iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I’ve been in such a busy cabaret bubble of shows and good energy and loveliness and friends this week that checking back into the news today is just… 😱

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

New on LSE Digital Library! The Women’s Freedom League; 1,063 items including minutes, annual reports, pamphlets, banners, photographs and issues of The Vote. @fotwl.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social #TheWomen'sLibraryat100 View collection here: digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/...

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Collections - LSE Digital Library

Explore our digital collections through curated selections of material according to themes, type or source of material.

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Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Rehearsals are underway for @mitchbenn.bsky.social new show Gilbert & Sullivan’s Dracula, on at the Circle and Star in Hampstead for just four shows later this month! Deets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/circl... #dracula #gilbertandsullivan #mitchbenn #bramstoker

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The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS) @theacms.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#ACMS 📆 TONIGHT 🏰 The Albany 🎟️ £10 from wegottickets.com/f/27747 till 5pm, then £12 on the door from 7pm 😻 MC'd by @turlygod.bsky.social & Robin Ince, with e.g. @naomipaxton.bsky.social, @natmetcalfe.bsky.social, @thatbaldyfella.bsky.social etc. 🌈 free guestlist for trans & non-binary folk, just ask

The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS)
The Albany, Great Portland Street, W1W
Monday 5th October 2026, 7:30pm-10:40ish
Thom Tuck & Robin Ince (MCs); umpteen excellent guests: Ada Campe, Bec Hill, Casey Filips, Clemenzia, Gabriel Featherstone, Ian Lane, Joz Norris, Judy Harris, Luise Wolky, Max Devine, Nat Metcalfe and Nick Kirk
£10 (£12 book) tickets from wegottickets.com
£12 at the gig, doors open 7pm
noblefailure.org

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Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Next Wednesday 7th October: app.foresttms.com/TicketListin...

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Migration Museum, London, is hiring a part-time (3 days per week) curator for a year to help build the vision of the new museum. £40k pro rata plus 5% matched pension contribution. Deadline for applications 18 October.

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We’re Hiring: Curator, Contemporary Art (Part-time)

The Migration Museum is seeking a Contemporary Art Curator to join their team on a part-time basis. Application deadline: 18 October 2026.

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Anya Jabour @herstoryprof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy #LGBTQ+HistoryMonth! To kick things off, check out this fun piece about the “Perfect Little Ladies”—or lesbians?—in 19th century NY! Learn more in my new book, MATTERS OF SEX: KATHARINE BEMENT DAVIS AND AMERICA’S FIRST SEXUAL REVOLUTION (NYU, 2026)! womenshistorynetwork.org/no-men-need-...

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“No men need apply”: How a Group of “Perfect Little Ladies” Challenged Gender Norms in Turn-of-the-Century New York – Anya Jabour

President Edith Joiner addresses the Perfects. Jan. 29, 1897. May Bragdon Diaries. Rare Books, Special Collections & Preservation, University of Rochester River Campus Libraries. In the …

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Dr Jennifer Evans @historianjen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm a so pleased that the exhibition I co-curated with @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social is now open at the Chelsea Physick Garden. Running until the 15th Nov, it explores the autumnal plants of the garden through the work of pioneering botanical illustrator Anne Pratt.

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

FINAL DAYS - current exhibition closes 7pm 30 Sep! 'The Women's Library at 100: Celebrating a Century of Collections' on the history of The Women’s Library and its rich and diverse collections and stories from the viewpoint of researchers. @lsesu.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...

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Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Trying to enjoy the new series of #taskmaster because Nina, Isy, and Chloe are wonderful humans, but it's getting f*cking frustrating to watch Richard performatively whining about being on a show he agreed to be on and is being paid thousands of pounds to do. I find his schtick deeply tiresome.

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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Probably most famous for her novel, "Iola Leroy," Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was born 201 years ago today; free, in Baltimore. In this gift article they give her story while also acknowledging that they didn't give her an obituary in 1911 www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/o...

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Overlooked No More: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Poet and Suffragist (Gift Article)

One of the best-known Black poets of the 19th century, she was also a renowned orator. “You white women speak here of rights,” she said. “I speak of wrongs.”

