My new book has arrived already. On sale from Thurs 19 Feb. You may want to help charity by ordering it it via the Marine Society: lnkd.in/eR8_Nr9D. 😊

Remembering all those seafarers who voyaged feeling that to be safe they had to keep their identities secret from their shipmates.

Women making a life at sea may not have always identified as working-class (just as upper servants ddn't). But on ship they worked seven days a week. And gendered discrimination created obstacles. See their story in my new book, out Feb 19. 👍 www.amazon.co.uk/Seafaring-Wo...

Today Splash! opens. designmuseum.org/.../splash-a.... Implicitly the London exhibition connects maritime safety & gender: Annette Kellerman. ‘Don’t women have the right to save themselves from drowning when men aren’t around to protect them?'