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Sarah Crook
@sarahcrook.bsky.social
Senior lecturer & historian of modern Britain. Activism & experience. Books: mothering & feeling; student mental health. Director of GENCAS & Co-Ed Modern British History. Mother x 3. Book: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526140128/
In a museum and my oldest has found a documentary about women in politics and my youngest is watching a video about the history of unions and friendly societies. I’ve peaked!
November 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Pimlott lecture here we come
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
THE HARDSHIP
November 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
All very well and good to dress up as the Louvre heist robber on Halloween until you run into a whole bunch of French people
October 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
My lovely kiddos did a fundraising march for kids in Gaza at the weekend, raising over £900. And today my middle kiddo made a Palestinian flag at school - complete with a stick so it can be taken on a protest. Kids are the best.
October 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I’m delighted to share the termcards for two scholarly communities I convene at Swansea:
✨ GENCAS – interdisciplinary gender research centre
✨ Mid-Career Mentoring Network – an initiative I’ve founded to support mid-career colleagues.
I’d be very happy to share Zoom links if you’d like to join us!
September 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Here they were today. Cute! Small! Anti genocide! Pro access to food and healthcare and safety and education and sleep for all!
September 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Was enjoying this graffiti at our local bus stop until I had to explain fascism to my 6 year old
September 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Also, they are very very very good kids, and they’re small, and the kids in Gaza are just like them, and the kids are all ours
September 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Absolutely nothing more lovely than finding notes from my kids hidden in my desk drawers
September 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
GUYS. I OPENED THE BOX.

Obvs have not opened the book though, that would be mad.
August 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Making a pilgrimage to the BL to read books and complain about the cost of the cafe
July 31, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Unhappy mothers: Women, motherhood, and social change in postwar Britain is out in the world and it's open access! Here's a wee sample of the conclusion (you can read more here manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526140128/) which gives, I think, a sense of the themes and rhythms of the book.
July 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We should really hold some summer conferences in Swansea so people can sneak off to Rhossili
July 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Gutted to see I’ve been replaced by someone more up and coming
July 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
One day you have tiny teeny wee babies and the next day your six year old (dressed as a skeleton) is helping your four year old (a dragon, of course) write in a card. It just takes my breath away.
July 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Truly not the email offer I wanted
June 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Can UK Labour please get to grips with the basics of devolution? Welsh Labour has already rolled out universal free school meals in Wales. My kids - in Swansea! - get universal free school meals right now
June 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Such a lovely trip to beautiful Belfast, and a real privilege to examine Tom Ward’s powerful thesis
May 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What a thoughtful and provocative series of reflections about the point of doing British history today #qmcbs
May 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Texts from my partner as I observe the pupils wandering towards the secondary school we want our kids to go to. No pressure, teenagers of north London
May 1, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Against many odds, me (and 2 out of the 3 children) are on our way to London for the QM conference
April 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
awaiting my daughter’s searing monograph about the 2024 election and its aftermath
April 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“Suspect had a rogue approach to the displays and a highly expressive tail”
April 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
17 month old was adamant that this was the only acceptable coat.

This is our aesthetic now.
April 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM