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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

📚Is there such a thing as enough books?📚 NEW! Greeting cards celebrating Victorian novelist and social commentator, Elizabeth Gaskell. Designed specially for @KnutsfordHeritageCentre and available from the Clavis & Claustra website now! #BookLover #ElizabethGaskell #FemaleAuthor #WomenAuthors

Greeting card with cartoon illustration of child-like woman in a bookshop excitedly reaching for the book on display marked “today’s special”. The card sits next to flowers on a table.

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Do the suffragettes proud… Remember to vote today! Tag us with your polling booth selfie! #HerVote100 #VotesForWomen #UKelections #Elections2026

Picture of Christabel Pankhurst posting her vote in a ballot box with the text “her vote counts“ on the front, a brick wall behind with a sign saying “pulling station“.

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Leeds Legend, Leonora Cohen 🪧✊🏻 Delighted to stumble across this memorial to her in Leeds. How many memorials of suffragettes and suffragists must there be dotted around the country I wonder? #VotesForWomen #WomensHistory #DeedsNotWords #Suffragette

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Ozymandias, 2020 edition Loved the display on the toppled Edward Colston statue in Bristol’s M Shed – full of moving history and urgent lessons for the present. And in particular, this timeless quote from feminist icon Audre Lorde. #Bristol #Shelley #protest #AudreLorde

Photograph of a series of protest placards, the central one reads “the master’s tools will never dismantle the master‘s house“

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

This lovely lady offers a chunk of mediaeval Easter egg*… Hope you’ve all had a good Easter. 🐣 *ye old creme egge #Easter #mediaeval #StainedGlass #Bristol

Stained glass showing a women holding a chunk of something small and brown

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Waiting for the weekend 🗿 Mediaeval masonry giving strong vibes. I’m here for it. Found this little guy in St Mary Redcliffe, in Bristol. #Bristol #Mediaeval #ChurchArchitecture

Stone carving from Medieval church masonry showing man resting his face on his hand and frowning apathetically

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

💜🤍💚 Women’s suffrage goodies from MShed in Bristol ❤️🤍💚 Could have spent the entire day there! Theresa Garnett featured for giving Winston Churchill a whipping at Bristol Temple Meads train station. A Leeds lass she was! 🥹 #BristolWomen #WomensSuffrage #VotesForWomen #Bristol #Suffragette

Photo of purple white and green suffragette ribbons bearing the words votes for women

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Women’s suffrage sash in red white and green bearing the words votes for women, next to an anti-Suffrage ceramic figurine

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Have a Sheroic day! 🦸‍♀️👸💃🧙‍♀️🏋️‍♀️ Deeds Not Words fountain pen is available EXCLUSIVELY from the Clavis & Claustra website. Get yours now! #IWD #InternationalWomensDay #IWD26 #DeedsNotWords #Suffragette #VotesForWomen www.clavisandclaustra.co.uk/products/dee...

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

It’s Women’s History Month! 💜🤍💚 Absolutely delighted with the Suffragette display in the @NationalPortraitGallery – it was my first visit since the 2023 rehanging. Here are a few highlights. #VotesForWomen #DeedsNotWords #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM26 #Pankhurst #suffragette

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

🖤 I’m just a gothic girl, standing in front of a brooding boy, asking him to death-defyingly love her. 🖤 ✨NEW✨Wuthering Heights tote bag for all you Brontë-lovers & die-hard Romantics. Available now from the C&C website. What do we think of the film? 😳 #EmilyBronte #WutheringHeights #Yorkshire

Grey touch bag featuring image of Emily Brontë as modern day goth with the “”I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!”, pictured next to some heather and on a pink background

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Old school broadcasting…They don’t make them like that any more. These treasures are from the Media Museum in Bradford. #Radio #Television #Heritage #Museum #Bradford #BBCRadioLeeds #AlvinBlossom

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Bench wisdom for 2026 🎉😌 Happy New Year everyone!

