Christmas Traditions

Merry Christmas! So something a little different for you as Gemma unfortunately has caught Covid so our Christmas Tradition podcast is now a post for you. You will just have to imagine our voices and you can have 3 guesses as to which one of us wrote which parts! Santa Claus The figure of Santa…

Eleanor Marx by Holly Parsons

Karl Marx is known throughout the world for his political theory, but it was his youngest daughter, Eleanor, who put that theory into practice. Fiercely intelligent and quick-witted, she was heavily involved with socialist movements and early trade unionism, and she was a strong campaigner for the rights of working-class women and Jews. She lived an extraordinary life, and proved that she should be remembered as so much more than ‘just’ Karl Marx’s daughter.

The Origins of Valentine’s Day

On February 14, more than any other day of the year, romantic couples shower their better half with gifts and tokens of appreciation. Today it’s adapted even further as we send gifts to friends too. As we live in Norfolk we wanted to make a special mention of a popular Norfolk Valentine Tradition - Jack…

Catherine Donohue by Samantha Wilcoxson

Today we have a guest post for you by Samantha Wilcoxson, author of the Plantagenet Embers series amongst other historical fiction titles and another fabulous women's history blogger on Catherine Donohue.

Sophia Duleep Singh by Chloë Gardner

Today we have an amazing guest blog post on Sophia Duleep Singh, written for us by Chloë Gardner from Herstory Revisited.