Bush in blossom and blue skies
Blackthorn bush near the Medway river this week- one of the #SignsofSpring for #wildflowerhour
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Bush in blossom and blue skies
Blackthorn bush near the Medway river this week- one of the #SignsofSpring for #wildflowerhour
08.03.2026 20:07 β π 25 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
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
π: 19 March
πͺ§: LSE Library
β: 2.30pm
Email friendsofthewomenslibrary@gmail.com 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 β¨
The Womenβs 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
π’ Just one week to go now to launch of our #Womensgrassrootsactivism #Activism100+ Toolkit to celebrate #IWD2026 & #womenshistorymonthπ’.
ποΈ 10 March 2026
β° 5.30pm -7pm (via Zoom)
We still have some spaces left so come & join us by registering π. @womenshistnet.bsky.social @whaireland.bsky.social
Powis Castle stands talll on top of a hill, daffodils grow in the garden below
The house at Bodnant Garden viewed across a large expanse of grass with daffodils blooming
Dyfryn Gardens with the house and daffodils bathed in sunshine
A child is stood on top of hay bales with the Welsh flag placed in them
Dydd GΕ΅yl Dewi Hapus | Happy St Davidβs Day
Hereβs to Cymru! The nationβs language, traditions, culture, and the heritage that connects us. From dragons to daffodils, Walesβ 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.
Tightly budded with one flower opening, Marsh Marigold against the background of a wet grassland scrape
Several weeks behind last years first flowering. Marsh Marigold in a Lincolnshire nature reserve scrape. #WildflowerHour
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A roadside purple dead nettle for #WildFlowerHour
22.02.2026 20:31 β π 23 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0I am old enough to remember getting a train to this station.
18.02.2026 18:44 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0We recently spent a few years on our womenβs grassroots activism project & in due course thereβll be a special issue of Womenβs History Review. Still working on it now!
18.02.2026 18:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0You should look out for the work of @caitbeaumont.bsky.social - lots on the WI.
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Booking now open for #IWD2026 event to launch #Activism100+Toolkit, a co-produced resource created by the @ukri.org #AHRC funded network #womensgrassrootsactivsm.
ποΈ 10 March 2026
β° 5.30pm -7pm (online)
@whaireland.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
Primroses are starting to flower in the woods - Springβs just around the corner! #WildFlowerHour
15.02.2026 20:53 β π 106 π 12 π¬ 2 π 1
@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 2.30pmΒ 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 contact@friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk
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π’ Delighted to announce launch of @ukri.org #WomensGrassrootsActivism #Activism100+Toolkit π§° to mark #IWD2026. Free event on Tues 10 March, 5.30pm (via Zoom). Book your spot via link π. @womensinstitute.bsky.social @soroptimistgbi.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @whaireland.bsky.social π’
13.02.2026 16:09 β π 11 π 11 π¬ 0 π 2An interesting read.
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Abstract painting with red grid background featuring two large, loosely sketched shapes in white, green, and pink hues, including a heart.
Art UK is nearly 10 years old! Help us celebrate by sharing your thoughts: www.surveymonkey.com/r/9QTF65S
The survey asks two questions:
π What do you love most about Art UK?
π Finish the sentence: 'Art UK makes me feel...'
π§βπ¨ Su Trembath (b.1965) Β© the artist. π· 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...
Purple crocus flowers and green grass under some bare trees.
A carpet of crocus in Kent.
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Seated Girl Holding Some Sewing, c.1920, painting by Gwen John, Welsh artist.
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It's publication day!
You can now buy Celebrating Women in Legal History here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/celebrati...
Likewise to unimportant, rank-and-file Labour Party members voluntarily canvassing in a by-election (my personal experience, obviously).
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The @ojcollective.bsky.social catalogue is live! The Open Library of Humanities is proud to be part of this collection, alongside many other community-led #diamondOA journals.
Have a browse and support sustainable, fee-free publishing for authors and readers! π
Berries are a lifeline for birds and mammals in January and February. Native trees sustain thrushes, hedgehogs and more. π¦
Read blog by our volunteer Margery to discover more about winter berries and how you can help us protect vital wildlife habitats - kwtg.uk/winter-berries
My chapter concerns Dr Erna Reiss, barrister, Manchester-based feminist activist and author of βRights and Duties of Englishwomenβ. Researching such a little known figure was challenging but also really interesting.
18.01.2026 17:52 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I am very happy to have contributed a chapter to this new collection on women legal historians. Congratulations to the editors for compiling so many interesting-sounding hapters. I am looking forward to reading the others.
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