Helen Pugh
@helencpugh.bsky.social
#Historicalwomen in #Somerset and #SouthAmerica who were brave and broke gender norms. #writingcommunity #history #localhistory she/her
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Helen Pugh
@helencpugh.bsky.social
· Jan 4
Happy #NewYear! 🥳
I've seen others doing an #intropost for the new year so thought I would as well.
📚 I write books about real historical women who lived in #Somerset or #SouthAmerica.
🇬🇧 I live in Somerset, England with my husband, a guide dog, 2 step kids and twin bio kids.
(1/2)
I've seen others doing an #intropost for the new year so thought I would as well.
📚 I write books about real historical women who lived in #Somerset or #SouthAmerica.
🇬🇧 I live in Somerset, England with my husband, a guide dog, 2 step kids and twin bio kids.
(1/2)
New book = new merch!
On This Day in Somerset is out now! A book to read one day at a time or to be devoured in a handful of sittings!
#qotd What was the last book merch you got?
#bookmerch #books #somerset #bookstagram #book
On This Day in Somerset is out now! A book to read one day at a time or to be devoured in a handful of sittings!
#qotd What was the last book merch you got?
#bookmerch #books #somerset #bookstagram #book
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
New book = new merch!
On This Day in Somerset is out now! A book to read one day at a time or to be devoured in a handful of sittings!
#qotd What was the last book merch you got?
#bookmerch #books #somerset #bookstagram #book
On This Day in Somerset is out now! A book to read one day at a time or to be devoured in a handful of sittings!
#qotd What was the last book merch you got?
#bookmerch #books #somerset #bookstagram #book
This free downloadable board game is a reprint of an original from 1909.
It looks like a really cool way to teach kids about the Suffragettes. 💪
#suffragettes #boardgame #genderrights #histodon #Pankhurst
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It looks like a really cool way to teach kids about the Suffragettes. 💪
#suffragettes #boardgame #genderrights #histodon #Pankhurst
www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
This free downloadable board game is a reprint of an original from 1909.
It looks like a really cool way to teach kids about the Suffragettes. 💪
#suffragettes #boardgame #genderrights #histodon #Pankhurst
www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...
It looks like a really cool way to teach kids about the Suffragettes. 💪
#suffragettes #boardgame #genderrights #histodon #Pankhurst
www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...
Reposted by Helen Pugh
Tips to help 'endangered' hedgehogs in your garden
#Somerset #BBCNews
🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...
#Somerset #BBCNews
🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...
Tips to support hedgehogs from rescue charity Secret World
Secret World wildlife centre in Somerset say they've seen a 'big increase' in hedgehog admissions.
www.bbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Tips to help 'endangered' hedgehogs in your garden
#Somerset #BBCNews
🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...
#Somerset #BBCNews
🔗: https://www.bbc.com/news/arti...
🎉On This Day in #Somerset: A Calendar of Women is released today! 🎊
It's got...
🔱 Roman goddesses
🗳 Courageous suffragettes
🌍 African royalty
🧙♀️ Witches
👷♀️ Trailblazers
... and much much more!
Could make a great gift for someone in your life!
#book #Somersethistory #historybook #womeninhistory
It's got...
🔱 Roman goddesses
🗳 Courageous suffragettes
🌍 African royalty
🧙♀️ Witches
👷♀️ Trailblazers
... and much much more!
Could make a great gift for someone in your life!
#book #Somersethistory #historybook #womeninhistory
November 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
🎉On This Day in #Somerset: A Calendar of Women is released today! 🎊
It's got...
🔱 Roman goddesses
🗳 Courageous suffragettes
🌍 African royalty
🧙♀️ Witches
👷♀️ Trailblazers
... and much much more!
Could make a great gift for someone in your life!
#book #Somersethistory #historybook #womeninhistory
It's got...
🔱 Roman goddesses
🗳 Courageous suffragettes
🌍 African royalty
🧙♀️ Witches
👷♀️ Trailblazers
... and much much more!
Could make a great gift for someone in your life!
