Jane Robinson
Social historian; 13 books include 'Bluestockings', 'Ladies Can't Climb Ladders' & 'Trailblazer' (a biog of Barbara Bodichon). FRHistS, FRGS www.jane-robinson.com
- Much looking forward to my visit @somervillecollege.bsky.social #Oxford on 12 Oct to talk about Victorian #badass #BarbaraBodichon www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
- #LymeRegis? Fossils, yes; #MaryAnning, yes; #JaneAusten, yes; #ShuteLiteraryFestival YES! I’ll be there on Saturday at 2 to talk about the #Trailblazer #BarbaraBodichon. Do join us if you can.
- www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/.... Come and join us if you’re anywhere near #oxford on 12 Oct. #BarbaraBodichon #WomensHistory #WomenArtists #WomensRights
- New post on my website - rare as hen’s teeth - about what’s happening at the moment: namely, trying to get the first draft of #LunaticWomen finished in time to set up & run this year’s #AlderneyWeek #EscapeRoom. Happy summer, everyone.
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- Enjoy: Trailblazer: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon open.substack.com/pub/shewrote...
- Know why Jean-Francois Millet’s ‘Louise Jumelin’ (Art Gallery of Ontario) is looking so glum? Because she missed the chance to buy ‘Trailblazer’ for an astonishing 99p on Amazon Kindle (April offer)
- Delighted to announce that ‘Trailblazer’ has been chosen by Amazon as April’s #KindleMonthlyDeal. Only 99p! Take a look www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0C6...
- Publication Day Today! 💃🥂🎈#Trailblazer’s now available in paperback. Enjoy the company of a remarkable, life-enhancing pioneer. www.penguin.co.uk/books/443503...
- New ‘news’ post on my website www.jane-robinson.com, including the publication date on the paperback below. Take a look over coffee…
- Waiting for me when I got home today: advance copies of my new #Penguin paperback, due out on 20 Feb. It’s a biography of the #WomanArtist and #Activist #BarbaraBodichon. Love the way it looks! #Trailblazer #Feminist #WomenPioneers
- This beautiful painting’s in the Boverie Gallery in Liege. Look carefully. What’s the story? #Women&Books WomenInArt #ReadingWomen #WalterMacEwen
- And so the new working year begins. Notebooks? Tick. Candle? Tick. Sugared almonds? Tick. Brain in gear? Well…Good luck, everyone who’s resuming the routine today. #WomensHistory #WomenWriters #LunaticWomen
- And just for good measure, St Lucy, patron saint of #ophthalmologists, with a nice pair of eyes in a dish.
- Here’s Catherine of Siena with her book in the #Accademia #Venice…
- Today’s inscrutable #LearnedWoman with a book, in the #PinocatecaNazionale in #Bologna #WomensHistory #ArtHistory
- I really need to do a book about surprising historical images of women…
- Working in #Siena today. Look at these Sibyls from the floor of the Duomo. #WiseWomen from #Diverse backgrounds WITH BOOKS! I love them.
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