Sue Wilkes
@suewilkesauthor.bsky.social
FRHistS. Europhile. Author of Regency Spies, A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England, and more. Young Workers of the Industrial Age, out now! https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sue-Wilkes/a/1893
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Sue Wilkes
@suewilkesauthor.bsky.social
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Young Workers of the Industrial Age: Child Labour in the 18th and 19th Centuries: Amazon.co.uk: Sue Wilkes: 9781036113834: Books
Buy Young Workers of the Industrial Age: Child Labour in the 18th and 19th Centuries by Sue Wilkes (ISBN: 9781036113834) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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A reminder that my latest release is now in stock on Amazon, too! www.amazon.co.uk/Young-Worker... #childlabour
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“So it was, on that misty morning, that Brenda set off for the capital. She knew not what she would find there, only that the time had come to move on - away from small-minded rural attitudes and people who called her ‘Oreo’ and ‘the wide panda’ - to seek a more fulfilling life.”
November 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
“So it was, on that misty morning, that Brenda set off for the capital. She knew not what she would find there, only that the time had come to move on - away from small-minded rural attitudes and people who called her ‘Oreo’ and ‘the wide panda’ - to seek a more fulfilling life.”
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On this day in 1918 the parents of the poet Wilfred Owen were just listening to the church bells ringing to announce the Armistice when a telegram boy arrived with the message that their son had died.
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
On this day in 1918 the parents of the poet Wilfred Owen were just listening to the church bells ringing to announce the Armistice when a telegram boy arrived with the message that their son had died.
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Hamish Henderson (1919–2002) – poet, soldier, intellectual, activist, songwriter – was born #OTD, 11 Nov. A hugely important figure in Scottish culture, Henderson fought in WW2. A 🎂🧵
There were no gods and precious few heroes…
—“Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica”
#poem #poetry #RemembranceDay
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There were no gods and precious few heroes…
—“Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica”
#poem #poetry #RemembranceDay
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November 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Hamish Henderson (1919–2002) – poet, soldier, intellectual, activist, songwriter – was born #OTD, 11 Nov. A hugely important figure in Scottish culture, Henderson fought in WW2. A 🎂🧵
There were no gods and precious few heroes…
—“Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica”
#poem #poetry #RemembranceDay
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There were no gods and precious few heroes…
—“Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica”
#poem #poetry #RemembranceDay
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Just one month to go until our Annual History Lecture! Join us on 11th December when @timgalsworthy.bsky.social will discuss his new book "The Republican House Divided."
This event is open to students, staff, and the public 🗃️
@lincolnbishopuni.bsky.social
This event is open to students, staff, and the public 🗃️
@lincolnbishopuni.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Just one month to go until our Annual History Lecture! Join us on 11th December when @timgalsworthy.bsky.social will discuss his new book "The Republican House Divided."
This event is open to students, staff, and the public 🗃️
@lincolnbishopuni.bsky.social
This event is open to students, staff, and the public 🗃️
@lincolnbishopuni.bsky.social
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In March 1943 Pilot Officer Donald Weston Frazee's Beaufighter stalled & ditched off Malta. He survived, only to be shot down & killed less than 2 months later. He is commemorated on the Malta Memorial in Valetta and in Camp Hill Cemetery
#RemembranceDay
#RemembranceDay
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
In March 1943 Pilot Officer Donald Weston Frazee's Beaufighter stalled & ditched off Malta. He survived, only to be shot down & killed less than 2 months later. He is commemorated on the Malta Memorial in Valetta and in Camp Hill Cemetery
#RemembranceDay
#RemembranceDay
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I’m excited to return to Aberdeen University, where I studied for my PhD a long time ago. I’ll be discussing Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho before the library’s wonderful exhibition Fear and Fascination closes.
www.abdn.ac.uk/collections/whats-on/22931
www.abdn.ac.uk/collections/whats-on/22931
TALK: Lifting the Veil on Ann Radcliffe's 'The Mysteries of Udolpho' - Professor Angela Wright
We are delighted to welcome Professor Angela Wright for the final event as part of the Fear and Fascination Gothic Exhibition programme. This talk is a collaboration with the Centre for the Novel and ...
www.abdn.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I’m excited to return to Aberdeen University, where I studied for my PhD a long time ago. I’ll be discussing Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho before the library’s wonderful exhibition Fear and Fascination closes.
www.abdn.ac.uk/collections/whats-on/22931
www.abdn.ac.uk/collections/whats-on/22931
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#Onthisday in 1818, a baby girl called Sarah Gallimore was born into slavery on John Tharp's Pantrepant Plantation. Her mother was Lucia, also known as Mary Ann Tharp
Tracing their family: buff.ly/yB6ojX2
#slavery #Jamaica #genealogy
Tracing their family: buff.ly/yB6ojX2
#slavery #Jamaica #genealogy
Four women called Phoebe on Pantrepant
A family mystery solved by DNA leads to slave-owners, lunatics, bankrupts and royal connections. Jamaica, Trelawny, John Tharp, Chippenham Park.