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Brian Jay Jones @brianjayjones.com · 24/09/2026

Jim Henson would have been 90 (yup, you read that right: NINETY) years old today. You can celebrate his life by celebrating creativity, diversity, peace, imagination, and silliness.

A tuxedoed Jim Henson sits in a sea of Muppets.

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Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Her going is a real loss for Goldsmith sociology dept, for interdisciplinary public engagement initiatives, and for her students and colleagues there. But I’m sure she’ll absolutely storm whatever is coming up, wherever she lands. 🥹

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Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We worked with Scary Little Girls on a commission from Theatre & Cabaret at Glastonbury Festival, creating a show about the history of women’s patents that played there, at the Mayven Festival in Cornwall, and @beinghumanfest.bsky.social too. And her lab made a prop for my 2023 Edfringe show too.

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Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Feeling emosh after saying goodbye to chum & collaborator Kat Jungnickel who is leaving Goldsmiths College and moving back to Australia. We met in 2013 when I was mid PhD and she was sharing her Bikes and Bloomers research - and worked together on her incredible POP project politicsofpatents.org

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Home - POP

POP is a global investigation of historical patented clothing inventions, researching, reconstructing and reimagining 200 years of wearable technology.

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

There's almost nothing I enjoy more than sitting in my attic thinking about a 6ft 2, 252lb, lady wrestler who could fling me across a music hall stage if I was around in 1906 🤼‍♀️ Not a fan of my recorded voice but I DO love chatting about my boys, gals, n' rabbit holes. Thank you @thewonderkamer.ca!

1906 newspaper photos of Miss Juno May and her manager, Antonio 'The Terrible Greek' Pierri. Juno is a tall curvy woman in white blouse and dark knickerbockers, long leather boots, dark hair pinned up, she is pictured in several poses.

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Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This made me think of this guy splashing his name literally all over the page to promote his panto appearance in 1915!

A photograph of a page from the theatrical newspaper The era in 1915 - festuof columns of the world’s “Fred Kitchen” and a picture of the actor in the middle. Advertisement for his performance as Peter the Page in Cinderella at the Theatre royal in Leeds

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The assessment did not consider the crocodiles but instead looked at "how the course would perform under a range of conditions, weather patterns, water levels and flood risk at both Games time and throughout the period leading into the Games". WHY DID IT NOT CONSIDER THE CROCODILES GUYS

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Clíona Ó Gallchoir @clionaog.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This article was very much a labour of love, and it took even longer than usual to be published, so I really mean it when I say I am DELIGHTED to see it in print. I have free prints if anyone needs one! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/VXW3P...

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Growing up as a Girl in Edgeworthstown House, c.1782–1807: the Experiences of Elizabeth and Charlotte Edgeworth

Maria and Richard Lovell Edgeworth are hailed as educational pioneers whose jointly-authored work, Practical Education (1798), outlines methods that are grounded in and illustrated by accounts of t...

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 18/09/2026

We warmly welcome applications to join the Fellowship of the Society. Next closing dates: 5 Oct and 14 December. Fellowship is open to those who've made a scholarly research contribution to #history in all sectors (within & beyond higher education) in the UK/worldwide bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians

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Apply for Fellowship - RHS

Closing dates for next applications: Mondays 5 October and 14 December 2026 Fellowships are awarded to those who have made an original contribution to historical scholarship, typically through the a...

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Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Getting ready for last night’s gig was more challenging than expected 😆 #motionactivated #makeup #silly

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Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Pages and especially Keynote are doing my head in. I’m too institutionalised and am going to have to pay for Microsoft 365… aaaarrrgh!!

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Dr Beckie Rutherford (she/her) @beckierutherford.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

it was a pleasure to work with Hillary on this really interesting article which highlights her brilliant work curating the @makeupmuseum.org!

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Home - The Makeup Museum

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Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Here's a map of every commercial theatre in which you would have seen suffragette characters in the pantomime between 1906 and 1918! Come and find out more tomorrow at my talk in Oxford - free tickets here: www.pantomimeassociation.co.uk/pantomime-ta...

