Suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst who created several watercolours depicting women workers in cotton mills and potteries to highlight working women’s rights on pay and conditions #womensart #WomensHistoryMonth

Liza Adamczewski (aka the Accidental Ecologist), contemporary fine artist living on a re-wilding farm in Wales who has created a series of 'Garden Icons' - inspired by local wildlife #WomensArt

Suffrage banner commemorating Boadicea (or Boudica) the Britjsh warrior queen, designed in 1908 by Mary Lowndes #womensart

#RecipeOfTheDay is Honey Pie, my honey pies! Although gratefully inspired by Four & Twenty Blackbirds in New York, I make my version with a stress-free, no-roll, pastry/dough: you simply mix olive oil, milk and flour together in a bowl and press it into your tin. www.nigella.com/recipes/hone...

By the river ‘In the Country’, 1954 Artist: Septimus Scott

#RecipeOfTheDay is Cheesy Chilli! The heat, not ferocious, is supplied by chorizo sausages, and they infuse the beef mince with their richly scented spiciness, which is in turn creamily tempered by the cloud-like clumps of mozzarella added at the end of cooking. www.nigella.com/recipes/chee...

Ladybird Nature Corner. Wheatear Artist:Roland Green (Third book of British Birds, 1956)

Ladybird things I really, really wanted. To make my own igloo Artist: BH Robinson (Homes, 1975)

"Lifting as we climb" Banner showing the motto of the US National Association of Colored Women, started in 1896, the most prominent organization formed during the African-American Women's Suffrage Movement #womensart

Artwork by Jackie Morris, artist, illustrator, author #WomensArt #FullMoon #March

Sonia Delaunay's 1920's 'robes poèmes' or poem dresses, interplay between words, visuals and textile design #womensart

Suzanne Duchamp, French Dadaist painter and collagist, a younger sister of Marcel, who has only recently been recognised by art history #WomensHistoryMonth

'Poppy' c.1852 by Anna Atkins, UK pioneer in botany and photography whose photographs created by the cyanotype process were the first ever to be published #womensart #WomensHistoryMonth

#RecipeOfTheDay is Tortilla Pie! Well, I say pie, but what I mean is this: you get two soft tortillas, line a round ovenproof dish with one, cover with cheese and ham, crack in an egg, top with the other tortilla, add a squiggle of hot sauce, bake — then devour! www.nigella.com/recipes/egg-...

Wooden cotton reels and what to do with them. Some Ladybird suggestions. Artists: G Robinson, Robert Ayton

“In the first week of March the wind blows hard, swaying the reeds and bushes and bending the big trees beyond the lake to its cold breath.” The first page of ‘What to Look for in Spring” Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson

St David's Day Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Artist: H Woolley (1954)

One of the iconic posters of the Guerrilla Girls, US artists devoted to fighting sexism in the art world since 1985 #Womensart #WomensHistoryMonth

Contemporary US artist Grace Yencer #Womensart

Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665), an Italian Baroque painter who was one of the first female artists to specialize in history painting. She opened an academy for women artists before her mysterious early death #womensart #WomensHistoryMonth

“Passage”, 2007 by German installation artist Cornelia Konrads #womensart #Spring

As is only right and proper, Welsh Cakes are #RecipeOfTheDay, with thanks to Heulwen Williams who let me play with her granny’s recipe. Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 www.nigella.com/recipes/wels...

Everyday Ladybird things (1967) ‘Clothes horse by the fire’ Artist: Martin Aitchison

Other work of the Ladybird artists. ‘February Fill Dyke’ Artist: Rowland Hilder

Illustration from Tove Jansson's book 'The Moomins and the Great Flood' (1945) #Womensart

'Crocus & Daffodils' by UK contemporary painter Susan Entwistle #WomensArt #spring #March

Peacock teapot by Carol Long, US ceramicist who draws influences from Art Nouveau and plant and animal life #WomensArt

English stained glass artist Tamsin Abbott, who is inspired by folklore and nature #WomensArt #March1st #Spring

'More breathing space' by contemporary UK printmaker Janis Goodman #WomensArt

I was brought up to make mayonnaise by hand with just a bowl and a whisk, and it’s only #RecipeOfTheDay – the glorious Golden Garlic Mayonnaise – that made me feel good about using machinery. This takes scarcely a minute with a stick blender and it’s the real deal! www.nigella.com/recipes/gold...

Caribbean Creams are #RecipeOfTheDay! They take 5 mins to whip up, then need at least 12 hours (and up to 24) in a fridge for the magic to work, giving you a creamy, coconutty, rum-spiked and banana-bottomed dessert to serve effortlessly when required. www.nigella.com/recipes/cari...

Clare Youngs, contemporary graphic designer and artist who works with collage, paper and fabric #womensart

Contemporary Ukrainian painter Maria Chepeleva #WomensArt

Get ready with me #oilpainting #art

A little girl once sent a drawing to artist John Leigh-Pemberton for his approval. He replied in this delightful picture-code letter - which she has treasured for over 50 years. Can you work out his reply?

Ladybird books in the spotlight. Crochet, Knitting, Sewing (1972-5) Artist: Eric Winter

Old Ladybird Books updated (1976). Oops. When you find out a bit late that their helmets didn’t have horns Artist: Roger Hall

Emma Haworth, contemporary London-based painter known for her observations of the streets and parks, with a hint of otherworldliness #womensart

Sarah Haskell, award-winning US textile artist and educator #WomensArt #FridayFeeling

Kenyan artist Thandiwe Muriu’s 'Camo series', photographic portraits cloaking models in patterned fabric #womensart

Harriet Love, contemporary stained glass artist inspired by nature #womensart

Melissa Cody, 4th generation, contemporary Navajo weaver #WomensArt

SESAME STREET is a show about a group of cheerful ageless monsters who live their best lives while the humans around them age and eventually fade away and I think that's beautiful.

Shoes 👠 👞. #oilpainting #art

RCEM is calling for action after new weekly performance figures for England released today show an increase in patients remaining in hospital despite being medically fit to leave – plus considerable time being lost due to ambulance handover delays. Find out more here: rcem.ac.uk/press-releas...

my new painting 🎨 acrylics on canvas 12x10”

In the press today: RCEM Vice President for Northern Ireland Dr Michael Perry outlines the dire situation in Northern Irish EDs, and pushes back on the common sentiment that "it's the same everywhere". The full piece, in Public Sector Focus, can be found below. flickread.com/editio...

Sheila Anderson Hardy (Scottish, born 1956) "Silver Moon", 2022. Oil on Canvas, 91 × 61 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Beautiful everyday Ladybird things. Skipping rope (4th Picture Book, 1971) Artist: Harry Wingfield