Lydia Gray
@lydiajgray.bsky.social
Historian researching the British empire, political activism and the Cold War. PhD candidate, University of Southampton.
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54 Books By Women From Each Of Africa's 54 Countries | The Republic rpublc.com/april-may-20...
54 Books By Women From Each Of Africa's 54 Countries
Here are 54 books by women from each of Africa’s 54 countries.
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August 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
54 Books By Women From Each Of Africa's 54 Countries | The Republic rpublc.com/april-may-20...
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Call for Papers: The Women’s History Network Annual Conference 2026 celebrates 100 years of The Women’s Library and a century of women’s history.
Details here: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...
#GenderHist #WomensHistory #WHN2026 #CFP
Image LSE Flickr: Meeting of WSPU leaders, c.1906.
Details here: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...
#GenderHist #WomensHistory #WHN2026 #CFP
Image LSE Flickr: Meeting of WSPU leaders, c.1906.
January 31, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Call for Papers: The Women’s History Network Annual Conference 2026 celebrates 100 years of The Women’s Library and a century of women’s history.
Details here: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...
#GenderHist #WomensHistory #WHN2026 #CFP
Image LSE Flickr: Meeting of WSPU leaders, c.1906.
Details here: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...
#GenderHist #WomensHistory #WHN2026 #CFP
Image LSE Flickr: Meeting of WSPU leaders, c.1906.
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Review: Could this be the definitive biography of Nkrumah and analysis of his impact on the world? Howard W. French’s brilliant and thoroughgoing treatment of the life of Francis Nwia Kofi Nkrumah very well might.
Review: Nkrumah, who fought the wind
This book troubles the record of the larger-than-life liberator of the Gold Coast from the clutches of Britain, also reminding us how important he was on the world stage.
continent.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Review: Could this be the definitive biography of Nkrumah and analysis of his impact on the world? Howard W. French’s brilliant and thoroughgoing treatment of the life of Francis Nwia Kofi Nkrumah very well might.
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Are you studying, researching or teaching in the histories of Britain or Ireland? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), it contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net
Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers
For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.
www.history.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Are you studying, researching or teaching in the histories of Britain or Ireland? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), it contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net
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To celebrate the publication of @d-j-frost.bsky.social and mine’s book ‘In Solidarity, Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956’, I am giving away a copy to one randomly chosen person who reposts this post by 11.59pm ACST Sunday 1 Feb.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/
January 27, 2026 at 7:21 AM
To celebrate the publication of @d-j-frost.bsky.social and mine’s book ‘In Solidarity, Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956’, I am giving away a copy to one randomly chosen person who reposts this post by 11.59pm ACST Sunday 1 Feb.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/
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Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
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Thank you.
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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...