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We are VERY excited to announce the call for papers for our 2026 conference! 🎉🎉🎉 This year, we invite paper and poster proposals on the themes of power and/or performance!
All proposals to be sent to [email protected] by 17:00 on Friday 9th January.
#medievalsky #skystorians
All proposals to be sent to [email protected] by 17:00 on Friday 9th January.
#medievalsky #skystorians
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We are VERY excited to announce the call for papers for our 2026 conference! 🎉🎉🎉 This year, we invite paper and poster proposals on the themes of power and/or performance!
All proposals to be sent to [email protected] by 17:00 on Friday 9th January.
#medievalsky #skystorians
All proposals to be sent to [email protected] by 17:00 on Friday 9th January.
#medievalsky #skystorians
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Just sharing this again - a piece in @uk.theconversation.com that Alex Brown and I wrote about peasants and the surprising amount of 'sick leave' they were given in the middle ages #medievalsky #history #medieval
theconversation.com/medieval-pea...
theconversation.com/medieval-pea...
Medieval peasants enjoyed a surprising range of sick, annual and bereavement leave benefits
Some peasants were entitled to up to a year and a day of leave if they were sick.
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Just sharing this again - a piece in @uk.theconversation.com that Alex Brown and I wrote about peasants and the surprising amount of 'sick leave' they were given in the middle ages #medievalsky #history #medieval
theconversation.com/medieval-pea...
theconversation.com/medieval-pea...
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Really looking forward to Saturday’s British & Irish Botanical Conference #BIBConf25. I’ll be part of a panel discussing the use of AI in botany. Apparently, this is what AI thinks we look like, so I expect everyone to dress entirely in green (with a weird BATHIMAND logo) @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Really looking forward to Saturday’s British & Irish Botanical Conference #BIBConf25. I’ll be part of a panel discussing the use of AI in botany. Apparently, this is what AI thinks we look like, so I expect everyone to dress entirely in green (with a weird BATHIMAND logo) @bsbibotany.bsky.social
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Pictures of the wood #fishweir at the Sales Point, Blackwater Estuary Essex. In continuous as early as the 7th century, right up until the 15th or 16th century. With mentions in the Doomsday Book associated with a local monastery in the 12th century. #coastsinmind
#coastalhistory
#coastalhistory
November 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Pictures of the wood #fishweir at the Sales Point, Blackwater Estuary Essex. In continuous as early as the 7th century, right up until the 15th or 16th century. With mentions in the Doomsday Book associated with a local monastery in the 12th century. #coastsinmind
#coastalhistory
#coastalhistory
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NOVEMBER UPDATE Who Owns Scotland now published with total of 4900 landholdings (76.64% rural Scotland). The project is financed solely by subscription income. New subscriptions welcome - they start at £5 whoownsscotland.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
NOVEMBER UPDATE Who Owns Scotland now published with total of 4900 landholdings (76.64% rural Scotland). The project is financed solely by subscription income. New subscriptions welcome - they start at £5 whoownsscotland.org.uk
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We found our copy in the post today - an excellent history drawing on the most amazing set of estate archives which tells the interwoven stories of a village, its people, landscape, and lords.
#EarlyModern #Skystorians #ComingSoon
#EarlyModern #Skystorians #ComingSoon
Just look what I found on my desk yesterday. First sneak preview of the latest publication by Hampshire for @vch-home.bsky.social, written by yours truly (with important contributions by colleagues). Beautifully set once again by @hobnobpress.bsky.social. That cover is so striking!
November 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We found our copy in the post today - an excellent history drawing on the most amazing set of estate archives which tells the interwoven stories of a village, its people, landscape, and lords.
#EarlyModern #Skystorians #ComingSoon
#EarlyModern #Skystorians #ComingSoon
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Another year, another end-of-semester infographic presentation from my students. Here's a map showing Alcuin's letter network.
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Another year, another end-of-semester infographic presentation from my students. Here's a map showing Alcuin's letter network.
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There are some people who seem to see the recovery of ecosystems in a deforested waste as a personal affront. It's about power, and different landscapes reflect the different ways in which power is distributed - or concentrated.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Willow trees on Prince William’s land in Devon poisoned with herbicide
Exclusive: Unknown culprit suspected of spraying glyphosate on protected trees hoped to stop peat erosion and flooding
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
There are some people who seem to see the recovery of ecosystems in a deforested waste as a personal affront. It's about power, and different landscapes reflect the different ways in which power is distributed - or concentrated.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Wholeheartedly recommend any historians & especially PhD/ECRs think about submitting an abstract.
