‘A court without women is like a body without a nervous system.’

She hasn’t. We got home after the appointment, she got extra dinner to try to get her to throw up, and then she showed me where she hid the band under the door jamb. We’re no longer speaking.

I’m waiting for an emergency vet appointment for Zoya, who I think has eaten an elastic band. I know she’s only done it to annoy me.

Have you listened to the podcast?

Finally!

So when does the guerrilla history project start? I would be very happy to get a little letterbox history note. My house is only 13 years old, so unlikely, but still. #historyteacher (it’s in episode 3!)

I am aware of that, I am from Huntingdon.

Well, the woman on the BBC News live stream just said ‘this small town [Huntingdon] is near York’, so maybe this little screen grab is actually to help all the BBC journalists who can’t be bothered to look at a map.

Yeah, we’re so secretive about our tiny, ancient, world-famous university here.

This is the best sentence of 2025

I’m teaching it mainly through the actions of women this year. If they don’t understand that Anne of Brittany and Isabella of Castile are powerhouses by the end of it, I will have failed miserably. Margaret Tudor is going to be their sympathy story.