#book #Somersethistory #historybook #womeninhistory
You can now preorder the paperback of On This Day in Somerset ahead of the official publication day tomorrow! 🎊
Head to books2read.com/somerset
#newbook #newrelease #booksofbsky #paperback #almanac #historybook #Somerset
Head to books2read.com/somerset
#newbook #newrelease #booksofbsky #paperback #almanac #historybook #Somerset
November 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
You can now preorder the paperback of On This Day in Somerset ahead of the official publication day tomorrow! 🎊
Head to books2read.com/somerset
#newbook #newrelease #booksofbsky #paperback #almanac #historybook #Somerset
Head to books2read.com/somerset
#newbook #newrelease #booksofbsky #paperback #almanac #historybook #Somerset
🎉 Just hit a milestone: 700 books sold! 📚✨
Thank you SO much to everyone who’s supported my writing journey, every single purchase means the world to me. Here’s to many more history adventures! 💖
#books #author #writer #onthisdayinsomerset
Thank you SO much to everyone who’s supported my writing journey, every single purchase means the world to me. Here’s to many more history adventures! 💖
#books #author #writer #onthisdayinsomerset
October 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
🎉 Just hit a milestone: 700 books sold! 📚✨
Thank you SO much to everyone who’s supported my writing journey, every single purchase means the world to me. Here’s to many more history adventures! 💖
#books #author #writer #onthisdayinsomerset
Thank you SO much to everyone who’s supported my writing journey, every single purchase means the world to me. Here’s to many more history adventures! 💖
#books #author #writer #onthisdayinsomerset
✨ Happy St Elfleda’s Day! ✨
2 miracles are associated with this 10th-C saint: 1️⃣ When a king visited Elfleda and she had no drinks for his men, she prayed and turned water into mead so everyone could have a drink! 2️⃣ For her second miracle, check out Unsung Women in Somerset or On This Day in Somerset
2 miracles are associated with this 10th-C saint: 1️⃣ When a king visited Elfleda and she had no drinks for his men, she prayed and turned water into mead so everyone could have a drink! 2️⃣ For her second miracle, check out Unsung Women in Somerset or On This Day in Somerset
October 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
✨ Happy St Elfleda’s Day! ✨
2 miracles are associated with this 10th-C saint: 1️⃣ When a king visited Elfleda and she had no drinks for his men, she prayed and turned water into mead so everyone could have a drink! 2️⃣ For her second miracle, check out Unsung Women in Somerset or On This Day in Somerset
2 miracles are associated with this 10th-C saint: 1️⃣ When a king visited Elfleda and she had no drinks for his men, she prayed and turned water into mead so everyone could have a drink! 2️⃣ For her second miracle, check out Unsung Women in Somerset or On This Day in Somerset
📻 I was on BBC Somerset again today talking about On This Day in Somerset.
We chatted about a witch, a pilot and all sorts!
If you want to give it a listen, I come on around the 2:16 mark.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#bbcsomerset #Somerset #history #womeninsomerset #booksofbsky
We chatted about a witch, a pilot and all sorts!
If you want to give it a listen, I come on around the 2:16 mark.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#bbcsomerset #Somerset #history #womeninsomerset #booksofbsky
Simon Parkin - 14/10/2025 - BBC Sounds
Simon takes your calls plus the best gossip from the county.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
📻 I was on BBC Somerset again today talking about On This Day in Somerset.
We chatted about a witch, a pilot and all sorts!
If you want to give it a listen, I come on around the 2:16 mark.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#bbcsomerset #Somerset #history #womeninsomerset #booksofbsky
We chatted about a witch, a pilot and all sorts!
If you want to give it a listen, I come on around the 2:16 mark.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#bbcsomerset #Somerset #history #womeninsomerset #booksofbsky
Cultural leaders of an indigenous Ecuadorian group, the Shuar, have called for the repatriation of a museum's collection of shrunken heads. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Ecuador #Oxford #indigenous #decolonisation
#Ecuador #Oxford #indigenous #decolonisation
October 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Cultural leaders of an indigenous Ecuadorian group, the Shuar, have called for the repatriation of a museum's collection of shrunken heads. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Ecuador #Oxford #indigenous #decolonisation
#Ecuador #Oxford #indigenous #decolonisation
Today is 2nd October and it was on this day in 1850 that Sarah Biffin died in Liverpool.
