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Still, I'm reminded things could be worse...
Newspaper clipping, 1906.
Newspaper clipping, 1906.
July 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Still, I'm reminded things could be worse...
Newspaper clipping, 1906.
Newspaper clipping, 1906.
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Congratulations to @drfernriddell.bsky.social on her blockbuster new book, out today!
It’s full of startling new revelations about Queen Victoria’s secret love life — including a possible (probable?) marriage to John Brown and maaaaaybe a secret lovechild!
It’s full of startling new revelations about Queen Victoria’s secret love life — including a possible (probable?) marriage to John Brown and maaaaaybe a secret lovechild!
July 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Congratulations to @drfernriddell.bsky.social on her blockbuster new book, out today!
It’s full of startling new revelations about Queen Victoria’s secret love life — including a possible (probable?) marriage to John Brown and maaaaaybe a secret lovechild!
It’s full of startling new revelations about Queen Victoria’s secret love life — including a possible (probable?) marriage to John Brown and maaaaaybe a secret lovechild!
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Ariadne always has huff and puff, even with a cold!
Listen to our latest episode on Hallowe’en Party now wherever you get your podcasts. linktr.ee/labourshercule
Listen to our latest episode on Hallowe’en Party now wherever you get your podcasts. linktr.ee/labourshercule
July 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Ariadne always has huff and puff, even with a cold!
Listen to our latest episode on Hallowe’en Party now wherever you get your podcasts. linktr.ee/labourshercule
Listen to our latest episode on Hallowe’en Party now wherever you get your podcasts. linktr.ee/labourshercule
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This time on #LadySwindlers, we meet a female international art thief. It's a great episode, with extensive discussion of the chicness of the French. With illustrator Malike Favre.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
July 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
This time on #LadySwindlers, we meet a female international art thief. It's a great episode, with extensive discussion of the chicness of the French. With illustrator Malike Favre.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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These are trying times.
June 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM
These are trying times.
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We get 3 coarse meals.
June 9, 2025 at 8:36 AM
We get 3 coarse meals.
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Mistakes happen! If you forget to insert that one sentence in a paragraph the solution is easy. Just draw a dude in a hood and he will pull the missing text to the right place with a piece of rope!
Walters Ms. W.102 Book of Hours, late 13th/early 14th C.
www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/Walters...
Walters Ms. W.102 Book of Hours, late 13th/early 14th C.
www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/Walters...
October 23, 2024 at 6:38 AM
Mistakes happen! If you forget to insert that one sentence in a paragraph the solution is easy. Just draw a dude in a hood and he will pull the missing text to the right place with a piece of rope!
Walters Ms. W.102 Book of Hours, late 13th/early 14th C.
www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/Walters...
Walters Ms. W.102 Book of Hours, late 13th/early 14th C.
www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/Walters...
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The sun has got his hat on… but it’s only to disguise his identity. Early stock in the office of the June Crime Classic ‘Cyanide in the Sun: And Other Stories of Summertime Crime’ edited by @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social with a special introduction. Out 10/06!
June 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The sun has got his hat on… but it’s only to disguise his identity. Early stock in the office of the June Crime Classic ‘Cyanide in the Sun: And Other Stories of Summertime Crime’ edited by @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social with a special introduction. Out 10/06!
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During #WW1, artists like Anna Coleman Ladd created masks for disfigured soldiers. The metal was painted with hard enamel to resemble the recipient's skin tone. Ladd used real hair to create the eyelashes, eyebrows and moustaches. Had it not been for her efforts, many would have lived in isolation.
May 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
During #WW1, artists like Anna Coleman Ladd created masks for disfigured soldiers. The metal was painted with hard enamel to resemble the recipient's skin tone. Ladd used real hair to create the eyelashes, eyebrows and moustaches. Had it not been for her efforts, many would have lived in isolation.
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this whole thread by @orkneylibrary.bsky.social is a veritable feast for your Friday lunchtime (or breakfast, or dinner, or midnight feast, depending)
May 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
this whole thread by @orkneylibrary.bsky.social is a veritable feast for your Friday lunchtime (or breakfast, or dinner, or midnight feast, depending)
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The June 2025 issue of History Today is in all good newsagents now!
Featuring: Samuel Pepys, Victorian creationism, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, spies of the Black Chamber, medieval queens, and more.
For more information, head to buff.ly/kG3UbyI
Featuring: Samuel Pepys, Victorian creationism, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, spies of the Black Chamber, medieval queens, and more.
For more information, head to buff.ly/kG3UbyI
May 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The June 2025 issue of History Today is in all good newsagents now!
Featuring: Samuel Pepys, Victorian creationism, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, spies of the Black Chamber, medieval queens, and more.
For more information, head to buff.ly/kG3UbyI
Featuring: Samuel Pepys, Victorian creationism, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, spies of the Black Chamber, medieval queens, and more.
For more information, head to buff.ly/kG3UbyI
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Today in 1937 Tommy Woodrooffe, a very drunk broadcaster, commentated on a Royal Navy Fleet Review. Only for a few minutes, until they faded him out. #CareerGoals.
May 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Today in 1937 Tommy Woodrooffe, a very drunk broadcaster, commentated on a Royal Navy Fleet Review. Only for a few minutes, until they faded him out. #CareerGoals.
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Delighted to the after dinner speaker at this glorious Gothic weekend. In person and online tickets available.
The full programme for St Hilda’s Crime Fiction Weekend is now online. Join @valmcdermid.bsky.social and a host of spectacular speakers in Oxford and online.
www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/asset/cfw-pr...
