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Sarah Wise

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Historian, researcher, author misssarahwise.co.uk https://linktr.ee/misssarahwise Latest book: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Sarah-Wise/The-Undesirables--The-Law-that-Locked-Away-a-Generation/29881294

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Sarah Wise @misssarahwise.bsky.social · May 2

Thank you @portobelloradio.com and Aidan McManus/ Flipside Tours for asking me to talk about my work this week
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My desert island opportunity - I chose 5 tracks that conjure up visions of London for me

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Julia Ditter @juliaditter.bsky.social · 12d

Call for Contributions: Victorian Infrastructures & their Environmental Legacies

We're still looking for articles to be included in our @openlibhums.org special issue!

Abstracts are due 31 October, full texts 31 March '26.

@bavs-uk.bsky.social @rs4vp.org @asleuki.bsky.social @easlce.bsky.social

OLHJ_CfP.pdf

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Peter Mandler @petermandler.bsky.social · 5d

Join us for a roundtable on 'The Modern British City' in January at Senate House, London, with Simon Gunn, Erika Hanna, Owen Hatherley, Peter Mandler, Otto Saumarez Smith and Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, followed by wine! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Roundtable: 'The Modern British City'

www.history.ac.uk

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 2d

An autistic boy who reportedly functions "like a 4-year-old child" has been missing for over a week—and it turns out ICE grabbed him in the bathroom and NEVER TOLD THE FAMILY.
#cdnpoli

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3d

War Torn Portland!

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Janice Tullock @jtullock.bsky.social · 20d

I cannot stress how important it is that the issue of police records is dealt with and not brushed under the carpet as it has been for decades. The fact that they aren't Public Records is an accident of history, but the impact of this lack of regulatory control is immense.

Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland @araukie.bsky.social · 20d

Why aren’t Police Records in England & Wales covered by the Public Records Act? We've been campaigning on this since 2012 - blog for more info:
www.campaignforrecords.org/blog/why-arent-police-records-covered-by-the-public-records-act
#publicaccountability
of interest @andyburnham.bsky.social ?

Photo of a paper airplane on fire with text that reads "I am under no obligation to disclose anything and the papers belong to me. If I wanted to I could take them into the yard and have a bonfire with them" South Yorkshire Chief Constable Med Hughes.

Credit for photo of on fire airplane is Aron Yigin via Unsplash

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 3d

Goodnight.
🖼️ Laurie A Conley #31DaysofHalloween #Gothtober

One ghost pushing another ghost on a swing hung from a tree over graveyard headstones, a full moon shines overhead. Illustration.

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Sarah Wise @misssarahwise.bsky.social · 3d

It does look like 'melancholia'. As you say, good to see some kindness in the 'House

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 3d

polcie raid on a gay pub, Strand, 1830

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Hannah Booth @hannahbooth.bsky.social · 4d

On this day in 1677 Cornelius Vermuyden died in London, a Dutch-born engineer who had been tasked with draining the watery fens and levels of eastern England.

As I wrote last year, Vermuyden’s fenland exploits provide a cautionary tale for those wading into unfamiliar landscapes.

A cautionary tale from an unfamiliar landscape

Cornelius Vermuyden and the draining of the Fens

northseanexus.substack.com

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Sarah Wise @misssarahwise.bsky.social · 5d

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Set Everything On Fire: Ron Mael of Sparks' Favourite Albums | The Quietus

Ron Mael of Sparks talks us through his favourite albums of all time from foundational free jazz freak out to cutting edge J-pop via Bach

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 5d

'The Thames at Westminster Abbey' by Joseph Nickolls (1713-1755)

(Museum of Fine Arts, Houston)

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 5d

We're hosting a great free talk about Victorian Crime and Punishment! This talk takes place online and is a great chance to learn about the 19th century criminal justice system.

Book your space by emailing us at [email protected]

For more events, head to histfestbucks.co.uk

A 19th century illustration of the Court House in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, next to the History Festival branding. Below it is the following text:

'Victorian Crime and Punishment

Online

12/11/25, 15:00-16:00'.

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 5d

Today is World Mental Health Day. Through the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), you can research the history of mental health. BBIH’s free reading list on the history of emotions highlights some recent scholarship on the history of mental health in the UK and Ireland buff.ly/OK5HSbu

Engraving of an 18th century building in a pastoral landscape

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 5d

Dropped into the National Museum to say hello to some old friends.

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Sarah Wise @misssarahwise.bsky.social · 6d

I’ll be presenting at the Family History Society of Greater Ottawa, weekend of 18/19 Oct. All nine speakers plus an expert genealogy panel are a snip (I think) at C$50. You also get Dr Angela Buckley, Peter Higginbotham, Dr Mark Carroll & other family history specialists tockify.com/confkeep/det...

(V) – Researching the Disadvantaged of England and Wales

Sat 18 Oct - Sun 19 [EDT]: Presented by the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa ($) (VIRTUAL) 6:00am PT / 6:00am AZ(MtnStd) / 7:00am MT / 8:00am CT / 9:00am ET / 2:00pm UK Experts i...

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 8d

14th Street
Bumpei Usui, 1924

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumpei_...

futuristic cityclose packed and vertical

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Sarah Wise @misssarahwise.bsky.social · 8d

Middle Temple Library tour on Thursday 6th November 2025. Only a few places left www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/EFFJDM...

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Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com · 22d

So many #Dulwich film connections, this talk will open your eyes to Dulwich’s remarkable, and often forgotten, place in the history of cinema. Tickets are £5.60 with bursary tickets available too. #LocalHistory.

montage of 3 photos: head and shoulders of 2 men, one looking at his hands and a film poster with a painist and a woman singing

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 17d

This whole section really.

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job.
AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 9d

The RHS is a membership organisation of 6500+ historians. We welcome applications to join us at any time. Our next closing dates are 13 October and 15 December.

We offer categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research, from Postgraduate to Fellow: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians

Closing dates for next application rounds:
Mondays 13 October and 15 December 2025

The Royal Historical Society represents the interests of historical researchers in universities, libraries, archives, museums, heritage and broadcasting, as well as those engaged in public, community and family history research.

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Brick Lane Bookshop @bricklanebookshop.bsky.social · 9d

🚀 Book Launch: The Imagined Life
Oct 9 | Brick Lane Bookshop | £6

Celebrate the release of The Imagined Life with award-winning author @andrewporter01.bsky.social, joined by Curtis Garner, author of Isaac. Expect a powerful evening of readings, conversation, Q&A, and signing.

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