We are very proud to announce that our doctoral researcher Robin Harragin Hussey has published a chapter, ‘Healing and Holiness in Christian Scientists’ Practice’ in Sarah Harvey and Eileen Barker…Read More >
News and Events
The latest news and events from the Astor project.
A new biography! Amy Gray, Red Duchess: Kitty Atholl A Rebel in Westminster (2025)
Congratulations to Amy Gray on the publication of her (much-needed) new biography, Red Duchess: Kitty Atholl A Rebel in Westminster, published by The History Press (2025). Amy’s book launch is…Read More >
Celebrating the newly restored Long Garden at Cliveden National Trust, by Jacqui Turner
We were delighted to be invited to celebrate the newly restored, fully accessible Long Garden at Cliveden National Trust. Its innovative climate-adaptive planting pays homage to Norah Lindsey’s original early…Read More >
The Inspiration of Winifred Nicholson by Robin Harragin Hussey
As the summer draws to a close, there may still be time to escape to the countryside or see an art exhibition or two. Here, our own Robin Harragin Hussey…Read More >
The Liddesdale by Emily Astor and Jacqui Turner
Emily Astor and Jacqui Turner were delighted to join the fully restored Liddesdale for the return trip to Cliveden following her success at the TRAD boat festival in Henley on…Read More >
My summer in the Astor Papers by Courtney Murch
My summer researching the archives and papers of the first female MP to take her seat in parliament: Nancy Astor and her role in the 1928 Equal Franchise Act at…Read More >
Women firsts in Cabinet: A long view
Labour have won a historic landslide in the 2024 general election, but it is also a historic moment for women in parliament as Rachel Reeves becomes the first female Chancellor…Read More >
‘Who to immortalise as a sculpture? The centenary of suffrage in Britain and competing narratives of women’s emancipation’
I am delighted that an article ‘Who to immortalise as a sculpture? The centenary of suffrage in Britain and competing narratives of women’s emancipation’ by Julie Gottlieb (Professor of Modern…Read More >
Nancy Astor and the Tommies of the First World War: An Image Gallery of Nancy Astor’s Correspondence with Samuel Deans, by Noah Strauss
Nancy Astor and the Tommies of the First World War: An Image Gallery of Nancy Astor’s Correspondence with Samuel Deans, by Noah Strauss First posted on March 31, 2023 by readinghistory…Read More >
Women’s History Month: Jacqui Turner on ‘Nancy Astor’s Legacy’
Many thanks to the University of Reading for this short film on ‘Nancy Astor’s Legacy’: Uni of Reading on Twitter: “Nancy Astor was the first woman MP to take her…Read More >
