It's been a long time since M|A|R|R|S had a number one smash hit single (38 years to be precise), but I'm pleased to see that someone in Yeovil is still committed to putting correctly styled M|A|R|R|S graffiti on gateposts.

‘She changed the face of London’: statue to be unveiled of suffragist gardener www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

📣 TOMORROW Jane Duffus introduces her new book & more #Women who built Bristol 📖 Tuesday 29th April 7pm ( Doors open 6:45pm ) 📖 The Women Who Built Bristol : VOLUME THREE 📖 Jane Duffus 📖 #RedlandLibrary #Bristol 📖 £3 (pay at the door - cash only) #BristolHistory @janeduffus.bsky.social

Looking for something to do this afternoon? Come to Thornbury Library to hear my brand new talk about #TheWomenWhoBuiltBristol Volume Three. The talk is at 2pm and lasts one hour. £5 from EventBrite with all ticket money going straight to support the library. Books will be on sale & can be signed.

Looking for something to do this lunchtime? Come to Southmead Library to hear my brand new talk about #TheWomenWhoBuiltBristol Volume Three. The talk is at 2.30pm and lasts one hour. Entry is free, just turn up. Books will be on sale and can be signed.

Stealing the idea from someone else, I asked ChatGPT to put together everything it knew about me and create an 'action figure'. And here's what we ended up with. Of course, 'action' is not really the word I'd use to describe my writerly days spent faffing about on social media but... y'know.

I'm doing two library talks this week about some of the amazing but forgotten women in #TheWomenWhoBuiltBristol Volume Three. The second one will be at Thornbury Library this Saturday (12 April) at 2pm (lasting up to one hour). £5 via EventBrite and all money goes directly to the library.

I'm doing two library talks this week with my brand new talk about some of the amazing but forgotten women who are included in #TheWomenWhoBuiltBristol Volume Three. As such, you are invited to join me at Southmead Library this Friday (11 April) at 2.30pm for a FREE talk (lasting up to one hour).

So - fans of Sarah Records might recall that in the writing of 'These Things Happen' I got to speak to the elusive Christine Grant of Christine's Cat fame. Not only that but she gave me her first ever interview... I know!

Yes. This from @glosswitch.bsky.social sums up the feminist frustration at the response to 'Adolescence'. Feminists have been saying all this stuff for DECADES and we've been ignored because, urm, we're women. *face palm*

TODAY! For those in the Bristol area, today I'll be at the Makers' Market at the Hanham Community Centre, selling and signing copies of all three volumes of 'The Women Who Built Bristol'. There will also be lots of other stalls from local creatives. Entry is free, 10am to 2pm.

Tonight I'll be catching up with Simon Barber (The Chesterfields) and Nick Godfrey (@precrecs.bsky.social). Which reminds me I am long overdue to share this Precious 10" of The Chesties' 1987 Janice Long session (released last month)... for which I wrote the sleeve notes ❤️ Two of my fave gents.

Running until 29 March, check out 'Playfight' at Bristol Old Vic. It's got the thumbs up from no lesser mortal than Phoebe Waller-Bridge, which is surely a ringing endorsement.

Next Thursday I'll be giving a free talk at Bristol Central Library about 'The Women Who Built Bristol: Vol Three'. This is a brand new talk featuring only women from book three. Oh, and I'll have copies of all three volumes with me for sale (cash or card welcome) and will of course sign them.

This Thursday evening (March 20 - aka tomorrow!), I'll be joining Bristol Feminist Book Club where their book of the month is 'The Women Who Built Bristol: Volume Three'. More info in the pics here, and tickets available from this link. All welcome! share.thecliq.app/event/bfbc-m...

For those in the Bristol area, this Saturday (22 March) I'll be at the Makers' Market at the Hanham Community Centre, selling and signing copies of all three volumes of 'The Women Who Built Bristol'. There will also be lots of other stalls from local creatives. Entry is free, 10am to 2pm.

Tummy Treats is absolutely the most perfect name for every restaurant.

Tee hee. Hilariously, the Bristol Post has named me as one of the 20 most rebellious women in Bristol. Which has really tickled me!

At 2pm today, I'm giving a free talk at Fishponds Library about some of the women featured in Volume Three of 'The Women Who Built Bristol'. All are welcome. And books will be on sale afterwards and I'm happy to sign them.

TODAY - I'm at Bristol City Hall all day for Bristol Women's Voice's IWD 2025 event. I'll be hosting a stall in the marketplace - selling and signing all three volumes of 'The Women Who Built Bristol'. At 12.15, I'm giving a brand new talk about Vol Three and some of the women in the new book.

For the 24 hours of International Women's Day 2025 (today, since you ask), I'm offering FREE UK POSTAGE on any of 'The Women Who Built Bristol' books bought via my website. Just use the code 'IWD2025'. And if you'd like your books signed/dedicated to someone, leave me a note to let me know.

For the 24 hours of International Women's Day 2025 (8 March, since you ask), I'm offering FREE UK POSTAGE on any of 'The Women Who Built Bristol' books bought via my website. Just use the code 'IWD2025'. And if you'd like your books signed/dedicated to someone, leave me a note to let me know.

TOMORROW! Every year, Bristol Women's Voice puts on an enormous event at City Hall to mark IWD. I'll be hosting a stall all day in the marketplace - selling and signing all three volumes of 'The Women Who Built Bristol'. And at 12.15pm, I'll be giving a free talk about the brand new book.

At lunchtime today, aka 1pm, I'll be at Shirehampton Library in, err, Shirehampton, giving a free talk all about some of the women featured in Volume Three of 'The Women Who Built Bristol'. It's free to attend, just turn up. Books will be on sale (and can be signed), too!

