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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19h

Banned Books Week is almost over! The Trump administration had at least 596 books removed from schools serving military families. Don’t forget to get out there and read some of the books they tried to keep off the shelves. Happy Banned Books Week!

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TV's Greatest Seasons @tvsgreatestseasons.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

And coming up next Monday, we talk #Netflix limited series #TheQueensGambit with @clarajeanmc.bsky.social. We'll deep delve into episodes Exchanges and End Game. Why not have a rewatch before the new episode drops?

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Anya Taylor Joy's Intense Chess Game

ALT: Anya Taylor Joy's Intense Chess Game

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Marg Dier, Embroidery artist traditionally trained at The Royal School of Needlework, UK #Womensart

Realistic embroidery of a sparrow. A small bird perched on a twig with brown, gray and bkack wings

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

'I Exist LOL' by contemporary US artist Martha Rich #WomensArt #FridayFeeling #UnlockingWomensArt

Colourful artwork with various motifs, such as star shapes, stylised eyes and lines against a pink background

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Clara J Manasian Cook @clarajeanmc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Come along and listen to me natter with George Goodwin!

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hasui Kawase (1883-1957) Autumn at Saruiwa, Shiobara, 1949. Coloured Woodblock.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

While listening to council meetings in Montreal, local mayor Sue Montgomery decided to knit in red when men spoke and in green when women spoke, when similar numbers of both attended. Day 1 results.... #WomensArt

Photo of uneven knitting with much larger amounts of red yarn than green

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Rowan MacGregor, UK based artist making delicate copper sculptures #WomensArt

Flat copper artwork featuring a central tree with birds and a human figure either side of the trunk

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Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Tonight’s webinar has begun! 👀

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“I’m a remarkable woman..always was, though none of you seemed to think so.”May Morris, English fine embroiderer, designer, feminist and socialist, dismayed by the lack of support for women artists founded the Women’s Guild of Arts, 1907 #WomensArt

Monochrome photograph of thd upper half of a sitting white woman and three more images of her embroidery depicting flowering plants

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Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Join us and @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social as she peels back the polished veneer of Britain's Georgian elite to reveal fortunes built on Caribbean slavery, and examines the women whose wealth and status were tied to the enslaved economy. Book here: www.history.org.uk/events/calen...

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Clara J Manasian Cook @clarajeanmc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What scene makes you emotional no matter how many times you see it?

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

'Free to be' by contemporary US illustrator Ekua Holmes #WomensArt

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Other work of the Ladybird book artists. ‘Yorkshire fishing village’ Reader’s Digest, 1972 Artist: Ronald Lampitt

The fishing village of Staithes. A cluster of houses, some small boats and a bridge across the river

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Gail Brodholt, London Calling, 2023 UK printmaker #WomensArt #Monday #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

Print featuring a covered grand railway station with commuters in silhouette on a platform betweem two trains, all bathed in early yellow light

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Marianne Seiman, contemporary crochet artist (via Instagram) #Womensart #September

Photo of twelve different and colourful toadstools and mushrooms created from crochet against a black background

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School of Advanced Study, University of London @sas-news.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The @ihr.bsky.social, @senatehouselib.bsky.social and SAS are excited to announce that bookings are now open for History Day 2026! 🥳 Save the date for Wednesday 18 November and join us in Senate House for this celebration of all things history. Book your free place: bit.ly/4yw4zWt

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 10/09/2026

The Radar Key grants access to public toilets and is a small but crucial part of the history of disabled people demanding rights and independence in modern Britain. Kirstie Stage explores the little-known history of this radical object.

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Radical Object: The Radar Key

The Radar Key is a small but crucial part of the history of disabled people demanding rights and independence in modern Britain. Kirstie Stage explores the little-known history of this radical object.

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Clara J Manasian Cook @clarajeanmc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We had so much fun celebrating Star Trek’s 60th anniversary at the Science Museum yesterday ❤️🖖 #startrek #startrek60

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

English stained glass artist Tamsin Abbott, who is inspired by folklore and nature #WomensArt ##September

Stained glass artwork featuring a green hilly landscape with fields and a house, with a hare in the foreground and swallows flying in the sky

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Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Educator and Young Quills judge, Steven Kenyon explores the importance of historical fiction as part of good history education in his latest article in Primary History. www.history.org.uk/publications...

