The Inventive Translations of Mary Sidney Herbert

From Slate dot com : It's hard to imagine a modern family as prominent in as many ways as Philip Sidney and his sister, Mary Sidney Herb...

Mary Toft - Bunnies In The Oven

From the Wellcome Library : In November 1726, a woman named Mary Toft was at the center of a public debate that included some eminent physic...

Manchester Female Reformers At Peterloo Massacre

From the Guardian : The  Peterloo massacre    on Monday 16 August 1819 - 193 years ago tomorrow - took place when a peaceful crowd, assemble...

Obit: First IVF Mum Passes Away

From the Mail Online : The mother of the world’s first test-tube baby has died at the age of 64. Lesley Brown made medical history nearly 34...

The "Real" Iron Ladies

From the Chesterfield Post : A group of women who were the 'Real Iron Ladies' during the Miner's strike have taken part in a pro...

Lady Elizabeth Dacre's Erotic Poem

From Huffington Post : A crude love poem written almost 450 years ago by a Roman Catholic woman and sent to a Protestant scholar who served ...

By the Winter Sea

From Skegness Standard : CAMERA crews are set to pop up all over the local area in the coming days after work got underway on a new short fi...

Call The Midwife

From the Guardian : Bedpans, surgical gloves and cries of pain may not sound likely ingredients for the BBC's Sunday evening costume dra...