Kelly Hignett
@kellyhignett.bsky.social
Historian, Bibliophile, Nature Lover, Keen Home Cook. Interested in Central/East Europe, Communism, Crime and Incarceration/Forced Labour.
Some ‘light’ reading at the British Library! 📚 @britishlibrary.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Some ‘light’ reading at the British Library! 📚 @britishlibrary.bsky.social
‘Racing in the East’ - a great exhibition in Jeffrey Hall at #ICCEES2025
July 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
‘Racing in the East’ - a great exhibition in Jeffrey Hall at #ICCEES2025
Today at #ICCEES2025 : why not end the day at our panel about Preventative Policing and Repression within the USSR and Czechoslovakia? Panel 10.1, W3.01, 16.30-18.00
July 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Today at #ICCEES2025 : why not end the day at our panel about Preventative Policing and Repression within the USSR and Czechoslovakia? Panel 10.1, W3.01, 16.30-18.00
I’m starting #ICCEES2025 day 3 at a panel about Culture, Politics and Civil Society in the Soviet Union, including a paper by @shsslbu.bsky.social PhD student Christina Schlegel
July 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I’m starting #ICCEES2025 day 3 at a panel about Culture, Politics and Civil Society in the Soviet Union, including a paper by @shsslbu.bsky.social PhD student Christina Schlegel
Two great papers by Olga Polishchuk and Alina Mozolevska, related to their research project about the use of digital diaries, textual and visual, as a means of communicating and processing wartime experiences and trauma in Ukraine #ICCEES2025
July 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Two great papers by Olga Polishchuk and Alina Mozolevska, related to their research project about the use of digital diaries, textual and visual, as a means of communicating and processing wartime experiences and trauma in Ukraine #ICCEES2025
This panel looks interesting 😉 Panel 2.12, 16.30-18.00, today. Come and join us! #ICCEES2025
July 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This panel looks interesting 😉 Panel 2.12, 16.30-18.00, today. Come and join us! #ICCEES2025
I thoroughly enjoyed Taťjana Šarić’s fascinating paper ´Tracked Lives: Yugoslav State Security and Female Cominform Emigration’ (Panel 1.3) #ICCEES2025 👏
July 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I thoroughly enjoyed Taťjana Šarić’s fascinating paper ´Tracked Lives: Yugoslav State Security and Female Cominform Emigration’ (Panel 1.3) #ICCEES2025 👏
It’s great to be in London for #ICCEES2025
July 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It’s great to be in London for #ICCEES2025
Nice to see the latest installation in my local village phone box showing support for Ukraine today #SlavaUkraini #standwithukraine
March 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Nice to see the latest installation in my local village phone box showing support for Ukraine today #SlavaUkraini #standwithukraine
March 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The look of love … Friday night cuddles with Mia 😻 #rescuecat
January 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The look of love … Friday night cuddles with Mia 😻 #rescuecat
I think I’m doing NYE afternoon right…
December 31, 2024 at 4:04 PM
I think I’m doing NYE afternoon right…
‘Lone Goose’: a photo of our village pool, taken during a rather misty walk yesterday
December 28, 2024 at 8:47 AM
‘Lone Goose’: a photo of our village pool, taken during a rather misty walk yesterday
#Photo of West Berliners waving to relatives in East Berlin, across the Berlin Wall, on Christmas Day in 1961 #coldwarhist #berlin #germany #coldwar
December 24, 2024 at 10:48 AM
#Photo of West Berliners waving to relatives in East Berlin, across the Berlin Wall, on Christmas Day in 1961 #coldwarhist #berlin #germany #coldwar
Mia says it’s time to finish work for Christmas…
December 23, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Mia says it’s time to finish work for Christmas…
This year’s very home made, heavily decorated gingerbread house!
December 21, 2024 at 9:14 PM
This year’s very home made, heavily decorated gingerbread house!
6:40am, the village Christmas tree lighting the gloom through the mist. This is my last week of commuting this semester!
December 3, 2024 at 7:11 AM
6:40am, the village Christmas tree lighting the gloom through the mist. This is my last week of commuting this semester!
Rainy Sunday morning cat cuddles 🐾❤️
November 24, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Rainy Sunday morning cat cuddles 🐾❤️
6.30am: a chilly commute this morning 🥶 Fresh snow on the ground too, although you can’t see it here ❄️
November 20, 2024 at 7:56 AM
6.30am: a chilly commute this morning 🥶 Fresh snow on the ground too, although you can’t see it here ❄️
I visited some Prague memorials this week: (1) memorial to the victims of communism (2) Milada Horáková memorial (3) Jan Palach and Jan Zajíc memorial (4) Velvet Revolution memorial plaque
November 17, 2024 at 3:47 PM
I visited some Prague memorials this week: (1) memorial to the victims of communism (2) Milada Horáková memorial (3) Jan Palach and Jan Zajíc memorial (4) Velvet Revolution memorial plaque
Today’s google doodle 🇨🇿
November 17, 2024 at 7:18 AM
Today’s google doodle 🇨🇿
Today is a public holiday in the Czech Republic/Czechia. Freedom and Democracy Day. The anniversary of the start of the Velvet Revolution and the end of communism in Czechoslovakia 🇨🇿
November 17, 2024 at 6:45 AM
Today is a public holiday in the Czech Republic/Czechia. Freedom and Democracy Day. The anniversary of the start of the Velvet Revolution and the end of communism in Czechoslovakia 🇨🇿
Lots of flowers and candles at Národní třída today
November 16, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Lots of flowers and candles at Národní třída today