Hurrah for this and that generation of feminists.

I'll be telling how the treasures of the Women's Library collections have provided 50 of the objects I discuss in my forthcoming book, 'The British Women's Suffrage Movement in 100 Objects: a material history', forthcoming from Bloomsbury in July (£24.99). No such book could be compiled without TWL

Join us for a free one-day conference on 14 January at the Shaw Library, LSE, to mark 100 years of The Women's Library. Speakers include Sally Alexander, Elizabeth Crawford, Caroline Derry, Clara Jones and Carmen Mangion. Email [email protected] if you'd like to come.

JOB ALERT! 3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community. PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...

The first new stories of 2026 are now available - 7 Ulster Linen Workers #FamilyHistory #WomensHistory #SocialHistory #Genealogy www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/new-sto...

You can read a bit more about it on my website, and follow links to an academic book review and a couple podcasts that were kind enough to interview me about it: samuelrutherford.com/book/

NYC! Join us for an archival workshop and discussion on the topic of 1970s "counter professional" networks, activism and publishing hosted at Interference Archive: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archival-w...

We are delighted to share the programme for our upcoming conference! We will be running fourteen panels across two days in early February - all online and open to everyone 😊 please see our website for more details on speakers, panels and how to book.

Happy New Year(from 1912 Votes for women) @lse.library Joan of Arc "May the new year bring votes to women and may the old sex inequality be altogether swept away!" @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social

A New Year’s cover by Owen Smith, from the December 27, 1999, issue of the magazine. #NewYorkerCovers newyorkermag.visitlink.me/0hNHog

2025 has been a rotten year for most early career postdoctoral researchers, especially in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. For a better 2026, check out (or repost) this short thread on a free resource for UK-based SHAPE PhDs within 10 years (excluding career breaks) of the doctorate. 1/3

Shortly after the NHS was created in 1948, it led to a recruitment campaign to attract Irish students to train and work as nurses. By 1971, they made up around 12% of all nursing staff in the NHS. Explore the stories of some of those nurses in our magazine feature ⬇️

This #ThoughtfulTuesday, we're reminding you once more to document as you go. Keep organised notes of your sources, photograph relevant documents and use notebooks, apps or spreadsheets to track your findings. #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

Born #Onthisday 1897 Winnie McKenna, an early pioneer for women’s soccer. She captained Middlesbrough’s Bolckow Vaughan ironworks & Ireland & was generally viewed as the region’s best women’s player.

Born #OnThisDay in 1963, actress, comedian, writer and director Caroline Aherne was incredibly influential, inventive and beloved. @arghkid.bsky.social's forthcoming biography celebrates the wit, warmth, and working-class genius of Aherne, and is publishing in May 2026. #booksky

'Silent Night' by contemporary UK printmaker Hester Cox #WomensArt #ArtAdvent

Nollaig Shona/happy Christmas & holidays 2025.

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar Final window ‘Skating by Moonlight’ Artist: Ronald Lampitt

Old Ladybird books updated. ‘Daddy learns to get involved' (1964 and 1974) Artist: Harry Wingfield

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 23 ‘Visits’ Artist: Ronald Lampitt (1951)

Bangs of expectation - how a log fire sparked the idea for Britain's first Christmas cracker. #christmascrackers #norfolkrecordoffice norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/2015/12/22/b...

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 22 Durham Cathedral Artist: SRBadmin

This is very good and goes in front of my MA students next term for sure. It's a lot better than the various medium posts I've written but it's reassuring to see so many people arrive at the same answer after checking. No, AI is not capable of "replacing" historians. Not even close, wrong timezone.

