Doc Sarah Lonsdale
@sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social
Mostly books, history & nature. Politics, 48%. Lecturer, History of journalism at City University, London. My new book, Wildly Different, about women and the wild is out in the wild!
A Financial Times "Best Books" Summer 2025
Wrestling with another one
A Financial Times "Best Books" Summer 2025
Wrestling with another one
Pinned
Women's History Month - Evelyn Cheesman - Manchester University Press
To mark Women’s History Month and the publication of her new book Wildly different, we asked historian Sarah Lonsdale to profile the five pioneering women she focuses on, bringing their fascinating st...
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Who wants to read about the first woman keeper of insects at London Zoo, and how she cut her way out of a giant spider's web with her nail file? Evelyn Cheesman, the second of the five women in my book:
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/03...
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/03...
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The Trump Doctrine: Petulant Isolationism - my latest at Conflict & Democracy htsf.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
The Trump Doctrine: Petulant Isolationism
The US National Security Strategy is Trump's contribution to global chaos. Europe must unite or die...
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December 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The Trump Doctrine: Petulant Isolationism - my latest at Conflict & Democracy htsf.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
My essay on things found in second hand books: you can now read a little bit online before you have to login/subscribe...but it's a lovely magazine and perfect to curl up with on a winter's evening:
Sarah Lonsdale | The Secret Life of Second-hand Books | Slightly Foxed share.google/Rohh31Etvvux...
Sarah Lonsdale | The Secret Life of Second-hand Books | Slightly Foxed share.google/Rohh31Etvvux...
December 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
My essay on things found in second hand books: you can now read a little bit online before you have to login/subscribe...but it's a lovely magazine and perfect to curl up with on a winter's evening:
Sarah Lonsdale | The Secret Life of Second-hand Books | Slightly Foxed share.google/Rohh31Etvvux...
Sarah Lonsdale | The Secret Life of Second-hand Books | Slightly Foxed share.google/Rohh31Etvvux...
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Iran’s record drought and cheap fuel have sparked an #airpollution crisis – but the real causes run much deeper
By @sanammahoozi.bsky.social et al
@theconversation.com
theconversation.com/irans-record...
By @sanammahoozi.bsky.social et al
@theconversation.com
theconversation.com/irans-record...
Iran’s record drought and cheap fuel have sparked an air pollution crisis – but the real causes run much deeper
Schools are closing and hospitals are admitting patients suffering from lung diseases as Tehran and other Iranian cities face a severe air pollution crisis.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Iran’s record drought and cheap fuel have sparked an #airpollution crisis – but the real causes run much deeper
By @sanammahoozi.bsky.social et al
@theconversation.com
theconversation.com/irans-record...
By @sanammahoozi.bsky.social et al
@theconversation.com
theconversation.com/irans-record...
Sky doing some amazing chromatic leaps, even as the colour seeps from the wintry land
December 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Sky doing some amazing chromatic leaps, even as the colour seeps from the wintry land
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Starmer needs to find the courage to follow his arguments about the failures and costs of Brexit to their logical conclusion. His recent foreign policy speech fell short by continuing to gloss over hard truths, and pretend Britain can keep muddling through.
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Starmer needs to find the courage to follow his arguments about the failures and costs of Brexit to their logical conclusion. His recent foreign policy speech fell short by continuing to gloss over hard truths, and pretend Britain can keep muddling through.
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I can't get enough of this STUNNING image of spider silk (by Martin J. Ramirez, winner of the Royal Society Photography prize)
December 5, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I can't get enough of this STUNNING image of spider silk (by Martin J. Ramirez, winner of the Royal Society Photography prize)
It may have been a freezing night under the bright full moon, but at Westwell Vineyard we had a ball. Thank you to everyone who braved the frost to hear about the inspirational women in Wildly Different. Particularly of Evelyn Cheesman who grew up in Westwell and whose love of nature was born here.
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It may have been a freezing night under the bright full moon, but at Westwell Vineyard we had a ball. Thank you to everyone who braved the frost to hear about the inspirational women in Wildly Different. Particularly of Evelyn Cheesman who grew up in Westwell and whose love of nature was born here.
