Sharon Howard
@sharonhoward.bsky.social
History, data, pictures, food. Still lazing about.
http://sharonhoward.org/
ORCID: 0000-0002-6051-6274
http://sharonhoward.org/
ORCID: 0000-0002-6051-6274
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#WomensHistoryMonth Evelyn Dunbar, A Knitting Party (1940). One of the first of Dunbar's WW2 paintings focusing on women's work. www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
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Maid flirts with her fellow, cat steals the dinner, housewife escapes boring party upstairs to enjoy the disorder of her own household. Great scene from 1657 by Nicolas Maes, whose day is today.
November 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Maid flirts with her fellow, cat steals the dinner, housewife escapes boring party upstairs to enjoy the disorder of her own household. Great scene from 1657 by Nicolas Maes, whose day is today.
*taps the avatar* An excellent choice if I may say so, Dr P.
Died (alas!) on this day in 1693, in Amsterdam, Nicolaes Maes. Marvelous painter of daily life and portraits. Here by himself in 1685, as a famous old dude.
November 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
*taps the avatar* An excellent choice if I may say so, Dr P.
Fantastic* anxiety dream last night in which I was trying to give a presentation but I lost my place in the big book I was reading it out of, and the table of contents was missing. And the book was getting bigger. Don't think I've had this one before.
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Fantastic* anxiety dream last night in which I was trying to give a presentation but I lost my place in the big book I was reading it out of, and the table of contents was missing. And the book was getting bigger. Don't think I've had this one before.
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Cats are in the pantry, ready to feast on seafood. By Jan van Kessel the younger (great-great-grandson of Pieter Bruegel) whose day is today.
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Cats are in the pantry, ready to feast on seafood. By Jan van Kessel the younger (great-great-grandson of Pieter Bruegel) whose day is today.
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Born OTD in 1654, in Antwerp, Jan van Kessel the Younger. Like his father, a painter of bugs, beasts, & other naturalia. Occasionally humans too. Here, butterflies, shells, etc in 1680.
November 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Born OTD in 1654, in Antwerp, Jan van Kessel the Younger. Like his father, a painter of bugs, beasts, & other naturalia. Occasionally humans too. Here, butterflies, shells, etc in 1680.
In a late 18th-century London burials dataset I've analysed, at least 10% of deaths of women aged 16-45 were attributed to childbirth.
This stuff really boils my piss.
It's a long time since I had my kids but the range of things that can go wrong in childbirth is very very large. Why you'd go down this route is a total mystery to me
It's a long time since I had my kids but the range of things that can go wrong in childbirth is very very large. Why you'd go down this route is a total mystery to me
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
November 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
In a late 18th-century London burials dataset I've analysed, at least 10% of deaths of women aged 16-45 were attributed to childbirth.
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We've all been there
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
We've all been there
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Sir Anthony Weldon, A Cat May Look Upon a King (printed for William Roybould, at the Unicorn in Pauls Church-yard, 1652)
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Sir Anthony Weldon, A Cat May Look Upon a King (printed for William Roybould, at the Unicorn in Pauls Church-yard, 1652)
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NEW PUBLICATION
Our @historians.org American Historical Review article presents a pathbreaking methodology to analyse the invisible biochemical traces that #earlymodern users left behind on the surface of paper recipes
doi.org/10.1093/ahr/...
Our @historians.org American Historical Review article presents a pathbreaking methodology to analyse the invisible biochemical traces that #earlymodern users left behind on the surface of paper recipes
doi.org/10.1093/ahr/...
The Scientific Analysis of Renaissance Recipes: Proteomics, Medicine, and the Body in the Material Renaissance
Abstract. Collaborations between the humanities and sciences allow for novel insights into the material world of Renaissance recipe cultures, and in partic
doi.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
NEW PUBLICATION
Our @historians.org American Historical Review article presents a pathbreaking methodology to analyse the invisible biochemical traces that #earlymodern users left behind on the surface of paper recipes
doi.org/10.1093/ahr/...
Our @historians.org American Historical Review article presents a pathbreaking methodology to analyse the invisible biochemical traces that #earlymodern users left behind on the surface of paper recipes
doi.org/10.1093/ahr/...
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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Adam Elsheimer, The Artist in Despair, c. 1599, pen and brown ink, 71/8 x 75/8 in. (182 x 195 mm), Munich, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung
November 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Adam Elsheimer, The Artist in Despair, c. 1599, pen and brown ink, 71/8 x 75/8 in. (182 x 195 mm), Munich, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung
NOT in any way a criticism of the authors, but the Digital Failure I want to moan about today is UoL Press's inability to Zoterify its book web pages properly.
And now I've faffed around with that, looking forward to reading the book...
And now I've faffed around with that, looking forward to reading the book...