🎨 🖌️ Mouth and Foot Painting Artists states she was “the first recorded British mouth-painter”.
Sarah features in Unsung Women in Somerset as well as On This Day in Somerset. linktr.ee/helenpugh
🎨 🖌️ Mouth and Foot Painting Artists states she was “the first recorded British mouth-painter”.
Sarah features in Unsung Women in Somerset as well as On This Day in Somerset. linktr.ee/helenpugh
October 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Today is 2nd October and it was on this day in 1850 that Sarah Biffin died in Liverpool.
🎨 🖌️ Mouth and Foot Painting Artists states she was “the first recorded British mouth-painter”.
Sarah features in Unsung Women in Somerset as well as On This Day in Somerset. linktr.ee/helenpugh
🎨 🖌️ Mouth and Foot Painting Artists states she was “the first recorded British mouth-painter”.
Sarah features in Unsung Women in Somerset as well as On This Day in Somerset. linktr.ee/helenpugh
#ShoemakersMuseum in Street, #Somerset
♡ Good for kids with some hands-on stuff and big fossils
♡ Info on women in Street, useful for my book research
♡ Also info on African Americans who visited Street and Black people's contributions to shoemaking
#streetsomerset #history #shoes #fossils
♡ Good for kids with some hands-on stuff and big fossils
♡ Info on women in Street, useful for my book research
♡ Also info on African Americans who visited Street and Black people's contributions to shoemaking
#streetsomerset #history #shoes #fossils
September 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
#ShoemakersMuseum in Street, #Somerset
♡ Good for kids with some hands-on stuff and big fossils
♡ Info on women in Street, useful for my book research
♡ Also info on African Americans who visited Street and Black people's contributions to shoemaking
#streetsomerset #history #shoes #fossils
♡ Good for kids with some hands-on stuff and big fossils
♡ Info on women in Street, useful for my book research
♡ Also info on African Americans who visited Street and Black people's contributions to shoemaking
#streetsomerset #history #shoes #fossils
Today is 29th September and it was on this day in 1777 that Caroline Herschel and her brother William moved to 19 New King Street in Bath from a previous home also in Bath.
🎼🌠🪐☄️
Caroline Herschel features On This Day in Somerset, so go check it out! books2read.com/somerset
🎼🌠🪐☄️
Caroline Herschel features On This Day in Somerset, so go check it out! books2read.com/somerset
September 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Today is 29th September and it was on this day in 1777 that Caroline Herschel and her brother William moved to 19 New King Street in Bath from a previous home also in Bath.
🎼🌠🪐☄️
Caroline Herschel features On This Day in Somerset, so go check it out! books2read.com/somerset
🎼🌠🪐☄️
Caroline Herschel features On This Day in Somerset, so go check it out! books2read.com/somerset
Books where women take their rightful place... centre stage!
#books
#indieauthor
#womeninhistory
#historicalwomen
#booksofbsky
#history
#books
#indieauthor
#womeninhistory
#historicalwomen
#booksofbsky
#history
September 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Books where women take their rightful place... centre stage!
#books
#indieauthor
#womeninhistory
#historicalwomen
#booksofbsky
#history
#books
#indieauthor
#womeninhistory
#historicalwomen
#booksofbsky
#history
I'm looking ahead to what book I should write after On This Day in Somerset.
Should it be an almanac calendar of...?
women in rural England
Or
women in Bristol and Bath
Should it be an almanac calendar of...?
women in rural England
Or
women in Bristol and Bath
September 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I'm looking ahead to what book I should write after On This Day in Somerset.
Should it be an almanac calendar of...?
women in rural England
Or
women in Bristol and Bath
Should it be an almanac calendar of...?
women in rural England
Or
women in Bristol and Bath
The Bank of England will redesign our nation's #banknotes & has invited the public to suggest what could feature on them.
I've just posted to Medium my suggestions for #women with a connection to #Somerset. Link below.
#qotd Who do you think deserves to be on a banknote in your country?
I've just posted to Medium my suggestions for #women with a connection to #Somerset. Link below.
#qotd Who do you think deserves to be on a banknote in your country?
