Maureen Wright
@drmaureenwright.bsky.social
Historian, author and Spaniel lover. WHW IC. Specialism: Women's Suffrage movement. Things of historical interest: just about anything. Currently working on tracing my father's service journey in #WorldWar2 and the history of 104th Regt RHA.
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At 9.40 pm, 83 years ago a barrage of900 guns opened the 2nd Battle of El Alamein. This is my father. L/Vpl Ron Smith, 104th Regt, Royal Horse Artillery, who was there. May we remember all those who carried the scars of that battle, or made the ultimate sacrifice.
At 9.40 pm, 83 years ago a barrage of900 guns opened the 2nd Battle of El Alamein. This is my father. L/Vpl Ron Smith, 104th Regt, Royal Horse Artillery, who was there. May we remember all those who carried the scars of that battle, or made the ultimate sacrifice.
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In her new book, People Without History are Dust, Dr Anna Hájková explores same-sex desire in the Holocaust, telling the gripping stories of queer Jews that have been long silenced by the homophobia of survivors.
Sign up now to hear Dr Hájková speak about this important new work:
Sign up now to hear Dr Hájková speak about this important new work:
Book Talk: People without History are Dust, Anna Hájková - The Wiener Holocaust Library
The Holocaust and Genocide Research Partnership is delighted to host Dr Anna Hájková in conversation with Dr Christine Schmidt about Dr. Hájková’s new book, People without History are Dust: Queer…
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November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In her new book, People Without History are Dust, Dr Anna Hájková explores same-sex desire in the Holocaust, telling the gripping stories of queer Jews that have been long silenced by the homophobia of survivors.
Sign up now to hear Dr Hájková speak about this important new work:
Sign up now to hear Dr Hájková speak about this important new work:
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A terrific book. #histbookchat
Last day of the Thunder Run Meiktila 1945 flash sale with code IWM20.
Get your copy, or maybe one for a Christmas present, here👇
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Get your copy, or maybe one for a Christmas present, here👇
www.chiselbury.co.uk/bookstore/p/...
November 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A terrific book. #histbookchat
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🚨 THIS WEEK🚨
👨👩👧👦 Thomas More wasn’t just a statesman — he was a devoted dad.
@drjoannepaul.bsky.social shares how he championed his daughters’ education in a world that didn’t.
🎧 History Rage tells the untold story. pod.fo/e/34939e
#ThomasMore #JoannePaul #TudorWomen #WomensHistory
👨👩👧👦 Thomas More wasn’t just a statesman — he was a devoted dad.
@drjoannepaul.bsky.social shares how he championed his daughters’ education in a world that didn’t.
🎧 History Rage tells the untold story. pod.fo/e/34939e
#ThomasMore #JoannePaul #TudorWomen #WomensHistory
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🚨 THIS WEEK🚨
👨👩👧👦 Thomas More wasn’t just a statesman — he was a devoted dad.
@drjoannepaul.bsky.social shares how he championed his daughters’ education in a world that didn’t.
🎧 History Rage tells the untold story. pod.fo/e/34939e
#ThomasMore #JoannePaul #TudorWomen #WomensHistory
👨👩👧👦 Thomas More wasn’t just a statesman — he was a devoted dad.
@drjoannepaul.bsky.social shares how he championed his daughters’ education in a world that didn’t.
🎧 History Rage tells the untold story. pod.fo/e/34939e
#ThomasMore #JoannePaul #TudorWomen #WomensHistory
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This is so wrong, utterly heartbreaking.
Human Geography at Leicester is facing closure. Staff contracts are to end in June 2026; students are to be relocated to other universities, or taught out by a maximum of two (!) teaching-only staff. Other departments and subjects are facing closure, too. Please join the demo!
November 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This is so wrong, utterly heartbreaking.
Superb day at the IWM for their first Podcast Live event.
So good to catch up with some of the greatest historians today. @tessadunlop.bsky.social
@claremulley.bsky.social
@historywithjackson.bsky.social
Ian Pegg, Oliver Webb Carter, Jack Bowsher
So good to catch up with some of the greatest historians today. @tessadunlop.bsky.social
@claremulley.bsky.social
@historywithjackson.bsky.social
Ian Pegg, Oliver Webb Carter, Jack Bowsher
November 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Superb day at the IWM for their first Podcast Live event.
