This is so Artistic 😊

Lots of books on sale at the Wolf Hall Weekend 😊 #mybook #womenwhoruledtheworld @wolfhall.bsky.social

Look at this @thetrawl.bsky.social

Day 2 session 1 @histfest.bsky.social Birth, Motherhood & Custody: An Untold History with Prof Lara Feigel, @lucyinglis.bsky.social & @drpragyaagarwal.bsky.social #histfest2026 #histfest #history #motherhood #childbirth

And now The Log Books with Tash Walker, Adam Zmith and Dan Vo

Now a deep dive into the history of the Bronte’s with Dr Tara Puri, Essie Fox and Greg Jenner

Daily bunny no.3295 is feeling lucky

Starting strong with a fascinating session on #historicalfiction chaured by @rebeccarideal.bsky.social in diacussion with authors Sofia Robleda & Saara El-Arifi #histfest2026 #histfest #history #cleopatra #pharaohs #empresses

Final talk in the 'ancient history trilogy' The Lost Voices of Pompeii with @rakshadigs.bsky.social & Dr Jess Venner. #histfest2026 #histfest #history #classics #historyfestival

Day 1 of another awesome @histfest.bsky.social with an amazing looking programme S/o to @rebeccarideal.bsky.social & her awesome team! @britishlibrary.bsky.social #histfest2026 #histfest #history #historyfestival

Professor Michael Scott speaking about Themistocles

Now it’s time for Raksha Dave and Dr Jess Venner

Grab speakers books between talka from the @waterstones.bsky.social stall @histfest.bsky.social #histfest2026 #histfest #history #historyfestival

Last talk of the day. Ruth Goodman and Dr Wanda Wyporska.

Final event of day 1 @histfest.bsky.social Living History with Ruth Goodman chaired by Dr Wanda Wyporska! #histfest2026 #histfest #history #historyfestival

It was as an absolute pleasure to speak at the Winchester Books Festival today with @vnbateman.bsky.social We discussed our books, Economica and Women Who Ruled the World, putting women firmly back into the centre of world history #economica #womenwhoruledtheworld

“How lucky is the United States that everytime they look for democracy in other countries they find oil instead”- Spain Deputy Gabriel Rufián

Massive thank you to @drowenemmerson.bsky.social and @onthetudortrail.bsky.social for another brilliant online event 'Rethinking Anne Boleyn'. Even after more than 15 years of research on Anne there are lots of kernels of research that you surprise me with! Thank you to both of you ❤️ #anneboleyn

Did you find some friends for Jane? @mrrickygervais.bsky.social

Love reading? Interested in history? Join History Book Club! In 2026, were exploring 12 critically acclaimed books (6 nonfiction, 6 fiction). Meeting are online every other month. Its free to sign up and open to all histfest.org/history-book...

Daily bunny no.3175 is reading the fine print

"If the safeguarding principles of professional curiosity and challenge are lost to the white noise of such a zealot-like approach, we have truly lost our way." Hackney safeguarding chair Jim Gamble lambasts DfE's school behaviour ambassador Tom Bennett. chscp.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Shocking, but sadly unsurprising. @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social needs to get to grips with this bullying culture, which is fashionable in far too many schools. It's nothing short of abusive. schoolsweek.co.uk/mossbourne-s...

'The report by Sir Alan Wood...found that staff at Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy (MVPA) routinely used measures “designed to humiliate pupils”, frequently shouting at them and isolating them in corridors as part of “a harsh and damaging disciplinary culture”. 1/2

In 2023 Ofsted rated Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy Outstanding in all areas. This week it suddenly discovers the "inflexible" behaviour policies, which it has encouraged and praised for years, harm children - as many of us have repeatedly pointed out. This dreadful organisation needs to go. NOW.

📣 ONLINE TALK SCEPTRED ISLE WITH HELEN CARR 7PM, THURS 11 DEC Join bestselling author Helen Carr as she delves into the turbulent fourteenth century, exploring one of the most transformative periods in English history. Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1749981093...

Have you got your tickets for Six Queens: Peril and Passion at the Court of Henry VIII? @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social 24 January 2026. bit.ly/3X4zY1K Third speaker is @enortonhistory.bsky.social on Jane Seymour.

Nice to see Father Christmas busily giving presents in Puritan England. Looks like someone’s getting a copy of Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy, which is surely top of everyone’s Christmas list. Available in all good booksellers (& also from Santa 😉) #womenwhoruledtheworld

Events for 2025 / 2026 therelationalschool.com/sunday-papers/

Enjoying this book a lot ! Just got to this part and had to share it @janelondon.bsky.social

It's war! Episode 3 of our brand new podcast, UPRISING: THE CIVIL WARS, is out now! Produced by HistFest Productions for the @historyextra.bsky.social podcast and hosted by historian @rebeccarideal.bsky.social. Listen wherever you get your podcasts play.megaphone.fm/quvuyhkqs66t...

We have selected two titans for November’s History Book Club! NONFICTION – Stalingrad by Antony Beevor FICTION – Regeneration by Pat Barker Meetings are early in December to give you more time to read. The book club is free and open to all. Sign up histfest.org/history-book...

Nice to see that Pola Negri was determined to get into character as Catherine the Great in the 1924 silent film Forbidden Paradise. In a plot centred on revolutions, rebellions & romance she turned to Women Who ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy for source material #womenwhoruledtheworld

Daily bunny no.3126 hasn't any birdseed

Daily bunny no.3124 offers you a balloon

Have to confess @histfest.bsky.social that I've not finished the excellent non fiction book for this month's reading group , but will try.

This is something to look forward to , as is the course on @histfest about the Plantagenets which I got my ticket for last night!

Queen Victoria’s coronation roll, with the gold embellished copy of her oath that she signed during her coronation service. I viewed this wonderful document this evening after being invited to the unveiling of Charles III’s coronation roll at the National Archives #victoria #queenvictoria #crown

Daily bunny no.3100 is just a branch away

*HISTORY BOOK CLUB* We’re looking forward to continuing our reading journey with you. New members very welcome! Our titles for October are: NONFICTION - An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi FICTION - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Sign up histfest.org/history-book...

Having burned her 3 closest towns Boudicca realised -too late - that she hadn’t picked up Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy from the bookshop. Luckily, she could download the audiobook which she listened to while driving her chariot into the Roman lines. #womenwhoruledtheworld

My mother was shot by the police – and that bullet changed everything

Daily bunny no.3079 is sworn to secrecy

Daily bunny no.3077 has popped the weasel

Thanks @estelleprnq.bsky.social for endorsing Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy. Thanks Estelle! ‘Finally a book on FEMALE kings. What an achievement. This book is for anyone who doubts that women can rule effectively’ #womenwhoruledtheworld @wearefootnote.bsky.social

Want to hear some of my thoughts on reigning queens/female kings? It was great to chat with Philippa @britishhistory.bsky.social who has posted her written interview with me here: open.substack.com/pub/philippa... #womenwhoruledtheworld