I have been doing all the last-minute tweaks to Vol 1 of The Notts Queer History Project book - referencing, spell checks, screaming....the usual.... It is ready for a final read-through by my partner and then it's over to Five Leaves Bookshop It's currently 102,737 words....

"Trent Poly" is the giveaway... Pathfinder was and is the publishing wing of the (American) Socialist Workers Party. Those working at the bookshop included Rose Knight and Nick Beeton. Rose was one of those who set up the women's liberation movement in Nottingham.

Regime change begins at home. Nottingham exhibition remembers 2003 anti-war actions SparrowsNestLibrary People's Histreh peacenews.info/node/10751/reg…

Our Regime Change Begins at Home exhibition is in the latest peace_news

Peace News October 2023 [paper version] : Regime change begins at home. Nottingham exhibition remembers 2003 anti-war actions SparrowsNestLibrary People's Histreh peacenews.info/node/10751/reg…

Next week I’ll be speaking at Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN history week. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈📚 Wednesday 25th October 5-6pm Humanities, Beeston Lane, University Park Campus West Writing a Queer History of Nottingham: Archival and Oral History in Publication with CJ DeBarra

Nottinghamshire, Centre of the LGBT Universe Rainbow Heritage The title may be tongue in cheek, but Nottinghamshire does own a surprising number of LGBT "firsts", as this presentation will reveal with examples from the 14th century onwards.

Finally!

Regime change begins at home This photo is from the exhibition, Regime Change Begins at Home – Nottingham Opposition to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, which ran from 21 – 24 September at Broadway Cinema in Nottingham ... 1/5

I absolutely loved joining Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN for History week tonight 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️📚 I was talking about the Queer History Project and the hat has gone into the research for the two books 💀 I can’t wait to launch these two volumes 🤘🏻 July 2024 Five Leaves Bookshop

Way hey! I’m delighted to be back in LeftLion Magazine Nottingham this month with a nice little article on Nottingham’s disco history….I have all this left over information on venues that I can’t always use in the #NottsQueerHistoryProject 🏳️‍🌈 So I put it to good use in the new issue! 🏳️‍⚧️

Call for help from National Coal Mining Museum 👇

We're so excited to introduce you to a brand new collection: the Feminist Archive (East Midlands)! Find out more➡️ blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscripts/20… Nottingham Women's Library @nottswomenscent Nottingham Women's History Group Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN #WeAreUoN #WeArchiveUoN

Our roundup of our 15th year is now online: Blogpost: thesparrowsnest.org.uk/index.php/14-n… Pdf file: thesparrowsnest.org.uk/collections/SN… Many thanks to everyone for all you have done for us this and every year since we first opened in Dec 2008. Look after yourselves and each other. See you in 2024.

#OnThisDay 1984. Nottinghamshire miners vote for a series of rule amendments. The amendments included the deletion of rule 30 of the area constitution, seen as a loosening of ties with the national union.

On Sunday broadway.org.uk/whats-on/women…

Amazingly, over a quarter of the tickets are gone for the Notts Queer History Archive talk at Notts Central Library on Aug 1st! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 I'll be covering 1960-2020, archive updates & how to get involved Grab tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/notts-queer-… All proceeds to Notts LGBT+ Network #QueerHistory

Under the Rainbow exhibition exploring Notts' LGBTQ+ history at Broadway Cinema from 25 July organised by our friends SparrowsNestLibrary thesparrowsnest.org.uk/index.php/13-n…

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