Given March is Women's History Month, I was pleased to be asked by Bristol Old Vic to write a piece for their website this month... bristololdvic.org.uk/blog/an-unsu...

Warning - I'm taking tickets off sale at about 4.30pm. So if you want to come... be quick about it. hdfst.uk/e120908

HAPPY BOOK LAUNCH DAY TO MEEEEE! Inexplicably, there are still a few tickets left to the launch event tonight featuring BBC Bristol's Laura Rawlings and me in conversation. And the return of What The Frock! Comedy starring Dani Johns and Ada Campe.

To mark publication day for Volume Three, for 24 hours today there is free UK postage on all orders placed via my website. All orders (of any books in the series, not just Volume Three) will also come with a free copy of 'Volume 3.1' plus postcards and stickers. Just use the code 'LAUNCH'.

Today! At lunchtime! Free! Come along to the Frenchay Village Museum for a light-hearted talk about some of the women featured in Volume Three of #TheWomenWhoBuiltBristol. Books will be on sale and can be signed, too. Cash and cards welcome.

What's this? Oh, it's just a balloon suffragette reading a copy of Volume One of 'The Women Who Built Bristol'. Obviously.

Do you like women? You do? Do you like Bristol? You do? Do you like @janeduffus.bsky.social? You don’t know, you’ve never met her? Well, now’s your chance, as she’s launching The Women Who Built Bristol Vol. 3 at the Bristol Old Vic next Monday with an evening of chat, laughter and singing. Signing.

If you're at a loose end on Saturday, join me for a free talk at the Frenchay Village Museum at 1.30pm. It's the start of a series of events for Bradley Stoke's International Women's Day's series. I'll be giving a brand new talk about some of the brand new women featured in my brand new book.

Scrolling through my phone photos, I found this one where my face and I went to visit the (then-newly unveiled) statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square. Token women etc etc.

Turn to page 22 for a big ol' feature about the new book in the March issue of The Bristol Magazine... issuu.com/mcpublishing...

Ahh, yes. Remembering the army of suffragette ducks that took over the 2018 anniversary of the Votes For Women celebrations. En masse, these ducks were terrifying and impressive in equal quantities. Quacks for women, etc.

There are still some tickets left to the launch of 'The Women Who Built Bristol: Vol Three'. On 3 March at Bristol Old Vic's Cooper's Hall & features Laura Rawlings & me in conversation. And the return of What The Frock! Comedy starring Dani Johns & Ada Campe. https://hdfst.uk/e120908 🎟️

I was lucky enough to see 'A Good House' at Bristol Old Vic last week. A really thought-provoking and witty take on social standing and societal insecurities (among other things). Only 15 performances left in Bristol. Catch it while you can.

This coming Saturday (1 March), I'll be giving a FREE lunchtime talk at Frenchay Village Museum to kick off a week of International Women's Day events in Bristol. I'll have all three volumes of 'The Women Who Built Bristol' for sale (cash & card welcome), and will of course sign them if you'd like.

Double page spread in today's Bristol Post about 'The Women Who Built Bristol: Volume Three'. I also appreciate & support the front cover takeover on ALL the daily newspapers objecting to the government's plan to allow big tech companies to use AI to further push journalists & writers out of work.

Order Volume Three directly from me and receive Volume 3.1 for free! This exclusive booklet includes ten extra women and is elegantly designed to complement the series. Each of the 250 copies is signed and numbered. Grab yours only on my site. Thanks! #Books #WomenInHistory

Popped into BBC Bristol this afternoon to chat to Joe Lemer about Vol Three of The Women Who Built Bristol. Always fun to do radio stuff. You can listen again on BBC Sounds if you'd like to, from 14.38 on this link 📻 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

My new book is published a week today, yikes. Although I've been mailing pre-orders for about two weeks. By the way, all pre-orders of Volume Three of The Women Who Built Bristol come with a FREE copy of the Vol 3.1 booklet. But ONLY if you order from me. https://janeduffus.bigcartel.com/

Scrolling through my photo reel, I recall meeting Jessica Hynes at the National Archives during the Suffrage 2018 event. She wrote and starred in the suffrage comedy 'Up The Women'. This must have been in 2018. Huh.

Sister Margaret Jaycock, a beloved midwife from St Pauls and Easton, delivered 3,000 Bristolians into the world. Her story was told in a 1987 BBC 2 documentary. Discover more about her and 249 other incredible women in 'The Women Who Built Bristol, Vol Three': https://janeduffus.bigcartel.com/

Lucy Beaumont (not the comedian!) was known as 'Hollywood's film mother' due to the impressive amount of mothers she played in 60 films. Originally from Bedminster, in 1919 she was the first female actor to walk out during the Equity Strike. Find out more in 'The Women Who Built Bristol: Vol Three'.

In Vol Three of 'The Women Who Built Bristol' is Vulcana. Kate from Hotwells became strongwoman Vulcana who toured the nation's theatres demonstrating her amazing strength. She was also a fierce advocate for women's rights. https://janeduffus.bigcartel.com/

In Vol Three of 'The Women Who Built Bristol' is Vulcana (aka Kate Williams). From Hotwells, Kate became strongwoman Vulcana who toured theatres demonstrating her amazing strength. She was also a fierce advocate for women's rights.

One of the women in Vol Three of 'The Women Who Built Bristol' is Vulcana (aka Kate Williams). From Hotwells, Kate became Vulcana who toured theatres demonstrating her amazing strength. She was also a fierce advocate for women's rights.

One of the women in Vol Three of 'The Women Who Built Bristol' is Vulcana (aka Kate Williams). Originally from Hotwells, Kate became strongwoman Vulcana who toured theatres demonstrating her amazing strength. She was also a fierce advocate for women's rights.