Phew! It’s getting steamy out there isn’t it? I hope you’re coping…I’m one of those totally unrelatable people that loves the heat, so...

Thanks to a recent high profile coverage in some big national rags, the story of Sophie Lloyd, the first female member of the magic...

if you’ve seen the vampire film Sinners you’ll know the reference of the title - a line from the Irish folk song Rocky Road to Dublin....

I’ve posted a few times now about extraordinary women from history who cross-dressed to achieve the unthinkable, This month’s Herstory...

Florence Pugh as the May Queen in Midsommar (2019) A24 April Roundup May Day May Day! I don’t know about you, but May is one of my...

She was an aristocrat turned suffragist, Irish rebel and political leader. We are all familiar with that Andy Warhol image of Che...

Hello beautiful people! I hope your March wasn’t too dramatic! Mine was, well…🫠 It started off well enough, with a great and well...

Maud Allan as Salome, 1910 National Archives As a performer, I am naturally drawn to heroines of the stage and screen. Particularly those...

Yay! Spring is almost upon us! (exhale collective sigh of relief…) I hope, unlike mine, your Februaries were germ free and you didn’t...

Feel like punching something/someone? This Herstory is for you… If you Google ‘Greatest boxers of all time’ you get names like Tyson,...

January blues are over and it’s February, the official month of love…so what better way to kick off than with the creepiest vintage...

Stockwell War Memorial by Brian Barnes MBE, BrixtonBuzz.com I’ve always wanted to profile Violette after first seeing her mural in South...

Image: Kiss Me Kwik Brighton Have a Herstorical New Year! Should auld acquaintance be forgot? And never brought to mind? Not if I can...

Young Alice, Wikicommons Well it is the festive season and so I bring you a bit of glitz this month with our aptly named featured...

December…??!!! Christmas already???!! Well, if you’re flummoxed that the year has shot by in the blink of an eye, then you’re not alone!...

It’s November and November here in England is all about fire and explosions, both historically, and it seems, politically in current...

Rawpixel Happy new moon witches, and Happy new month! November…a month of darkness, bonfires and, for us, more witchy events! October may...

Old Mother Shipton statue in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, erected 2017. For in those wondrous far off days The women shall adopt a craze To...

Photo: Adobe Stock Images Oh my Goddess! October’s here already???!!! Excuse me while I’m sick with excitement! My favourite month of the...

Hannah Snell, Royal Marines Museum Not heard of Hannah Snell? One of the most famous * trans/non binary   soldiers of British history?...