161 musical genres. So many Spotify can't define me. I'll take that
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
161 musical genres. So many Spotify can't define me. I'll take that
"We have them in our bones
Ten thousand miles of stones
Moraine, debris and scree.
As many, could be twice
Over the fissured ice."
Beautiful love poem by I A Richards to his wife Dorothy Pilley, when both accepted they are too old for the mountains. Here they are leaping glacial crevasse together.
Ten thousand miles of stones
Moraine, debris and scree.
As many, could be twice
Over the fissured ice."
Beautiful love poem by I A Richards to his wife Dorothy Pilley, when both accepted they are too old for the mountains. Here they are leaping glacial crevasse together.
December 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"We have them in our bones
Ten thousand miles of stones
Moraine, debris and scree.
As many, could be twice
Over the fissured ice."
Beautiful love poem by I A Richards to his wife Dorothy Pilley, when both accepted they are too old for the mountains. Here they are leaping glacial crevasse together.
Ten thousand miles of stones
Moraine, debris and scree.
As many, could be twice
Over the fissured ice."
Beautiful love poem by I A Richards to his wife Dorothy Pilley, when both accepted they are too old for the mountains. Here they are leaping glacial crevasse together.
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We received a very lovely, generous donation of knitted winter hats so we've made a Winter Warmer Tree to go along with our Winter Coat Rail. 🧶
Anyone needing a cosy hat can take what they need, and if anyone has any spare hats or gloves they can add them to the tree! ❤️
#LoveLibraries
Anyone needing a cosy hat can take what they need, and if anyone has any spare hats or gloves they can add them to the tree! ❤️
#LoveLibraries
December 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
We received a very lovely, generous donation of knitted winter hats so we've made a Winter Warmer Tree to go along with our Winter Coat Rail. 🧶
Anyone needing a cosy hat can take what they need, and if anyone has any spare hats or gloves they can add them to the tree! ❤️
#LoveLibraries
Anyone needing a cosy hat can take what they need, and if anyone has any spare hats or gloves they can add them to the tree! ❤️
#LoveLibraries
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Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
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Cover reveal for my new book! It's really beautiful. TOGETHERNESS is out next year!
December 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Cover reveal for my new book! It's really beautiful. TOGETHERNESS is out next year!
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When does a person die? We know when the body dies--but when does one's identity die? This little novel is Jules Romain's attempt to answer those questions.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
When does a person die? We know when the body dies--but when does one's identity die? This little novel is Jules Romain's attempt to answer those questions.
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Ffs.. so we really need to do this…?
Why can’t men, police other men, and step in when abuses take place. 🤷♀️😡
Why can’t men, police other men, and step in when abuses take place. 🤷♀️😡
December 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Ffs.. so we really need to do this…?
Why can’t men, police other men, and step in when abuses take place. 🤷♀️😡
Why can’t men, police other men, and step in when abuses take place. 🤷♀️😡
Chris Mason should now resign
UK Politics: OBR says Reeves did not mislead public over Budget forecasts - on.ft.com/4p7SnqF via @FT
UK Politics: OBR says Reeves did not mislead public over Budget forecasts - on.ft.com/4p7SnqF via @FT
December 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Chris Mason should now resign
UK Politics: OBR says Reeves did not mislead public over Budget forecasts - on.ft.com/4p7SnqF via @FT
UK Politics: OBR says Reeves did not mislead public over Budget forecasts - on.ft.com/4p7SnqF via @FT
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He wasn't actually due to resign until an hour later
December 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
He wasn't actually due to resign until an hour later
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The rich did not like the budget. So are we going to have months of the right wing media lead by The Mail, Telegraph and #BBCLaurak attacking it?
November 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The rich did not like the budget. So are we going to have months of the right wing media lead by The Mail, Telegraph and #BBCLaurak attacking it?
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So here's a thing. I help run my local food bank, and we're doing this: 12 Days of Christmas Giving.
It's the busiest time of year for us and we have to build up our stocks right through December.
I know you're not in N4, but all food banks are in the same boat, so if you can help please do! 🙏🎄
It's the busiest time of year for us and we have to build up our stocks right through December.
