Jane Duffus – författare

Sarah Records was a label that signed the acts no major label would touch but who you wanted to hear. In These Things Happen, those who were at the beating heart of the indie-pop world reveal the deepest, darkest secrets of what really went into making Sarah's pop masterpieces. This book is an oral history of the wonderful world of Sarah Records.

Inside this book you will find the previously untold stories of 200 incredible women from Bath’s history. They were all women who helped to shape Bath into the extraordinary city that it is today. A few of them you will know… but most of them will be new names to you.You can expect to find 26 suffragists, six artists, four doctors, two pioneering police officers and one big-hearted chicken in here… plus many more besides. Such as the sisters who enjoyed wild swimming into their 70s, the woman who founded a community of almshouses for single women, the doctor who travelled to her patients by horse so as not to be late, and the homeowner who made her voice heard by sunbathing in a scandalously yellow bikini. These women come from all walks of life and all parts of the city, spanning laundresses and workhouse inmates to theatre revolutionaries and city councillors. Every woman featured in these pages has made her mark on this city and deserves her moment in the sun.

Containing 250 inspiring women, three sheroic dogs and one heartbroken barmaid from Easton, this is a bursting compendium of brilliant women from pin makers to police chiefs, from workhouse inmates to secret agents who helped to shape Bristol into the vibrant city it is today. The book contains 30 commissioned illustrations and spans almost 900 years from Princess Eleanor of Brittany (1184-1241) who was imprisoned in Bristol Castle for 39 years by her uncle King John who stole the throne from her. The most recent entry is author Helen Dunmore who died in 2017.Author and editor Jane Duffus has compiled the book on behalf of Bristol Women's Voice and many of the entries are provided by guest writers, women historians and academics.It's the most comprehensive book about Bristol women to date and seeks to celebrate the less well-known women of our past as well as the key big names.

Following the critical and commercial success of the original book, in her second volume Jane Duffus profiles another 250 Bristol women from social reformers to daredevils who helped shape the city.