Anne Hathaway bought the rights to a novel about a tradwife influencer who wakes up in 1855 and has to actually live the life she's been selling online. The book is called Yesteryear. It came out 3 days ago. The film rights were already sold to Hathaway, who will produce and star.
Holy shit, I have NEVER been more excited for a movie.
I suspect the body had been something like a medical specimen, but why hide it in the attic? And if it was found there, the natural instinct would be to bury it.
And might I also add, people hiding bodies in their homes seems to have been a bit of a thing in the summer of 1910. This was roughly a month before Belle Elmore’s remains were found in Crippen’s cellar.
Sophie, that was my thought too. Body was probably a medical specimen or something similar, but why hide it in the attic?
Every fibre of my social historian’s being is twitching at this story…
But speaking as someone who grew up with bears, believe me you don’t want to be on a small island with them.
Team boar.
Why is this even a poll?
image from inside Artemis II text: i need more men to understand that two men crying and hugging in space after one of them announced they were naming a moon crater after the other one's late wife is actually what peak masculinity looks like.
In a world of madness, the faces of London’s first fire brigade have been discovered.Their identities have been paired with documents which help to tell their stories.
Forgotten humans, salvaged from history’s silence.
Photos found of London's first public firefighters www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Which is why I am barred from all branches of John Lewis."
This is absolutely fantastic.
ht: @maddenifico.bsky.social
Black and white cover of The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper. Hallie Rubenhold
I read this in the spring. It's a really powerful account of a group of women whose lives have barely registered in the dominant cultural narrative about Victorian London: _The Five_ by @hallierubenhold.bsky.social
except that at first glance, I thought that was Liz Truss.
And if you forgot it was April Fool’s Day, you’re welcome.
No one needs April Fool’s Day in a world of fake news.
Indeed.
Yes, a handful of people sit on those sites and remove any references to my research when they appear, usually within 60 mins.
This is a lovely idea and I hope they’re successful, but at the end of the article they still suggest she paid her rent through sex work, of which there’s absolutely no evidence. Some myths die hard. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wonderful evening at St Martin in the Fields listening to @hallierubenhold.bsky.social discuss a range of topics related to her books as part of “The Conversation” series. My main takeaway is the affection for London, its places and people that she has.
Wonderful news!
Another nightmare evening in Dystopia Central
even better!
Be prepared for a 50 min wait time. Last time I was on hold with them for that long, I wanted to strangle the person who put ‘thank you in advance’ in their passive-aggressive script.
It’s like the person who wrote that ad couldn’t figure out how we filled our time without social media. We just all must have had spare hours in the day when we collectively stared into space, waiting for apps to be invented.
I remember being a lot more productive without always checking my phone. I remember turning up to meet a friend on time and if they didn’t turn up, you’d either leave or go to a pay phone and find out where they were. I remember racing home to watch certain TV shows at set times. The analog days.
