I am very sorry to see news of the death of a Rochester Bridge Trust colleague. My thoughts are with his family.

Coole Park is a fabulous place.

Marsh marigolds by a burn in the west Highlands #wildflowerhour

Kestrel in Beddington Park yesterday. A fine day for birdwatching.

Banks of the Wandle River today.

Looking forward to speaking next month on 18 May at @vahs.bsky.social seminar series about #womensgrassrootsactivism & how we used participatory research to co-create & co-produce our #Activism100+ toolkit. If 18 May seems too far away you can find out more here 😊 learn.lsbu.ac.uk/womens-grass...

There was a fire last night at Pegwell Bay NNR. 💔 It tore through the reedbeds quickly & in the aftermath this morning, it's clear the impacts are pretty devastating - around 300m of scorched earth. The fire, believed to have been started deliberately, occurred during breeding bird season...

Cuckoo flower on the banks of the river Medway. #CabbageFamily #wildflowerhour

Saw them again today.

Many thanks to The Women's Library who hold and care for the archives of St Joan's International Alliance. @fotwl.bsky.social @gillianmurphy.bsky.social @lselibrary.bsky.social . This research couldn't happen without them!

Red kites over Kent! (Only one of the pair in the photo).

From one small wood next to the River Medway, ground ivy, wild garlic, wood anemones and many, many bluebells. #WoodlandPlants #wildflowerhour

From one small wood next to the River Medway, ground ivy, wild garlic, wood anemones and many, many bluebells. #WoodlandPlants #wildflowerhour

Thank you to everyone who has posted a memory or thank you to The Women's Library at 100. Please do have a read, or come and use the collection, and add your messages to this webpage. padlet.com/cmcollison/t...

The first Borstal Boys Named after the village of Borstal, Kent, the first in a system of youth detention centres opened in 1902, intended to separate children from older convicts in adult prisons Photos of the 1902 Borstal are included in the Howard League archives warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

Keep the history of women's activism alive. Become a Friend of The Women's Library: friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk/become-a-fri...

There’s more to Maidstone than you might think!

Hurrah for @fotwl.bsky.social 👏👏 you can now join them and pay online #womenshistory friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk

Other work by the Ladybird artists. Spring in Kent Artist: Ronald Lampitt

The perfect painting for today – 'Easter Monday' by Winifred Nicholson 🌼 This artwork explores one of Winifred’s favourite themes. She loved painting views from windows, especially as the light and seasons changed. © Trustees of Winifred Nicholson. 📷 Tullie Carlisle

Cowslips on the North Downs in Kent #CowslipChallenge #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Last one for this week is the pretty Cuckooflower or Lady’s Smock (Cardamine pratensis). @bsbibotany.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbiengland.bsky.social #botany #flowers #spring #wildflowers #nature #lincolnshire #wildflowerhour

'The Guardian' view on the Women's Library at 100: a cause of celebration but not complacency www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Unfortunately I haven’t been able to get out and look for #treeflowers this weekend, but I did see an early dog violet - in our back lawn! #wildflowerhour

Blackthorn at its peak in Dunorlan Park #wildflowerhour

Red dead-nettle , young leaves can be used to make tea, in salads, and as a salve if infused in oil and applied to dry/irritated skin #storyplants #wildflowerhour

Such a beautiful flower.

Two separate clumps of white violets this week in the Medway valley. I have not seen them before round here. Fact for #storyplants : John Clare wrote a poem about violets. ‘And just to say that spring was come The violet left its woodland home…’ #wildflowerhour

So many wood anemones! #WildFlowerHour #WhiteFlowers

Beautiful wood anemone in Kentish woodland yesterday. A #WhiteFlower for #WildFlowerHour

Blackthorn bush near the Medway river this week- one of the #SignsofSpring for #wildflowerhour

Many thanks to brilliant @clodaghfinn.bsky.social in @irishexaminer.bsky.social for highlighting our #womensgrassrootsactivism project on eve of #IWD2026. Great to have work of @soroptimistgbi.bsky.social & #ICA acknowledged & remembered @whaireland.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...

Our next hybrid talk considers 'Feminism - from the 20th to 21st centuries' with Mary Evans, Miriam David and Daphne Davies @howl2025.bsky.social 📆: 19 March 🪧: LSE Library ⌚: 2.30pm Email [email protected] to come. More info: friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk/fotwl-events...

On eve of #IWD2026 am delighted to share project webpage for #womensgrassrootsactivism & link to download #Activism100+ Toolkit ahead of launch on Tuesday 10 March, 5.30pm via Zoom. Take a look to find out more. @whaireland.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social learn.lsbu.ac.uk/womens-grass...

NEW EXHIBITION NOW OPEN ✨ The Women’s Library at 100: Celebrating a Century of Collections. Join us Thu 12 March to celebrate - meet the curators alongside colleagues from other archives including @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @thelondonarchives.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/library/twl100

📢 Just one week to go now to launch of our #Womensgrassrootsactivism #Activism100+ Toolkit to celebrate #IWD2026 & #womenshistorymonth📢. 🗓️ 10 March 2026 ⏰ 5.30pm -7pm (via Zoom) We still have some spaces left so come & join us by registering 👇. @womenshistnet.bsky.social @whaireland.bsky.social

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus | Happy St David’s Day Here’s to Cymru! The nation’s language, traditions, culture, and the heritage that connects us. From dragons to daffodils, Wales’ story is told through the places we look after. Photos: Powis Castle, Bodnant Gardens, Dyffryn Gardens, Chirk Castle.

Congratulations to Art UK! I can really recommend it for historians as well as anyone interested in art.

Several weeks behind last years first flowering. Marsh Marigold in a Lincolnshire nature reserve scrape. #WildflowerHour

A roadside purple dead nettle for #WildFlowerHour

I am old enough to remember getting a train to this station.

Booking now open for #IWD2026 event to launch #Activism100+Toolkit, a co-produced resource created by the @ukri.org #AHRC funded network #womensgrassrootsactivsm. 🗓️ 10 March 2026 ⏰ 5.30pm -7pm (online) @whaireland.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

Primroses are starting to flower in the woods - Spring’s just around the corner! #WildFlowerHour

@wildflowerhour.bsky.social Lesser celandine yesterday, near Maidstone #wildflowerhour

New on our noticeboard - post by member, Lizzie Broadbent, on 'Women, libraries and protests': friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk/2026/02/12/w...

Our next hybrid talk is on 19 Feb at 2.30pm at LSE Library. Henrietta McBurney's talk is 'Christiana Herringham: suffragist and suffragist patron'. For those in person, there will be a chance to see some of the banners designed by Mary Lowndes. To come, email [email protected]

📢 Delighted to announce launch of @ukri.org #WomensGrassrootsActivism #Activism100+Toolkit 🧰 to mark #IWD2026. Free event on Tues 10 March, 5.30pm (via Zoom). Book your spot via link 👇. @womensinstitute.bsky.social @soroptimistgbi.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @whaireland.bsky.social 📢

An interesting read.

Art UK is nearly 10 years old! Help us celebrate by sharing your thoughts: www.surveymonkey.com/r/9QTF65S The survey asks two questions: 👉 What do you love most about Art UK? 👉 Finish the sentence: 'Art UK makes me feel...' 🧑‍🎨 Su Trembath (b.1965) © the artist. 📷 Edinburgh College of Art

The British Women's Suffrage Movement in 100 Objects: a material history - FORTHCOMING IN JULY womanandhersphere.com/2026/02/09/t...