News and Work in Progress Bluestockings: the Short, Intrepid History of the ‘Undergraduette’ (Penguin 2009) This is now safely delivered and at the editing stage. It’s due for publication late summer/early autumn next year. An exciting new project is on the drawing-board: more news when I have it. Mary Seacole: The Charismatic Black Nurse Who Became a Heroine of the Crimea: A new, updated edition of Mary Seacole was published by Constable and Robinson in November 2006. The format is normal octavo: slightly smaller and more convenient than the original edition, and it's been very well received. New material has come to light about Mary's supposed daughter - was her father Thomas Bunbury? Research continues. Plans for a statue of Mary in Central London progress apace: click here for the latest news from www.maryseacole.com.