Dr Fern Riddell
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Dr Fern Riddell
@drfernriddell.bsky.social
Historian. Author. On your TV/Radio.

**Victoria’s Secret: The Private Passion of a Queen OUT NOW**

Expert: Suffragette Terrorism, Music Hall, 19thC Sex + Culture, Queen Victoria & John Brown.

www.fernriddell.com

https://lnk.to/victoriassecretbook
November 9, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Secrets of Cambridge 'porn' library revealed www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/...
October 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Jilly Cooper forever. Devastated.
October 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
You can now stream ‘Queen Victoria: Secret Marriage, Secret Child?’ online via Channel 4.

And if 58 mins isn’t enough, you can pick up Victoria’s Secret in all good bookshops,

Or click the link —-> lnk.to/victoriassec...
August 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Queen Victoria: Secret Marriage, Secret Child? Tomorrow night; Channel 4, @ 9 pm
July 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
NB: While it’s incredibly exciting to find yourself (even temporarily) the front page story of the DM. I just want to add a bit of clarity to this exciting headline:
July 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
And I’d like to thank @sathnam.bsky.social for this utterly brilliant cover quote 😍 (which lead me to say ‘WITTY!’ very loudly, at several people.)
July 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Umm… so I have more news. For the last few months the brilliant @robrinder.bsky.social has joined me to investigate Victoria’s Secret for Channel 4. It’s airing on the same day the book is released: July 31st, in just a few weeks.

#skystorians #booksky
July 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
June 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
you know most girls grow out of this in middle school
June 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
June 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Long shot but a great tit?
May 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I don’t think the beak is long enough but, perhaps a Wryneck?
May 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A sand martin maybe?
May 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Maybe a Long-Tailed Tit?
May 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Big fan of the New Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
If you want to stop Reform, the only legitimate choice now is the Lib Dems
May 3, 2025 at 5:59 AM
April 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I think it’s probably time I told you all a little bit about my new book, Victoria’s Secret, coming July 31, 2025 😅😬🥹 lnk.to/victoriassecretbook
April 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Hello today’s latest in Insanity Bingo: RFK Jr says ultrasound scans are causing autism
April 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
‘Oh! What A Trade War!’
April 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Horror: In conversations with both the RA and the Bodleian it certainly seemed that this was the reason Queen Victoria’s Journals Online was removed.

I know the RA were doing everything possible to restore public access, but this sounds like the removal might be permanent?!
April 7, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Best headline of the year so far: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
March 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I know news editors are really struggling to find the right words to describe what’s happening right now, so here’s a few.
March 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is like looking at music hall propaganda, I need art historians to do a cultural analysis IMMEDIATELY (it’s an incredible image)
March 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM