Maureen Wright
@drmaureenwright.bsky.social
Historian, author and Spaniel lover. WHW IC. Specialism: Women's Suffrage movement. Things of historical interest: just about anything. Currently working on tracing my father's service journey in #WorldWar2 and the history of 104th Regt RHA.
I seem to have acquired almost 50 new followers this week. Welcome everyone. I'll give you a book recommendation for the weekend. It's Tim Bouverie's Allies at War & it's won a place as one of my top 5 books of 2025. As stunning an account of the diplomatic history of #WW2 as you could ask for.
November 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I seem to have acquired almost 50 new followers this week. Welcome everyone. I'll give you a book recommendation for the weekend. It's Tim Bouverie's Allies at War & it's won a place as one of my top 5 books of 2025. As stunning an account of the diplomatic history of #WW2 as you could ask for.
Superb day at the IWM for their first Podcast Live event.
So good to catch up with some of the greatest historians today. @tessadunlop.bsky.social
@claremulley.bsky.social
@historywithjackson.bsky.social
Ian Pegg, Oliver Webb Carter, Jack Bowsher
So good to catch up with some of the greatest historians today. @tessadunlop.bsky.social
@claremulley.bsky.social
@historywithjackson.bsky.social
Ian Pegg, Oliver Webb Carter, Jack Bowsher
November 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Superb day at the IWM for their first Podcast Live event.
So good to catch up with some of the greatest historians today. @tessadunlop.bsky.social
@claremulley.bsky.social
@historywithjackson.bsky.social
Ian Pegg, Oliver Webb Carter, Jack Bowsher
So good to catch up with some of the greatest historians today. @tessadunlop.bsky.social
@claremulley.bsky.social
@historywithjackson.bsky.social
Ian Pegg, Oliver Webb Carter, Jack Bowsher
An amazingly beautiful place. #Dresden #Frauenkirche
October 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
An amazingly beautiful place. #Dresden #Frauenkirche
Superb talk @YeovilLiteraryFestival last night by the wonderful @garethrussell.bsky.social
Thank you for a totally awesome look into the life of James VI and I.
Look for Gareth's book 📚, Queen James, in all good bookshops.
Thank you for a totally awesome look into the life of James VI and I.
Look for Gareth's book 📚, Queen James, in all good bookshops.
October 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Superb talk @YeovilLiteraryFestival last night by the wonderful @garethrussell.bsky.social
Thank you for a totally awesome look into the life of James VI and I.
Look for Gareth's book 📚, Queen James, in all good bookshops.
Thank you for a totally awesome look into the life of James VI and I.
Look for Gareth's book 📚, Queen James, in all good bookshops.
Have you read this? It says it all. One of my best reads of this year.
August 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Have you read this? It says it all. One of my best reads of this year.
I have just settled down with a nice large coffee & this 👇, which promises to be excellent.
July 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I have just settled down with a nice large coffee & this 👇, which promises to be excellent.
Elegant ladies always ride sidesaddle. 👇
July 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Elegant ladies always ride sidesaddle. 👇
Any minute now Poirot will appear round the corner, probably muttering about the dust on his shoes. Cute car, but I prefer the one that was waiting at a service station on the A303 this morning.
July 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Any minute now Poirot will appear round the corner, probably muttering about the dust on his shoes. Cute car, but I prefer the one that was waiting at a service station on the A303 this morning.
Delighted to report some early progress on research on tracing my father's movements in#WW2.
Anyone here with knowledge of the 104th Regiment of the RHA during their Middle Eastern Forces service, I'd be pleased to hear from you!
@almurray.bsky.social
@ww2tv.bsky.social
@guywalters.bsky.social
Anyone here with knowledge of the 104th Regiment of the RHA during their Middle Eastern Forces service, I'd be pleased to hear from you!
@almurray.bsky.social
@ww2tv.bsky.social
@guywalters.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Delighted to report some early progress on research on tracing my father's movements in#WW2.
Anyone here with knowledge of the 104th Regiment of the RHA during their Middle Eastern Forces service, I'd be pleased to hear from you!
@almurray.bsky.social
@ww2tv.bsky.social
@guywalters.bsky.social
Anyone here with knowledge of the 104th Regiment of the RHA during their Middle Eastern Forces service, I'd be pleased to hear from you!
@almurray.bsky.social
@ww2tv.bsky.social
@guywalters.bsky.social
Had such an enjoyable time on Thursday evening, informing a very engaged audience about the Women's #Suffrage campaign. Great to return to speaking again after some time out!
July 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Had such an enjoyable time on Thursday evening, informing a very engaged audience about the Women's #Suffrage campaign. Great to return to speaking again after some time out!
