Hannah Barker
@historyhannahb.bsky.social
Professor of British History, University of Manchester. Social historian of northern England. Currently partial to a bit of material culture, religion, digital community history, popular culture and boxing. 🗃️
From a friend who likes looking for this sort of thing
September 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
From a friend who likes looking for this sort of thing
We are looking for an archivist to work alongside a great team on the Champs Camp archive in Moss Side, Manchester - the UK’s 1st major black led boxing club. 18 months, full time - funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Please share!
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June 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We are looking for an archivist to work alongside a great team on the Champs Camp archive in Moss Side, Manchester - the UK’s 1st major black led boxing club. 18 months, full time - funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Please share!
www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/manches...
www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/manches...
High Pike, northern fells, Cumbria today
June 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
High Pike, northern fells, Cumbria today
Sad to report that my father, Rodney Barker, died yesterday. ‘Political Ideas in Modern Britain’ was probably his most widely read book, amongst many others on political culture. As Professor emeritus of Government at LSE, he remained active as a political commentator
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May 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Sad to report that my father, Rodney Barker, died yesterday. ‘Political Ideas in Modern Britain’ was probably his most widely read book, amongst many others on political culture. As Professor emeritus of Government at LSE, he remained active as a political commentator
lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social
lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social
I cannot lie, this is still super expensive with the discount, especially when you can read it OA for free, but for those who love a physical book (and who doesn’t?) here’s a discount code
May 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I cannot lie, this is still super expensive with the discount, especially when you can read it OA for free, but for those who love a physical book (and who doesn’t?) here’s a discount code
New history book timeline cleanse 🗃️
April 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
New history book timeline cleanse 🗃️
New book arrival timeline cleanse (if that’s not a thing it should be)
April 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
New book arrival timeline cleanse (if that’s not a thing it should be)
If the world feels too much today, why not head off to the 18th century (it’s free)
April 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
If the world feels too much today, why not head off to the 18th century (it’s free)
All in the name of research (on UK Black boxing history) I attended my first ever boxing match last night and was up way past my bedtime.
April 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
All in the name of research (on UK Black boxing history) I attended my first ever boxing match last night and was up way past my bedtime.
Been visiting my dad at Westmoreland Hospital in Marylebone and look who else was in the neighbourhood
March 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Been visiting my dad at Westmoreland Hospital in Marylebone and look who else was in the neighbourhood
A Sheffield family bible belonging to a family of cutlers is full of doodles, drawings, ink spills, and handwriting practice made between c. 1745 and 1770 by the siblings Mary, George, Jasper, and John Barnsley in what looks like a competitive marking exercise. See: academic.oup.com/book/59693
March 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
A Sheffield family bible belonging to a family of cutlers is full of doodles, drawings, ink spills, and handwriting practice made between c. 1745 and 1770 by the siblings Mary, George, Jasper, and John Barnsley in what looks like a competitive marking exercise. See: academic.oup.com/book/59693
This simple sampler produced in 1782 by nine-year-old Anglican Margery Bapty, daughter of the North Shields mariner, Alexander Bapty, probably uses lines found in a schoolbook (held by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums). Did she misspell her own name? More: academic.oup.com/book/59693
March 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This simple sampler produced in 1782 by nine-year-old Anglican Margery Bapty, daughter of the North Shields mariner, Alexander Bapty, probably uses lines found in a schoolbook (held by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums). Did she misspell her own name? More: academic.oup.com/book/59693
More teapots anyone? This English creamware ‘crucifixion’ teapot, c.1780–1800, depicts Christ on the cross with blood flowing from three of the five Holy wounds. Read more in Faith in the Town: academic.oup.com/book/59693?s...
March 6, 2025 at 7:56 AM
More teapots anyone? This English creamware ‘crucifixion’ teapot, c.1780–1800, depicts Christ on the cross with blood flowing from three of the five Holy wounds. Read more in Faith in the Town: academic.oup.com/book/59693?s...
Something for your mantelpiece? Staffordshireware Gabriel figure from Myrna and Benzion Schkolne Collection of Early Modern Pottery, Dallas. Read about it in our new book: academic.oup.com/book/59693
March 5, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Something for your mantelpiece? Staffordshireware Gabriel figure from Myrna and Benzion Schkolne Collection of Early Modern Pottery, Dallas. Read about it in our new book: academic.oup.com/book/59693
Want some moralising with your tea? ‘Prodigal son’ teapot and cover, c. 1770–1782, William Greatbatch, Fenton, Potteries Museum and Art Gallery. One of many domestic items described in our new book Faith in the Town: academic.oup.com/book/59693
March 4, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Want some moralising with your tea? ‘Prodigal son’ teapot and cover, c. 1770–1782, William Greatbatch, Fenton, Potteries Museum and Art Gallery. One of many domestic items described in our new book Faith in the Town: academic.oup.com/book/59693
Elizabeth Tolson, wife of a Wakefield wine merchant, owned this copy of ‘Small Rain Upon the Tender Herb’, a compendium of psalm verses. This miniature book, measured only 3.2 by 2.5 cm and seems designed to be carried in a pocket and consulted throughout the day. academic.oup.com/book/59693
March 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Elizabeth Tolson, wife of a Wakefield wine merchant, owned this copy of ‘Small Rain Upon the Tender Herb’, a compendium of psalm verses. This miniature book, measured only 3.2 by 2.5 cm and seems designed to be carried in a pocket and consulted throughout the day. academic.oup.com/book/59693
John Hirst of Dewsbury’s sketch in his copy of an abridged version of the Bible for children (1789) is discussed in our new book Faith in the Town: academic.oup.com/book/59693
March 2, 2025 at 8:19 AM
John Hirst of Dewsbury’s sketch in his copy of an abridged version of the Bible for children (1789) is discussed in our new book Faith in the Town: academic.oup.com/book/59693
Feathery ice on my study window ❄️ ❄️ ❄️
January 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Feathery ice on my study window ❄️ ❄️ ❄️
Perfect photo in today’s @theguardian.com - these ladies are setting the tone for 2025
December 30, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Perfect photo in today’s @theguardian.com - these ladies are setting the tone for 2025
Christmas Eve final book edits entirely fuelled by Quality Street and tea
December 24, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Christmas Eve final book edits entirely fuelled by Quality Street and tea
Tell me you’ve been doing a lot of writing without telling me
December 5, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Tell me you’ve been doing a lot of writing without telling me
Every Advent this nativity scene is put up at my local church and every year I worry that the dinosaur is going to eat baby Jesus
December 2, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Every Advent this nativity scene is put up at my local church and every year I worry that the dinosaur is going to eat baby Jesus
Ashamed to say I’ve never visited before but Doncaster archives are great and the Minster is fabulous:
there has been a church on this site since the 11th century, whilst the grounds contain a section of wall which formed part of one of the Roman forts which were situated on the site.
there has been a church on this site since the 11th century, whilst the grounds contain a section of wall which formed part of one of the Roman forts which were situated on the site.
November 28, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Ashamed to say I’ve never visited before but Doncaster archives are great and the Minster is fabulous:
there has been a church on this site since the 11th century, whilst the grounds contain a section of wall which formed part of one of the Roman forts which were situated on the site.
there has been a church on this site since the 11th century, whilst the grounds contain a section of wall which formed part of one of the Roman forts which were situated on the site.
One of these pictures is me, the other is very much not, the birthday is right but the job description is wrong. AI - don’t you just love it?
November 26, 2024 at 7:42 PM
One of these pictures is me, the other is very much not, the birthday is right but the job description is wrong. AI - don’t you just love it?