So good to catch up with some of the greatest historians today. @tessadunlop.bsky.social
@claremulley.bsky.social
@historywithjackson.bsky.social
Ian Pegg, Oliver Webb Carter, Jack Bowsher
So good to catch up with some of the greatest historians today. @tessadunlop.bsky.social
@claremulley.bsky.social
@historywithjackson.bsky.social
Ian Pegg, Oliver Webb Carter, Jack Bowsher
An amazingly beautiful place. #Dresden #Frauenkirche
October 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
An amazingly beautiful place. #Dresden #Frauenkirche
It's all true! Go if you can. The hotel in Poland is gorgeous & serves an excellent Negroni.
Delighted my tour of the Great Escape and Colditz is running in April '26. Do come! We go to Berlin, Silesia, Görlitz, Dresden, Sachsenhausen, and we stay in some great places, visit some amazing sights, learn a lot, walk a lot, eat a lot, and drink a lot.
telegraph.tripsmiths.com/tours/guy-wa...
telegraph.tripsmiths.com/tours/guy-wa...
October 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It's all true! Go if you can. The hotel in Poland is gorgeous & serves an excellent Negroni.
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The hypocrisy of Reform going on TV to allege that certain groups are constantly over represented on TV is truly epic.
October 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The hypocrisy of Reform going on TV to allege that certain groups are constantly over represented on TV is truly epic.
Superb talk @YeovilLiteraryFestival last night by the wonderful @garethrussell.bsky.social
Thank you for a totally awesome look into the life of James VI and I.
Look for Gareth's book 📚, Queen James, in all good bookshops.
Thank you for a totally awesome look into the life of James VI and I.
Look for Gareth's book 📚, Queen James, in all good bookshops.
October 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Superb talk @YeovilLiteraryFestival last night by the wonderful @garethrussell.bsky.social
Thank you for a totally awesome look into the life of James VI and I.
Look for Gareth's book 📚, Queen James, in all good bookshops.
Thank you for a totally awesome look into the life of James VI and I.
Look for Gareth's book 📚, Queen James, in all good bookshops.
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At 9.40 pm, 83 years ago a barrage of900 guns opened the 2nd Battle of El Alamein. This is my father. L/Vpl Ron Smith, 104th Regt, Royal Horse Artillery, who was there. May we remember all those who carried the scars of that battle, or made the ultimate sacrifice.
At 9.40 pm, 83 years ago a barrage of900 guns opened the 2nd Battle of El Alamein. This is my father. L/Vpl Ron Smith, 104th Regt, Royal Horse Artillery, who was there. May we remember all those who carried the scars of that battle, or made the ultimate sacrifice.
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October 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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At 9.40 pm, 83 years ago a barrage of900 guns opened the 2nd Battle of El Alamein. This is my father. L/Vpl Ron Smith, 104th Regt, Royal Horse Artillery, who was there. May we remember all those who carried the scars of that battle, or made the ultimate sacrifice.
At 9.40 pm, 83 years ago a barrage of900 guns opened the 2nd Battle of El Alamein. This is my father. L/Vpl Ron Smith, 104th Regt, Royal Horse Artillery, who was there. May we remember all those who carried the scars of that battle, or made the ultimate sacrifice.
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🔺 BREAKING: Trump announces new raft of sanctions against Russia
The development comes amid reports that the US has green-lit Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles — which Trump has denied
🔗 Tap the link for updates
The development comes amid reports that the US has green-lit Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles — which Trump has denied
🔗 Tap the link for updates
Trump to announce new raft of sanctions against Russia
The development comes amid reports that the US has green-lit Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles — which Trump has denied
www.thetimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
🔺 BREAKING: Trump announces new raft of sanctions against Russia
The development comes amid reports that the US has green-lit Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles — which Trump has denied
🔗 Tap the link for updates
The development comes amid reports that the US has green-lit Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles — which Trump has denied
🔗 Tap the link for updates
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Set a PB at #ParkRun this morning.
