by howl | Nov 17, 2025 | 1960s, campaigns, Conference, First memories of getting involved, Women at work
By Diane Langford Whenever I can’t sleep, I listen to the BBC World Service. Early one morning in February, 2010, wearing headphones so as not to disturb my slumbering partner, I was startled awake by my own voice shouting in my ear, speaking at the first National...
by howl | Jul 18, 2025 | Culture, Publishing, Stories
HOWL was delighted to welcome Margaret Busby as the guest of honour at our official launch party on Sunday 8 June 2025. Margaret is a pioneer of British publishing and a long-time advocate of championing women’s voices. She became Britain’s then youngest and first...
by howl | Jun 3, 2025 | 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980s, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, Culture, Publishing
by Amanda Sebestyen One of the amazing things about nearing 80 is that suddenly younger people want to know what you did in the past. We’ve become history! Not just to be written about by other people, but to tell it how we experienced it. Last year Tate Britain...
by howl | Apr 8, 2025 | Culture, First memories of getting involved, Groups
By Paddy Tanton I was born in Hull in 1946. In that place at that time, the word ‘lesbian’ was never spoken. Growing up I had no concepts to understand who I was in relation to the rest of the narrow post-war world around me which seemed, emotionally at least, a...
by howl | Apr 2, 2025 | First memories of getting involved, Groups
By Sona Osman On Thursday 16th March 2025, I gave a eulogy for my friend, Claudette Williams, which focused on the Brixton Black Women’s Group. The memorial was held at Brixton Library. I don’t live in England anymore and that evening as I made my way to Brixton where...
by howl-team | Dec 10, 2024 | 1960s, 1970s, Culture, First memories of getting involved, Laws, Relationships, sex, family
By Sona Osman In this piece of writing I would like to explain the circumstances and life experiences which led me to a feminist way of thinking which has driven most of my life and has propelled me into a life rich of adventures and experiences. Sue O’Sullivan has...
by howl-team | May 29, 2024 | 1970, 1979, 1990’s, Culture
Sue Katz My career as a leader in partner dance started in elementary school when I insisted on taking the “boy’s role” in American square dancing. My teacher Miss Bocchichio – the only name I recall from those days – got so frustrated with my refusal to follow, that...
by howl | Mar 26, 2024 | 1970s, campaigns, Culture, Groups
Pragna Patel The 1984/85 miners’ strike attracted support from many different corners of this country. In Southall, amongst activists and ordinary people alike, there was visible support for the striking miners, their struggle for the right to work, and their right...
by howl-team | Dec 18, 2023 | 1980s, campaigns, First memories of getting involved, Groups, Relationships, sex, family
Val Dunn Notes for a talk I gave to Lesbian History Group on 6 May 2023. I was accompanied by Tess Joseph and Marika Mason. An audio version of this talk can be found on the Lesbian History Group website. I could only get information from diary entries because I have...
by howl-team | Nov 14, 2023 | 1970s, 1980s, campaigns, First memories of getting involved, Groups
Stella Dadzie 9 November 2023 It’s difficult to answer the question of how I got involved in feminist politics, because it came about as a result of a number of things. I was already involved in some black liberation activities – I was working with a couple of...