September 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The Bank of England will redesign our nation's #banknotes & has invited the public to suggest what could feature on them.
I've just posted to Medium my suggestions for #women with a connection to #Somerset. Link below.
#qotd Who do you think deserves to be on a banknote in your country?
I've just posted to Medium my suggestions for #women with a connection to #Somerset. Link below.
#qotd Who do you think deserves to be on a banknote in your country?
Head to linktr.ee/helenpugh for books that include Pachamama and many other Inca goddesses and women.
#pachamama #1deagosto #pachamamaraymi #diadelapachamama #diosa #madrenaturaleza #naturaleza #inca #incaica #precolombino #prehispanico #1staugust #1august #raymi #mothernature #precolumbian #incan
#pachamama #1deagosto #pachamamaraymi #diadelapachamama #diosa #madrenaturaleza #naturaleza #inca #incaica #precolombino #prehispanico #1staugust #1august #raymi #mothernature #precolumbian #incan
August 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Head to linktr.ee/helenpugh for books that include Pachamama and many other Inca goddesses and women.
#pachamama #1deagosto #pachamamaraymi #diadelapachamama #diosa #madrenaturaleza #naturaleza #inca #incaica #precolombino #prehispanico #1staugust #1august #raymi #mothernature #precolumbian #incan
#pachamama #1deagosto #pachamamaraymi #diadelapachamama #diosa #madrenaturaleza #naturaleza #inca #incaica #precolombino #prehispanico #1staugust #1august #raymi #mothernature #precolumbian #incan
Happy St Ealswitha's Day!
Ealswitha (or Elswith or Ealhswith) was Queen of Wessex as the wife of Alfred the Great.
One of her links to Somerset is spending part of 878 AD hiding at Athelney from the Vikings.
For more, check out Unsung Women in Somerset.
#20july #onthisday #Somerset #history
Ealswitha (or Elswith or Ealhswith) was Queen of Wessex as the wife of Alfred the Great.
One of her links to Somerset is spending part of 878 AD hiding at Athelney from the Vikings.
For more, check out Unsung Women in Somerset.
#20july #onthisday #Somerset #history
July 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Happy St Ealswitha's Day!
Ealswitha (or Elswith or Ealhswith) was Queen of Wessex as the wife of Alfred the Great.
One of her links to Somerset is spending part of 878 AD hiding at Athelney from the Vikings.
For more, check out Unsung Women in Somerset.
#20july #onthisday #Somerset #history
Ealswitha (or Elswith or Ealhswith) was Queen of Wessex as the wife of Alfred the Great.
One of her links to Somerset is spending part of 878 AD hiding at Athelney from the Vikings.
For more, check out Unsung Women in Somerset.
#20july #onthisday #Somerset #history
#FridayFun Philomena Cunk settles the age-old question of how to pronounce Bath once and for all! 🤣
#cunkonbritain #bath #romanbaths
www.facebook.com/reel/1206158...
#cunkonbritain #bath #romanbaths
www.facebook.com/reel/1206158...
July 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
#FridayFun Philomena Cunk settles the age-old question of how to pronounce Bath once and for all! 🤣
#cunkonbritain #bath #romanbaths
www.facebook.com/reel/1206158...
#cunkonbritain #bath #romanbaths
www.facebook.com/reel/1206158...
Hope you're enjoying the summer (or winter)!
These could make a great holiday read for you and/or the kids in your lives.
Epic journeys through hundreds of years of South American legends, history, culture and even football.
Head to linktr.ee/helenpugh
#kidslit
#kidsbooks
#historyforkids
These could make a great holiday read for you and/or the kids in your lives.
Epic journeys through hundreds of years of South American legends, history, culture and even football.
Head to linktr.ee/helenpugh
#kidslit
#kidsbooks
#historyforkids
July 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Hope you're enjoying the summer (or winter)!
These could make a great holiday read for you and/or the kids in your lives.
Epic journeys through hundreds of years of South American legends, history, culture and even football.
Head to linktr.ee/helenpugh
#kidslit
#kidsbooks
#historyforkids
These could make a great holiday read for you and/or the kids in your lives.