#10DaysOf5k for @cancerresearchuk.org
Chilly but felt good going round this morning.
#LoveParkRun
#10DaysOf5k for @cancerresearchuk.org
Chilly but felt good going round this morning.
#LoveParkRun
October 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Set a PB at #ParkRun this morning.
#10DaysOf5k for @cancerresearchuk.org
Chilly but felt good going round this morning.
#LoveParkRun
#10DaysOf5k for @cancerresearchuk.org
Chilly but felt good going round this morning.
#LoveParkRun
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📍This year we launched a new digital archive putting significant collections from our archive at the hands of researchers worldwide
For the past 8 months we have continued to add new collections to the site, now totalling 215,000 pages of crucial evidence from the Holocaust and the Nazi era...
For the past 8 months we have continued to add new collections to the site, now totalling 215,000 pages of crucial evidence from the Holocaust and the Nazi era...
October 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
📍This year we launched a new digital archive putting significant collections from our archive at the hands of researchers worldwide
For the past 8 months we have continued to add new collections to the site, now totalling 215,000 pages of crucial evidence from the Holocaust and the Nazi era...
For the past 8 months we have continued to add new collections to the site, now totalling 215,000 pages of crucial evidence from the Holocaust and the Nazi era...
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To the Gestapo, she was enemy No. 1.
To her husband, she was everything.
In war-torn France, Nancy must outwit the Nazis—or lose it all.
"An incredible story!" 5-Stars
mybook.to/madamefiocca
#histfic #Booksky #womensfiction
To the Gestapo, she was enemy No. 1.
To her husband, she was everything.
In war-torn France, Nancy must outwit the Nazis—or lose it all.
"An incredible story!" 5-Stars
mybook.to/madamefiocca
#histfic #Booksky #womensfiction
October 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
#Free on KindleUnlimited
To the Gestapo, she was enemy No. 1.
To her husband, she was everything.
In war-torn France, Nancy must outwit the Nazis—or lose it all.
"An incredible story!" 5-Stars
mybook.to/madamefiocca
#histfic #Booksky #womensfiction
To the Gestapo, she was enemy No. 1.
To her husband, she was everything.
In war-torn France, Nancy must outwit the Nazis—or lose it all.
"An incredible story!" 5-Stars
mybook.to/madamefiocca
#histfic #Booksky #womensfiction
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Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
www.cbsnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
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CfP: Romantic Elements: Rocks, and Stones, and Soil, 1750–1850, Symposium at The University of Manchester, 25–26 June 2026. Deadline 30th January 2026. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6185
CfP: Romantic Elements: Rocks, and Stones, and Soil, 1750–1850 – BARS Blog
www.bars.ac.uk
October 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
CfP: Romantic Elements: Rocks, and Stones, and Soil, 1750–1850, Symposium at The University of Manchester, 25–26 June 2026. Deadline 30th January 2026. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6185
I can't beat this one!
Reviewer 2 felt differently.
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
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October 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I can't beat this one!
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People get so weird about blocking, as though it's punishment for something. And I understand. But also:
People have the right to curate their spaces. If someone needs to NOT have me in THEIR space for their peace, good for them! I don't have the right to be in someone else's space.
People have the right to curate their spaces. If someone needs to NOT have me in THEIR space for their peace, good for them! I don't have the right to be in someone else's space.
October 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
People get so weird about blocking, as though it's punishment for something. And I understand. But also:
People have the right to curate their spaces. If someone needs to NOT have me in THEIR space for their peace, good for them! I don't have the right to be in someone else's space.
People have the right to curate their spaces. If someone needs to NOT have me in THEIR space for their peace, good for them! I don't have the right to be in someone else's space.
