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
**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
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It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Reposted by Dr Fern Riddell
For the story of Kitty Marion and a detailed picture of the extent of such ‘Suffragette Outrages’ see @drfernriddell.bsky.social's ‘Death in Ten Minutes’.
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
For the story of Kitty Marion and a detailed picture of the extent of such ‘Suffragette Outrages’ see @drfernriddell.bsky.social's ‘Death in Ten Minutes’.
🥰 one of my favourite bits of kitty’s diaries are when she gets told off by other women in the halls for wearing her sash, & is seen as scandalous for being a suffragette (tho fair enough giving her proclivity for the arson & bombing campaign) - it was a such a battleground between female performers
November 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🥰 one of my favourite bits of kitty’s diaries are when she gets told off by other women in the halls for wearing her sash, & is seen as scandalous for being a suffragette (tho fair enough giving her proclivity for the arson & bombing campaign) - it was a such a battleground between female performers
The BBC seems to have a continual failure of courage atm. A fear of media-led extreme rightwing conservatism towards women, gender, sex & identity is leaking into everything.
November 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The BBC seems to have a continual failure of courage atm. A fear of media-led extreme rightwing conservatism towards women, gender, sex & identity is leaking into everything.
I know my way around…
…historical sites of sex work.
…historical sites of sex work.
November 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I know my way around…
…historical sites of sex work.
…historical sites of sex work.
*sidles up* tenderloin is the sexy bit
November 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
*sidles up* tenderloin is the sexy bit
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'To erase or distort history is not benign' ... this talk by Rev Dr Brown Douglas is chiming with the book I just finished by @drfernriddell.bsky.social about Queen Victoria.....
Destruction of history is a violent act
Destruction of history is a violent act
October 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
'To erase or distort history is not benign' ... this talk by Rev Dr Brown Douglas is chiming with the book I just finished by @drfernriddell.bsky.social about Queen Victoria.....
Destruction of history is a violent act
Destruction of history is a violent act