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MJ Howson @mjhowson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

RIP Mr. Mackie.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Really good chicken helmet. Best chicken helmet I’ve ever seen maybe.

A knight’s helmet with, inexplicably, a chicken face coming out the front

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Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The organisers of the next FISM (European Championship of Magic) in Spain said on their Facebook page that no animal acts will be permitted because of venue regulations- so no doves, rabbits, dogs etc - and it is kicking off in the comments!. Didn’t take long for the sexiest whataboutery to start 🥸

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Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

News! I’m playing Lucy Westenra in @mitchbenn.bsky.social new show Gilbert & Sullivan’s Dracula in October! Join us for some Victorian operetta meets Vampire fun! Tickets and info here: www.tickettailor.com/events/circl... #mitchbenn #dracula #gilbertandsullivan

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Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Enjoying the (admittedly very problematic) comedian GH Chirgwin calling the Houses of Parliament the “Westminster Cackle Show” in 1913.

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Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“Purse ham”?! When “Hambag” was right there for the taking? Ted Lasso writers, shame on you!

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Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Off to record some vocals - as myself and not Ada - for an exciting new project! 😃

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Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Researcher micro-frustrations: trying to access the Proquest Guardian and Observer archive database online in the BL and the article images/pdfs not loading at all. Whole pages will load, but are too low res to zoom in on. Tried a hour later in a different reading room, same thing. Aaarrgh!

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Sarah Wise @misssarahwise.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Online + in person I’m giving 2 talks for the Society of Genealogists on Tue 22 Sept as part of their ‘Poor London’ week of events. 1)All about the Old Nichol area, East London 2)‘Pauper emigration’ to Canada1869-1904 – children packed off for a life of exploitation portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/1...

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Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Comp patriarchy? Osborne, Orton, Stoppard, Ravenhill, Johnson, Thorne…

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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Are you an early career researcher with an interest in parliamentary history? We are inviting submissions of 10,000 words, including references, for our annual essay prize, worth £500. The deadline is 30 Nov. 2026. More details here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1750...

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Parliamentary History

Click on the title to browse this journal

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Free access to records at #Ancestry relating to #WW2: This includes free access to the 1898-1968 UK (& some Ireland) nursing registers Ending midnight Sunday. #HistNursing #WomensHistory #FamilyHistory @rcnhistory.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hello, clever music historians Can I legitimately call this a guitar, or is there a more proper name for this 18th-century instrument? Portrait is French, d. 1785 (I know nothing about guitars)

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Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Today I'm trying to find out biographical details of an Irish comedian working on the variety stage in London in the years before WW1, having recently found out that I'm related to an Irish man who worked on the variety stage in London in the years before WW1. Perhaps they knew each other! Wowzers.

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Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Love this from suffragist writer Evelyn Sharp in 1909 - an extract from an article called "Between Two Boards" about her experience of representing the WSPU on the streets of London and selling the newspaper "Votes for Women": #suffrage #history #wspu

Text that reads: "I always like to think that one of the many compensating by-products of the militant agitation is the human experience it brings with it of all sorts and conditions of life. After a morning spent in selling Votes for Women in the street, for instance, one always registers a vow to refuse nothing in future from a street hawker, although it may mean stocking the home with quivering, iridescent beetles, collar-studs, and toasting forks.”

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Catherine Mayer @mayeroflondon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

How to set about creating the world as it should be? Well, a first step is to imagine that world. That’s why I am delighted to announce the return of the Primadonna Prize and the creation of a brand-new publishing imprint, Primadonna Publishing. 🧵

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Dr Naomi Paxton @naomipaxton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

So me and my alter ego are pretty much neck and neck on TikTok for follower numbers, but wildly different on like stats. I always think Ada should pull more people in - eye catching, more vids, etc - but she doesn’t seem to. Still trying to understand the platform!

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A blue plaque has been unveiled at the National History Museum in Tring, Hertfordshire for palaeontologist, Dorothea Bate. Self taught, she published more than 80 scientific papers, despite spending most of her career without a permanent paid position. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Carmarthen fossil hunter Dorothea Bate recognised with blue plaque

Dorothea Bate discovered the dwarf elephant and the myotragus, an extinct goat-like antelope.

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