30

lectures and presentations to the general public

8

national television interviews

5

live radio interviews

2

journal articles

2022

Blog: A Very British Scrapbooking Scandal, History Workshop Journal Blog

Diaries research guide, Churchill Archives Centre

Journal Article: Tiia Sahrakorpi & Cherish Watton, Coming of Age in Postwar Germany: Young Women’s Search for New Emotional Subjectivities, 1946–50, Journal of Social History (2022) 

Journal Article: Suffrage scrapbooks and emotional histories of women’s activism, Women’s History Review (2022)

2021

Blog: Life writing research guide, Churchill Archives Centre

Article: The radical history of scrapbooks – and why activists still use them today, The Conversation

Presentation: Scrapbooking in the family: histories of Royal Family scrapbooking
during the twentieth century, ‘The Books that Bring Us Together’ Seminar Series

Podcast producer: Meeting Skye Watton, Director of Ploughing the Fields with Poetry

Podcast producer: Churchill Archives Centre History Day 2021 Podcast: the urban environment

TV Appearance: Interview on Michael Portillo’s Great British Railway Journeys

Blog Post: Scrapbooks and suffrage work: personal collecting and the campaign for the vote, Girton College, Cambridge

Blog Post: Remembering and researching the Women’s Land Army in Cornwall, Bodmin Keep, Cornwall

Blog Post: Remembering Florence Horsbrugh on International Women’s Day, Churchill College Archives

Presentation: “We are not ladies who lunch!”: The founders of Lucy Cavendish College, Lucy Cavendish College Benefactors’ & Legators celebration

Presentation: Pick for Britain and the ‘rediscovery’ of the Women’s Land Army?, Karmarama breakfast planning meeting.

Blog series: Women’s Timber Corps photograph of the month

2020

Blog Post: Suffrage scrapbooks: forgotten histories of political activism, British Library

Blog Post: New Year’s Eve message reflecting on commemoration of the Women’s Land Army in 2020

TV Appearance: Interview on BBC Breakfast on the work of the Women’s Land Army

TV Appearance: Interview on BBC News Channel for VE Day

Pre-Covid: Talks to archives, history, and women’s groups on the work of the Women’s Land Army.

2019

Talks to archives, history, and women’s groups on the work of the Women’s Land Army.

Blog Post: Using scrapbooks as historical sources, Historical Association blog

Presentation: Fighting loneliness with technology, Research and Policy Hub, Campaign to End Loneliness

Lecture & Online Exhibition: Women’s scrapbooks on political and diplomatic activity, Churchill History Lecture Series.

Lecture: Online Public History Lecture for second-year History undergraduate students, University of Birmingham

2018

Lecture: Female Fellers: Women working in the forests of First and Second World War Britain, Bedford Historical Association

Lecture: Online Public History Lecture for second-year History undergraduate students, University of Birmingham

TV Appearance: Britain’s Poppies: The First World War Remembered 

Poetry Reading: Armistice 100 Remembrance Day Service, National Memorial Arboretum

Presentation: Girl Power, International Day of the Girl event, Norwich Castle

Presentation: Global Professional Speakers Series, Syracuse University, London

TV Appearance: Interview for Heir Hunters discussing the role of the Auxiliary Territorial Service in the Second World War.

Newsletter Interview: Royal Historical Society interview on Undergraduate Public History Prize

TV Appearance: Interview for Heir Hunters discussing the role of the Women’s Land Army in the Second World War.

2017

Blog Post: Florence Horsbrugh’s First World War National Kitchen’s Scrapbook

Blog Post – The end of a three year rollercoaster ride

Paper – Fellings, Photos, and Feelings: The Experience, Representation, and Memory of the Women’s Timber Corps (WTC).

Online Interview – This Cambridge Life

Radio Interview – BBC Radio Cambridgeshire on the Women’s Land Army

2016

Blog Post – Belonging and Transgression Conference Presentation

Television Appearance – Heir Hunters
I participated in an interview for a feature on the Women’s Land Army for BBC Heir Hunters. The team tracked down Eileen Joan Berry, a Land Girl who worked in Warwickshire during the Second World War. As part of the team’s research into her family, I discussed the type of work women undertook and how Eileen’s work on the land was a complete change from her pre-war occupation as a invoice clerk.

2015

Blog Post – A response to the papers presented at The University in the Antropocene: Higher Education and Community Engagement in Environmental Management.  Published on the GEES network website; a teaching-focused resource for academics in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Norfolk County Council’s Low Carbon Norfolk blog.

Paper – The University in the Anthropocene: Higher Education and Community Engagement in Environmental Management
Bright Futures: Partnerships between Universities, Scholars, and Schools for Environmental and Social Sustainability at the University of Exeter for the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2015.
Presented in partnership with Becca Farnum.

Blog Post – Lucy Cavendish College: 50 facts for 50 years

Presentation – The First World War Women’s Land Army
A 5-minute snapshot talk at Lucy Cavendish College, in honour of International Women’s Day.

2014

Article – Sustainable education: a case study of environmental residentials in Norfolk
A piece written by Rebecca Farnum and Cherish for ‘Beyond 2015’, exploring university engagement with environmental residential programmes.
This dialogue is a companion to Cherish’s presentation to Beyond 2015, addressing Question 4: What partnerships should universities establish to achieve their objectives?

Prezi – Bright Futures: A Norfolk Case-Study

Article – My Journey Into Business: Why I Would Never Look Back

Prezi – A visual journey of Cherish’s journey into business.

Television Appearance – Discussing the birth of the World War One Women’s Land Army on Countryfile

2013

Radio Interview – Energy Education Celebration Event
Cherish was invited to present at the Energy Education Celebration Event at Oxburgh Hall on the 25th November 2013. Cherish presented on her journey into business and how participating in the eFutures programme at Northgate High School and Dereham Sixth Form College led her to set up in business as an eco-consultant. Cherish shared her experiences live on BBC Radio Norfolk.

Presentation – Myths and Sustainable Development Thinking
A collaborative activity presented by Cherish, Heli Gittins and Shone Surendran at the National Sustainable Schools Conference 2013, Baden Powell Conference Centre
Video – A video summary of their presentation.

Presentation – Entrepreneurship with a green focus. Social media in teaching
A presentation by Cherish and Malene Melbye exploring their work on the international partnership project, VENN at the Learning Beyond The Classroom, VENN Conference, Dahlske School, Norway.

Presentation – My Skills and Experiences in Running A Green Business
A Prezi presented by Cherish at the SEEd Policy Forum 

2012

Article – What does the green economy mean for you?
A piece written for young people exploring the opportunities which the green economy can hold for their future.

Letter – In Praise of the Women’s Land Army
A letter written by Cherish Watton and Dr David Wilson on the Women’s Land Army published in the September 2012 edition of BBC History magazine.

Article – Opening of the Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm
Cherish’s recount of attending the opening of the Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm by the Crown Prince of Norway.

Radio Interview – Women’s Land Army
Cherish was interviewed by Katie Martin on BBC Radio Solent, discussing the World War Two Women’s Land Army.