Dr Lindsey Fitzharris

Event image Text: BIRTH, MOTHERHOOD AND CUSTODY: AN UNTOLD HISTORY. 11AM, SUN 19 APRIL | BRITISH LIBRARY. PROF. PRAGYA AGARWAL IN CONVERSATION WITH LUCY INGLIS AND PROF. LARA FEIGEL. HISTFEST 2026. Image: Headshots of Lucy Inglis, Pragya Agarwal and Lara Feigel against a purple, yellow and pink background.

Event image Text: THE LOG BOOKS: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened. 1PM, SUN 19 APRIL | BRITISH LIBRARY. DAN VO IN CONVERSATION WITH TASH WALKER AND ADAM ZMITH. HISTFEST 2026. Image: Headshots of Tash Walker, Adam Zmith and Dan Vo against an orange background.

Event image Text: THE BRONTE SISTERS. 3PM, SUN 19 APRIL | BRITISH LIBRARY. GREG JENNER IN CONVERSATION WITH DR TARA PURI AND ESSIE FOX. HISTFEST 2026. Image: Headshots of Greg Jenner, Tara Puri and Essie Fox against a background of heather.

Event image Text: Sir Michael Palin: Travels Through Time. 5PM, SUN 19 APRIL | BRITISH LIBRARY. In conversation with Rebecca Rideal. HistFest 2026. Image: An image of Michael Palin against a blue background.

BOOK NOW histfest.org/histfest-2026/ #HistFest2026 2/2

Event image Text: Pharaohs and Empresses. 11AM, SAT 18 APRIL | BRITISH LIBRARY. Sofia Robleda and Saara El-Arifi. HistFest 2026. Image: Headshots of Sofia Robleda and Saara El-Arifi against a green and gold background.

Event image Text: Themistocles: The Rise and Fall of Athens’s Naval Mastermind. 1PM, SAT 18 APRIL | BRITISH LIBRARY. A Special Lecture with Prof. Michael Scott. HistFest 2026. Image: Headshot of Michael Scott, next to a photo of a bust of Themistocles. Against a blue, wave-like background.

Event image Text: THE LOST VOICES OF POMPEII. 3PM, SAT 18 APRIL | BRITISH LIBRARY. Dr Jess Venner and Raksha Dave. HistFest 2026. Image: Headshots of Dr Jess Venner and Raksha Dave with original artwork for Pompeii in the background.

Event image Text: LIVING HISTORY WITH RUTH GOODMAN. 5PM, SAT 18 APRIL | BRITISH LIBRARY. Chaired by Dr Wanda Wyporska. HistFest 2026. Image: Headshots of Ruth Goodman and Dr Wanda Wyporska against a brown and yellow background.

📣 HISTFEST 2026 | BRITISH LIBRARY | 18-19 APRIL

We’re thrilled to share full details of HistFest 2026 at the British Library.

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The New Scratch How is anyone who writes making any money right now?

Writers of Bsky: Scratch is back! This time as a weekly newsletter/blog about how writers are surviving ~these times~, run by me, @manjula.bsky.social, @maggiemertens.bsky.social, and @latriagraham.bsky.social. You can read more about why/what that means in our announcement post below.

Harriet Tubman

#WomensHistoryMonth2026
Harriet Tubman

Born enslaved in Dorchester County,she became the most influential conductors of the underground railroad. She escaped slavery 1849, but helped more Marylanders.She helped guide 70 people to freedom. Explore more on Harriet Tubman Byway Maryland.

A Wickedly Smart Page-Turner About the Price of Literary Fame BookTrib. Murder Your Darlings by the accomplished and versatile Jenna Blum is one of those all too rare novels that might transform a non-reader into a committed bibliophile.

NBCC member Linda Hitchcock reviewed Jenna Blum’s "Murder Your Darlings" for BookTrib:

What does this mean?

YouTube video by Face Ache Capturing Pythons #montypython #caricature

New video, about trying to capture personas in my Monty Python painting:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkgF...

#caricature #art

Caricature of Ghostbusters character Egon Spengler firing a proton pack.

Another Ghostbusters study.