Epic journeys through hundreds of years of South American legends, history, culture and even football.
Head to linktr.ee/helenpugh
#kidslit
#kidsbooks
#historyforkids
For what it's worth, I'm adding this to the copyright page of my books from now on:
No portion of this work may be used for training artificial intelligence without written permission from the author.
#noai #author #writer #writingcommunity #books #writerslife #ai
No portion of this work may be used for training artificial intelligence without written permission from the author.
#noai #author #writer #writingcommunity #books #writerslife #ai
June 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
For what it's worth, I'm adding this to the copyright page of my books from now on:
No portion of this work may be used for training artificial intelligence without written permission from the author.
#noai #author #writer #writingcommunity #books #writerslife #ai
No portion of this work may be used for training artificial intelligence without written permission from the author.
#noai #author #writer #writingcommunity #books #writerslife #ai
#OnThisDay in 1866:
❤️ Mumu (aka Annie Jane Elwin) passed away at the #Bath Institution for the Blind and Deaf.
🇸🇱 Born in Sierra Leone, as a young child, she was kidnapped by slavers and put on board a slave ship.
But... (1/2)
#somerset #Africa #deafness
❤️ Mumu (aka Annie Jane Elwin) passed away at the #Bath Institution for the Blind and Deaf.
🇸🇱 Born in Sierra Leone, as a young child, she was kidnapped by slavers and put on board a slave ship.
But... (1/2)
#somerset #Africa #deafness
May 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
#OnThisDay in 1866:
❤️ Mumu (aka Annie Jane Elwin) passed away at the #Bath Institution for the Blind and Deaf.
🇸🇱 Born in Sierra Leone, as a young child, she was kidnapped by slavers and put on board a slave ship.
But... (1/2)
#somerset #Africa #deafness
❤️ Mumu (aka Annie Jane Elwin) passed away at the #Bath Institution for the Blind and Deaf.
🇸🇱 Born in Sierra Leone, as a young child, she was kidnapped by slavers and put on board a slave ship.
But... (1/2)
#somerset #Africa #deafness
🗓 #OnThisDay in 1993, Kathleen Tacchi-Morris died in North Curry.
🌎 One of the wonderful things she did was to set up a Trust to establish creative exchanges between students in Britain and those across the world.
📚For more see Unsung Women in Somerset.
#Somerset #somersetday #englishhistory
🌎 One of the wonderful things she did was to set up a Trust to establish creative exchanges between students in Britain and those across the world.
📚For more see Unsung Women in Somerset.
#Somerset #somersetday #englishhistory
May 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🗓 #OnThisDay in 1993, Kathleen Tacchi-Morris died in North Curry.
🌎 One of the wonderful things she did was to set up a Trust to establish creative exchanges between students in Britain and those across the world.
📚For more see Unsung Women in Somerset.
#Somerset #somersetday #englishhistory
🌎 One of the wonderful things she did was to set up a Trust to establish creative exchanges between students in Britain and those across the world.
📚For more see Unsung Women in Somerset.
#Somerset #somersetday #englishhistory
Available via these links:
Unsung Women in Somerset (Junior Colour Edition): amzn.to/4jVMkSU
Inca-tastic Tales: amzn.to/44q7gxa
Jungle-tastic Tales: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
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Unsung Women in Somerset (Junior Colour Edition): amzn.to/4jVMkSU
Inca-tastic Tales: amzn.to/44q7gxa
Jungle-tastic Tales: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
#booksforkids #kidslit #readingwithkids #culturalbooksforkids #historyforkids #commissionearned
May 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Available via these links:
Unsung Women in Somerset (Junior Colour Edition): amzn.to/4jVMkSU
Inca-tastic Tales: amzn.to/44q7gxa
Jungle-tastic Tales: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
#booksforkids #kidslit #readingwithkids #culturalbooksforkids #historyforkids #commissionearned
Unsung Women in Somerset (Junior Colour Edition): amzn.to/4jVMkSU
Inca-tastic Tales: amzn.to/44q7gxa
Jungle-tastic Tales: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...
#booksforkids #kidslit #readingwithkids #culturalbooksforkids #historyforkids #commissionearned