In a dark, isolating & stressful field SHS conferences have always been welcoming beacon of light. They're full of great research & actually really fun.
In a dark, isolating & stressful field SHS conferences have always been welcoming beacon of light. They're full of great research & actually really fun.
🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨
📣Join us @lancasteruni.bsky.social 1-3 July 2026 as we return to our original home to celebrate our 50th anniversary!
We welcome proposals from historians at all career stages across 8 thematic strands.
📅 CfP deadline: 16/01/26
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
#CFP 🗃️
📣Join us @lancasteruni.bsky.social 1-3 July 2026 as we return to our original home to celebrate our 50th anniversary!
We welcome proposals from historians at all career stages across 8 thematic strands.
📅 CfP deadline: 16/01/26
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
#CFP 🗃️
SHS Annual Conference 2026
Our 50th anniversary conference will be held at Lancaster University, the academic home of the Social History Society. A Significant Milestone The Social History Society was founded at Lancaster Un…
socialhistory.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Wholeheartedly recommend any historians & especially PhD/ECRs think about submitting an abstract.
In a dark, isolating & stressful field SHS conferences have always been welcoming beacon of light. They're full of great research & actually really fun.
In a dark, isolating & stressful field SHS conferences have always been welcoming beacon of light. They're full of great research & actually really fun.
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When Romani history & culture is not considered valuable, interesting or worthwhile racism can grow into policy like this.
There are no positions, prizes or fellowships specifically for Romani history in British universities.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
There are no positions, prizes or fellowships specifically for Romani history in British universities.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
New Slovenian law treats entire Romany minority ‘as a security threat’
Parliament approves law giving police powers to raid and surveil homes in what are demarcated as security risk areas
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
When Romani history & culture is not considered valuable, interesting or worthwhile racism can grow into policy like this.
There are no positions, prizes or fellowships specifically for Romani history in British universities.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
There are no positions, prizes or fellowships specifically for Romani history in British universities.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Art history A-level is extinct in Scotland and Wales and nearly extinct in England. The UK has the third-biggest art market in the world ($11bn-ish), if you need a business case to prove its value.
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Art history A-level is extinct in Scotland and Wales and nearly extinct in England. The UK has the third-biggest art market in the world ($11bn-ish), if you need a business case to prove its value.
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It’s been a while coming (bloody Covid) but the Jervoise collection was one of the most rewarding archives I’ve ever worked on. The illustration shows a page from the accounts recoding the work every day of each labourer employed on the estate.
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
It’s been a while coming (bloody Covid) but the Jervoise collection was one of the most rewarding archives I’ve ever worked on. The illustration shows a page from the accounts recoding the work every day of each labourer employed on the estate.
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Just look what I found on my desk yesterday. First sneak preview of the latest publication by Hampshire for @vch-home.bsky.social, written by yours truly (with important contributions by colleagues). Beautifully set once again by @hobnobpress.bsky.social. That cover is so striking!
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Just look what I found on my desk yesterday. First sneak preview of the latest publication by Hampshire for @vch-home.bsky.social, written by yours truly (with important contributions by colleagues). Beautifully set once again by @hobnobpress.bsky.social. That cover is so striking!
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I absolutely loved working on this book - the Jervoise archives @dralexcraven.bsky.social had the good fortune to work with are amazingly comprehensive and offer wonderful insights into an early modern (in particular) estate.
Huge thanks to Alex and to all @hobnobpress.bsky.social. Great work. 🗃️
Huge thanks to Alex and to all @hobnobpress.bsky.social. Great work. 🗃️
Just look what I found on my desk yesterday. First sneak preview of the latest publication by Hampshire for @vch-home.bsky.social, written by yours truly (with important contributions by colleagues). Beautifully set once again by @hobnobpress.bsky.social. That cover is so striking!
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I absolutely loved working on this book - the Jervoise archives @dralexcraven.bsky.social had the good fortune to work with are amazingly comprehensive and offer wonderful insights into an early modern (in particular) estate.
Huge thanks to Alex and to all @hobnobpress.bsky.social. Great work. 🗃️
Huge thanks to Alex and to all @hobnobpress.bsky.social. Great work. 🗃️
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It appears that the source of the Observer’s #Orwell tagline may well be a 1980s tv commercial. #TheEnemyofNonsense www.darcymoore.net/2025/11/27/t...
