Linking Monday
Feb. 7th, 2022 02:11 amRegency/Victorian diarists
The Life and Loves of Anne Lister: Anne Lister's diary changed the view of Western lesbian history forever.
The Bizarre Victorian Diaries of Cullwick and Munby Arthur Munby was an upper-class man of letters who “collected” working class women, including his servant Hannah Cullwick, whom he married in 1873.
Diaries online: links to Victorian diaries available online
Before the Ouija board: William Rossetti’s diary gives an insight into Victorian séances
James Webb Telescope:
Where is Webb? The latest status of Webb telescope
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission: Live updates
Webb Space Telescope Successfully Sees Its First Glimmer of Light
Life Feature:
Searching for Susy Thunder: In the ’80s, Susan Headley ran with the best of them—phone phreakers, social engineers, and the most notorious computer hackers of the era. Then she disappeared. (tw for sexual assault)
Elizabeth Bisland’s Race Around the World: Elizabeth Bisland was propelled to set out in 1889 - head-to-head with fellow journalist Nellie Bly - on a journey to beat Phileas Fogg's fictitious 80-day circumnavigation of the globe.
The Life and Loves of Anne Lister: Anne Lister's diary changed the view of Western lesbian history forever.
The Bizarre Victorian Diaries of Cullwick and Munby Arthur Munby was an upper-class man of letters who “collected” working class women, including his servant Hannah Cullwick, whom he married in 1873.
Diaries online: links to Victorian diaries available online
Before the Ouija board: William Rossetti’s diary gives an insight into Victorian séances
James Webb Telescope:
Where is Webb? The latest status of Webb telescope
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission: Live updates
Webb Space Telescope Successfully Sees Its First Glimmer of Light
Life Feature:
Searching for Susy Thunder: In the ’80s, Susan Headley ran with the best of them—phone phreakers, social engineers, and the most notorious computer hackers of the era. Then she disappeared. (tw for sexual assault)
Elizabeth Bisland’s Race Around the World: Elizabeth Bisland was propelled to set out in 1889 - head-to-head with fellow journalist Nellie Bly - on a journey to beat Phileas Fogg's fictitious 80-day circumnavigation of the globe.