Dr Lindsey Fitzharris

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
www.royalwatercoloursociety.co.uk/artists/399-...

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

🏺

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

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

Hungry for Affirmation, Vulnerable to Scams: As a Writer, I Know the Feeling

“[People were] reaching out to commiserate on my underappreciated literary genius & to offer their services. Either I had finally been recognized as the Proust of my generation, or this frenzied attention was part of some insistent scam. Guess which one.” 🎁 link www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/b...

‘Viruses don’t know borders’: US anti-vaccine rhetoric could impact global measles crisis Experts say global measles vaccination rates are falling as Trump officials signal a deprioritization of the virus

Viruses don’t know borders: #US anti-vaccine rhetoric could impact global #measles crisis

Experts say global measles #vaccination rates are falling as #Trump officials signal a deprioritization of the virus

#Health #Politics #Vaccine #Care

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Caricature study of a smiling Harrison Ford, in pencil.

Harrison Ford study.

#caricature #art