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Graphic for the Fairbrother Lecture with the title: The woman with the secret typewriter: Class, escapism and empowerment in Mills & Boon.

Join us on 28 April at the #FairbrotherLecture where, drawing on the University's Special Collections, current PhD researcher Vic Pickup will be shining a light on the hidden lives of the women authors of Mills & Boon.

Book your free place now: rdg.ac/3MK1r7g
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Photos from the Fairbrother Lecture

🤩 Here are some more photos from the recent #FairbrotherLecture presented by Henrietta Hammant. It was great to also have fellow PhD researchers Lynn de Miranda, James Kennedy, Shingirirai Hopkins and Ananya Sengupta sharing about their work. 📸 Check out the album! www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...

Wonderful to have Lynn de Miranda, James Kennedy, Shingirirai Hopkins and Ananya Sengupta sharing about their doctoral research at the #FairbrotherLecture

Web of the many different things which make up a hero - in this case Captain Oates

So what makes a hero? A hero is a very complicated idea. I hope I have demonstrated they are part of much broader networks which can stretch back through time. What ultimately makes a hero depends on you and your own values #FairbrotherLecture

Oates’ sleeping bag

Sami people with reindeer

Sketch of sailmakers

Trafalgar House School Cambridge

Oates’ sleeping bag was made from reindeer furs provided by the Sámi people of northern Norway, then then stitched by sailmakers in the UK, probably in Cardiff. A web of indigenous & working class knowledge & skill combined #FairbrotherLecture #SamiPeople #indigenousknowledge

It is easy to think of both Scott and Oates as being heroic figures because they display standard heroic characteristics: bravery, sacrifice, resilience, endurance, putting others first, achieving things that others would not. Is heroism that simple…? #FairbrotherLecture

Captain Oates

“I am just going outside and I may be some time” – Captain Oates’ final, solemn words as he left the tent—choosing to sacrifice himself so his frostbitten leg wouldn’t endanger the team's survival #FairbrotherLecture

Tragedy on the horizon… Robert Falcon Scott, Lawrence Oates and their team set sail on the Terra Nova seeking to be the first to set foot on the virgin territory of the South Pole #FairbrotherLecture #Antarctica #SouthPole

How do museums use objects to tell us stories about the past and how do they shape the way we see the past? Henrietta Hammant opening this year’s #FairbrotherLecture on the making of heroes.

Henrietta Hammant in front of screen in Reading Biscuit Factory

Henrietta Hammant preparing to deliver the 2025 #FairbrotherLecture – The Making of a Hero: Memory and myth in Antarctic exploration #FairbrotherLecture

Image of a man walking into a blizzard. Painting by John Charles Dollman, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons. THE MAKING OF A HERO - MEMORY AND MYTH IN ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION @uor-research.bsky.social

In 1912 Captain Lawrence Oates bravely walked into a blizzard never to return. Join us to explore stories of Antarctic exploration & what shapes our evolving ideas of heroism.

2025 #FairbrotherLecture – 6pm, 29 April #rdguk
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