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Dr Amy Edwards @somsproject.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

The SOMS research project is delighted to share another clip from 'The Secret of Her Success' documentary film. The full trailer can be viewed on BlackBark films website: www.blackbarkfilms.com #humsbristol #artsmatter #bristolresearch #womeninselfemployment #blackbarkfilms

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BLACK BARK FILMS

Black Bark Films are a collaborative female led film documentary company based in Bristol, UK.

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Dr Amy Edwards @somsproject.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us last week for a special preview of a short documentary film exploring women's experience of self-employment. The screening held @w_shed was followed by a Q&A with Dr Amy Edwards and filmmakers @blackbarkfilms. Information on how to view the film to follow 🎬

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Dr Amy Edwards @somsproject.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Editing is well underway with @blackbarkfilms for the #SOMS project documentary, a showcase of 5 self-employed women's stories from the 1990s and 2000's. Please get in touch if you would be interested in finding out more about the film preview and Q&A at the #watershed in December. #uniofbristol

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Dr Amy Edwards @somsproject.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Fantastic impact event this week, it was inspiring to hear about the challenges and work journeys of women who have re-entered the workforce. Thank you to @aleenadin and our partners @womensworklab @BristolWIBC for helping to bring voices from across #Bristol together

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Dr Amy Edwards @somsproject.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

The oral history extracts from the SOMS project, make for interesting listening, the quiet determination, juggling of commitments, and often overlooked skills that helped women in the 80's -00's build their own businesses #UoBresearch #genderandwork #UoBlibrary

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Dr Amy Edwards @somsproject.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Fascinating visit to the @britishlibrary #archives last week, looking through direct sales articles and adverts from newspapers in the 1970s and 1980s. #directsalesvintageadverts #archivalresearch #uobresearch #bristisharchives #womensworkstories #soms #vintagepress

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Dr Amy Edwards @somsproject.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Filming started this week for the SOMS documentary. Participants kindly invited us and @blackbarkfilms into their homes to talk about their experiences and inspirational stories of being self-employed women in the 1980s, 90s and 00's. ➡️More updates to follow #womensworkstories #genderandwork

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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Recording a podcast today with Angela de Souza (Women's Business Club) & @somsproject.bsky.social on disabled women's working lives. I'll be talking about how 'work' spanned paid and unpaid, informal and formal, & included radical commitments to rest & recovery we could learn a lot from today.

A portrait of Martha Lane-Fox a white middle aged woman with swept back hair, wearing a glamorous, off the shoulder dark red wrap dress. Lane-Fox was a wheelchair user whose working life was described in her autobiography and featured both success and harassment

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Dr Amy Edwards @somsproject.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Many thanks to @wombizclub.bsky.social for hosting Dr Amy Edwards new podcast series ➡️ 'From Side Hustles to Empires' The podcast features conversations with expert historians exploring the relationship between gender, work and career in the nineteenth century. ➡️ podcast link in bio #UoB

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E0 Intro From Side Hustles to Empires - Histories of Women’s Working Lives

YouTube video by Women's Business Club

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Dr Amy Edwards @somsproject.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

➡️LAUNCH WEEK!! We launched the first SOMS newsletter this week! Send us your email address if you would like to sign up to future editions (every few months) and keep up to date with all the SOMS project activities. #uobprojectresearch #uobresearch #AHRCfundedproject #UoBprojectnewsletter

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Dr Amy Edwards @somsproject.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Had a great time at the World Economic History Congress #WEHC in Lund, presenting some research on business franchising, economic precarity, and the aspirations of franchisees. Great discussions and lots to think about! #JamesTaylor #AlexiaYates #CharlotteNilsso #Orsihusz #DavidLarssonHeidenblad

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Dr Amy Edwards @somsproject.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Filming has started! We are excited to announce that the mini documentary for the #SOMS project is now underway, with the filming of some oral history participants, talking about their experiences of being self-employed, with the super talented #blackbarkfilms #womenandfilm #selfemploymentwomen

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Dr Amy Edwards @somsproject.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

➡️ Some participant feedback from our workshop last week. A great opportunity to get thoughts on subjects such as 'business and social good' and 'gender, work and enterprise' from such an interdisciplinary group. #uobresearch #genderinequalities #entrepreneurialism #inclusiveeconomy #somsproject

