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Jo Durrant @jodurrant.co.uk · 26/08/2026

🎤 After @enortonhistory.bsky.social @rwldproject.bsky.social @kate-werran.bsky.social @charliecreed.bsky.social & more at Museum in the Park there’s one event left: Sat 29 August I talk to @anniegarthwaite.bsky.social about the women of the Wars of the Roses museuminthepark.org.uk/our-beautifu...

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Kate Werran @kate-werran.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I am so looking forward to visiting the History Centre on 23 September to talk about the campaign to free Leroy Henry - an African American G.I. sentenced to death for a rape he did not commit. I have new information about the Trowbridge journalist Cliff Goodman who broke the story. Free admission.

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Jo Durrant @jodurrant.co.uk · 05/07/2026

🎤 I enjoyed another lovely conversation yesterday at the Museum in the Park with @charliecreed.bsky.social about folklore & fairytales relating to cats! Next 01/08: Phil Downing with secrets of @harvingtonhall.bsky.social 29/08: @anniegarthwaite.bsky.social on women of the Wars of the Roses

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 02/07/2026

Yesterday evening, the Society was delighted to announce the winners of its 2026 First Book and Early Career Article prizes: bit.ly/44HbAH2 Many congratulations to the winners of the 2026 RHS Early Career Article Prize: Dr Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh and Dr Stephanie Wanga 1/4 #Skystorians

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Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh &
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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The University of Exeter is not in budget deficit. Yet are proposing to cut 150 academic jobs. This include my job. Please sign and share the petition, write our Vice Chancellor, to your MP, and get the word out about the act of self harm this university is about to commit. c.org/yKcx6Zr29H

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Thanks to all sending messages of support as me and my colleagues in Humanities and Social Sciences at Exeter face being made redundant in September. I'll be back here once it's less hot & I can think. Please consider signing & sharing this petition: www.change.org/p/stop-redun... #EarlyModern 🗃️

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Kate Werran @kate-werran.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

What a privilege for me to visit Sturminster Newton Literary Festival yesterday. Fantastic audience, fantastic Jo Durrant interview and fantastic local leads from the floor - that I look forward to following up to shed more light on the African American experience in Second World War Britain.

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Kate Werran @kate-werran.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I will be speaking at Sturminster Newton tomorrow about my book Black Yanks: Defending Leroy Henry in D-Day Britain. I'll be interviewed by the amazing @jodurrant.co.uk - we start at 4pm at The Exchange and would love to see you!

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 11/06/2026

For further details of 100+ UK subject societies in history, please see our new resource bit.ly/43xhXw6 All are membership groups, offering support for historians from a wide range of backgrounds. If you seek fellow researchers in your field, we hope this guide proves useful #Skystorians.

Guide to UK history societies and networks, with text:

"The Royal Historical Society works closely with a number of other UK and Irish societies dedicated to the study, communication and promotion of historical knowledge and understanding.

Once a year, the Society hosts a half-day meeting of heads of UK history societies to discuss subjects of shared interest, such as publishing, membership and advocacy for the discipline. The Society also holds regular online meetings with its equivalent national organisations worldwide."

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Jo Durrant @jodurrant.co.uk · 07/06/2026

🎤 We’ve had 3 brilliant events in the new series of events at the Museum in the Park including last time with @kate-werran.bsky.social Next: On Sat 13th June Luke Sherlock will be talking to me about ‘Forgotten Churches’ - only a handful of tickets left! museuminthepark.org.uk/our-beautifu...

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Jo Durrant @jodurrant.co.uk · 01/06/2026

🎤 My June events: 🧮 Weds 3rd: Prof Ian Stewart at Cheltenham Science Fest ⛪️ Sat 13th: Luke Sherlock at Museum in the Park 📗 Sun 14th: @kate-werran.bsky.social at Sturminster Newton Lit Fest ✨ Sat 27th: Starchild with Dame Dr Maggie Aderin for @rossiterbooks.bsky.social jodurrant.co.uk

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Kate Werran @kate-werran.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I will be at Sturminster Newton on 14 June talking about the death sentence given to an African American G.I. in WW2 for a rape he did not commit - and the British campaign that set him free. I will be in conversation with the wonderful Jo Durrant - and we'd love to see you there. Doors open at 4pm.

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Kate Werran @kate-werran.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

...and the audience made some wonderful contributions. Thank you @jodurrant.co.uk - it was fantastic to engage with such an interested and interesting audience. I loved it. And the Museum in the Park is a gem!

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Kate Werran @kate-werran.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Fabulous afternoon Jo - thanks so much to you and the amazing Museum in the Park 🙏🙏

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 21/05/2026

The Society's President and Council have released the following statement on the proposed closure of undergraduate degrees at the University of Hertfordshire, in #History and the wider humanities bit.ly/4dmV5oO This comes at a time of further bad news from Essex and Nottingham #Skystorians

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History and the humanities at the University of Hertfordshire – a statement from the Royal Historical Society - RHS

Even for those familiar with bleak times, this has been a particularly bad few weeks in UK higher education. Confirmed job losses at the University of Essex were followed by further bad news from Hert...