Young leaders from Citizens Somerset are making waves in their community, taking action to make their local park safer for children and families 🙌 Find out how: https://ow.ly/c7ct50XMy2e

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 21 Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Winter, 1959)

A great start to the weekend of the winter solstice! What a morning at Newgrange today. The livestream link now available - be sure tune in on the morning of 21 December at 8:40am. 🔗 gov.ie/solstice 👈save it, share it, join in! #ShareTheSolstice #NewgrangeSolstice #WinterSolstice 📸 OPW Guides

Hi everyone! As some of you may know, our organisation, YHP, is focused on the promotion of the scholarship of Black British History. We have some amazing projects which we can't wait to share with you next year. But the research, editing etc. for these projects are done on a volunteer basis.

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar Window 20 ‘Winter Sunrise’ Artist: SR Badmin

The Ladybird Christmas tree. Spindly, slightly wonky, over decorated with a random assortment of decorations - and always ready to shed an improbable quantity of needles Artist: Harry Wingfield (1964)

Exciting delivery at the Sydney Jones library today! ✨ So nice to see my chapter on socialist-feminist activism in 1980s Merseyside finally in print (almost 2 years after writing!) in @d-j-frost.bsky.social and @evansmithhist.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social wonderful volume.

I am speaking with Dan Frost about my book at Housmans Bookshop on 21 January 2026. Booking form is now available: housmans.com/event/book-t...

A widely used #Christmas time special of the European past was to buy and wear a paper crown. A paper crown, #skystorians? Yes, a printed paper crown. And the tiny street seller highlighted in this #earlymodern painting is selling them. Let's have a festive 🧵

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar Window 19 ‘December’ (1955) Artists: Edith Hilder, Rowland Hilder

At long last, some much needed good news today that swearing is good for us 🤬. For those of us (especially me) who are very sweary excellent to learn that swearing is a ‘calorie-neutral, drug free, low-cost’ way to boost performance. Thank **** for that then 🥳.

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 18 ‘Trafalgar Square’ Artist: Ronald Lampitt

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 17 ‘Winter Pastoral’ Artist: SR Badmin

Listen to today's episode of BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour for a discussion of why Jane Austen is still so relevant to women today, to celebrate the 250th anniversary of her birth, featuring author @thezhm.bsky.social: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #JaneAusten250 #booksky

Had an exciting diversion to getting out this morning with a sparrow hawk hunting in our backyard in Tooting town. Our resident ‘host’ of sparrows in their communal nest were not as happy, it has gone very quiet out there now 😮🦅

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 16 ‘First Snow’ Artist: Rowland Hilder

'Winter hares in conversation' by UK contemporary printmaker Angela Harding #WomensArt #ArtAdvent

The 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen - whose connection to Ireland goes well beyond the generations who studied her work - will be celebrated at the Donegal County Museum.

Today we are launching a new series of articles and podcasts to mark the 100th issue of History Workshop Journal 🎉✊🗃️ In this introductory article, Barbara Taylor reflects on a picnic she shared with other editors in 1984, and what it meant to be part of the HWJ collective.

At the National Library of Lithuania today and tomorrow to discuss imperial family violence in 19th & 20th centuries with @mmuravyeva.bsky.social @joannabourke.bsky.social and other colleagues and friends 📃https://blogs.helsinki.fi/fourepochsofviolence/program/

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 15 ‘Christmas Time’ Artist: Ronald Lampitt

For avoidance of confusion, that’s just about all academic staff, excluding Heads of Dept and- of course - Senior Management Team.

The work of Alison Holt, contemporary textile artist who creates machine and hand embroidered landscapes #WomensArt

Mary Delany (1700-1788), English Bluestocking artist, used decoupage to make botanical 'Paper Mosaiks'. Mistletoe, in pagan folklore signifies fertility and has since been associated with #Christmas kisses #WomensArt #ArtAdvent

Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252: Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email. Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 14 ‘Ponies in the Snow’ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

A fabulous, resonant account of good work in my community, led by school students and by parents with @citizensuk.org, to respond to anger with hope - focused on teen mental health, bus fares, a local playground and dog poo. All v local matters with much wider import, as the achievements show.