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

A selection of Christmas vibes! 🎄✨🧅 Hope you’re all having a lovely day! #EastRiddlesdenHall #Saltaire #Yorkshire #GrimUpNorth #MerryAndBright

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Hang your stocking and hope you’ve been good enough…🧦🎅🏼 Cosy gothic fireplace vibes brought to you by East Riddlesden Hall in Yorkshire. #Christmas #ChristmasEve #FatherChristmas #NationalTrust #NT #SantaClausIsComingToTown #GrimUpNorth

Gorgeous ancient stone fireplace decked out with candles

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

All hail, First Lady of the Mercians! 👑 A delightful day out at one of our newest stockists, Tamworth Castle The statue of Aethelflaed was lovely, if too high to see clearly Tricorn provided and not model’s own, alas #Castle #TamworthCastle #Mediaeval #AngloSaxon #Queen #Aethelflaed #Herstory

Tamworth Castle, viewed against a bright blue skyline, with the statue of Aethelflaed on a plinth to the side

Tapestry showing a finely dressed woman in the centre surrounded by two men in an abundantly floral garden

Photograph of Cat, wearing a tricorn hat, in a gilt edged oval mirror

Grand Castle entrance, leading to a large oak door where hangs a Christmas wreath. Either side of the entrance are two huge Nutcracker figures.

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Because busy ladies deserve chic stationery. ✍️ Introducing the Busy Nothings notepad, in honour of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday month. Available from selected stockists and from the Clavis & Claustra website now. #JaneAusten #JaneAusten250 #LiteraryLadies #LiteraryStationery #ChristmasGifts

Notepad entitled “a quick succession of busy nothings” divided into four sections: I absolutely must, I really should, perhaps I could, I shouldn’t just yet. Decorated with a blue border, an image of Jane Austen, books, a quill, and Jane’s signature. Pictured on yellow fabric and with a quill.

Oblique photo of the same notepad showing the depth of pages

Photo of the same notepad, hoping in on the illustration of Jane Austen

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

✒️ It’s National Fountain Pen Day! 🖋️ And if you didn’t have it written in your diary, maybe that’s a sign that you need a fountain pen… 🤓 Your suffragette companion… Only available from the Clavis & Claustra website! #FountainPen #DeedsNotWords #Suffragette #VotesForWomen #Herstory #Stationery

Photograph of white fountain pen with the words “deeds not words” inscribed on the lid. The fountain pen has gold nib. Next to it are some lilac envelopes and it is resting on some fancy paper embedded with flowers.

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

✨NEW✨ for Spooky Season… 🖋️ 🖤I’m Hexy & I Know It fountain pen.🖤 In collaboration with heritage pen brand, Kaweco, we are launching two pen products (more news on the other one soon!!) as ONLINE ONLY EXCLUSIVES! Available now from the C&C website! #FountainPen #Halloween #Witch

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Absolutely thrilled to visit the #suffragette exhibition 💜🤍💚 at @HansonAcademyDelta in #Bradford. Brian Russell has done an amazing job of making the exhibition look fun & interesting. And the research by Jennie Kiff of @lostsuffragettes is exceptional! Viewings by appointment. Fully recommend.

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

🐦‍🔥 Happy World Menopause Day! 🐦‍🔥 Running a feminist small business while going through perimenopause has been…a learning experience. Here are some of the books that have got me through so far. 📚 #WorldMenopauseDay #Menopause #WomensHealth #BookRecommendations

Tower of books about the menopause: bloody hell edited by Mona Eltahawy, cracking the menopause by Mariella Frostrup, the happy menopause by Jackie Lynch, making sense of menopause by Susan Wilson, understanding HRT and the menopause by Dr Wilson, natural menopause by Anne Henderson, the complete guide to POI and early menopause by Dr Hannah short, perimenopause power by Maisie Hill, the new natural alternatives to HRT by Marilyn Glenville, the female body Bible by Dr Emma Ross, menopausing by Davina McCall, menopause by Czerwiec

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

🖤Baddies will be baddies.🤷‍♀️😈🖤 NEW #witchy card in the Toil & Trouble range! Available now from the C&C website! #Halloween #Witch #FolkHorror #JawsOfHell #WelcomeToHell #Devil #Demon #witchcraft

Photo showing early modern wood cut of a person being tormented by a devil with a pitchfork as they fall into the jaws of hell

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Happy birthday to suffragette icon, Emily Wilding Davison! 💜🤍💚 She enrolled at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, for a single term, and at the end of it sat her exams. She got a First Class degree. Except, as a woman she was not allowed to graduate. #VotesForWomen #DeedsNotWords #Suffragette

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

🗡️Joan of Arc, golden edition 💛 Found this lovely statue in Winchester cathedral. 🫠 #JoanOfArc #WinchesterCathedral #Winchester #WomenInHistory #Herstory #WomenWithSwords

Photograph of a statue of Joan of Arc, wearing golden armour, and a cloak embellished with golden Fleur de lis, and holding a sword in her right hand.

