🎉 Happy Birthday, dear Helena! And thank you for “lighting the fuse”: so ver. much gratitude from all of us for your trailblazing work! 🙏

Will you be joining us in Halifax this April for #AnneLister’s birthday celebrations? 🌈 If so, wonderful news about opening details at Lightcliffe Tower! 🎉🎩

For news on all that lies ahead to celebrate #AnneLister’s birthday in Halifax this spring & to hear when & where ticket & registration details will be announced, please tune in to Pat Esgate’s ALBW live event on Saturday! 🎉 We’ll also post those details here & on Instagram! ⤵️

The saint and military leader Joan of Arc is said to have been born #OTD in 1412. She is often considered a feminist figure and symbol of freedom. Image: Joan of Arc (1882) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Like many organizations, the #AnneLister Soc’y now has an alternative platform, given all that’s afoot on this one. At present, we’ll be broadcasting on both channels 📺 (plus Instagram). You can find us in the clear blue *** at >> @annelistersociety 💙🖤

We are so thrilled to feature you, anne choma (a co-founder of the #AnneLister Soc’y!), and the exciting new work you’re doing with Jennifer van Gessel! 🖤🎩🪶

We are so delighted to feature your work, Jennifer, and to hear more from you and anne choma about thinking #AnneLister through a Gothic lens!! 🖤🎩🪶

🚨Registration for the 2-day #AnneLister Soc’y conf in April opens at noon NYC time / 5pm Halifax time this Saturday, when the tix site below goes LIVE. We look forward to 2 ver. fine days!🖤 (🎟️ Day 1, 🎟️ our reception, & 🎟️ Day 2 ticketed separately.) ticketsource.co.uk/calderdale-cul…

gofundme.com/f/donate-to-al…? It’s scholarship time again! Please help someone get to ALBW25! Every penny goes to getting them there. Transforming lives since 2019.

📣 Exhibition of interest to the #Listerverse opening soon at Sissinghurst — on the life and literature of Vita Sackville-West! 🌹 Details here ⤵️

⚡️🎩 We’ve got SWAG! Thanks to our amazing friends at ALBW & to mark the 4th #AnneLister Soc’y mtg in April, we’re thrilled to offer ALS swag on the site below. A new design for #AnneLister’s birthday & to celebrate her ver. #ProudSpirit! 🎉 Order ahead! shopalbw.com

👀 Ticketing coming soon for performances in 2026! 🎟️ #AnneLister news from Northern Ballet 🎩🩰 For more info ➡️ northernballet.com/gentleman-jack

As the 2025 #AnneLister festivities begin, Happy #Anneversary! 🎩👒❤️ OTD in 1834, Anne Lister underlined it: “Miss W[alker] & I & Th[oma]s st[ai]d the sacram[en]t” — making history by fulfilling their private vows at Holy Trinity Church Goodramgate, York! 📸 cr: West Yorkshire Archive Service

Can’t wait for Gentleman Jack to hit the stage? You can help us bring this ballet to life! Vote for us on @fedoraplatform and support us in winning a €10,000 prize to go to the creation of this brand-new ballet. Every vote counts! 🥰⭐ fedora-platform.com/prizes-and-gra…

And grazie mille to Anne Lister Italia for the ver. fine contribution to the Fourth Meeting of the ALS!! 💫

Hello, #Listerverse! 💫 An online version of a wonderful talk that was given this spring at our in-person ALS mtg in Halifax — on #AnneLister, medicine, and anatomy — by Prof Anna Clark! June 13th — details and registration below ⤵️

🌈On this ver. fine day, 1817: ‘A fine day the pleasantest we have had this year—& the 1st I have thrown aside my winter things having changed my black cloth spencer & black straw hat for a black silk spencer & common straw hat—I have almost made up mind always to wear black.’ 🖤

On Sunday 20 July 2 - 4 pm follow (part of) the route #AnnWalker & #AnneLister took up the tower steps to their Mytholm gallery pew - with a view of the altar similar to these old images - as explained in Ann Walker and Anne Lister at Lightcliffe.pdf .

Of ver. great interest to the #Listerverse! News about the new #AnneLister short film, Ver. Fine Day, by Jennifer van Gessel! So exciting to see this featured at Hollyshorts — congrats to Jennifer and the team!