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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Incredible side quest today to save a piece of Liverpool feminist history - the old sign from the Women’s Health Information & Support Centre (sadly now becoming a vape and phone shop 😭)

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Alfie Steer @alfiesteer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Please do check out this excellent volume, not only for my contribution on the SLP, but also @racheljcollett.bsky.social on the Merseyside Women's Liberation Movement, @owenjdowling.bsky.social on the Chile Solidarity campaign and many more!

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

📣 Hot off the press! Our #womensgrassrootsactivosm @ukri.org #AHRC Co-I @annefhlogan.bsky.social has written a great article about the project in the Summer edition of @womenshistnet.bsky.social #WomensHistoryToday. @racheljcollett.bsky.social @ruthdav.bsky.social & Anna Muggeridge.

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Two historians move house… @alfiesteer.bsky.social pictured putting up his Tony Benn biographies pride of place

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Alfie Steer @alfiesteer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Spending my evening working on the introduction of a very exciting special issue on the legacies of the classic feminist text 'Beyond the Fragments', based on papers from a conference @racheljcollett.bsky.social and I organised over two years ago ! Promise its worth the wait. Find out more here:

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Beyond the Fragments: 45 Years On

Earlier this year, a one-day conference was held to mark 45 years since the publication of the seminal socialist-feminist text, Beyond the Fragments: Feminism and the Making of Socialism. Co-author…

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Alfie Steer @alfiesteer.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Buzzing to have my hands on a copy of the latest issue of Jacobin, featuring an article by me on Ken Livingstone, his two stints running London, and what it shows about what democratic socialists can achieve in a single city. Glad to see Zohran has his copy too! ✊️

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Liverpool-based friends and colleagues! Come to a film screening of 'Our Planet, The People, My Blood' (2026), followed by a Q&A with director Daniel Everitt-Lock and activist Alan Owen - free tickets available here: www.eventbrite.com/e/our-planet...

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Hey! @manchesterup.bsky.social are having 40% off sale, so it's time to order mine and @d-j-frost.bsky.social's new book 'In Solidarity, Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956'. Discount for UK/EU calculated at till, US/Can use code 'JAN40'. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/

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Manchester University Press - In solidarity, under suspicion

In solidarity, under suspicion - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of In solidarity, under suspicion by Daniel Frost

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

If you don’t get the print version, my Tribune article on the Merseyside WLM is now available to read for free online: tribunemag.co.uk/2026/01/the-...

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Alfie Steer @alfiesteer.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

And so honoured to be published alongside @racheljcollett.bsky.social's fabulous chapter on the Merseyside Women's Liberation Movement, @owenjdowling.bsky.social's on the Chile solidarity campaign, and much much more !

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Exciting delivery at the Sydney Jones library today! ✨ So nice to see my chapter on socialist-feminist activism in 1980s Merseyside finally in print (almost 2 years after writing!) in @d-j-frost.bsky.social and @evansmithhist.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social wonderful volume.

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Ghoul-in’ Dickey @colindickey.com · 26/11/2025

Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Lovely surprise this morning to receive an email from an activist who read my recent article on Capenhurst peace camp (doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...) and sent me lots of her personal papers! Sharing this wonderful letter from the UN Namibia Council, praising the women’s occupation of BNFL in 1985 😍😮

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Next up at #nacbs2025 is a fab lineup of rising history stars in field of histories of activism in late 20th century Britain incl: @racheljcollett.bsky.social @alfiesteer.bsky.social Dan Frost & Jess White.

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Alfie Steer @alfiesteer.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Check out @racheljcollett.bsky.social's fantastic article on the Women's Liberation Movement in Merseyside, and radical regionalism, in the latest issue of Tribune - out today!

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Lovely to see my piece in the new issue of Tribune alongside other great articles on protest + power ✊🏼

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LJMU History @ljmuhistory.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

We have an exciting seminar series at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social this semester. These events are free and everyone's welcome to attend.

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

What a lovely surprise to be featured in @americanstudier.bsky.social weekly roundup of scholarly work. Sharing the link to my article again in case you missed it, along with some lovely photos of Capenhurst peace camp here: doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Nice surprise to see my article on Capenhurst Women’s Peace Camp is out today - have a read if interested in space, the weirdness of the Wirral, local feminisms and anti-nuclear activism in Merseyside, and global solidarity movements in the 1980s academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...

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Alfie Steer @alfiesteer.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Superb article by @racheljcollett.bsky.social in @mbhjournal.bsky.social, recovering the Capenhurst Women's Peace Camp. Fascinating case study of 1980s anti-nuclear feminism on the Wirral peninsula, and the surprising connections to the Namibian freedom struggle. academic.oup.com/tcbh/article...

