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Jane Dismore @janedismore.bsky.social · Aug 25

Pleased that, as well as the usual places, my bk No Country for a Woman: The Adventurous Life of Lady Dorothy Mills, Explorer & Writer is also on sale at Rosemoor, the famed gardens. Why? Lady D was the half-sister of Lady Anne Berry who gave Rosemoor to the RHS in 1988 (as the notice says) #History

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Jane Dismore @janedismore.bsky.social · Jun 22

On 22 June 1916 in #WWI Lady 'Dolly' Walpole marries Capt Arthur Mills. Her ring's made from the bullet that wounded him. He's clever & brave but has no money: Dolly's father disinherits her. She becomes a famed explorer & writer. My book No Country for a Woman pub. The History Press #women #History

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Martha Dunlop @marthadunlop.bsky.social · May 23

Loved this talk, Only a Girl, Writing Women into History by biographers @janedismore.bsky.social and Deborah Spring chaired by Kate Griffin. The books sound fascinating. I can't wait to read them. #booksky

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Jane Dismore @janedismore.bsky.social · May 23

I really enjoyed doing this talk with fellow biographer @dspring.bsky.social expertly chaired by historical novelist @kategriffin.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social St Albans. Thank you @marthadunlop.bsky.social for this excellent film! #History #women

Martha Dunlop @marthadunlop.bsky.social · May 23

Loved this talk, Only a Girl, Writing Women into History by biographers @janedismore.bsky.social and Deborah Spring chaired by Kate Griffin. The books sound fascinating. I can't wait to read them. #booksky

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Jane Dismore @janedismore.bsky.social · May 23

I really enjoyed doing this talk with fellow biographer @dspring.bsky.social expertly chaired by historical novelist @kategriffin.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social St Albans. Thank you @marthadunlop.bsky.social for this excellent film! #History #women

Martha Dunlop @marthadunlop.bsky.social · May 23

Loved this talk, Only a Girl, Writing Women into History by biographers @janedismore.bsky.social and Deborah Spring chaired by Kate Griffin. The books sound fascinating. I can't wait to read them. #booksky

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Jane Dismore @janedismore.bsky.social · May 21

Looking forward to speaking at this tomorrow eve, Thurs 22 May @waterstones.bsky.social St Albans, with fellow biographer @dspring.bsky.social and chaired by @kateagriffin.bsky.social Our books are the first on our chosen women. See you there! #History #women

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Jane Dismore @janedismore.bsky.social · May 15

Always good to see your book 'in the wild'. Here it's @hatchards.bsky.social Piccadilly. 'Mills was a pioneer....It is hard not to like the figure who emerges from these entertaining pages'. (Spectator). No Country for a Woman: The Adventurous Life of Lady Dorothy Mills, Explorer & Writer. #History

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Deborah Spring @dspring.bsky.social · May 13

‘Only a Girl’? Writing Women into History with @janedismore.bsky.social @kateagriffin.bsky.social and me, coming soon on 22 May, Waterstones St Albans www.waterstones.com/events/only-...
#StAlbans #WomensHistory

'Only A Girl?': Writing Women Into History | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about 'Only A Girl?': Writing Women Into History today.

www.waterstones.com

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Jane Dismore @janedismore.bsky.social · Apr 24

Good to see my book No Country for a Woman: The Adventurous Life of Lady Dorothy Mills 'out there'
@waterstones.bsky.social Gower St. London. Thanks to the kind assistant who took me to to it: I was looking in #Biography but it was in Exploration- fair enough, as Dolly was an explorer! #History

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Martha Dunlop @marthadunlop.bsky.social · Apr 25

I loved visiting the Tarot Origins and Afterlife Exhibition at the Warburg Institute in London yesterday. It was amazing to steep myself in #tarot history for a couple of hours, and to see the really old cards. Some were from the 1400s and predated the Major and Minor Arcana.

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Jane Dismore @janedismore.bsky.social · Apr 24

Today saw the fascinating exhibition Tarot: Origins & Afterlives at the Warburg Institute, London, about the Tarot's long history. This pic is of a card from the world's oldest surviving complete deck, c. 1490. I was with #author @marthadunlop.bsky.social whose wide knowledge of #tarot helped.

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Jane Dismore @janedismore.bsky.social · Apr 24

Good to see my book No Country for a Woman: The Adventurous Life of Lady Dorothy Mills 'out there'
@waterstones.bsky.social Gower St. London. Thanks to the kind assistant who took me to to it: I was looking in #Biography but it was in Exploration- fair enough, as Dolly was an explorer! #History

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Ann Kennedy Smith @akennedysmith.bsky.social · Apr 16

If you're anywhere near St Albans on 22 May, don't miss this. Two brilliant biographers @janedismore.bsky.social and Deborah Spring will be discussing their recent work, and writing women into history.

