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Herstory of the Month: Violette Szabo, the 'Cockney Imp' Spy
Stockwell War Memorial by Brian Barnes MBE, BrixtonBuzz.com I’ve always wanted to profile Violette after first seeing her mural in South...
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Jan 156 min read
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Happy New Year!
Image: Kiss Me Kwik Brighton Have a Herstorical New Year! Should auld acquaintance be forgot? And never brought to mind? Not if I can...
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Dec 31, 20243 min read
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Herstory of the Month: Alice Diamond and the Forty Elephants
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...
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Dec 16, 20245 min read
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Ho Ho Ho’s (!) and Midwinter Magic…
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!...
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Dec 1, 20242 min read
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HERSTORY OF THE MONTH: Bridget Cleary
It’s November and November here in England is all about fire and explosions, both historically, and it seems, politically in current...
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Nov 13, 20246 min read
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Remember, Remember, the Dead of November...
Rawpixel Happy new moon witches, and Happy new month! November…a month of darkness, bonfires and, for us, more witchy events! October may...
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Nov 1, 20242 min read
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Old Mother Shipton: The OG witch!
Old Mother Shipton statue in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, erected 2017. For in those wondrous far off days The women shall adopt a craze To...
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Oct 16, 20245 min read
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Cunning folk and canny criminals! You choose this Hallowe’en…
Photo: Adobe Stock Images Oh my Goddess! October’s here already???!!! Excuse me while I’m sick with excitement! My favourite month of the...
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Sep 30, 20243 min read
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Hannah Snell: A Soldier in Disguise…
Hannah Snell, Royal Marines Museum Not heard of Hannah Snell? One of the most famous * trans/non binary  soldiers of British history?...
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Sep 16, 20245 min read
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Didn’t get an Oasis ticket? Try Oh Hey Sis! instead…(groan)
Photo: The Sun Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past week you’ll have heard that a certain 90’s band have reunited…there’s been...
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Sep 1, 20243 min read
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Discount Tarot Deal!
Calling all my tarot lovers out there- exciting collaboration news! My lovely friend and tarot reader Melissa Mercury and I are...
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Jul 30, 20242 min read
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Pamela Colman Smith : Forgotten black lesbian artist and occultist…
…or was she? There’s more mythology around Pamela Colman Smith than a Greek tragedy. So who was she really? Let’s find out… Pamela Colman...
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Jul 29, 20244 min read
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Herstory of the month: Grainne the Pirate Queen of Ireland
Statue of Grainne at Westport House (wikipedia) I think most of us are aware of the fraught history between England and Ireland. And...
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Jul 15, 20246 min read
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Summertime Gladness
Despite what the weather would have you believe, It’s July already so summer is in full swing what with the Euros, Glastonbury, Pride…...
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Jul 4, 20242 min read
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Mary Barbour
We all hear about greedy landlords and soaring rents, especially if like me you dwell in London…maybe the answer is…rent strikes? After...
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Jun 12, 20243 min read
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Harlot Hens, Winchester Geese and Lipstick Rebels...
Phew! It’s June already! How was your Darling Month of May? Mine was VERY busy indeed. Along with our regular monthly tours we ran two...
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Jun 6, 20244 min read
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Herstory of the Month
HYPATIA: Genius and Martyr You’ve heard the one about the Greek woman philosopher torn to pieces by Christians right? Well there was more...
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May 7, 20243 min read
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The Darling SINS of May!
Corbis/Getty source: dailymail.co.uk May Day, May Day! Well, after a very wet and wild April, here we are! Despite the weather, you all...
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May 1, 20242 min read
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Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
Queen, Mother, strategist, political negotiator, patroness of the arts, and apparently a great beauty to boot! This gal had it all... One...
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Apr 10, 20242 min read
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Soul Searching... with Diane Abbott
Image: Abbott campaigning for abortion rights, dianeabbott.org.uk A very happy April to everyone except Frank Hester, the millionaire...
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Apr 3, 20243 min read
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