#OnThisDay, 22 April 1969, Bernadette Devlin makes her maiden speech in the House of Parliament in London. An Irish Republican, she had rejected their tradition of abstention in order to take her seat. She remained an MP until 1974.

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"As my year moved onwards towards Autumn 1975, and back to winter again, I remember a couple more things."
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https://thearchiveofmylife.com/my-3rd-birthday-and-musical-road-to-4-part-four/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

On this day 100 years ago, Queen Elizabeth II was born.

https://feddit.uk/post/47869519

Why there are 2 Irelands 🇮🇪🇬🇧 Ireland vs Northern Ireland 🤯

https://tube.blueben.net/w/dVUYp7BBj17PG5SsMWmehy

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/in-a-new-documentary-one-of-britains-most-famous-historians-reframes-the-american-revolution-as-a-messy-divorce-180988457/

As a Brit resident in the USA who has more than a passing interest in US history and culture, my feelings about the American Revolution are so mixed and multitudinous that I won't try to put them all down here, although I might post some reflections over the course of the year.

I am glad that the article I've posted mentions the Gordon riots, an all too often forgotten episode exhibiting both the repressive violence wielded by Britain's rulers against their compatriots in the crowd, and the ugly bigotry coursing through that crowd.

Those riots also offer a jumping off point for an exercise in counterfactual history: what if those disorders had not been contained, but had turned out to be the beginnings of the British Revolution of 1780?

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#OnThisDay, 11 Apr 1913, the Nevill Pavilion in Tunbridge Wells, UK, is destroyed by arson. No-one is injured. Suffragettes are suspected of starting the fire because their leaflets are found nearby, but no-one is ever caught.

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Who Lies in Winchester’s Medieval Mortuary Chests?

"The tangled remains of medieval kings and bishops at Winchester Cathedral are finally beginning to give up their secrets. After more than a decade of scientific analysis, researchers are closer than ever to identifying the individuals whose bones were mixed together following the destruction of the cathedral’s mortuary chests during the English Civil War."

https://www.medievalists.net/2026/03/who-lies-in-winchesters-medieval-mortuary-chests/

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NEW PODCAST EPISODE JUST RELEASED!!

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My podcast comes from my research of women throughout history for my books, which include Unsung Women in Somerset, On This Day in Somerset, Jungle-tastic Tales and Inca-tastic Tales.

The podcast showcases women from England, South America and all across the globe.

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#OnThisDay, 22 March 1982, around 250 people blockade Greenham Common airbase in the UK. 34 are arrested. It was the first mass non-violent protest by the Greenham Common peace women.

Photo: Paula Allen.

Read more: https://carvehername.org.uk/greenham-women-22-march-1982/

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