Ailsa Holland – Page 3 – poet ~ publisher ~ activist

Barn star from @WikiWomenInRed

On 12 October 2021, @OnThisDayShe was awarded a stained glass barn star (no we didn’t know either) by the splendid peopl

I loved designing the publicity and exhibition boards for an exhibition at the Silk Museum celebrating Macc Stripe, striped si

In 2021 I worked at Macclesfield’s Silk Museum, doing historical research and organising a Summer of Art to get people back

The publication of On This Day She brought many new experiences. As life was still very much impacted by Covid-19 we were unab

As we continued to post daily tweets on @OnThisDayShe about women in history, two responses were most frequent: Why have I nev

On 27 October 2019 I had the awe-struck pleasure of reading in Manchester Cathedral as the winner of that year’s Poetry Priz

So there I was, all cross again. This time at Boris Johnson’s threat to prorogue Parliament and pursue a ‘No Deal̵

Early in 2019 I was approached by the life-forces that are Jude d’Souza and Lynne Jones, who asked me if I would give a TEDx

Between 2017 and 2018 Jo Bell and I ran a monthly craftivist group we called Macctivist, meeting at The Print Mill on Treacle

In March 2018 I worked with artists Erika Groeneveld, Rachel Ho, Anita Reynolds and Mike Thorpe to stage How Did It Get So Dar

In January 2018 I got very cross about our government (again) and decided to organise a march in Macclesfield to show support

In October 2017 I met with Tania Hershman and Jo Bell at Macclesfield’s Treacle Market, then we repaired to my studio at The