Helen Gittos
@helengittos.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Medieval History; parent involved in the Independent Inquiry into Maternity Services at East Kent.
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It's *such* a gorgeous statue. The details. artuk.org/discover/art...
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
'Standing in this Place' by Rachel Carter. Collin Street, Nottingham, installed 2025. Images Helen Chester.
In honour of unnamed women who were the driving force of the cotton industry in the C18th & C19th. An enslaved Black woman in the American cotton fields & a white woman in a Midlands mill.
In honour of unnamed women who were the driving force of the cotton industry in the C18th & C19th. An enslaved Black woman in the American cotton fields & a white woman in a Midlands mill.
November 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
'Standing in this Place' by Rachel Carter. Collin Street, Nottingham, installed 2025. Images Helen Chester.
In honour of unnamed women who were the driving force of the cotton industry in the C18th & C19th. An enslaved Black woman in the American cotton fields & a white woman in a Midlands mill.
In honour of unnamed women who were the driving force of the cotton industry in the C18th & C19th. An enslaved Black woman in the American cotton fields & a white woman in a Midlands mill.
It's *such* a gorgeous statue. The details. artuk.org/discover/art...
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It's *such* a gorgeous statue. The details. artuk.org/discover/art...
Emmeline Pankhurst, suffragette (1858–1928). Sculpture by Hazel Reeves. St Peter's Square, Manchester, installed 2018.
Image: Ben Williams.
So. Much. Crowdfunding.
artuk.org/discover/art...
www.womanchesterstatue.org
Image: Ben Williams.
So. Much. Crowdfunding.
artuk.org/discover/art...
www.womanchesterstatue.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Emmeline Pankhurst, suffragette (1858–1928). Sculpture by Hazel Reeves. St Peter's Square, Manchester, installed 2018.
Image: Ben Williams.
So. Much. Crowdfunding.
artuk.org/discover/art...
www.womanchesterstatue.org
Image: Ben Williams.
So. Much. Crowdfunding.
artuk.org/discover/art...
www.womanchesterstatue.org
Mary Anning, palaeontologist (1799–1847). Sculpture by Denise Dutton. Long Entry, Lyme Regis, Dorset, installed 2022. www.maryanningrocks.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Mary Anning, palaeontologist (1799–1847). Sculpture by Denise Dutton. Long Entry, Lyme Regis, Dorset, installed 2022. www.maryanningrocks.co.uk
Licoricia of Winchester, Jewish business women (d. 1277) & her youngest son, Asser. Sculpture by Ian Rank-Broadley, Jewry Street, Winchester (Hampshire) installed in 2022. Photo: Pat Goodall / Art UK.
licoricia.org/licoricia-of...
licoricia.org/licoricia-of...
November 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Licoricia of Winchester, Jewish business women (d. 1277) & her youngest son, Asser. Sculpture by Ian Rank-Broadley, Jewry Street, Winchester (Hampshire) installed in 2022. Photo: Pat Goodall / Art UK.
licoricia.org/licoricia-of...
licoricia.org/licoricia-of...
Aphra Benn, writer, (1640–1689) by Christine Charlesworth,
High Street, Canterbury, installed February 2025.
Image Mike Longhurst / Art UK.
artuk.org/discover/sto...
artuk.org/discover/art...
High Street, Canterbury, installed February 2025.
Image Mike Longhurst / Art UK.
artuk.org/discover/sto...
artuk.org/discover/art...
November 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Aphra Benn, writer, (1640–1689) by Christine Charlesworth,
High Street, Canterbury, installed February 2025.
Image Mike Longhurst / Art UK.
artuk.org/discover/sto...
artuk.org/discover/art...
High Street, Canterbury, installed February 2025.
Image Mike Longhurst / Art UK.
artuk.org/discover/sto...
artuk.org/discover/art...
A new statue of Dervorguilla, the founder of @ballioloxford.bsky.social has been erected in Oxford by the marvellous sculptor Alex Wenham. Some of John Milnes' evocative photos of the process of creating it are here: theoxfordsausage.com/a-new-public...
November 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Nice! I haven't seen that. Thank you.
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Nice! I haven't seen that. Thank you.
Superb maps of Oxford's medieval Jewish heritage: www.oxfordjewishheritage.co.uk/oxford-jewis...
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Superb maps of Oxford's medieval Jewish heritage: www.oxfordjewishheritage.co.uk/oxford-jewis...
Licoricia is the subject of this new, illustrated, biography: licoricia.org/our-book/
November 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Licoricia is the subject of this new, illustrated, biography: licoricia.org/our-book/
The pleasure is mine!
Love the @timeteam.bsky.social graphics. Eadwold, drawn by Neil Emmanuel @neeneecreative5791, as he's never been seen before...
Love the @timeteam.bsky.social graphics. Eadwold, drawn by Neil Emmanuel @neeneecreative5791, as he's never been seen before...
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The pleasure is mine!
Love the @timeteam.bsky.social graphics. Eadwold, drawn by Neil Emmanuel @neeneecreative5791, as he's never been seen before...
Love the @timeteam.bsky.social graphics. Eadwold, drawn by Neil Emmanuel @neeneecreative5791, as he's never been seen before...
Ha! Fab. Thanks @lollardfish.bsky.social youtu.be/imSFwqq4cO0?...
Giant Stan Rogers
YouTube video by ceb2633
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November 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Ha! Fab. Thanks @lollardfish.bsky.social youtu.be/imSFwqq4cO0?...