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Stepping back in time…💜🤍💚 On this site in Oxford, 113 years ago, stood the WSPU suffragette shop. Can almost feel their ghosts surround me. 😃 #suffragette #WomensHistory #Herstory #VotesForWomen #DeedsNotWords #Oxford

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Never underestimate a mob of angry tea drinkers 🫖😡 Saw this little treasure in the Bridewell @museumofnorwich #Norwich #WomenInHistory #Tea #Coffee

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Fighting torque 👸💪⚔️ Wowed again by the Iceni treasure at Norwich Castle 😍 #NorwichCastle #Boudicca #Boudica #Iceni #Queen #Rebel

Chunky golden torque of twisted thick metal

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Fancy a new style? Another ✨NEW!✨ design in the Dressed To Frill range. Featuring art by Doreen Dames Caldwell, available from the Clavis & Claustra website. #Vintage #VintageFashion #Retro #RetroFashion #LadiesFashion #FashionInHistory #Feminist #Fashion

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

💜🤍💚 Look what we found! 🤩🤭 Absolutely brilliant day out at @Beamish_Museum . 😍 Their accolade as Art Fund Museum of 2025 is thoroughly deserved. #Suffragette #VotesForWomen #DeedsNotWords #SmallBiz #Feminist #Heritage #WomensHistory #Northeast #LivingMuseum #AwardWinning

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

✊🏻Come on you @Lionesses! 🦁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Loved this display of an early women’s footie strip in the haberdasher’s window at @IronbridgeGMT - from the days before the hugely popular & successful women’s #football was banned by the FA, because the men couldn’t handle the competition. 😑 #WEURO2025

Photograph of early 20th century women’s football strip on a mannequin in a shop window. The bottom half is cropped black trousers; the top half is a button-up long sleeved shirt in black and yellow. There is an adorable white cap with a tassel on top. And on a podium next to it is a brown football. The England flag and the Union Jack flag hang in the background.

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Just dropping by… Absolutely thrilled to have been invited by @thesmallawards to hang out with the other finalists and the Chancellor in Downing Street this evening. Especially loved the selection of female artists on display in the state room. #SmallBiz #SmallBusiness #FemaleFounder #Feminist

Photo of Cat knocking on the door of 10 Downing Street, wearing a yellow dress and a smile

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Just having a quiet one with the hags 💅💁‍♀️ ✨NEW✨ and available from the C&C website now! #Witches #Witchcraft #Hex #FolkHorror #Hag #GirlsNightIn #Witchy

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Brains are the new black. 💁‍♀️ From our new Dressed to Frill range. Check out the whole range on our website. #WomensFashion #LadiesFashion #20thCenturyFashion #Fashion #Underwear #Retro #Vintage #VintageFashion #Feminist

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

A long overdue pilgrimage from my recent London adventure. Alas I couldn’t get a selfie with Emmeline as she had been cordoned off for some unglamorous park maintenance work! #Suffragette #Suffrage #EmmelinePankhurst #MillicentFawcett #VotesForWomen #DeedsNotWords #CourageCallsToCourage

Statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square, holding banner with the caption “courage calls to courage everywhere”. Cat stands in front of the statue, smiling.

Suffragette statue near Caxton Hall – former HQ of the WSPU – which is a large bronze scroll commemorating the suffragette struggle. Cat stands in front of the statue, smiling.

Statue of Emmeline Pankhurst, with the Houses of Parliament behind her

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Introducing the ✨new✨ Dressed to Frill range! 💃 Featuring watercolour illustrations by artist Doreen Dames Caldwell. Get ready for some seriously sassy ladies. 💁‍♀️ #LadiesFashion #RetroFashion #VintageFashion #RetroUnderwear #VintageUnderwear #Vintage #Retro

Image of greetings card depicting woman in Vintage mid century frilly undergarments, with a caption “frill seeker”, on a peach background. The card rests on drapes silk.

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

👸 Iconic Queen and her daughter. Plus some statue. Had a great time in London last week with my lovely Mum. #London #Boadicea #Boudicca #Thornycroft #Queen #MotherAndDaughter

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

I travelled back in time this bank holiday. What did you all do? Loved this suffragette tour by @luciennedeville in Shipley Glen. #VotesForWomen #DeedsNotWords #WomensHistory #Suffragette #LocalHistory #Yorkshire #Saltaire

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Clavis & Claustra @clavisandclaustra.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Chillin’ 😎 Spotted in Chester. Romans loved a bit of R&R. #Roman #RomanHistory #Chester

Photo of a carving on a tombstone depicting a man reclining

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