Heather Tweed
@heathertweed.bsky.social
Artist, writer, researcher. Veiled & forgotten 19th Century characters, Circus, Music Hall.
SoA, British Music Hall Soc, Circus250
Book Ahoy!
www.heathertweed.net
www.heathertweed.co.uk
SoA, British Music Hall Soc, Circus250
Book Ahoy!
www.heathertweed.net
www.heathertweed.co.uk
Looking forward to seeing where this leads for projects & writing 🤗
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Looking forward to seeing where this leads for projects & writing 🤗
Congratulations! 👏💐🎉
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Congratulations! 👏💐🎉
What a fabulously curated and presented site this is. Clean & clear to navigate, lots of fascinating data & artifacts. And to hear newly recorded political songs from the era! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
@philipwblood.bsky.social
ecppec.ncl.ac.uk
@philipwblood.bsky.social
ecppec.ncl.ac.uk
Eighteenth-Century Political Participation & Electoral Culture
18th-century Britain is notorious for corrupt and restrictive politics, when few could vote, bribery and debauchery were commonplace. But it was also an age when modern democracy was being shaped.
ecppec.ncl.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
What a fabulously curated and presented site this is. Clean & clear to navigate, lots of fascinating data & artifacts. And to hear newly recorded political songs from the era! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
@philipwblood.bsky.social
ecppec.ncl.ac.uk
@philipwblood.bsky.social
ecppec.ncl.ac.uk
😂 in a good way! 😂
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
😂 in a good way! 😂
Actual photos of demons included 😂 Loving the large arm owl with pointy horns. 🦉 😈
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Actual photos of demons included 😂 Loving the large arm owl with pointy horns. 🦉 😈
Reposted by Heather Tweed
Also interesting to see the only mention of black masks in this 1887 story is in the context of demons and executioners. Maybe some of the ‘traditions’ www.varsity.co.uk/features/22355 were not so traditional after all.
Tradition and cultural appropriation in the ‘Bonfire Capital of the World’
Francesca Fairhead reflects on living in the 'Bonfire Capital of the World', Lewes in Sussex, and how she feels about the town's long held traditions
www.varsity.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Also interesting to see the only mention of black masks in this 1887 story is in the context of demons and executioners. Maybe some of the ‘traditions’ www.varsity.co.uk/features/22355 were not so traditional after all.
Commemorative plaques Newport & Chepstow. 💐
November 4, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Commemorative plaques Newport & Chepstow. 💐