#caricature #art

This is not just cursed, its monstrous. The digital resurrection of a historian who died in January of this year, all so Grammarly can get some more clicks and engagement from students and/or scholars and/or others.

It feels so wrong on so many levels, these ghosts enslaved to AI forever

Men and women in late Victorian dress gathered around a table bearing a ledger, a pistol and other instruments of crime. Behind and around them more such objects on tables and hanging from the walls, with death masks on a high shelf above.

Exciting news! Thanks to huge popular demand our #CM150 exhibition at Sidcup has been extended to 10th May, giving you three more opportunities to book a slot on Tuesday-Thursday and a small number of Saturdays. #WhatsOn #Museums #TrueCrime

Thank you for your kind words! Although I’m sorry about all the face lifts and filler that the algorithm will now push your way! 😂

The irony is that Gillies tried to restore these men’s identities and in the process birthed an industry that has made us all hyper aware of how we look.

A couple of weeks ago I visited @hunterianmuseum.bsky.social and picked up The Facemaker by @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social about how Harold Gillies revolutionised the art and science of facial reconstructive surgery in response to the horrific facial injuries sustained by soldiers in WWI 💙📚 1/

A rhubarb and yoghurt cake with copies of The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris.

@drlindseyfitz.bsky.social This month’s cake and next month’s book!

Omg what!!! This is crazy! Can I send signed book plates!

Such a great suggestion! I’ll bring this up today - thank you!

Oh I hope I get invited! I would love to meet new types of readers

A glutton for punishment 😂

I can’t read my old books as all I see is how I’d do it differently given a second chance

Would help if I spelled her name correctly 😂

My kingdom for an edit button!

I feel attacked 👀

A photo of Lindsey with red/blond hair wearing a black dress with a white collar and a gold necklace

A wider view of the dress that also shows the white cuffs on it

I have a marketing meeting with Penguin this afternoon to discuss my next book, SLEUTH-HOUND, so I felt like I was justified in wearing one of the dresses that I bought for the upcoming tour. Wednesday Adams: eat your heart out.

'Gordon's Wine Bar - Villiers Street WC2' by John Duffin
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This week's theme was St Paul's Cathedral.

Hope you enjoyed it!

Take a look over the timeline for full details of these and the rest of the featured pieces.

The Next Terrorist Attack And What Comes After (Updated)

Modern tyranny is terror management.
I wrote this essay in April 2025 and updated it in November. I'm posting it again now because my fear of this scenario has continued to grow.
"The Next Terrorist Attack: And What Comes After"
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...

When Trump came to power, he ripped up the peace deal that Obama had made, and used the uncertainty he created as an excuse to bomb Iran, insisting he had ended the problem he had created once and for all, except now he's bombing them again to solve the problem he created and previously solved?

My new book is out today! Aways a nervous thing..... FIVE EVIL WOMEN: Hindley, West, Wuornos, Homolka, Tucker. First interview: newbooksnetwork.com/five-evil-wo... Really enjoyed talking to the amazing Miranda Melcher about evil & femininity. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

Caricature of a smiling Sam Elliott, in pencil.

Sam Elliott.

#caricature #art

A perfect read for Women's History Month!

A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN, and our follow-up AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC, examines *how* we talk about women, alive or dead. The construction of narrative. Co-authored w/ Andrea Janes of @boroughsofthedead.bsky.social, check us out this month & beyond!

It’s not an Israel-Iran conflict. The states/players involved include the US, the Saudis, Russia, Qatar, Hamas/Hezbollah, and now UAE and Bahrain.

A display of the grave goods, featuring a he chainmail shirt, a helmet on a stand, a long sword, small gold ornaments, and various metal, glass, and ceramic objects, all arranged against a dark background.

The early medieval burial from Gammertingen, 6th century AD.
The high-ranking warrior died in his early 30s and was buried with a Byzantine helmet (a so-called Spangenhelm), his weapons, and his mail armour, which consisted of about 45,000 iron rings!

📷Landesmuseum Württemberg

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Painting featuring a green field full of purple crocus flowers and yellow daffodils

'Crocus & Daffodils' by UK contemporary painter Susan Entwistle #WomensArt
#spring #March