Writer/textile historian. Like 19thc writers? I've probably written about their pants. Progressive journalism on Bylines Network. Check out Bylines Network’s starter pack to find other Bylines writers! https://penelopehemingway.substack.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/penhemingway.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/penhemingway.bsky.social/post/3mpbna3itf225It started with the dead Romans by our garden wall... https://open.substack.com/pub/penelopehemingway/p/time-warp-part-i-it-started-with27 Jun 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:aamxrofns4cslkfpogtbca7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpbna3itf225https://bsky.app/profile/penhemingway.bsky.social/post/3mio73dc4bs2pJason King (look him up!) or Baphomet. Who wins? You decide. https://penelopehemingway.substack.com/p/the-devils-prayer-book-81a04 Apr 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:aamxrofns4cslkfpogtbca7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mio73dc4bs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/penhemingway.bsky.social/post/3mi5dvxdncs2qA look at York’s 15th century devils. https://penelopehemingway.substack.com/p/the-devils-prayer-book28 Mar 2026 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:aamxrofns4cslkfpogtbca7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi5dvxdncs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/penhemingway.bsky.social/post/3mhaunon3ek24In case yous missed it... Want to know what an American arriving in England in 1839 with 8 tonnes of cargo (including two grizzly bears) has to do with Emily Brontë's 'Wuthering Heights'? Latest piece is out. Do read! https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/.../whitewashing-in.../17 Mar 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:aamxrofns4cslkfpogtbca7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhaunon3ek24https://bsky.app/profile/penhemingway.bsky.social/post/3mghtqx4hoc2aWeird XVIII Moon card in the 17th century Viéville tarot. Why's she there and what's she doing? And why spinning by moonlight was lunacy. https://open.substack.com/pub/penelopehemingway/p/the-moonlit-spinner07 Mar 2026 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:aamxrofns4cslkfpogtbca7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mghtqx4hoc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/penhemingway.bsky.social/post/3mfegawnauc2iIn 1839, a ship docked at Liverpool with an 8 ton cargo including 500 paintings & 2 grizzly bears . Find out what this has to do with whitewashing Heathcliff, here: https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/whitewashing-in-wuthering-heights-the-heathcliff-question/ #yorkshirebylines #wutheringheights21 Feb 2026 10:32 +0000at://did:plc:aamxrofns4cslkfpogtbca7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfegawnauc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/penhemingway.bsky.social/post/3mf52nfs4r22zHere's my review of Emerald Fennell's new 'Wuthering Heights' adaptation. Buckle up. https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/emerald-fennells-wuthering-heights-is-a-febrile-adolescent-dolls-house/18 Feb 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:aamxrofns4cslkfpogtbca7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf52nfs4r22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/penhemingway.bsky.social/post/3mf4qbpsoyc2aIn 1839, a ship docked at Liverpool with an 8 ton cargo including 500 paintings & 2 grizzly bears . Find out what this has to do with whitewashing Heathcliff, here: https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/whitewashing-in-wuthering-heights-the-heathcliff-question/ #yorkshirebylines #wutheringheights18 Feb 2026 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:aamxrofns4cslkfpogtbca7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf4qbpsoyc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/penhemingway.bsky.social/post/3mcuho34nq225Best of Bylines. Glad to see this resonated. https://bylinesnetwork.substack.com/p/best-of-bylines-the-liverpool-victory20 Jan 2026 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:aamxrofns4cslkfpogtbca7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcuho34nq225https://bsky.app/profile/penhemingway.bsky.social/post/3ma6kh4t7222yLatest piece. My kids were on Dale Street that day. A bit of discourse analysis into the right wing press's curiously flowery and flattering language, when mentioning the perpetrator and the far right's "blame the victims" response to the crime: https://northwestbylines.co.uk/lifestyle/sport/the-liverpool-victory-parade-paul-doyle-sentenced/17 Dec 2025 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:aamxrofns4cslkfpogtbca7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma6kh4t7222yhttps://bsky.app/profile/penhemingway.bsky.social/post/3m6wdnk2ks22vFound on eBay, sold by someone flipping random tat. The only extant miniature spinning wheel by Hardys of York, 1824 - 1843, now fully restored. Knew it was good when I saw it but didn't realise it was so important to wheel history. Restoration write-up in 'The Spinning Wheel Sleuth', October, 2025.01 Dec 2025 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:aamxrofns4cslkfpogtbca7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6wdnk2ks22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/penhemingway.bsky.social/post/3lqavkze52k27Liverpool parade incident: from dreamland to disaster https://northwestbylines.co.uk/news/liverpool-parade-incident-from-dreamland-to-disaster/28 May 2025 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:aamxrofns4cslkfpogtbca7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqavkze52k27https://bsky.app/profile/penhemingway.bsky.social/post/3lpvvz247q22qWatch my nerdery hit critical mass and disappear over the event horizon. https://open.substack.com/pub/penelopehemingway/p/the-oeconomies-on-lambs-hill?r=j8yb6&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true24 May 2025 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:aamxrofns4cslkfpogtbca7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpvvz247q22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/penhemingway.bsky.social/post/3lonperkuxc2fMore nerdery: https://open.substack.com/pub/penelopehemingway/p/doughtys-spinning-wheel?r=j8yb6&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true08 May 2025 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:aamxrofns4cslkfpogtbca7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3lonperkuxc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/penhemingway.bsky.social/post/3lnpsuwsqos2c11 years on, I revisit Mr Antis and his Contrivance. Taking a look at a US born inventor, musician and Man For All Seasons, who lived in Leeds. His "contrivance" was an add-on widget that turbo-charged ordinary spinning wheels. https://penelopehemingway.substack.com/p/mr-antis-and-his-contrivance26 Apr 2025 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:aamxrofns4cslkfpogtbca7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnpsuwsqos2chttps://bsky.app/profile/penhemingway.bsky.social/post/3lnd4v53e622cThis week our little table-top spinning wheel - a very rare wheel found randomly on eBay - went to the restorers'. https://open.substack.com/pub/penelopehemingway/p/mr-hardys-wheel-from-the-repository?r=j8yb6&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true21 Apr 2025 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:aamxrofns4cslkfpogtbca7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnd4v53e622chttps://bsky.app/profile/penhemingway.bsky.social/post/3lm2r3jfelc2fQuirky Wheel on eBay https://open.substack.com/pub/penelopehemingway/p/quirky-wheel-on-ebay?r=j8yb6&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false05 Apr 2025 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:aamxrofns4cslkfpogtbca7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm2r3jfelc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/penhemingway.bsky.social/post/3ljutznfkc22zThere's bees on the blackthorn (sloe)! And a beautiful blue sky, earlier this afternoon. It's been a long winter. Spring, soon.08 Mar 2025 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:aamxrofns4cslkfpogtbca7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljutznfkc22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/penhemingway.bsky.social/post/3ljhmd4jpwk2nColour and Light, York Minster, last night. Dragons on the Minster!03 Mar 2025 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:aamxrofns4cslkfpogtbca7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljhmd4jpwk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/penhemingway.bsky.social/post/3lgpmtw4oh22eCheck out today's Substack. I am not a Jane Austen fan. So was pleased to stumble on the contemporaneous diaries of a no bullshit Regency mill owner who was too busy making money in the wool industry, to sit around eating cucumber sandwiches. He's no Mr Darcy... https://open.substack.com/pub/penelopehemingway/p/no-mr-darcy?r=j8yb6&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true27 Jan 2025 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:aamxrofns4cslkfpogtbca7z/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgpmtw4oh22e