‘The Enemy of Nonsense’ - Darcy Moore
George Orwell, who wrote for The Observer, described it as “the enemy of nonsense”. Now, more than ever, it has a job to do. James Harding, Editor-in-Chief It was with great interest I read James ...
www.darcymoore.net
November 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
It appears that the source of the Observer’s #Orwell tagline may well be a 1980s tv commercial. #TheEnemyofNonsense www.darcymoore.net/2025/11/27/t...
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Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
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“Please sit down before you read the next sentence. The BBC Written Archives Centre has no catalogue of its holdings available to the public…Earlier this year, the BBC suddenly announced that it was altering its archival access policy. Enquiries from the general public are now ignored.”
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Who controls the past
The BBC is restricting access to its archives
app.the-tls.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“Please sit down before you read the next sentence. The BBC Written Archives Centre has no catalogue of its holdings available to the public…Earlier this year, the BBC suddenly announced that it was altering its archival access policy. Enquiries from the general public are now ignored.”
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Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Apart from sharing bits of research I'll mostly be inactive here.
With the lack of any interest anywhere for a Leverhulme application or any university role in general for Romani history its probably time to explore different things.
With the lack of any interest anywhere for a Leverhulme application or any university role in general for Romani history its probably time to explore different things.
October 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Apart from sharing bits of research I'll mostly be inactive here.
With the lack of any interest anywhere for a Leverhulme application or any university role in general for Romani history its probably time to explore different things.
With the lack of any interest anywhere for a Leverhulme application or any university role in general for Romani history its probably time to explore different things.
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Last night the Government steamrollered its Planning Bill through, slamming the door on vital protections for nature.
They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature.
But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.
They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature.
But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Last night the Government steamrollered its Planning Bill through, slamming the door on vital protections for nature.
They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature.
But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.
They said it would be a ‘win-win’ for the economy and nature.
But in reality, they’ve pushed nature into last place.
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Amazing maps indeed! The survey was carried out from around 1958 to 1974; coverage for England and Wales looks to be complete but coverage of Scotland much less so. I'm already checking what the maps show for my local #OnePlaceStudy to compare land use there now, with what this survey recorded.
This #MapMonday we celebrate an amazing crowd-sourced project, the Second Land Utilisation Survey of Great Britain.
Directed by Professor Alice Coleman, the project involved over 3,000 volunteers, including university students and schoolchildren.
Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/additions/#189
Directed by Professor Alice Coleman, the project involved over 3,000 volunteers, including university students and schoolchildren.
Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/additions/#189
November 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Amazing maps indeed! The survey was carried out from around 1958 to 1974; coverage for England and Wales looks to be complete but coverage of Scotland much less so. I'm already checking what the maps show for my local #OnePlaceStudy to compare land use there now, with what this survey recorded.
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The Mariner's Mirror Podcast of the Society for Nautical Research:
🔗https://shows.acast.com/f547f9fb-a077-4e85-b19a-beae9eb42c1f/692343659274ead23ca18474
#MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #OttomanHistory
🔗https://shows.acast.com/f547f9fb-a077-4e85-b19a-beae9eb42c1f/692343659274ead23ca18474
#MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #OttomanHistory
Seapower and The Knights of St John: Maritime Malta 3 | The Mariner's Mirror Podcast
shows.acast.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The Mariner's Mirror Podcast of the Society for Nautical Research:
🔗https://shows.acast.com/f547f9fb-a077-4e85-b19a-beae9eb42c1f/692343659274ead23ca18474
#MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #OttomanHistory
🔗https://shows.acast.com/f547f9fb-a077-4e85-b19a-beae9eb42c1f/692343659274ead23ca18474
#MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #OttomanHistory
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Watching Civilisations: Rise and Fall on the BBC and we wonder why there are 1st century AD legionaries in late 4th century Rome 🤔
Ok so armour and uniforms could last a long time, but isn't this like having the 1640s Parliamentarian New Model Army defend London during the Blitz?
#AskingForAFriend
Ok so armour and uniforms could last a long time, but isn't this like having the 1640s Parliamentarian New Model Army defend London during the Blitz?
#AskingForAFriend
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Watching Civilisations: Rise and Fall on the BBC and we wonder why there are 1st century AD legionaries in late 4th century Rome 🤔
Ok so armour and uniforms could last a long time, but isn't this like having the 1640s Parliamentarian New Model Army defend London during the Blitz?
#AskingForAFriend
Ok so armour and uniforms could last a long time, but isn't this like having the 1640s Parliamentarian New Model Army defend London during the Blitz?
#AskingForAFriend
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM