It was so much fun being part of the weekend at @histfest.bsky.social, lots of fascinating questions and engaging talks!

a man wearing a hat and a leather jacket stands in the rain ALT: a man wearing a hat and a leather jacket stands in the rain

Beautiful Internal Monologue moment at @histfest.bsky.social last weekend.
@adamzmith.bsky.social : "I read a lot of sad, gay books."
My Brain: "I, too have read the works of Anne Rice!"

#books #bibliophile #annerice #vampirechronicles #lgbtqia+ #histfest2026 #histfest

Greg, Essie, Tara in stage talking about Brontes

Dan, Tash, Adam on stage talking The Log Books voices of queer Britain and the helpline that listened

It's @gregjenner.bsky.social! Essie Fox, Tara Puri, Dan Vo, Tash Walker and Adam Zmith! Another very busy, very fun day @histfest.bsky.social with lots of moving personal stories too 💔

I am going to meet Michael Palin soon???!!!

Dr Tara Puri, Essie Fox and Greg Jenner on stage at HistFest 2026

Now a deep dive into the history of the Bronte’s with Dr Tara Puri, Essie Fox and Greg Jenner

The Log Books with Tash Walker, Adam Zmith and Dan Vo on stage

And now The Log Books with Tash Walker, Adam Zmith and Dan Vo

Day 2 session 1 @histfest.bsky.social Birth, Motherhood & Custody: An Untold History with Prof Lara Feigel, @lucyinglis.bsky.social & @drpragyaagarwal.bsky.social #histfest2026 #histfest #history #motherhood #childbirth

Lucy Inglis, Pragya Agarwal and Lara Feigel on stage at HistFest

First event of the day! Lucy Inglis, Pragya Agarwal and Lara Feigel on Birth, Motherhood and Custody

Photo of Ruth Goodman and Wanda Wyporska

Photo of Raksha Dave and Jess Venner

Photo of Michael Scott

Photo of Saara El-Arifi and Sofia Robleda signing books

Brilliant first day at #HistFest2026. A huge thank you to all our amazing speakers!

If you’d like to join us tomorrow, there are a few tickets to Sunday’s festivities with Sir Michael Palin and many more. events.bl.uk/events/histf...

Final event of day 1 @histfest.bsky.social Living History with Ruth Goodman chaired by Dr Wanda Wyporska! #histfest2026 #histfest #history #historyfestival

Ruth Goodman and Dr Wanda Wyporska on stage at HistFest

Last talk of the day. Ruth Goodman and Dr Wanda Wyporska.

Grab speakers books between talka from the @waterstones.bsky.social stall @histfest.bsky.social #histfest2026 #histfest #history #historyfestival

Raksha Dave and Jess Venner onstage at HistFest

Now it’s time for Raksha Dave and Dr Jess Venner

Photo of Prof. Michael Scott talking at HistFest

Professor Michael Scott speaking about Themistocles

Day 1 of another awesome @histfest.bsky.social with an amazing looking programme S/o to @rebeccarideal.bsky.social & her awesome team! @britishlibrary.bsky.social #histfest2026 #histfest #history #historyfestival

Check out the @histassoc.bsky.social stall at @histfest.bsky.social Join up for talks, courses, podcasts, events and a great historical community!
#histfest2026 #histfest #history #historicalassociation

Tomorrow! 💪🏻

Dressing up in historical costumes for HistFest is not compulsory but IS recommended (by me). Very excited about the bag of absurd 1980s outfits I've just packed. I AM HISTORY ✨

Can't join us at the British Library? We're also very MODERN, it's all online!

histfest.org/histfest-2026/

An image advertising HistFest 2026 at the British library from 18th to 19th April. The picture has a grey background and various speaker headshots, including Ruth Goodman, Greg Jenner, Saara El-Arifi, Michael Palin, Raksha Dave and Jess Venner.

📣 LAST CHANCE TO GET TICKETS TO HISTFEST 2026!

BRITISH LIBRARY | 18-19 APRIL

There’s still time to grab your tickets to the most exciting history festival in London. Speakers include Sir Michael Palin, Ruth Goodman, Raksha Dave, Greg Jenner and many more!