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 15/05/2026

We are very pleased to welcome 386 historians who join the Society today - as Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members and Postgraduate Members: bit.ly/4uMObPk Our Fellows and Members teach, research, write and promote #history, within the UK and internationally, in and beyond education #Skystorians

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Society elects 386 new Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members and Postgraduate Members - RHS

At its latest meeting on 1 May 2026, the RHS Council elected 116 Fellows, 77 Associate Fellows, 81 Members and 112 Postgraduate Members, a total of 386 people newly associated with the Society, from t...

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Kate Werran @kate-werran.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

So looking forward to taking to you then Jo - it will be just three days short of the day 82 years ago that Leroy Henry faced court martial for a rape he did not commit.

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Kate Werran @kate-werran.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

So excited about this Jo! Looking forward to visiting the Museum in the Park x

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Jo Durrant @jodurrant.co.uk · 15/03/2026

🎤 Yesterday was the first in my new series of events at the Museum in the Park & we had a wonderful afternoon where I was in conversation with the brilliant @enortonhistory.bsky.social about ‘Women Who Ruled The World’. Next: Dr Daniel Swift: 25/04 Then: @kate-werran.bsky.social & more!

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Jo during the event, sitting with a clipboard on her lap

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Jo Durrant @jodurrant.co.uk · 07/03/2026

👸🏼 On Sat 14 March we start a new series at Museum In The Park: @enortonhistory.bsky.social at 2pm on ‘Women Who Ruled The World’ 🎭 Dr Daniel Swift: 25/04 📗 @kate-werran.bsky.social: 23/05 ⛪️ Luke Sherlock: 13/06 🐱 Charlie Creed: 04/07 🏰 Phil Downing: 01/08 🌹 @anniegarthwaite.bsky.social: 29/08

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Kate Werran @kate-werran.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Officially I am now Dr Werran! So proud to graduate yesterday from the University of Exeter with a PhD by Publication in History. Thank you @exeter.ac.uk; my amazing supervisors Dr Matthias Reiss and Dr Eve Worth and publishers Pen&Sword and The History Press. Can't wait to build on my work in '26!

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Kate Werran @kate-werran.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

These US soldiers walked out of court and into jail 82 years ago today for protesting segregation in Launceston, Cornwall. An American Uprising in Second World War England explains why the verdict was censored. #onthisday; #BlackHistoryMonth; #BHM; #BlackHistoryFacts; #BlackHistory365; #history

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Kate Werran @kate-werran.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Pleasure was all mine Pankhuri! Loved our chat!!

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Churchill Archives Centre @chuarchives.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

We were delighted to support @kate-werran.bsky.social's First Wives Club research, exploring World War Two through the eyes of Allied leaders’ wives, thanks to the Jennie Churchill Fund. You can find out more about Kate's research here ⬇️ buff.ly/EUEH5vQ

A photograph of Kate sitting on a chair, against the backdrop of a painting, with a highlight from her testimonial included in the bottom right-hand corner.

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Kate Werran @kate-werran.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

It's always such a pleasure to talk to the amazing @joannadurrant.bsky.social - literally the best interviewer I've ever worked with. And such an appropriate day on which to remember lesser known aspects of WW2 history #AfricanAmericanHistory #ww2 #VEday #BlackHistory #WW2 #WorldWar2

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Jo Durrant @jodurrant.co.uk · 04/05/2025

🎧 Ep 235 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out Weds: 🤩 @kate-werran.bsky.social talks about her books telling hidden WWII histories 📝 Story of a letter at Museum in the Park telling poingant VE Day story 📲 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j... 💻 jodurrantsbeautifuluniverse.libsyn.com

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 05/04/2025

Y’all gotta go read books. There’s no way around it. Read books. Form your own opinions. LEARN THINGS. READ BOOKS WHILE LIBRARIES ARE STILL AROUND

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Nigel J.Hetherington @pastpreservers.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Celebrating the talented & knowledgeable female experts at Past Preservers, from historians to scientists, archaeologists to explorers, these incredible women share their expertise with global audiences. We're proud to represent these trailblazers!

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Hanna Diamond @hdiamond.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

As we celebrate international women’s day, I am thinking of the contributions of the many women who like Josephine Baker risked their lives working for the Liberation of France. Their participation will be celebrated at this important conference in Paris later this month.