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#Onthisday in 1818, a baby girl called Sarah Gallimore was born into slavery on John Tharp's Pantrepant Plantation. Her mother was Lucia, also known as Mary Ann Tharp
Tracing their family: buff.ly/yB6ojX2
#slavery #Jamaica #genealogy
Tracing their family: buff.ly/yB6ojX2
#slavery #Jamaica #genealogy
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To celebrate #UniversityPressWeek, we’re offering 50% off all books this week. 📚
Use code BUP11 at checkout and enjoy discovering something new.
https://ow.ly/lYF150XpQgF
Use code BUP11 at checkout and enjoy discovering something new.
https://ow.ly/lYF150XpQgF
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
To celebrate #UniversityPressWeek, we’re offering 50% off all books this week. 📚
Use code BUP11 at checkout and enjoy discovering something new.
https://ow.ly/lYF150XpQgF
Use code BUP11 at checkout and enjoy discovering something new.
https://ow.ly/lYF150XpQgF
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I know it's a long shot but anybody know if there's an online copy of François Truffaut's review of “Rear Window” from Cahiers du Cinéma (April 1955)?
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I know it's a long shot but anybody know if there's an online copy of François Truffaut's review of “Rear Window” from Cahiers du Cinéma (April 1955)?
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Memories of plunging my hand deep into the very cold peat to uncover Iron Age wooden planks last seen over 2,000 years ago.
In 1986, I started work on my first archaeology dig at Corlea 1, dated to 148/147 BC. I didn’t know then it would be some of the most spectacular archaeology of my career.
In 1986, I started work on my first archaeology dig at Corlea 1, dated to 148/147 BC. I didn’t know then it would be some of the most spectacular archaeology of my career.
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Memories of plunging my hand deep into the very cold peat to uncover Iron Age wooden planks last seen over 2,000 years ago.
In 1986, I started work on my first archaeology dig at Corlea 1, dated to 148/147 BC. I didn’t know then it would be some of the most spectacular archaeology of my career.
In 1986, I started work on my first archaeology dig at Corlea 1, dated to 148/147 BC. I didn’t know then it would be some of the most spectacular archaeology of my career.
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11 November 1918 Private Reginald Burgess (291059) of 1/7 Bn Cheshire Regiment died in hospital at Wimereux near Boulogne. He is buried at Terlincthun British Cemetery nearby. Reginald was 18.
#WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
#WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
November 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
11 November 1918 Private Reginald Burgess (291059) of 1/7 Bn Cheshire Regiment died in hospital at Wimereux near Boulogne. He is buried at Terlincthun British Cemetery nearby. Reginald was 18.
#WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
#WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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🚨 Archive Job Alert 🚨
📜 Fancy working with our fantastic archive collections?
We're looking for a *new* MRC Manager to lead our service!
Could this be YOU?
Find out more about the role at warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
More about the MRC at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
📜 Fancy working with our fantastic archive collections?
We're looking for a *new* MRC Manager to lead our service!
Could this be YOU?
Find out more about the role at warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
More about the MRC at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🚨 Archive Job Alert 🚨
📜 Fancy working with our fantastic archive collections?
We're looking for a *new* MRC Manager to lead our service!
Could this be YOU?
Find out more about the role at warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
More about the MRC at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
📜 Fancy working with our fantastic archive collections?
We're looking for a *new* MRC Manager to lead our service!
Could this be YOU?
Find out more about the role at warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...
More about the MRC at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...
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Today is Remembrance Day, marking the day World War One ended - at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
We will pause at 11am today for a two-minute silence for Remembrance.
In the Air, 1917, Christopher Nevinson (1889 - 1946). Lithograph. WA1919.31.40
We will pause at 11am today for a two-minute silence for Remembrance.
In the Air, 1917, Christopher Nevinson (1889 - 1946). Lithograph. WA1919.31.40
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Today is Remembrance Day, marking the day World War One ended - at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
We will pause at 11am today for a two-minute silence for Remembrance.
In the Air, 1917, Christopher Nevinson (1889 - 1946). Lithograph. WA1919.31.40
We will pause at 11am today for a two-minute silence for Remembrance.
