I was writing the other day about a document that mentions the Antwerp-born Londoner Lodewijk Theeuws, but I hadn't realised that a claviorgan he built in 1579 still exists at the V&A, and that it's the earliest surviving keyboard instrument made in Britain. collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O60635/...

🔊 Very pleased our book about public history is out and gold open access: Public History in Global Perspective
Inquiry, Exchange and Practice. @ciaranon.bsky.social @geolug.bsky.social @richardlegay.bsky.social
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Come and work with me! The National Archives are looking for an Early Modern Parliamentary Records Specialist. More details available via the link. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...

'Masters of Defence: Fencers and Fencing in England, c. 1400-1600'

Next Friday evening, at 7pm UK time, I’ll be talking about my research for the German Federation for Historical Fencing.
You can join the talk here:
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Meeting-ID: 665 0319 5383
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Perhaps a silly question but does anyone know how landlords advertised rental properties in sixteenth-century London?

LAST CHANGE TO SAVE LIVERPOOL ST STATION FROM THE MONSTER BLOCK! Note the height of Grade II*-listed Great Eastern Hotel in front and observe that this pile is more than twice the height and it will block out all daylight from the concourse. shorturl.at/sByFe

“This is the hardest job I’ve ever done. My hands go numb, and I can’t feel them. Over time you get used to the pain.”

I said, “That’s what ballet dancers say about their feet.”

He said,”Really? So, their feet are our hands.”

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Heading to the UK for the Visiting Fellowship in a little over three weeks, and thanks to Tudor House and Southampton City Council for hosting my first advertised speaking commitment (with Sarah Siddons Fan Club!) while there: southamptonmuseumsandgallery.co.uk/events/barga...

I came across this will record for a member where he proposes to use the Haberdashers Company barge in his funeral arrangements.

This came out a few weeks back. Let me know if you don't have access but would like to have a read.

Thomas Nashe’s Harlequin: French Political Satire and the Commedia dell’Arte in Early Modern England | Renaissance Drama: Vol 52, No 2 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

This came out a few weeks back. Let me know if you don't have access but would like to have a read.

Thomas Nashe’s Harlequin: French Political Satire and the Commedia dell’Arte in Early Modern England | Renaissance Drama: Vol 52, No 2 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...