I know you're not in N4, but all food banks are in the same boat, so if you can help please do! 🙏🎄
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
So here's a thing. I help run my local food bank, and we're doing this: 12 Days of Christmas Giving.
It's the busiest time of year for us and we have to build up our stocks right through December.
I know you're not in N4, but all food banks are in the same boat, so if you can help please do! 🙏🎄
It's the busiest time of year for us and we have to build up our stocks right through December.
I know you're not in N4, but all food banks are in the same boat, so if you can help please do! 🙏🎄
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Tom Stoppard was just one of many C19/ C20 writers who started out on local newspapers. The long list includes Graham Greene, J. M. Barrie, Monica Dickens, Arnold Bennett, Michael Frayn....now that local papers barely exist, where will all that latent writing talent be nurtured in future?
#booksky
#booksky
November 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Tom Stoppard was just one of many C19/ C20 writers who started out on local newspapers. The long list includes Graham Greene, J. M. Barrie, Monica Dickens, Arnold Bennett, Michael Frayn....now that local papers barely exist, where will all that latent writing talent be nurtured in future?
#booksky
#booksky
After we've seen what's happening in the US, the British electorate would have to be stark staring bonkers to vote for Farage
“Byline Times can reveal that Farage’s benefactor is a pro-Trump political lobbyist embedded in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 ecosystem – the US conservative plan to dismantle climate policy, rights for women and ethnic minorities, and democratic safeguards”
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
Nigel Farage's 'Project 2029': The Pro-Trump Lobbyist Pushing His Agenda Into the UK
A Trump-aligned anti-abortion lobbyist who hosted Nigel Farage's meeting with a 6 January rioter in Florida has been funding and advising the Reform leader while pushing Project 2025’s hard-right agen...
bylinetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
After we've seen what's happening in the US, the British electorate would have to be stark staring bonkers to vote for Farage
Whisper it... something positive about the Budget
November 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Whisper it... something positive about the Budget
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It’s an indictment of our media that more time is being spent on whether Reeves lied about the need to raise taxes than on the actual substance of the policies announced on Wednesday.
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
It’s an indictment of our media that more time is being spent on whether Reeves lied about the need to raise taxes than on the actual substance of the policies announced on Wednesday.
Tom Stoppard was just one of many C19/ C20 writers who started out on local newspapers. The long list includes Graham Greene, J. M. Barrie, Monica Dickens, Arnold Bennett, Michael Frayn....now that local papers barely exist, where will all that latent writing talent be nurtured in future?
#booksky
#booksky
November 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Tom Stoppard was just one of many C19/ C20 writers who started out on local newspapers. The long list includes Graham Greene, J. M. Barrie, Monica Dickens, Arnold Bennett, Michael Frayn....now that local papers barely exist, where will all that latent writing talent be nurtured in future?
#booksky
#booksky
This is so very, very sad. I can't imagine being so alienated from something that I've chosen to do and paid to do. I noticed this particularly immediately after covid, but certainly, in my experience, the last couple of undergrad intakes seem to be a little better.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is so very, very sad. I can't imagine being so alienated from something that I've chosen to do and paid to do. I noticed this particularly immediately after covid, but certainly, in my experience, the last couple of undergrad intakes seem to be a little better.
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Doodles for Hong Kong 🇭🇰
In response to the tragic Tai Po fire, I'm doing charity commissions. Anyone who puts over £25/250HKD into "Feeding Hong Kong" or Hong Kong SPCA can request a coloured doodle of any prehistoric animal 🙏
In response to the tragic Tai Po fire, I'm doing charity commissions. Anyone who puts over £25/250HKD into "Feeding Hong Kong" or Hong Kong SPCA can request a coloured doodle of any prehistoric animal 🙏
November 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Doodles for Hong Kong 🇭🇰
In response to the tragic Tai Po fire, I'm doing charity commissions. Anyone who puts over £25/250HKD into "Feeding Hong Kong" or Hong Kong SPCA can request a coloured doodle of any prehistoric animal 🙏
In response to the tragic Tai Po fire, I'm doing charity commissions. Anyone who puts over £25/250HKD into "Feeding Hong Kong" or Hong Kong SPCA can request a coloured doodle of any prehistoric animal 🙏