Two new additions to the Elizabeth Treffry Collection.
‘Granite Land’. by Jenny Leathes, a photographic study of the granite of Cornwall, showing, in detail and up close, the beauty of the bones of the land. Granite is everywhere we look here in Cornwall,...
View ArticleGetting women’s history out of the ghetto
Our review of an important volume of essays on the impact of the Suffrage Movement on British politics after 1918 has just come out in the Institute of Historical Research’s Reviews in History. One of...
View ArticleWe need more women in Science and Engineering!
Why? Because our whole world – our bodies, our environment, climate, travel, food, clothing, medicine, entertainment, travel, communication – all is science. When we think of technology, how much do we...
View ArticleHypatia Trust Sponsored Walk 2014
Help us encourage students to document the world around them. Through a sponsored walk in September 2014 we are hoping to raise enough money to buy some digital cameras for use in a workshop for...
View ArticleGender Bias in Scientific Careers
Gender bias exists whether we recognise it or not- the evidence is staggering. I have been asked to write a series of posts looking at some of the evidence and how this is impacting women in science. I...
View ArticleRotary Ramble – finished!
Thank you to all who generously sponsored me on the recent Rotary Club Ramble. The weather was excellent – sunny, warm, with a nice breeze, and the views of the coast and cliffs were stunning. I...
View ArticleWords in the Air poetry app
Update for National Poetry Day, October 2014 Words in Air App Words in Air is a new app that offers you a unique way into poetry: poetry-in-place, in the palm of your hand. Enjoy a poem instantly, on...
View ArticleHypatia Trust and The Friends of the Morrab Gardens: Joint project
Hypatia-in-the-Gardens: A partnership project between the Friends of the Morrab Gardens & The Hypatia Trust Objectives: To re-vitalize & make operational the Old Stables of Morrab House, Morrab...
View ArticleDreadnought Southwest’s new Production!
Dreadnought Southwest’s new production! As we approach the general election, Dreadnought South West Association is going on the road with a new play – ‘The Orchard’ – starting in Redruth on 2nd March....
View ArticleGranite Land
An Exhibit of Photographs by Jenny Leathes, ARPS, MA 1960-2014 Saturday, March 14- March 28, 10 am-4pm Helston Museum Jenny Leathes was an extraordinary woman with a passion for life and all it...
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