Ann Laura Hughes
@annlaurahughes.bsky.social
Historian of the English Revolution; Labour Councillor Lichfield City and Lichfield District Councils. Deputy leader of Lichfield City Council 2025-. Professor Emerita Keele University, UK.
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www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/product/the-... published today, a fantastic teaching resource and a super Xmas present. With contributions from @annlaurahughes.bsky.social @isminipells.bsky.social @waseemahmed98.bsky.social @denisegreany.bsky.social Richard Cust, Andy Hopper (Ed.) Oh, and me.
The civil wars in 100 objects - The World Turned Upside Down
The civil wars that took place between 1638 and 1651, and their aftermath, were the most destabilising conflicts that the British and Irish peoples have ever endured. During these times everyday peop...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/product/the-... published today, a fantastic teaching resource and a super Xmas present. With contributions from @annlaurahughes.bsky.social @isminipells.bsky.social @waseemahmed98.bsky.social @denisegreany.bsky.social Richard Cust, Andy Hopper (Ed.) Oh, and me.
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In a guest article for #HistParl, Dr Sophie Aldred explores the library of Lord Robartes and what it tells us of his political position during the revolutionary years of the 1640s. 📚 historyofparliament.com/2025/10/27/j...
John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes of Truro (later earl of Radnor): reading in the revolution - The History of Parliament
Variously described as of an ‘unsociable nature and impetuous disposition’, ‘sour’, ‘surly’, and a ‘destroyer of every body’s business’, John Robartes, 2nd
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October 27, 2025 at 10:16 AM
In a guest article for #HistParl, Dr Sophie Aldred explores the library of Lord Robartes and what it tells us of his political position during the revolutionary years of the 1640s. 📚 historyofparliament.com/2025/10/27/j...
Wonderful tour of Iceland with intrepid.
A foss everyday for a week
A foss everyday for a week
October 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Wonderful tour of Iceland with intrepid.
A foss everyday for a week
A foss everyday for a week
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Pushback: The 2,500-Year Fight to Thwart Women by Restricting Abortion
The 2,500-Year Fight to Thwart Women by Restricting Abortion
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July 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Hey! Want to get my book with FREE SHIPPING? And not from The Behemoth? For the next 31 hours, you can get it from Bookshop.org !! And any any other book they carry!
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CfP due 15 July! On 4–6 September, @kyamamoto.bsky.social and I will co-host "Providence, Propaganda, and Profit in the Early Modern English World" at UTokyo. Keynote speakers: @annlaurahughes.bsky.social, Shusaku Kanazawa, Keiko Kawawake, and Peter Lake. See poetsutokyo.wixsite.com/conference20...
June 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
CfP due 15 July! On 4–6 September, @kyamamoto.bsky.social and I will co-host "Providence, Propaganda, and Profit in the Early Modern English World" at UTokyo. Keynote speakers: @annlaurahughes.bsky.social, Shusaku Kanazawa, Keiko Kawawake, and Peter Lake. See poetsutokyo.wixsite.com/conference20...
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🎙️More podcasts 🎙️ added to the The World Turned Upside Down
A unique free open access resource for everyone interested in the people, events and ideas of the British Civil Wars - explored and explained by leading historians
Take a look👇
A unique free open access resource for everyone interested in the people, events and ideas of the British Civil Wars - explored and explained by leading historians
Take a look👇
Programmes - The World Turned Upside Down
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May 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🎙️More podcasts 🎙️ added to the The World Turned Upside Down
A unique free open access resource for everyone interested in the people, events and ideas of the British Civil Wars - explored and explained by leading historians
Take a look👇
A unique free open access resource for everyone interested in the people, events and ideas of the British Civil Wars - explored and explained by leading historians
Take a look👇
Very excited to be involved with this!
May 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Very excited to be involved with this!
Lichfield City FC winning the league!!
April 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Lichfield City FC winning the league!!
Brilliant night launching our Camden volume. Thanks to @royalhistsoc.org and Warwick Castle
April 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Brilliant night launching our Camden volume. Thanks to @royalhistsoc.org and Warwick Castle
Come and see your local Labour councillors
March 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Come and see your local Labour councillors
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We had a lovely time at @sandfieldsps.bsky.social - very appropriate for #WorldWaterDay
Lots of people came to talk to us, and a lot of them joined as members to support us. 👍
#Lichfield #WeDigCanals #Staffordshire
Lots of people came to talk to us, and a lot of them joined as members to support us. 👍
#Lichfield #WeDigCanals #Staffordshire
March 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We had a lovely time at @sandfieldsps.bsky.social - very appropriate for #WorldWaterDay
Lots of people came to talk to us, and a lot of them joined as members to support us. 👍
#Lichfield #WeDigCanals #Staffordshire
Lots of people came to talk to us, and a lot of them joined as members to support us. 👍
#Lichfield #WeDigCanals #Staffordshire
Wonderful to hear @maryfissell.bsky.social on woman’s hour
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Wonderful to hear @maryfissell.bsky.social on woman’s hour
A timely piece from Alice Cust Hughes in latest edition of Impact journal @collegeofteaching.bsky.social
Very proud!
Very proud!
March 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A timely piece from Alice Cust Hughes in latest edition of Impact journal @collegeofteaching.bsky.social
Very proud!
Very proud!
A book launch!
January 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A book launch!
Wow! A Camden volume. Such a pleasure to be involved
January 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Wow! A Camden volume. Such a pleasure to be involved
After 50 years my Kenwood mixer has finally given up - catching fire after mixing too heavy a batter. RIP
January 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
After 50 years my Kenwood mixer has finally given up - catching fire after mixing too heavy a batter. RIP
Blue skies and ducks enjoying the ice. #Lichfield #DarwinPark
January 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Blue skies and ducks enjoying the ice. #Lichfield #DarwinPark
Brilliant present!!!
December 25, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Brilliant present!!!
Tree from places of welcome
December 22, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Tree from places of welcome
Wonderful light show at @lichfieldcathedral.bsky.social and inside trees decorated by schools, businesses and charities
December 22, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Wonderful light show at @lichfieldcathedral.bsky.social and inside trees decorated by schools, businesses and charities
Looking forward to seeing this in print - great fun contributing to it
November 28, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Looking forward to seeing this in print - great fun contributing to it
Storm Bert couldn’t stop us campaigning in Stowe!
November 25, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Storm Bert couldn’t stop us campaigning in Stowe!
Fabulous paper by @angelamcshane.bsky.social on the wonderful 100 ballads website
November 21, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Fabulous paper by @angelamcshane.bsky.social on the wonderful 100 ballads website
Well worth braving the cold night for launch of excellent volume from Bucks Record Society - first of series edited by Rosemary O’Day
November 20, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Well worth braving the cold night for launch of excellent volume from Bucks Record Society - first of series edited by Rosemary O’Day
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Launched today, this British Academy's pilot project maps changes in provision of UK undergraduate courses in Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences. 'Cold spots in SHAPE subject access matter. These subjects play a vital and vibrant role in university life, developing critical thinking'. 1/3 #UKHE
There are cold spots in arts, humanities, and social sciences provision
New British Academy interactive maps reveal cold spots in social sciences, humanities and arts in UK higher education – especially affecting disadvantaged students. Ruairi Cullen explains
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November 20, 2024 at 7:41 AM
Launched today, this British Academy's pilot project maps changes in provision of UK undergraduate courses in Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences. 'Cold spots in SHAPE subject access matter. These subjects play a vital and vibrant role in university life, developing critical thinking'. 1/3 #UKHE