📣 Really proud to announce the publication of Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship, an #OpenAccess collection of essays co-edited with @amsichani.bsky.social and published by @uolpress.bsky.social that examines the role of failure in #DH and research more broadly
@sas-news.bsky.social
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Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship - University of London Press
Failure is ordinary. From technological failures and computational obsolescence to rejected applications and challenging collaborations, failure is an unavoidable part of any scholarly endeavour. This...
uolpress.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
NOT in any way a criticism of the authors, but the Digital Failure I want to moan about today is UoL Press's inability to Zoterify its book web pages properly.
And now I've faffed around with that, looking forward to reading the book...
And now I've faffed around with that, looking forward to reading the book...
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🗣️ ENABLAR is a new initiative from @jisc.bsky.social
+ @proghist.bsky.social, bringing library and archive practitioners into dialogue with digital humanities researchers.
We’re gathering a cohort to join our online programme of webinars, workshops, and writing sprints.
tinyurl.com/enablar-blog
+ @proghist.bsky.social, bringing library and archive practitioners into dialogue with digital humanities researchers.
We’re gathering a cohort to join our online programme of webinars, workshops, and writing sprints.
tinyurl.com/enablar-blog
November 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
🗣️ ENABLAR is a new initiative from @jisc.bsky.social
+ @proghist.bsky.social, bringing library and archive practitioners into dialogue with digital humanities researchers.
We’re gathering a cohort to join our online programme of webinars, workshops, and writing sprints.
tinyurl.com/enablar-blog
+ @proghist.bsky.social, bringing library and archive practitioners into dialogue with digital humanities researchers.
We’re gathering a cohort to join our online programme of webinars, workshops, and writing sprints.
tinyurl.com/enablar-blog
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Out now!
The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities, ed. Constance Crompton, @raysiemens.bsky.social , Richard J. Lane, and myself
And better yet? It's #openaccess!
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
Order hard copies here: www.routledge.com/The-Companio...
Thanks to all contributors! 🎉
The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities, ed. Constance Crompton, @raysiemens.bsky.social , Richard J. Lane, and myself
And better yet? It's #openaccess!
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
Order hard copies here: www.routledge.com/The-Companio...
Thanks to all contributors! 🎉
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Out now!
The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities, ed. Constance Crompton, @raysiemens.bsky.social , Richard J. Lane, and myself
And better yet? It's #openaccess!
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
Order hard copies here: www.routledge.com/The-Companio...
Thanks to all contributors! 🎉
The Routledge Companion to Digital Humanities, ed. Constance Crompton, @raysiemens.bsky.social , Richard J. Lane, and myself
And better yet? It's #openaccess!
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
Order hard copies here: www.routledge.com/The-Companio...
Thanks to all contributors! 🎉
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🖼️ David Ladmore
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 AM
🖼️ David Ladmore
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View of the Rio São Francisco in Brazil, with Fort Maurits. Starring an A+ capibara. Painted in 1639 by visiting Dutch artist Frans Post, whose day has been today.
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 AM
View of the Rio São Francisco in Brazil, with Fort Maurits. Starring an A+ capibara. Painted in 1639 by visiting Dutch artist Frans Post, whose day has been today.
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A jaguar, strolling jauntily along. Drawn in Brazil by Dutch artist Frans Post, who was born on this day in 1612.
November 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A jaguar, strolling jauntily along. Drawn in Brazil by Dutch artist Frans Post, who was born on this day in 1612.
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I thought I would mark the occasion by making an interactive dashboard of the London Lives Westminster Coroners Inquests. sharonhoward.github.io/mindseye_of/...
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I thought I would mark the occasion by making an interactive dashboard of the London Lives Westminster Coroners Inquests. sharonhoward.github.io/mindseye_of/...
the 1970s really was another country
Just been reminded of the Crackerjack team attempting XTC’s Making Plans For Nigel, which I’m sure Andy Partridge would agree is the the definitive version
youtu.be/n5LrRlR2Epo?...
youtu.be/n5LrRlR2Epo?...
Crackerjack team take on XTC's Making Plans For Nigel
YouTube video by Paul Putner
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
the 1970s really was another country
Presumably Mahmood's actual "moral mission" is to make people like David Blunkett and Jack Straw look like fucking woke liberals.
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Presumably Mahmood's actual "moral mission" is to make people like David Blunkett and Jack Straw look like fucking woke liberals.
WTAF.
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
WTAF.
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Hello Monday.
🖼️ Esther Inglis, Self Portrait, 1595.
🖼️ Esther Inglis, Self Portrait, 1595.
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Hello Monday.
🖼️ Esther Inglis, Self Portrait, 1595.
🖼️ Esther Inglis, Self Portrait, 1595.
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Here is a cute happy dragon to brighten your day
(floor-tile, early 13th century)
(floor-tile, early 13th century)
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Here is a cute happy dragon to brighten your day
(floor-tile, early 13th century)
(floor-tile, early 13th century)