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It’s Bookshop Day! Go and support your local bookshop and help them resist the dominance of Amazon
And if you want personally signed and dedicated copies of any of my books, buy from the lovely Kirstie at @foxlanebooks.bsky.social
And if you want personally signed and dedicated copies of any of my books, buy from the lovely Kirstie at @foxlanebooks.bsky.social
Fox Lane Books 🦊 (@foxlanebooks.bsky.social)
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October 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It’s Bookshop Day! Go and support your local bookshop and help them resist the dominance of Amazon
And if you want personally signed and dedicated copies of any of my books, buy from the lovely Kirstie at @foxlanebooks.bsky.social
And if you want personally signed and dedicated copies of any of my books, buy from the lovely Kirstie at @foxlanebooks.bsky.social
After finding out hubby is eligible but not me I thought I'd investigate paying for a Covid-19 vaccine...
Not at these prices though! I'll just have to risk it.
Not at these prices though! I'll just have to risk it.
There’s a comment piece in The Times about sickness benefits mysteriously going up and no mention of Covid, long Covid, the effects of lockdown etc. Boosters help people stay healthy, but now they are only available to the very old or people who can afford them.
It’s dispiriting that this is what getting a COVID vaccination now looks like to this chronic asthmatic.
October 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
After finding out hubby is eligible but not me I thought I'd investigate paying for a Covid-19 vaccine...
Not at these prices though! I'll just have to risk it.
Not at these prices though! I'll just have to risk it.
This is getting beyond silly.
October 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
This is getting beyond silly.
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🚨 BOOK LAUNCH🚨
Roger Moorhouse joins us to reveal why the U-Boat War was nowhere near the close-run thing we’re told – by 1943 the tables had turned dramatically. 🎙️⚓️
🎧 Listen 👉 pod.fo/e/339dda
📖 Buy the book: uk.bookshop.org/a/10...
#WWII #NavalHistory #Podcast @wmcollinsbooks
Roger Moorhouse joins us to reveal why the U-Boat War was nowhere near the close-run thing we’re told – by 1943 the tables had turned dramatically. 🎙️⚓️
🎧 Listen 👉 pod.fo/e/339dda
📖 Buy the book: uk.bookshop.org/a/10...
#WWII #NavalHistory #Podcast @wmcollinsbooks
October 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🚨 BOOK LAUNCH🚨
Roger Moorhouse joins us to reveal why the U-Boat War was nowhere near the close-run thing we’re told – by 1943 the tables had turned dramatically. 🎙️⚓️
🎧 Listen 👉 pod.fo/e/339dda
📖 Buy the book: uk.bookshop.org/a/10...
#WWII #NavalHistory #Podcast @wmcollinsbooks
Roger Moorhouse joins us to reveal why the U-Boat War was nowhere near the close-run thing we’re told – by 1943 the tables had turned dramatically. 🎙️⚓️
🎧 Listen 👉 pod.fo/e/339dda
📖 Buy the book: uk.bookshop.org/a/10...
#WWII #NavalHistory #Podcast @wmcollinsbooks
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Thanks to the peerless scholarship of Dr Jürgen Matthäus, we now know the identity of the murderer in this most notoriously iconic picture of the Holocaust. His name was Jakobus Onnen. He was a teacher. My piece in the Independent:
www.independent.co.uk/news/people/...
www.independent.co.uk/news/people/...
October 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Thanks to the peerless scholarship of Dr Jürgen Matthäus, we now know the identity of the murderer in this most notoriously iconic picture of the Holocaust. His name was Jakobus Onnen. He was a teacher. My piece in the Independent:
www.independent.co.uk/news/people/...
www.independent.co.uk/news/people/...
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Thanks @danellin.bsky.social ! Really looking forward to giving this lecture at the wonderful International Bomber Command Centre in Lincoln in March. See you there !
I've just bought a ticket for this. @lydiajane13.bsky.social @nmtdambusters.bsky.social
IBCC Lecture & Supper Series - The Invisible Campaign - Bomber Command Gardening Operations 1940-1945. - International Bomber Command Centre
The Invisible Campaign – Bomber Command Gardening Operations 1940-1945 with author, Jane Gulliford-Lowes Aerial mining by RAF Bomber Command was a vital part of the Allied war effort, claiming far mor...
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October 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Thanks @danellin.bsky.social ! Really looking forward to giving this lecture at the wonderful International Bomber Command Centre in Lincoln in March. See you there !