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Kate Werran @kate-werran.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Couldn't say it better myself @joannadurrant.bsky.social!! Such a pleasure to kick off @PompeyBookFest today - the audience was amazing, @TheDDayStory setting incredible, the organisation immaculate - we even saw sunshine! Huge thanks all round 🙏🙏and, of course, you Jo! @TheHistoryPress

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Calvin Schermerhorn @calscherm.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

It’s publication day for The Plunder of Black America: How the Racial Wealth Gap Was Made! Read the 400-year history of Black Americans’ striving against economic inequality that kept changing form. #publicationday #racialwealthgap #blackhistorymonth yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

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Jo Durrant @jodurrant.co.uk · 09/02/2025

Really looking forward to heading to the Portsmouth Book Festival for the first time to interview @kate-werran.bsky.social about her brilliant book! On Monday 24 Feb at 1pm

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Kate Werran @kate-werran.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Looking forward to seeing you again Jo!!

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Kate Werran @kate-werran.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I was last in Pompey to film a C4 doc on the Falklands conflict. 20+ years on I'm returning to talk about what happened when an African American G.I. was sentenced to death for a rape he didn’t commit. #JoDurrant and I would love you to see you on there on 24 Feb! wegottickets.com/event/641455...

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Black Yanks

Join us for this special event at The DDay Story where author Kate Werran will be in conversation with presenter and podcaster Jo Durrant to tell us the fascinating story behind her latest book. As th...

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Jo Durrant @jodurrant.co.uk · 26/01/2025

After a wonderful first event of 2025 with Dr Chris Laoutaris on Friday, here’s more: 📕 Sat 15 Feb: @adamhartscience.bsky.social at John Moore Museum 📗 Mon 24 Feb: @kate-werran.bsky.social at Portsmouth Book Fest Much more to come including new series at Museum In The Park jodurrant.co.uk

Jo wears a black leather jacket over a black dress with gold stars on and is sitting on a stool

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Jo Durrant @jodurrant.co.uk · 12/01/2025

So am I! ☺️

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Nigel J.Hetherington @pastpreservers.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

📢 Big news! Past Preservers is expanding with TWO new expert databases: 🎤 Speakers Database: Find the perfect speaker for your event! 🔬 Researchers Database: Connect with experts for your research projects! 👉 Stay tuned for launch dates! #Experts #Speakers #Researchers

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Kate Werran @kate-werran.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Didn’t think I’d ever get to say this, but I’ll be starting 2025 as an extremely mature PhD student at the University of Exeter – and could not be more excited! Happy Christmas all!!

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Nature Horizon @naturehorizon.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Comet, Aldebaran and Mars over Stonehenge ✨💫☄️

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Kevin Prenger @kevinprenger.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Vandaag online gezet, een eerste (Engelstalige) bijdrage van een nieuwe Amerikaanse vrijwilliger van TracesOfWar die momenteel de Pacific bezoekt. Het gaat over de strijd van Amerikaanse mariniers op Tarawa in 1943: www.tracesofwar.com/articles/774...

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Battle of Tarawa - TracesOfWar.com

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afuahirsch.bsky.social @afuahirsch.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

What is the true legacy of #Churchill? Latest series of our chart topping podcast - all eps available now where you like to listen #Legacy @peterfrankopan.bsky.social @wonderymedia.bsky.social

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Kate Werran @kate-werran.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Thank you so much @grahamcross.bsky.social - delighted you enjoyed it 🙏🙏 and so pleased I was able to talk to those in and around Bath who still remember it.

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Eugene Byrne @yooge.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

The ideal Bristolian Christmas gift! A book of walks that'll take you around some council estates, Bristol's rock history, its urban legends and some things that never happened. Perfect for filling the void between Christmas and New Year. Get your copy now! www.bristolbooks.org/shop/the-bri...

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The Bristol Ideas Book of Walks — Bristol Books CIC

The Bristol Ideas Book of Walks

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Julian Woodford @historylondon.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

The last porters of Billingsgate Market: a photographic celebration via @thegentleauthor.bsky.social #london 🗃️ spitalfieldslife.com/2024/12/03/t...

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The Last Porters Of Billingsgate Market | Spitalfields Life

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🌈 Dr Ross Brooks @rossbrooks.co.uk · 28/11/2024

📰 25% off all subscriptions to the British Newspaper Archive for #BlackFriday! Use code SAVE25. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/account/subs... Simply the best stay-at-home research resource. I've found many sexological gems over the years . . . #skystorians 🗃️

Headline 'Weird Sex Science: Frog Turned From Mother to Father: Amazing Transformation Theory,' from the Nottingham Evening Post, 9 September 1921.

Headline 'Startling Surgery: Changing Insects' Heads: Effect on Sex: Female Beetles Adopt Male Instincts,' from the Daily News (London), 7 February 1923.

Headline 'A Zoo Sidelight: How "Andrew" the Penguin Became "Ann",' from the Edinburgh Evening News, 2 November 1939.

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