Jane Dismore @janedismore.bsky.social · Apr 10

Excited to be talking on 22 May @waterstones.bsky.social St Albans w/biographer Deborah Spring on 'Only a girl? Writing women into history.' Tickets:
www.waterstones.com/events/only-a-girl-writing-women-into-history/st-albanswww.waterstones.com/events/only-a-girl-writing-women-into-history/st-albans

'Only A Girl?': Writing Women Into History | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about 'Only A Girl?': Writing Women Into History today.

www.waterstones.com

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Jane Dismore @janedismore.bsky.social · Apr 10

Excited to be talking on 22 May @waterstones.bsky.social St Albans w/biographer Deborah Spring on 'Only a girl? Writing women into history.' Tickets:
www.waterstones.com/events/only-a-girl-writing-women-into-history/st-albanswww.waterstones.com/events/only-a-girl-writing-women-into-history/st-albans

'Only A Girl?': Writing Women Into History | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about 'Only A Girl?': Writing Women Into History today.

www.waterstones.com

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Jane Dismore @janedismore.bsky.social · Apr 10

Excited to be talking on 22 May @waterstones.bsky.social St Albans w/biographer Deborah Spring on 'Only a girl? Writing women into history.' Tickets:
www.waterstones.com/events/only-a-girl-writing-women-into-history/st-albanswww.waterstones.com/events/only-a-girl-writing-women-into-history/st-albans

'Only A Girl?': Writing Women Into History | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about 'Only A Girl?': Writing Women Into History today.

www.waterstones.com

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J.S. Watts @j-s-watts.bsky.social · Apr 6

I'm delighted to be May's Guest Poet at Bedford's longstanding Ouse Muse poetry night. www.jswatts.co.uk/2025/04/ouse... #poetry #OuseMuse #Bedford

Ouse Muse - Musing in May

writer, author, poet

www.jswatts.co.uk

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Jane Dismore @janedismore.bsky.social · Apr 7

In April 1925, Lady Dorothy Mills is in Tel Aviv & witnesses Lord Balfour open the 1st Hebrew University. Thousands gather to see him. 'Never,' she writes, 'have I seen, heard & actually felt such a fierce fervour'. Dissent too. More in my bk pub. The History Press. On sale in #USA in Nov. #History

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Jane Dismore @janedismore.bsky.social · Apr 3

Springtime visit to Wimpole Hall, Cambs, built 17th century. Owners included earls of Hardwicke. Its last private owner was Elsie Bambridge, daughter of Rudyard Kipling. She bought it in 1930s w/husb George. Here's their grave. He died 1943, she 1976, giving it @nationaltrust.bsky.social #History

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Jane Dismore @janedismore.bsky.social · Apr 4

In 1931, Lady 'Dolly' Mills said if she won £££ she would 'contemplate fitting out an expedition to the moon. I know all the scientists are against me, but I believe it could be done.' Today she'd make sure she was w/the #women on #BlueOrigin (Photo: Elle) My book pub. The History Press #History

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Jane Dismore @janedismore.bsky.social · Apr 3

Springtime visit to Wimpole Hall, Cambs, built 17th century. Owners included earls of Hardwicke. Its last private owner was Elsie Bambridge, daughter of Rudyard Kipling. She bought it in 1930s w/husb George. Here's their grave. He died 1943, she 1976, giving it @nationaltrust.bsky.social #History

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Jane Dismore @janedismore.bsky.social · Apr 2

My book also has chapters on the current duchesses' choice of a favourite predecessor, so there's much family history too.

Jane Dismore @janedismore.bsky.social · Apr 2

I interviewed Eleanor, the Duchess of Argyll, for my book Duchesses: Living in 21st Century Britain (2014). I'd visited Inveraray before, but met her at her London home. #History #Scotland #biography

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Jane Dismore @janedismore.bsky.social · Apr 1

Lady Dorothy Mills was born into the political & literary Walpole family. Her father was an English earl, her mother, Louise, the daughter of a #US railroad magnate. My feature in the current @theamericanmag.bsky.social looks at the #American connection in my book . #History #Biography #books

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Jane Dismore @janedismore.bsky.social · Apr 1

Lady Dorothy Mills was born into the political & literary Walpole family. Her father was an English earl, her mother, Louise, the daughter of a #US railroad magnate. My feature in the current @theamericanmag.bsky.social looks at the #American connection in my book . #History #Biography #books

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Jane Dismore @janedismore.bsky.social · Mar 26

Great to have my launch event at the lovely Holt Bookshop in #Norfolk where Lady 'Dolly' Mills grew up. It's the 1st book about this explorer & writer who was huge in the 1920s/30s. The Spectator: 'It is hard not to like the figure who emerges from these entertaining pages'. #History #books #travel

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