Matthew McCormack
@historymatt.bsky.social
Historian of Georgian Britain, currently researching shoes. President of @BSECS.bsky.social. Views my own but not necessarily original.
Didn't sell many copies after my talk but nice to see this one in the wild
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Didn't sell many copies after my talk but nice to see this one in the wild
At the V&A for my talk, so checked out the Marie Antoinette exhibition. Some stunning buckles, obvs
November 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
At the V&A for my talk, so checked out the Marie Antoinette exhibition. Some stunning buckles, obvs
Today! If you're coming along, do say hello
Londoners! I'm doing a free lunchtime talk about my book at the V&A on Thursday
www.vam.ac.uk/event/xd9XBD...
www.vam.ac.uk/event/xd9XBD...
Lunchtime Lectures: Shoes and the Georgian Man - V&A Academy Talk at
V&A South Kensington · V&A
This talk is part of the free Lunchtime Lecture programme. No booking is required.
www.vam.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Today! If you're coming along, do say hello
Well done Scotland! One of the most astonishing games I've ever watched
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Well done Scotland! One of the most astonishing games I've ever watched
Londoners! I'm doing a free lunchtime talk about my book at the V&A on Thursday
www.vam.ac.uk/event/xd9XBD...
www.vam.ac.uk/event/xd9XBD...
Lunchtime Lectures: Shoes and the Georgian Man - V&A Academy Talk at
V&A South Kensington · V&A
This talk is part of the free Lunchtime Lecture programme. No booking is required.
www.vam.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Londoners! I'm doing a free lunchtime talk about my book at the V&A on Thursday
www.vam.ac.uk/event/xd9XBD...
www.vam.ac.uk/event/xd9XBD...
There is a Traitors-shaped hole in my life so I'm watching the Australian version.
It's great - there is no "I love you guys and this has been a great experience" - instead, they are all ruthlessly playing to win from day one.
It's great - there is no "I love you guys and this has been a great experience" - instead, they are all ruthlessly playing to win from day one.
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
There is a Traitors-shaped hole in my life so I'm watching the Australian version.
It's great - there is no "I love you guys and this has been a great experience" - instead, they are all ruthlessly playing to win from day one.
It's great - there is no "I love you guys and this has been a great experience" - instead, they are all ruthlessly playing to win from day one.
At graduation today, our Chancellor Richard Coles said that he bumped into Alan Carr shortly after they'd filmed Traitors. Asking how it went, he replied "I can't say! I've signed an NDA!"
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
At graduation today, our Chancellor Richard Coles said that he bumped into Alan Carr shortly after they'd filmed Traitors. Asking how it went, he replied "I can't say! I've signed an NDA!"
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Applications are now open for the Curriers Prize, awarded by the Worshipful Company of Curriers in association with ourselves and the @ihr.bsky.social for the best entered essay on any aspect of London's history from Roman times to the present.
The Curriers’ Prize
The Worshipful Company of Curriers, has established an essay prize on the history of London, in association with The London Journal Trust and the IHR.
www.history.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Applications are now open for the Curriers Prize, awarded by the Worshipful Company of Curriers in association with ourselves and the @ihr.bsky.social for the best entered essay on any aspect of London's history from Roman times to the present.
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🔴'BBC Bias’ Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🔴'BBC Bias’ Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
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North American scholars come and work at Birmingham for a month. Deadline 15 November! #nacbs
www.birmingham.ac.uk/about/colleg...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/about/colleg...
Huntington Exchange Fellowship - University of Birmingham
Information for prospective applicants wishing to apply to the Huntington for a Fellowship to visit the University of Birmingham.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
North American scholars come and work at Birmingham for a month. Deadline 15 November! #nacbs
www.birmingham.ac.uk/about/colleg...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/about/colleg...
Having seen the edit, the lawsuit against the BBC is absurd. Or it would be if they hadn't already admitted liability
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Having seen the edit, the lawsuit against the BBC is absurd. Or it would be if they hadn't already admitted liability
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Less than a month to go until our free online workshop *Object Stories in Health and Medicine, 1700-1900*. Friday 5 December from 10am GMT. Tickets available through this link!
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/objec...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/objec...
November 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Less than a month to go until our free online workshop *Object Stories in Health and Medicine, 1700-1900*. Friday 5 December from 10am GMT. Tickets available through this link!
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/objec...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/objec...
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I teach this article EVERY time I teach philosophy of tech.
November 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I teach this article EVERY time I teach philosophy of tech.
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STARSHIP TROOPERS was released 28 years ago today. Among the most popular films of director Paul Verhoeven, and a classic sci fi/action satire, the making of story is as outrageous as the film. Would you like to know more…?
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November 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
STARSHIP TROOPERS was released 28 years ago today. Among the most popular films of director Paul Verhoeven, and a classic sci fi/action satire, the making of story is as outrageous as the film. Would you like to know more…?
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So the historian didn't win Traitors, but happily Northampton did
November 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
So the historian didn't win Traitors, but happily Northampton did
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CFP: “Embodied Knowledge Practices in the Early Modern World”
Conference at the University of Amsterdam
Monday, 15 June 2026
How do material conditions shape how & what we know about the natural world?
#earlymodern #C18L
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Conference at the University of Amsterdam
Monday, 15 June 2026
How do material conditions shape how & what we know about the natural world?
#earlymodern #C18L
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October 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
CFP: “Embodied Knowledge Practices in the Early Modern World”
Conference at the University of Amsterdam
Monday, 15 June 2026
How do material conditions shape how & what we know about the natural world?
#earlymodern #C18L
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Conference at the University of Amsterdam
Monday, 15 June 2026
How do material conditions shape how & what we know about the natural world?
#earlymodern #C18L
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Great investigation of the Nazis, racists and criminals mobilising the flag-on-lamp-posts movement. This is the kind of journalism that the national media could and should have conducted:
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Great investigation of the Nazis, racists and criminals mobilising the flag-on-lamp-posts movement. This is the kind of journalism that the national media could and should have conducted:
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
My walk this morning, on Mersea Island
November 1, 2025 at 8:52 AM
My walk this morning, on Mersea Island
There are few things more terrifying than a rotten pumpkin
October 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
There are few things more terrifying than a rotten pumpkin
A lovely review of Innovations in Teaching History in the American Historical Review!
academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...
academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A lovely review of Innovations in Teaching History in the American Historical Review!
academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...
academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...
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Ladies please take note.
October 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Ladies please take note.
My office for the morning, looking at children's shoes from the 18th century.
Will be talking about this at @bsecs.bsky.social - on their theme of "big and small" (some were tiny)
Will be talking about this at @bsecs.bsky.social - on their theme of "big and small" (some were tiny)
October 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
My office for the morning, looking at children's shoes from the 18th century.
Will be talking about this at @bsecs.bsky.social - on their theme of "big and small" (some were tiny)
Will be talking about this at @bsecs.bsky.social - on their theme of "big and small" (some were tiny)
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Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them
Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
n.pr
October 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
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See @vanessathorpe.bsky.social in @theobserveruk.bsky.social — a devastating story:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
October 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
See @vanessathorpe.bsky.social in @theobserveruk.bsky.social — a devastating story:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...