Andrew Ayton
@andrewayton.bsky.social
Historian (ret’d Univ of Hull, UK) working on late medieval military, maritime, soc & economic; & Napoleonic. MSS, prosopography, networks. Classical music, wildlife, cinema, coins, postal history, Dorset, France, Hungary. 🦋& #Shugborough Staffs pictures.
Pretty much my experience too.
November 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Pretty much my experience too.
Tremendous. I visited Rockbourne with my parents nearly sixty years ago. I really do need to go back.
November 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Tremendous. I visited Rockbourne with my parents nearly sixty years ago. I really do need to go back.
Recalling the bicentennial, as I do, as a budding historian at the time, I do hope you can ‘capture the nuance’ next year, but it’s difficult to be optimistic.
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Recalling the bicentennial, as I do, as a budding historian at the time, I do hope you can ‘capture the nuance’ next year, but it’s difficult to be optimistic.
Yes, it’s quite extraordinary productivity; and such variety of theme and tone (allowing for the classic Ozon hallmarks)
November 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Yes, it’s quite extraordinary productivity; and such variety of theme and tone (allowing for the classic Ozon hallmarks)
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November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hey hey, it’s now official on Concordia UP’s website, 20% discount code KENNEDY2026 at CUP (CAN) or Chicago (USD, link in next post) for Illuminating Media: Transmitting the Renaissance in England, 1400-1550! concordia.ca/press/illumi...
Lovely thread. I recall when I, a bit older, bought my LP of Beethoven 5. William Steinberg. Early-mid ‘70s. One of the first I bought.
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Lovely thread. I recall when I, a bit older, bought my LP of Beethoven 5. William Steinberg. Early-mid ‘70s. One of the first I bought.
So true. Delighted to hear that she has chosen this career path - a noble profession, indeed.
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So true. Delighted to hear that she has chosen this career path - a noble profession, indeed.