BOOK NOW! histfest.org/histfest-2026/

An image advertising HistFest 2026 at the British library from 18th to 19th April. The picture has a grey background and various speaker headshots, including Ruth Goodman, Greg Jenner, Saara El-Arifi, Michael Palin, Raksha Dave and Jess Venner.

📣 LAST CHANCE TO GET TICKETS TO HISTFEST 2026!

BRITISH LIBRARY | 18-19 APRIL

There’s still time to grab your tickets to the most exciting history festival in London. Speakers include Sir Michael Palin, Ruth Goodman, Raksha Dave, Greg Jenner and many more!

BOOK NOW! histfest.org/histfest-2026/

Event image Text: Sir Michael Palin: Travels Through Time. 5PM, SUN 19 APRIL | BRITISH LIBRARY. In conversation with Rebecca Rideal. HistFest 2026. Image: An image of Michael Palin against a blue background. (Image credit (c) John Swannell

Event image Text: THE BRONTE SISTERS. 3PM, SUN 19 APRIL | BRITISH LIBRARY. GREG JENNER IN CONVERSATION WITH DR TARA PURI AND ESSIE FOX. HISTFEST 2026. Image: Headshots of Greg Jenner, Tara Puri and Essie Fox against a background of heather.

Event image Text: THE LOG BOOKS: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened. 1PM, SUN 19 APRIL | BRITISH LIBRARY. DAN VO IN CONVERSATION WITH TASH WALKER AND ADAM ZMITH. HISTFEST 2026. Image: Headshots of Tash Walker, Adam Zmith and Dan Vo against an orange background.

Text: BIRTH, MOTHERHOOD AND CUSTODY: AN UNTOLD HISTORY. 11AM, SUN 19 APRIL | BRITISH LIBRARY. PROF. PRAGYA AGARWAL IN CONVERSATIONff WITH LUCY INGLIS AND PROF. LARA FEIGEL. HISTFEST 2026. Image: Headshots of Lucy Inglis, Pragya Agarwal and Lara Feigel against a purple, yellow and pink background.

📣 LAST FEW TICKETS!!

There’s still time to grab one of the last few tickets to HistFest 2026. Saturday has SOLD OUT, but you can still join us on Sunday 19 April for a raft of fascinating events, including…

SIR MICHAEL PALIN: TRAVELS THROUGH TIME.

Book now histfest.org/histfest-2026/

If you love history and can get to London this weekend, come and join us! There are a tiny number of in-person tickets remaining. ⬇️⬇️

Event image Text: Sir Michael Palin: Travels Through Time. 5PM, SUN 19 APRIL | BRITISH LIBRARY. In conversation with Rebecca Rideal. HistFest 2026. Image: An image of Michael Palin against a blue background. (Image credit (c) John Swannell

Event image Text: THE BRONTE SISTERS. 3PM, SUN 19 APRIL | BRITISH LIBRARY. GREG JENNER IN CONVERSATION WITH DR TARA PURI AND ESSIE FOX. HISTFEST 2026. Image: Headshots of Greg Jenner, Tara Puri and Essie Fox against a background of heather.

Event image Text: THE LOG BOOKS: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened. 1PM, SUN 19 APRIL | BRITISH LIBRARY. DAN VO IN CONVERSATION WITH TASH WALKER AND ADAM ZMITH. HISTFEST 2026. Image: Headshots of Tash Walker, Adam Zmith and Dan Vo against an orange background.

Text: BIRTH, MOTHERHOOD AND CUSTODY: AN UNTOLD HISTORY. 11AM, SUN 19 APRIL | BRITISH LIBRARY. PROF. PRAGYA AGARWAL IN CONVERSATIONff WITH LUCY INGLIS AND PROF. LARA FEIGEL. HISTFEST 2026. Image: Headshots of Lucy Inglis, Pragya Agarwal and Lara Feigel against a purple, yellow and pink background.

📣 LAST FEW TICKETS!!

There’s still time to grab one of the last few tickets to HistFest 2026. Saturday has SOLD OUT, but you can still join us on Sunday 19 April for a raft of fascinating events, including…

SIR MICHAEL PALIN: TRAVELS THROUGH TIME.

