It's National Hugging Day! 🫂 To celebrate, here are a few examples of medieval hugs First up we have a scene from an early fifteenth-century manuscript of a man and woman enjoying a rather close embrace Walters Manuscripts (The Walters Art Museum) MS W. 166, fol. 118r 🧵 1/

Seems quiet here these days and for good reason. I've got the same handle on blue sky if anyone would like to connect over there.

As we near Burns night, time to share our blog on #Scottish healing and herbs by Dr Charlotte Holmes Charlotte Holmes C17th C18th herbalhistory.org/home/domestic_…

For those interested in new research in #familyhistory #medieval #earlymodern Introduction to the Special Issue: Mothers and Fathers in Medieval Europe tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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Wonderful time seeing the Medieval Women exhibition and my very talented friend's one woman show at the Hope Theatre. Emotional wreck by the end of the day!

2 year fixed term - Lecturer in Early Modern Art History (1400-1800) - AC2505RXLS at University of St Andrews jobs.ac.uk/job/DLU715/lec…

Now where the skies are blue Francesca Elizabeth Richards

New book with Palgrave Macmillan just arrived!

Believe it or not, Henry VIII’s wives were not the only women he beheaded - he also executed Elizabeth Barton (c.1506-34), who became the only woman in history to have her head impaled on London Bridge. Why? 1/3 pic.x.com/rvDu2KrUkF

Had a great weekend of #rewilding, #folklore and #Shakespeare’s women Faversham Literary Festival ! Michael Rosen and Bettany Hughes to come

📢 JOB OPENINGS! 📢Come work with me at Oxford! As part of my ERC project UNSEEN, I am recruiting a full-time 5-year project admin, two 3-year post-docs and one fully-funded PhD. The first position is already advertised, the others will follow shortly my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

Last chance to book tickets for our fabulous ONLINE seminar on Wed 19th March! Programme and link to book below ⬇️

The Zoom Room is ready, the speakers are prepped... only 5 days until our fabulous ONLINE seminar: *Evolving Traditions: Influences on Western Herbal Practice* Kew Science University of Oxford Natural History Museum Alternative Healers 1834-1948 Date: Wed 19 Mar • 14:30 GMT eventbrite.co.uk/e/evolving-tra…

Busy preparing my talk for Wednesday 19th's celebration of 15 years of the Herbal History Research Network: Evolving Traditions: Influences on Western Herbal Practice. It's online - booking at: herbalhistory.org/home/seminars/

Ever wanted to see the faces behind the HHRN? Still going strong after 15 years, the current team includes Julia Nurse, HHRN Chair, Research Development Lead Wellcome

Ever get that urge, on a sunny day, to leave work entirely and retreat to a tumbledown cottage in the countryside - a vegetable patch, a stream, wildflowers, a few erratic chickens, and an assortment of cats and dogs? And slowly become more eccentric, possibly slightly feral, but

It’s not accidental that we don’t have access to earlier women’s writings. On 25 September 1677, Anne Wentworth’s husband stole all of her writing because it contained details of his abusive behaviour. She chased him down the street to Glovers’ Hall, London, but he locked the

My May botanical illustration & mental health w'shop would make a smashing Mother's Day present or gift to yourself. I teach you: 🌿how to break down plants into simple shapes & add shading 🧠how time spent creatively alters our brain biochemistry to improve mental health To

With the demands of academic research, I find it really hard to enjoy reading like I used to... so it was such a pleasure to find a book to fall in love with again. Simple pleasures - tea, pillows, escapism. Sequel coming out on my birthday, perfect 😍 penguin.co.uk/books/458538/w…