Scarlett & Sophie: sisters who make graphic novels together, including Eisner nominated The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, No Surrender and This Slavery with SelfMadeHero 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ allyhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3muqulmbchc2eWhat have PG Wodehouse, Raymond Chandler, Bob Monkhouse and Nigel Farage got in common? They all went to this fancy school, Dulwich College. On this day in 1913, the school was subject to an outrageous arson attack 🔥…05 Sep 2026 06:38 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3muqulmbchc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3mup6id6qfk2dWho wouldn’t enjoy a joyous jammy welcome like this?04 Sep 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup6id6qfk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3mulztneshc2xToday is brought to you by the letter D - draw faster!03 Sep 2026 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulztneshc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3mugqidsfrk24Four years ago, we were marking up our 1910 map of Great Harwood, preparing to go location scouting for This Slavery graphic novel.01 Sep 2026 05:58 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugqidsfrk24https://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3mueg2y3vy22yThe morning after the night before… from our first graphic novel, Mann’s Best Friend31 Aug 2026 07:47 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mueg2y3vy22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3muc3in7wxs2tHave you ever been to Rice Lane City Farm? It’s the final resting place of Robert Tressell who wrote The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, as well as some lovely animals 🐐 🐖 🦆30 Aug 2026 09:32 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3muc3in7wxs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3mtv47m57ik2rWould you like to hear about keeping fit, hedge-meat, and how pelicans receive bad news? These are among the unlikely topics we strayed upon in our lovely chat with @thingsbydan.co.uk on Make It Then Tell Everybody: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/make-it-then-tell-everybody/id572995537?i=100078553145525 Aug 2026 05:40 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtv47m57ik2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3mt6m5hm43c2aThis seems like a useful and relevant concept: Trojan horse propaganda [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Aug 2026 06:54 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt6m5hm43c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3msn3g3kljs24Imagining what life might have been like if we hadn’t had to find a disability-friendly way to work… We have such a good time working together, and having each other really helps with the daily grind of pain, inconvenience and fatigue that our condition brings09 Aug 2026 07:39 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msn3g3kljs24https://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3msdlwdss7c2b@levparikian.bsky.social I’m reading Light Rains Sometimes Fall, along with the seasons. Is your camera roll full of butterflies and moths? Might you be persuaded to show us a handful of common garden friends, with their names? I have no clue what I’m looking at 🦋05 Aug 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdlwdss7c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3msdlpyixok2bThis was really interesting, I learned so much. Not least that Thomas Piketty is pronounced to rhyme with ‘spaghetti’. The first of many mind-blowing ideas [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdlpyixok2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3mscsjddh7c2eWould you like to WIN a set of 4 Rickard Sisters tea towels? All you have to do is 🏖️ come to Whitstable 🎨 find the Horsebridge gallery 🎟️ buy a raffle ticket at our free talk* 🤞 be lucky See you there on Thursday evening? * £ to Pilgrims Hospices05 Aug 2026 05:34 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mscsjddh7c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3msaklq6jxc2gWhat on earth would possess us to think about - never mind draw - a naked Trump? And what’s Timothy Claypole got to do with anything? To find out, get yourself a copy of @selfmadehero.bsky.social Count Binface Comic Book, out on Thursday 6th, preorders from @goshcomics.bsky.social 10% to Shelter04 Aug 2026 08:06 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msaklq6jxc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3ms5w7wsmi22jWe’re coming to Whitstable on Thursday and then Oxford at the weekend - will any of you be there to say hello? Full details of all our shenanigans at RickardSisters.com03 Aug 2026 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms5w7wsmi22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3ms3mrjcmhc2tthat feeling when your brother and sister gang up on you… 🐝02 Aug 2026 09:02 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms3mrjcmhc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3mryqinz5k22hDo we think Mamdani has read The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists? This is a key step in the book’s proposals for a better future: government stores selling the necessities of life at affordable prices [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Aug 2026 05:31 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mryqinz5k22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3mrwolx6q5s2d🚨🗑️ new @countbinface.bsky.social comic drops 06.08.26 🗑️🚨 from @selfmadehero.bsky.social with 10% going to @sheltercharity.bsky.social Pre-order NOW from @goshcomics.bsky.social Crafted from contributions by 36 comic creators, including…31 Jul 2026 09:52 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwolx6q5s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3mrr6qtpocs2jWhen we adapted This Slavery into a graphic novel, we set the action in the town where the writer, Ethel Carnie Holdsworth, lived and worked. That meant several joyous trips to Great Harwood in Lancashire - including this one after the book was finished ☔️29 Jul 2026 05:25 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrr6qtpocs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3mroos4tiok2yWhitstable friends! Would you like to come and see us at the Horsebridge on Thursday 6th August? It’s free, and we’ll show you how and why we make our books. Tickets at thehorsebridge.org.uk28 Jul 2026 05:34 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mroos4tiok2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3mr7n4iniac2cKitchens are the heart of a home, and in this case at the heart of a story. Kitchens are also workplaces, where labour happens and important meetings take place. We love kitchens.22 Jul 2026 05:54 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7n4iniac2chttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3mr5tzboze22dthank you for the shout out @mrjamesob.bsky.social, and for recommending our graphic novel adaptation of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists to your listeners! Available in all good bookshops etc etc https://rickardsisters.com/product/the-ragged-trousered-philanthropists/21 Jul 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5tzboze22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3mqkphpq7gs2hHahaha please no this would be such a disaster [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jul 2026 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkphpq7gs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3mqgjwjpq722oThis one’s all about where silk comes from and what it does next. Including how Jaquard weaving was the precursor to 8-bit programming (and is all about consent) Come with us to Macclesfield 🧵 🪡 🏭12 Jul 2026 06:20 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqgjwjpq722ohttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3mqcsuhqauk2bOne week until the end of term, and look how much love this book has had! Y4 absolutely loved Pets Tell Tales: Ancient Egypt @rikworth.bsky.social @jordancollver.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jul 2026 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcsuhqauk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3mq4svq2k522wThis is a great idea that might suit some of you - and worth clicking through, even if it’s only for the link to Ursula le Guin’s essay, ‘the Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction’. I had not come across it before and loved it so much I had to read it again [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jul 2026 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4svq2k522whttps://bsky.app/profile/rickardsisters.com/post/3mpuzda2v222aWho’d like to come to Darcy’s house, get dressed to the nines, admire his satin bed, interrogate his tapestries, shoot his balls and marvel at his massive clock? Thank you for having us @nationaltrust.org.uk 🎩05 Jul 2026 07:08 +0000at://did:plc:bo4oi2t3ripr44g7behubipf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpuzda2v222a