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Dr Amy Edwards @somsproject.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Workshop time! Looking forward to the next few days of talks, discussions, new ideas and connections... #uobresearch #uobworkshop #ahrc #ahrcfundedproject #artsmatter #somsproject

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Dr Amy Edwards @somsproject.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Thank you to the @thebfa.bsky.social for inviting me to this years EWIB (empowering women in business) event. Great to meet so many new BFA contacts and looking forward to potential collaborations, and learning more about the history of franchises. #historyoffranchises #businesshistory #somsproject

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Dr Amy Edwards @somsproject.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Amy is attending the annual EWIB day today (Empowering Women in Business), a great chance to speak and make new connections with women involved in business and their own franchises from pre 2000 up until the present day. #womenownedbusinessً #uobresearch #SOMSproject

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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

📻 Dr Amy Edwards (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) joins David Dimbleby on BBC Radio 4 #InvisibleHands to discuss the use of advertising to promote Margaret Thatcher's BT privatisation campaign in the 1980s Listen to the full programme 👉 bit.ly/4dYngsF @somsproject.bsky.social

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Dr Amy Edwards @somsproject.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Big thank you to @purposefestbristol and @belmont.estate for hosting a inspirational summer event last week. Wonderful to meet some #bristol #bcorps and hear about some of good work and iniatives happening out there! #bcorp #businessforgood #alternativebusinessstructures

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Dr Amy Edwards @somsproject.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Beautiful Japan, refreshed and excited to be back after an inspiring trip. #travel #inspiration #culture

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Dr Amy Edwards @somsproject.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

After a interesting podcast? Dr Amy Edwards recently featured on #bbcradio4 the #TheHistoryPodcast. ➡️Episode 3 ➡️'Selling The Silver' ➡️Context is from 21 minutes #uobresearch

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Dr Amy Edwards @somsproject.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Read the new blog post by Amy Edwards reflecting on the SOMS project that explores women and self-employment and on working with policy makers. ➡️https://historiansatbristol.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/ @uobrishistory.bsky.social @policybristol.bsky.social ➡️image courtesy of Hagley Museum and Library

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Dr Amy Edwards @somsproject.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Inspiring 5 Year Impact Event yesterday hosted by @WIBcharter. Fantastic opportunity to make new connections within the Bristol women's business network. #inclusiveeconomy #SOMSproject

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Dr Amy Edwards @somsproject.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Hello, welcome to The Secret of My Success (SOMS) project. An AHRC-funded project led by Dr Amy Edwards. We look forward to connecting and keeping you up to date on our activities: ➡️documentary film ➡️workshops ➡️podcasts ➡️conferences #univerisityofBristol #AHRC #Womeninselfemployment

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Jenny Crane @jennycrane.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Triple book launch for myself, @drsarahlkenny.bsky.social, and @hannahcharnock.bsky.social! Thanks to @lauratisdall.bsky.social for chairing. Please do join if you're interested in social and cultural approaches to young people's lives and leisure spaces. 12 June, 12-1, tinyurl.com/mryazrew

Book launch poster for book launch with Jenny Crane, new book Gifted Children in Britain and the World, Sarah Kenny, new book Growing up and going out, and Hannah Charnock, new book Teenage intimacies - all in discussion with Laura Tisdall. Date is 12 June, 12-1, via teams https://tinyurl.com/mryazrew

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House of Lords Home-based Working Committee @hlhomeworking.parliament.uk · 09/04/2025

Don't forget, our call for written submissions on #homebasedworking is still open! 🕰️ You have until 10am on 25 April to send us your views. Take part here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77...

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Women & Equalities Committee @commonswec.parliament.uk · 31/03/2025

Our hearings on female entrepreneurship begin on 2 April at 2.20pm, where we'll discuss: 👉 the barriers women starting or growing businesses face 👉 the sectors in which these barriers are greatest 👉 how they can be overcome. We'll hear from business experts and academics👇

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Women & Equalities Committee @commonswec.parliament.uk · 04/04/2025

During our first evidence session looking into female entrepreneurship, Debbie Wosskow OBE, co-chair of Invest in Women Taskforce and entrepreneur, illustrates the barriers women can face in the UK today ⬇️

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