Book now histfest.org/histfest-2026/

An image advertising HistFest 2026 at the British library from 18th to 19th April. The picture has a grey background and various speaker headshots, including Ruth Goodman, Greg Jenner, Saara El-Arifi, Michael Palin, Raksha Dave and Jess Venner.

📣 LESS THAN TWO WEEKS UNTIL HISTFEST 2026!

BRITISH LIBRARY | 18-19 APRIL

There’s still time to grab your tickets to the most exciting history festival in London. Speakers include Sir Michael Palin, Ruth Goodman, Raksha Dave, Greg Jenner and many more!

BOOK NOW! histfest.org/histfest-2026/

THEMISTOCLES – THE RISE AND FALL OF ATHENS’S NAVAL MASTERMIND

1PM, SAT 18 APRIL | BRITISH LIBRARY

Join Prof. Michael Scott for a special lecture exploring the real life and later legend of Themistocles - one of ancient Greece’s greatest heroes.

Part of #HistFest2026. histfest.org/histfest-2026/

An image advertising HistFest 2026 at the British library from 18th to 19th April. The picture has a grey background and various speaker headshots, including Ruth Goodman, Greg Jenner, Saara El-Arifi, Michael Palin, Raksha Dave and Jess Venner.

📣 LESS THAN TWO WEEKS UNTIL HISTFEST 2026!

BRITISH LIBRARY | 18-19 APRIL

There’s still time to grab your tickets to the most exciting history festival in London. Speakers include Sir Michael Palin, Ruth Goodman, Raksha Dave, Greg Jenner and many more!

BOOK NOW! histfest.org/histfest-2026/

Ten days until HISTFEST! Michael Palin! Learn about a 1970s queer phone line, Cleopatra, Themistocles (me neither, should be interesting!), giving birth, being Ruth Goodman, the Brontes and more! Ask me where the toilets are! Michael Palin might ask me where the toilets are! ANYTHING could happen!

An image advertising HistFest 2026 at the British library from 18th to 19th April. The picture has a grey background and various speaker headshots, including Ruth Goodman, Greg Jenner, Saara El-Arifi, Michael Palin, Raksha Dave and Jess Venner.

📣 HISTFEST 2026

BRITISH LIBRARY | 18-19 APRIL

There’s still time to grab your tickets to the most exciting history festival in London. Speakers include Sir Michael Palin, Ruth Goodman, Raksha Dave, Greg Jenner and many more!

BOOK NOW! histfest.org/histfest-2026/

Text: LIVING HISTORY WITH RUTH GOODMAN. 5PM, SAT 18 APRIL | BRITISH LIBRARY. Chaired by Dr Wanda Wyporska. HistFest 2026.

📣 LIVING HISTORY WITH RUTH GOODMAN

5PM, SAT 18 APRIL | BRITISH LIBRARY

Join Ruth Goodman for a riveting journey into the history of the domestic sphere - From Tudor times to the Victorian period. In conversation with Dr Wanda Wyporska.

Part of #HistFest2026 histfest.org/histfest-2026/

I’ll be hosting a fab conversation about the Brontës… also, MICHAEL PALIN!!

Text: LIVING HISTORY WITH RUTH GOODMAN. 5PM, SAT 18 APRIL | BRITISH LIBRARY. Chaired by Dr Wanda Wyporska. HistFest 2026.

📣 LIVING HISTORY WITH RUTH GOODMAN

5PM, SAT 18 APRIL | BRITISH LIBRARY

Join Ruth Goodman for a riveting journey into the history of the domestic sphere - From Tudor times to the Victorian period. In conversation with Dr Wanda Wyporska.

Part of #HistFest2026 histfest.org/histfest-2026/

An image advertising HistFest 2026 at the British library from 18th to 19th April. The picture has a grey background and various speaker headshots, including Ruth Goodman, Greg Jenner, Saara El-Arifi, Michael Palin, Raksha Dave and Jess Venner.

📣 HISTFEST 2026

BRITISH LIBRARY | 18-19 APRIL

There’s still time to grab your tickets to the most exciting history festival in London. Speakers include Sir Michael Palin, Ruth Goodman, Raksha Dave, Greg Jenner and many more!

BOOK NOW! histfest.org/histfest-2026/