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

It can be exhausting being on display (in a museum) all day, so I’m glad to see that Hatshepsut, Egypt’s most successful female pharaoh, finds the time to do some reading. #womenwhoruledtheworld

Naught but a leap to the left And thanne a clockwyse tread; Put thyne handes on thyne hippes, And be thy knees yn-gatheréd: Lo, it ys the pelvique thruste That maketh mirthe down to rayne - Let us do the Tyme Warpe agayne!

6 days to go…. Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy out 4 Sept @wearefootnote.bsky.social Only book exclusively on reigning queens/female kings globally across time. So excited that everyone will get the chance to read it 👑 #womenwhoruledtheworld #reigningqueen #femalepower

Hey, history lover – come battle alongside us this August Bank Holiday Weekend for just £10! Sign up before 15 August and you'll be able to don a redcoat and join us at #Worcester for a three day event of battle, history, and socialising – with your historical kit provided! earlofmanchesters.co.uk

Did you know that while women are currently banned from Japan’s imperial throne, the world’s oldest monarchy has had 8 female emperors? Find out more in Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy. Out 4 September published by fabulous @wearefootnote.bsky.social #womenwhoruledtheworld

Finished! So interesting @rentravailer.bsky.social thanks @histfest.bsky.social book club 🙂

Daily bunny no.2945 can't decide on one

Wonderful; thanks! And some podcasts and videos (more to come) about Humans: A Monstrous History, if you fancy them: www.surekhadavies.org/podcasts

A huge thank you to all the wonderful speakers, performers and attendees at this year’s #HistFest!

Love reading? Enjoy history? Join our free monthly book club! This month we’ve been reading Courting India by Nandini Das and His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet. All welcome! histfest.org/history-book...

Being shouted at by parents can alter child’s brain, experts tell UK MPs

Day 2 @histfest.bsky.social , I'm ready !!!

Musicians adding to the historical atmospherr at #histfest2025 #histfest #history #skystotians

Having a great day out @histfest #HistFest2025. Books have been bought - many many books...Loved the speakers so far + Tudor musicians singing of gory events in perky tone! Thanks @rebeccarideal.bsky.social @histfest.bsky.social @nicolatallis.bsky.social

Daily bunny no.2931 is hunting for the wrong egg

Daily bunny no.2921 makes a birdhome

I'm reading this at the moment, having seen Kate Summerscale @britishlibrary.bsky.social Deadly -women crime writers. @samblakebooks.bsky.social which of your books should I start with ?

Daily bunny no.2918 gathering at low tide

@histfest.bsky.social , looking forward to your course on Salem and Pendle !

I've got my ticket!