@ruthwarewriter.bsky.social @annamazz.bsky.social @brookmyre.bsky.social @radiomukhers.bsky.social
www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/asset/cfw-pr...
@ruthwarewriter.bsky.social @annamazz.bsky.social @brookmyre.bsky.social @radiomukhers.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Delighted to the after dinner speaker at this glorious Gothic weekend. In person and online tickets available.
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Don't mention this card to No. 8. They won't be getting one.
May 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Don't mention this card to No. 8. They won't be getting one.
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I’ve just finished The Book of Secrets by @annamazz.bsky.social, which is excellent - I couldn’t put it down! Based on the true story of Girolama Spana, the infamous 17th century Italian poisoner, and her female associates, it is a fascinating read and a gripping plot. Highly recommended!
May 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I’ve just finished The Book of Secrets by @annamazz.bsky.social, which is excellent - I couldn’t put it down! Based on the true story of Girolama Spana, the infamous 17th century Italian poisoner, and her female associates, it is a fascinating read and a gripping plot. Highly recommended!
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My next book SLEUTH-HOUND will be a whirlwind tour of Victorian forensics from the perspective of Joseph Bell, the man who loaned a voice and razor-sharp logic to Baker St.’s famous resident: Sherlock Holmes.
I'm hard at work on the manuscript and cant wait to share this incredible story with you!
I'm hard at work on the manuscript and cant wait to share this incredible story with you!
In 1880 Florence Nightingale wrote to the real Sherlock Holmes, Dr Joseph Bell thanking him "for all he has done...for the cause of Trained Nursing". Bell wrote nursing manuals and introduced the first training course for nurses in Scotland at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary #histnursing
March 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
My next book SLEUTH-HOUND will be a whirlwind tour of Victorian forensics from the perspective of Joseph Bell, the man who loaned a voice and razor-sharp logic to Baker St.’s famous resident: Sherlock Holmes.
I'm hard at work on the manuscript and cant wait to share this incredible story with you!
I'm hard at work on the manuscript and cant wait to share this incredible story with you!
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this is not a drill: our podcast trailer is currently being featured on the Apple Podcasts homepage‼️
March 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
this is not a drill: our podcast trailer is currently being featured on the Apple Podcasts homepage‼️
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Big news: Professor Rosalind Crone and I are back to our criminal enterprises!
At least, we're on location recording the new series of ... drumroll ... #LadySwindlers !!
Coming soon to @bbcradio4 and @bbcsounds 😃
At least, we're on location recording the new series of ... drumroll ... #LadySwindlers !!
Coming soon to @bbcradio4 and @bbcsounds 😃
February 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Big news: Professor Rosalind Crone and I are back to our criminal enterprises!
At least, we're on location recording the new series of ... drumroll ... #LadySwindlers !!
Coming soon to @bbcradio4 and @bbcsounds 😃
At least, we're on location recording the new series of ... drumroll ... #LadySwindlers !!
Coming soon to @bbcradio4 and @bbcsounds 😃
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Towards Zero trailer - on BBC One and iPlayer from 2 March #AgathaChristie youtu.be/uPmRXdzq-O4?...
Towards Zero | Official Trailer - BBC
YouTube video by BBC
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February 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Towards Zero trailer - on BBC One and iPlayer from 2 March #AgathaChristie youtu.be/uPmRXdzq-O4?...
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Sprocker Assist & Rescue, a nonprofit organisation that rehomes Sprocker Spaniels, is holding a fundraising auction right now. In honour of our Sprocker, Lottie, I've donated a copy of my novel The Wood Wife -- which I'll sign and mail to the winning bidder anywhere in the world. More info below...
February 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Sprocker Assist & Rescue, a nonprofit organisation that rehomes Sprocker Spaniels, is holding a fundraising auction right now. In honour of our Sprocker, Lottie, I've donated a copy of my novel The Wood Wife -- which I'll sign and mail to the winning bidder anywhere in the world. More info below...
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To mark the Representation of the People Act getting Royal Assent #OTD 6 February in 1918, we’ll be sharing some of our blogs about people who campaigned for the vote.
First up, “With thanks to the woman who did the typing” by Lucienne Boyce.
womenshistorynetwork.org/with-thanks-...
#GenderHist
First up, “With thanks to the woman who did the typing” by Lucienne Boyce.
womenshistorynetwork.org/with-thanks-...
#GenderHist
With thanks to the woman who did the typing – Lucienne Boyce
In 1938 Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, one of the leaders of the Women’s Social & Political Union (WSPU), published her autobiography, My Part in a Changing World. In it she noted, “My thanks are d…
womenshistorynetwork.org
February 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
To mark the Representation of the People Act getting Royal Assent #OTD 6 February in 1918, we’ll be sharing some of our blogs about people who campaigned for the vote.
First up, “With thanks to the woman who did the typing” by Lucienne Boyce.
womenshistorynetwork.org/with-thanks-...
#GenderHist
First up, “With thanks to the woman who did the typing” by Lucienne Boyce.
womenshistorynetwork.org/with-thanks-...
#GenderHist
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This is a smugglers' 'game', which in reality charted the timings of covert smuggling operations on the Isle of Wight. If you'd like to know about this shady historic crime, join me for a talk on Sat 22 Feb at 2pm. All proceeds going to Brading Roman Villa 👉 bradingromanvilla.org.uk/whats-on/smu...
January 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This is a smugglers' 'game', which in reality charted the timings of covert smuggling operations on the Isle of Wight. If you'd like to know about this shady historic crime, join me for a talk on Sat 22 Feb at 2pm. All proceeds going to Brading Roman Villa 👉 bradingromanvilla.org.uk/whats-on/smu...