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Alfie Steer @alfiesteer.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

I am going to be speaking at this year’s NACBS on this amazing panel with colleagues and comrades @racheljcollett.bsky.social, @fmarshallpayne.bsky.social and Daniel Frost. Hope to see some of u there or for a pint afterwards 🍻

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Sam Caslin @autistorian.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

My new article on creative assessments, queer pedagogy, and authenticity, drawing on historians like @julialaite.bsky.social, @willpooley.bsky.social, @tricksterprince.bsky.social. Also, huge thanks to @luciejones83.bsky.social and @cathfeely.bsky.social for putting this issue together!

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Wonderful to hear @racheljcollett.bsky.social speak on her research re Merseyside inter generational women’s activism for peace & anti-nuclear arms in camps in 1980s. Great paper as always #womensgrassrootsactivism for our @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social this evening.

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

📢 Wowzers 😮! What a line up we have for @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social Term 3. Fab speakers incl: @racheljcollett.bsky.social @nataliethomlinson.bsky.social @lauratisdall.bsky.social Lucy Robinson Lukas Herde + Jennifer Wallis. Join us via link below 👇 www.history.ac.uk/seminars/con...

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Pleased to have been asked to write a little overview for this brilliant new resource on Liverpool radical history: More to come! liverpoolpeopleshistory.org/2025/04/24/t...

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The early years of the Women’s Liberation Movement | Liverpool People's History

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Our new volume 'In Solidarity, Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956', co-edited with Daniel Frost, is now available for pre-order from @manchesterup.bsky.social. Hardback is out Nov 2025, with a paperback edition to follow in 2026-27. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/

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Manchester University Press - In solidarity, under suspicion

In solidarity, under suspicion - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of In solidarity, under suspicion by Daniel Frost

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

What a jam-packed 18 months!! Such a privilege to work with such a wonderful team on this project + so excited to see the final outcomes.

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Such a privilege to work with @womensinstitute.bsky.social SIGBI (Ireland & England), Irish Country Women's Association (ICA) & WI of Northern Ireland. And with fab core team @annefhlogan.bsky.social @ruthdav.bsky.social @racheljcollett.bsky.social & Anna Muggeridge ❤️. #womensgrassrootsactivism

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

V excited to get my hands on an advance copy of this! Looking forward to reading @samwetherell.bsky.social

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

My wonderful partner @alfiesteer.bsky.social has bought me the best and nerdiest Xmas present ever - an original screenprinted Merseyside Women’s Centre poster from the 1970s! Nothing can ever beat this! 🥹

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Teaching on nuclear heritage, legacies and material culture tomorrow - got to take the opportunity to include my mum’s iconic ‘Stop Sellafield’ concert t-shirt! 💚 Thinking about clothing + music cultures as resistance; generational activism; sources as living objects; curating nuclear histories etc

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 21/09/2024

To finish up our AHRC Women’s Grassroots Activism Workshop 4 on the theme of Visibility we had 3 fab ECRs @racheljcollett.bsky.social Grace Heaton & Maisie Jessop sharing their experiences of using oral history to make the activism of women more audible & therefore more visible.

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 11/03/2024

Join us for FREE on 28 June (including lunch!) www.tickettailor.com/events/beyon...

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Alfie Steer @alfiesteer.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

Using my inaugural Bluesky post to share the link to a conference @racheljcollett.bsky.social and I have been organising. Marking 45 years since the publication of the seminal socialist-feminist text Beyond the Fragments. FREE tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/beyon...

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 17/01/2024

There’s still a couple of weeks left to submit to our CFP for Beyond the Fragments: 45 Years On, a free one-day conference on 28 June 2024! Please send abstracts up to 300 words + bio to beyondthefragments2024@gmail.com by 1 Feb (or thereabouts). #AcademicSky #PhDSky #History #Politics #activism

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Eric Brandom @ebrandom.bsky.social · 29/12/2023

This is a delightful, short, and concrete write-up of Judith Walkowitz' archival practice. www.historians.org/research-and...

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On Taking Notes | Perspectives on History | AHA

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Rachel Collett @racheljcollett.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

What better way to beat the January blues than attending our jam-packed Women's Grassroots Activism online workshop on 18-20th Jan - register for free here! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-gra...

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Women's Grassroots Activism AHRC Research Network Online Workshop

Join us for a free three-day online workshop exploring women's grassroots activism in England and Ireland since 1918.

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

Need to look forward to something in Jan? Look no further. Join us for Workshop 2 #womensgrassrootsactivism AHRC network, 18-20 Jan (online). 2 days of original papers + roundtable of members of our 3 x participating women's orgs. Free to all 👇. Please share 🙂. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-gra...

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Women's Grassroots Activism AHRC Research Network Online Workshop

Join us for a free three-day online workshop exploring women's grassroots activism in England and Ireland since 1918.

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