In the Air, 1917, Christopher Nevinson (1889 - 1946). Lithograph. WA1919.31.40
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Given this is a House of Galloway stan account, good to see more credit given to Dervorgilla.
theconversation.com/medieval-wom...
theconversation.com/medieval-wom...
Medieval women’s legacies live on in Britain’s towns and cities
As creators of educational, religious and charitable institutions, women of means found ways to circumvent the patriarchal power structures of medieval society.
theconversation.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Given this is a House of Galloway stan account, good to see more credit given to Dervorgilla.
theconversation.com/medieval-wom...
theconversation.com/medieval-wom...
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During the eight months of bombing, misery and resistance known as The Blitz, many families slept on the underground. Hear the stories of firefighters, bomb squads, the Home Guard and London’s trailblazing women in this podcast: tinyurl.com/mrx4huz4 #history #WW2 #Blitz #london
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
During the eight months of bombing, misery and resistance known as The Blitz, many families slept on the underground. Hear the stories of firefighters, bomb squads, the Home Guard and London’s trailblazing women in this podcast: tinyurl.com/mrx4huz4 #history #WW2 #Blitz #london
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This is a short piece about the newly unveiled headstone at the location of her burial. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/l...
BBC News - Woman Who Posed as Soldier in WW1 Honoured
The WW1 reporter who secretly joined the frontline has been honoured a century later
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
This is a short piece about the newly unveiled headstone at the location of her burial. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/l...
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Our latest “Document of the Week”, chosen by our Editor, Nishah Malik, is an article from 1915 depicting Indian soldiers who served in the British Army during the First World War.
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Our latest “Document of the Week”, chosen by our Editor, Nishah Malik, is an article from 1915 depicting Indian soldiers who served in the British Army during the First World War.
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She was also a suffragist, attempting to register to vote in 1871.
The medal was revoked in 1917, but Walker refused to return it, and wore it until her death in 1919. It was restored to her in 1977.
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The medal was revoked in 1917, but Walker refused to return it, and wore it until her death in 1919. It was restored to her in 1977.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
She was also a suffragist, attempting to register to vote in 1871.
The medal was revoked in 1917, but Walker refused to return it, and wore it until her death in 1919. It was restored to her in 1977.
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The medal was revoked in 1917, but Walker refused to return it, and wore it until her death in 1919. It was restored to her in 1977.
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#OnThisDay, 11 Nov 1865, Dr Mary Edwards Walker receives the Medal of Honor from US President Andrew Johnson for her services as a field surgeon in the American Civil War.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInWar #AmericanHistory 🗃️
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#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInWar #AmericanHistory 🗃️
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November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#OnThisDay, 11 Nov 1865, Dr Mary Edwards Walker receives the Medal of Honor from US President Andrew Johnson for her services as a field surgeon in the American Civil War.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInWar #AmericanHistory 🗃️
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#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInWar #AmericanHistory 🗃️
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The Scottish WW1 piper who marched through gas, bullets and bombs to save his regiment www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Calls for WW1 piper, who won the Victoria Cross, to be honoured with a statue
Daniel Laidlaw was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery in the face of battle.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
The Scottish WW1 piper who marched through gas, bullets and bombs to save his regiment www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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‘They give the impression that the BBC has caved in to a concerted campaign of pressure from rightwing media and political forces on both sides of the Atlantic.’ You could cut out the first five words of that
FT Editorial on the BBC - The broadcaster has made errors, but its board has failed to defend it www.ft.com/content/406e...
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
‘They give the impression that the BBC has caved in to a concerted campaign of pressure from rightwing media and political forces on both sides of the Atlantic.’ You could cut out the first five words of that
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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Last year I wrote a collection of pen portraits of those in my family tree who lost their lives in wartime. Sharing here, along with photos taken in Whitehall yesterday.
www.allthosebefore.co.uk/2024/11/11/m...
www.allthosebefore.co.uk/2024/11/11/m...
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Last year I wrote a collection of pen portraits of those in my family tree who lost their lives in wartime. Sharing here, along with photos taken in Whitehall yesterday.
www.allthosebefore.co.uk/2024/11/11/m...
www.allthosebefore.co.uk/2024/11/11/m...
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#OtD 10 Nov 1984 1000 people protested in Rugby, England, against the local council removing LGBT+ people from their equal opportunities policy. The Sun tabloid supported the "brave" Tory council for confronting the "sick nonsense" of LGBT+ rights stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8236...
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
#OtD 10 Nov 1984 1000 people protested in Rugby, England, against the local council removing LGBT+ people from their equal opportunities policy. The Sun tabloid supported the "brave" Tory council for confronting the "sick nonsense" of LGBT+ rights stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8236...