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Developing a love of history through historical fiction

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Clara J Manasian Cook @clarajeanmc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Oooh! Have you ever been to Taormina? Some of my earliest memories are of being there and climbing Etna as a 2.5 year old.

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TV's Greatest Seasons @tvsgreatestseasons.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

On 12th October, our one season wonders of #television continues as Baz is joined by @clarajeanmc.bsky.social to talk Netflix chess drama, #TheQueensGambit

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Clara J Manasian Cook @clarajeanmc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I’m halfway through this book and while none of it is a surprise, it’s definitely making me very angry.

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Clara J Manasian Cook @clarajeanmc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Our tree gave us more apples this weekend, so I made apple cake! ❤️🍏

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Sungi Mlengeya, born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, a painter whose figurative portraiture is a commemoration of women who surround her #WomensArt

Black and white artwork featuring two Black women as if dancing and happy

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We should put this sign on every politician's desk

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Louie Zong @everydaylouie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

queen of hearts 💔

a stylized 3d render of dolly parton playing the banjo. the queen herself.

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Clara J Manasian Cook @clarajeanmc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Olaf is bamboozled by his pumpkin cone

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Hazel McNab, contemporary UK printmaker known for her linocut work often featuring the Cornish coast #WomensArt

Print featuring clear coastal water and a rocky shore

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Clara J Manasian Cook @clarajeanmc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Yeah I loved Small Prophets. Especially how it mixed magical realism with everyday British suburbia. But I do much prefer The Detectorists. 😉 You know…because all of the history 🤣

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Clara J Manasian Cook @clarajeanmc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This cat is cute beyond reason ❤️🐈‍⬛

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Clara J Manasian Cook @clarajeanmc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This is one of my favourite scenes of a tv show ever! I absolutely love it!

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Liz Cooksey, UK textile artist who is inspired by natural habitats, hedgerows, garden boarders, meadows #WomensArt

Three dimensional textile artwork resembling a wreath of different coloured flowers on a white surface

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Clara J Manasian Cook @clarajeanmc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A glorious morning 🛶☀️❤️

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Clara J Manasian Cook @clarajeanmc.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Local museums are always full of fascinating objects! #lowestoftmuseum

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The Bathers, 1927 by painter Zinaida Serebriakova #WomensArt #SummerPaintings 🌞

Painting featuring two people in bathing costumes lying on a rocky shore near the sea

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Pauline Cumming, Scottish creator of quirky ceramics with feminist themes and humour #womensart

Rounded odd shaped white plate with blue painted image of the head and shoulders of a white woman surrounded by a text stating 'How did we let this shitshow happen'

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 05/08/2026

Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Bauhaus weavers, circle portrait (c.1927) #WomensArt

Monochrome circular photograph featuring a number of people lying on the floor with heads together

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Clara J Manasian Cook @clarajeanmc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Had a lovely time chatting to @scattyscribbler.bsky.social this morning for the @histassoc.bsky.social I learned all about her new book which imagines the adventures of Shakespeare’s younger brother!

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Harriet Love, contemporary stained glass artist #Womensart #August

Stained glass scene of a rural landscape with fields and hills and a couple on a tandem bike in the forground cycling on winding lane

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Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Introducing our new short course: The World of the Normans! This course offers a fresh perspective on one of the most influential periods in European history. Bringing together leading UK-based scholars to explore the wider Norman world. historical-association.cademy.io/ha-short-cou...

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Bees struggle in this weather 🥵 We find a lot of bees running out of fuel when perched on our sunflowers Use a water bottle & fine spray the flowers, fruit, seeds (what ever stage they are at) close to the bee, & they will hoover them up & regain strength

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

During drought Ancient Woodland is a safe haven for everything that lives Shelter, shade, massively cooler, food, & even after no rain for weeks, the water table is not far from the surface We leave them to it, including the world’s supply of Bank Voles gorging on blackberries

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