Not long now, folks. Just 8 days! @chalkefestival.bsky.social @almurray.bsky.social @estelleprnq.bsky.social @historyrage.bsky.social @historywithjackson.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Not long now, folks. Just 8 days! @chalkefestival.bsky.social @almurray.bsky.social @estelleprnq.bsky.social @historyrage.bsky.social @historywithjackson.bsky.social
As an eclectic historian my current reading looks like this.
Ross's biography of Blair Mayne is a far different & far more appealing portrait than #SAS Rogue Heroes offers.Howes's captivating work on Medieval women deserves high praise for its reading of independence within patriarchal context.
Ross's biography of Blair Mayne is a far different & far more appealing portrait than #SAS Rogue Heroes offers.Howes's captivating work on Medieval women deserves high praise for its reading of independence within patriarchal context.
February 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
As an eclectic historian my current reading looks like this.
Ross's biography of Blair Mayne is a far different & far more appealing portrait than #SAS Rogue Heroes offers.Howes's captivating work on Medieval women deserves high praise for its reading of independence within patriarchal context.
Ross's biography of Blair Mayne is a far different & far more appealing portrait than #SAS Rogue Heroes offers.Howes's captivating work on Medieval women deserves high praise for its reading of independence within patriarchal context.
Is it New Year yet Hooman?
Leo the Spaniel sleeps off Twixmas!
Leo the Spaniel sleeps off Twixmas!
December 29, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Is it New Year yet Hooman?
Leo the Spaniel sleeps off Twixmas!
Leo the Spaniel sleeps off Twixmas!
Sleepy Christmas Spaniel...all together now. Aww...
December 19, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Sleepy Christmas Spaniel...all together now. Aww...
Stunning #Sherborne Abbey. So lucky to live near here!
December 18, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Stunning #Sherborne Abbey. So lucky to live near here!
Getting back to #research today, in my favourite @CaféNero. The spirituality of Meister Eckhart. All ready to return to @SarumCollege on Monday. (Links work in the other place.)
#Theology
#History
#ChristianSpirituality
#Theology
#History
#ChristianSpirituality
November 22, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Getting back to #research today, in my favourite @CaféNero. The spirituality of Meister Eckhart. All ready to return to @SarumCollege on Monday. (Links work in the other place.)
#Theology
#History
#ChristianSpirituality
#Theology
#History
#ChristianSpirituality
Just doing some fact checking in my book in preparation for a podcast recording with @historyrage.bsky.social
You didn't know there were feisty Victorian women's campaigners...you will soon.
For the full story beyond the podcast see:
@MUP
You didn't know there were feisty Victorian women's campaigners...you will soon.
For the full story beyond the podcast see:
@MUP
November 20, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Just doing some fact checking in my book in preparation for a podcast recording with @historyrage.bsky.social
You didn't know there were feisty Victorian women's campaigners...you will soon.
For the full story beyond the podcast see:
@MUP
You didn't know there were feisty Victorian women's campaigners...you will soon.
For the full story beyond the podcast see:
@MUP
Today in my work to become slightly more than an embryonic #theologian I'm reading the texts of Angela da Foligna. She writes to explore 3 kinds of prayer: the bodily, the mental & the supernatural. Looking forward to working on these wonderful #ChristianMystics next week @SarumCollege (on X).
November 19, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Today in my work to become slightly more than an embryonic #theologian I'm reading the texts of Angela da Foligna. She writes to explore 3 kinds of prayer: the bodily, the mental & the supernatural. Looking forward to working on these wonderful #ChristianMystics next week @SarumCollege (on X).
Aside from #history one of my favourite things to do is bake cake 🎂.
ATM I am enjoying the delicious aroma of warm #Christmas cake wafting in from the kitchen! 😋
ATM I am enjoying the delicious aroma of warm #Christmas cake wafting in from the kitchen! 😋
November 17, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Aside from #history one of my favourite things to do is bake cake 🎂.
ATM I am enjoying the delicious aroma of warm #Christmas cake wafting in from the kitchen! 😋
ATM I am enjoying the delicious aroma of warm #Christmas cake wafting in from the kitchen! 😋
Today's bake. My Christmas 🎁🎄 cake.
November 17, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Today's bake. My Christmas 🎁🎄 cake.
Just pausing to consider the artistry in this Renaissance plaster ceiling. It's location...#Colditz castle! And yes, I managed to achieve a Great Escape!
@guywalters.bsky.social
@guywalters.bsky.social
November 16, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Just pausing to consider the artistry in this Renaissance plaster ceiling. It's location...#Colditz castle! And yes, I managed to achieve a Great Escape!
@guywalters.bsky.social
@guywalters.bsky.social
I've been promising to treat myself to this book 📚 since last year.
Promise kept.
#History
#007
#IanFleming
Promise kept.
#History
#007
#IanFleming
November 15, 2024 at 4:43 PM
I've been promising to treat myself to this book 📚 since last year.
Promise kept.
#History
#007
#IanFleming
Promise kept.
#History
#007
#IanFleming