budget whodunnit became a cultural juggernaut
Important writerly advice: ‘No matter how ubiquitous technology might be, it’s not foolproof. “I tell all my reporters: ‘Oh my God, do not trust a recording. At the very least, write down one good quote so you know you have that in case Apple Intelligence fails.”’
niemanreports.org/reporters-no...
niemanreports.org/reporters-no...
Tool of the Trade: The Reporter's Notebook
The reporter’s notebook, treasured artifact of the craft, faces its own digital disruption.
niemanreports.org
February 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Important writerly advice: ‘No matter how ubiquitous technology might be, it’s not foolproof. “I tell all my reporters: ‘Oh my God, do not trust a recording. At the very least, write down one good quote so you know you have that in case Apple Intelligence fails.”’
niemanreports.org/reporters-no...
niemanreports.org/reporters-no...
I love this little history factoid (below) from Kate @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social!
More on the massive book-copying project undertaken largely by unnamed woman archivists and led by a team of woman photographers, academics, and secretaries: www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/18/1...
More on the massive book-copying project undertaken largely by unnamed woman archivists and led by a team of woman photographers, academics, and secretaries: www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/18/1...
January 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I love this little history factoid (below) from Kate @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social!
More on the massive book-copying project undertaken largely by unnamed woman archivists and led by a team of woman photographers, academics, and secretaries: www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/18/1...
More on the massive book-copying project undertaken largely by unnamed woman archivists and led by a team of woman photographers, academics, and secretaries: www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/18/1...
Calling all historians and history practitioners 🗃️ - can you help a #History MA candidate? For my dissertation I'm exploring the motivations, influences and ambitions of those who practice* history. Will you fill in (and share!) my 10-question survey, please? forms.office.com/e/mFNv6tAqxn
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January 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Calling all historians and history practitioners 🗃️ - can you help a #History MA candidate? For my dissertation I'm exploring the motivations, influences and ambitions of those who practice* history. Will you fill in (and share!) my 10-question survey, please? forms.office.com/e/mFNv6tAqxn
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Centre image: 'Road builders, Caucasus' at Baltic art gallery, Gateshead, part of Franki Raffles' 'Women Workers, Russia' series, 1989.
Prior to the collapse of the Soviet system, these two women had built over 100km of roads together. One said: "You have people called housewives, don't you?"
Prior to the collapse of the Soviet system, these two women had built over 100km of roads together. One said: "You have people called housewives, don't you?"
January 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Centre image: 'Road builders, Caucasus' at Baltic art gallery, Gateshead, part of Franki Raffles' 'Women Workers, Russia' series, 1989.
Prior to the collapse of the Soviet system, these two women had built over 100km of roads together. One said: "You have people called housewives, don't you?"
Prior to the collapse of the Soviet system, these two women had built over 100km of roads together. One said: "You have people called housewives, don't you?"
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Thanks to the 1,600 people and organisations who responded to the UK Ministry of Justice’s proposals on the retention of wills. Good news: The UK Government has determined not to proceed with any reforms that involve the destruction of original wills
Read in full here: www.gov.uk/government/c...
Read in full here: www.gov.uk/government/c...
January 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Thanks to the 1,600 people and organisations who responded to the UK Ministry of Justice’s proposals on the retention of wills. Good news: The UK Government has determined not to proceed with any reforms that involve the destruction of original wills
Read in full here: www.gov.uk/government/c...
Read in full here: www.gov.uk/government/c...
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7 January 1792: #OTD Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women was published.
This text was hugely influential and is regarded as one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy.
This text was hugely influential and is regarded as one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy.
January 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
7 January 1792: #OTD Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women was published.
This text was hugely influential and is regarded as one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy.
This text was hugely influential and is regarded as one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy.
Finally remembered, and had (most of) the ingredients needed, to make a lucky New Year lemon pig!
Read about the (made up) tradition here: www.atlasobscura.com/articles/lem...
A happy, healthy, and prosperous 2025 to you all 🍋🥂🍋
Read about the (made up) tradition here: www.atlasobscura.com/articles/lem...
A happy, healthy, and prosperous 2025 to you all 🍋🥂🍋
December 31, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Finally remembered, and had (most of) the ingredients needed, to make a lucky New Year lemon pig!
Read about the (made up) tradition here: www.atlasobscura.com/articles/lem...
A happy, healthy, and prosperous 2025 to you all 🍋🥂🍋
Read about the (made up) tradition here: www.atlasobscura.com/articles/lem...
A happy, healthy, and prosperous 2025 to you all 🍋🥂🍋
Christine de Pizan (d. 1430) is often described as the first professional woman author in Europe, & this illustration of her is often used to denote women writers. I've seen it so many times online, so it was a real thrill to see an original @britishlibrary.bsky.social Medieval Women exhibition!
December 27, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Christine de Pizan (d. 1430) is often described as the first professional woman author in Europe, & this illustration of her is often used to denote women writers. I've seen it so many times online, so it was a real thrill to see an original @britishlibrary.bsky.social Medieval Women exhibition!
I'm not generally a 'poetry person', but this - 'Boots' by Rudyard Kipling, read by Taylor Holmes - is pretty powerful: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9RY...
(It's currently featuring in the trailer to '28 Years Later' www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcvL...; h/t @alec-c-ward.bsky.social)
(It's currently featuring in the trailer to '28 Years Later' www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcvL...; h/t @alec-c-ward.bsky.social)
'Boots' by Rudyard Kipling - recited by Taylor Holmes
YouTube video by Vizler András
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December 18, 2024 at 12:01 PM
I'm not generally a 'poetry person', but this - 'Boots' by Rudyard Kipling, read by Taylor Holmes - is pretty powerful: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9RY...
(It's currently featuring in the trailer to '28 Years Later' www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcvL...; h/t @alec-c-ward.bsky.social)
(It's currently featuring in the trailer to '28 Years Later' www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcvL...; h/t @alec-c-ward.bsky.social)
Ooh, the pressure of the first post on a new social network. I will start as I'll inevitably go on: randomly.
Look at this weird semi-circular kink on a tree in the woods near where I live!
Look at this weird semi-circular kink on a tree in the woods near where I live!
December 17, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Ooh, the pressure of the first post on a new social network. I will start as I'll inevitably go on: randomly.
Look at this weird semi-circular kink on a tree in the woods near where I live!
Look at this weird semi-circular kink on a tree in the woods near where I live!