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