I wrote about feeling too financially insecure to have a child, and how people are being priced out of parenthood, for my first Stylist Magazine front cover! 👶💸

stylist.co.uk/long-reads/cos…

I was one of the women who was sent obscene images by this man - alongside Kate Lister and Hallie Rubenhold. We came together to report the abuse and now he’s going to prison. Here’s why these incidents should be reported to the police 👇

inews.co.uk/opinion/man-se…

Brilliantly described in Helen Carr's biography of John of Gaunt.

In good company in the Barbican Library. A John of Gaunt trilogy, featuring myself, Dan Jones and Helen Carr .

My child is suddenly interested in bows and arrows, re-enactment, living history, battle. I feel this is my moment- where do I go?! What is on?!

The countdown has begun to the release of PLAGUE-BUSTERS - an illustrated kids' book about history's deadliest diseases by Adrian Teal 🖌🎨 @[email protected] and me! We've got cholera, smallpox, tuberculosis - oh my! What more could a child want from a book?

Pre-order: amazon.com/Plague-Busters…

My review of Beatrice’s Last Smile by Mark Gregory Pegg in this week’s The Spectator - impeccable prose and a fine example of the possibilities of narrative history. spectator.co.uk/article/from-p…

It was a joy to be invited to talk about the formidable Edward III on Charlie’s excellent and incredibly fun podcast- worth also checking out his back catalogue of interviews with a roster of brilliant historians talking about the best and worst monarchs from 1066 onward.

Have lived my life by that maxim!

Sold

Painfully, embarrassingly, I missed my first flight today- rite of passage or only for the stupid/unlucky? The ignominy of having to put my children back in the car and drive home.

Hands up who took a 'low value degree' & wouldn't be where you are without it. Hands up who thinks EVERY young person should have the opportunity to do the same. Hands up who thinks higher education shouldn't be reduced to 'produces high earners'.

theguardian.com/education/2023…

Life consists largely of tidying up after my children and writing my book, but I occasionally now Thread. threads.net/@helenhcarr Do follow me here!

This is how I picture John of Gaunt in my mind

Delighted! JHSE New Generation Group Jewish Historical Society of England (JHSE) BIAJS

Listening to my girl Hallie Rubenhold talk about reframing the way we perceive women of the past, and cautioning against obsession, even fetishisation of criminal men.

I'm in The Times and The Sunday Times today talking about matrescence, the science of the parental brain, the outdated misnomer of 'baby brain', the existential crisis of motherhood

thetimes.co.uk/article/yes-ha…

A standing ovation for Miri Rubin ended the #mirifest #medievalmattersqmul after she delivered a clarion call for solidarity with colleagues at risk of unemployment at UEA and Kent, and for generosity and collaboration among scholars, esp. ECRs.

#mirifest Dr Joanne Paul

An argument of historians, all in one room Queen Mary University of London but all agreeing on the brilliance of Miri Rubin at the first day of #medievalmatters otherwise known as #mirifest