Alison Bailey

Jan 12, 2025 | bucksfreepress.co.uk | Alison Bailey

4 1/1 BODYSNATCHING or grave-robbing is mostly associated with cities which have large medical schools, such as Edinburgh and London. It is not what you might expect to find when combing the Buckinghamshire Archives. But this is exactly what Amersham Museum volunteer, Gwyneth Wilkie, found whilst researching medical practitioners in Amersham.

Nov 17, 2024 | bucksfreepress.co.uk | Alison Bailey

4 1/1 George Fox, the inspiration for the Amersham Quakers, by Alison Bailey. This year is the 400th anniversary of the birth of George Fox, founder of the Religious Society of Friends, otherwise known as Quakers. Fox was a visionary, a radical, and a perpetual thorn in the side of authority.

Nov 2, 2024 | bucksfreepress.co.uk | Alison Bailey

5 1/1 Jim Rolfe had an extraordinary war, and this is his story in remembrance of all who served. As a driver in the Royal Army Service Corp, he supported the 5th Infantry Division, known as the ‘Globetrotters’, the most travelled British Army unit in WWII. This young lad from rural Buckinghamshire drove through India and the deserts of Iraq, and from the beaches of Sicily to the death camp at Belsen.

Oct 19, 2024 | bucksfreepress.co.uk | Alison Bailey

4 1/1 A MUSEUM is a depository of precious objects. Amersham Museum’s collection was started because residents had held on to things which they believed were of particular significance to the history of the town. But we all have our own special object - something that is particularly important to us and which we would grab first if our house was on fire, or we had to flee. This could be an heirloom, or a sentimental item of little value to anyone else.

Oct 8, 2024 | dx.doi.org | Alison Bailey

Kate Manne's Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women succeeds in making terrifyingly clear the connections between misogyny and privileged male entitlement. Her eagerly awaited second book is a welcome addition to the rapidly emerging canon in public feminist philosophy.