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Matthew Roberts
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Matthew Roberts is on the PhD Text, Practice as Research (part-time) program at the University of Kent. He will be presenting a lunchtime lecture - Queering the British Holiday - Tue 27th January 2026 Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, London.
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Matthew Roberts @matqbritholiday.bsky.social · Aug 27
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Tuesday 27th January 2026 I will be presenting Queering the British Holiday @antiquaries.bsky.social Book tickets (FREE) in person or zoom. NO PASSPORT REQUIRED! 😊
Queering the British Holiday - Society of Antiquaries of London
This lecture explores queering the British holiday by intersecting the Long Eighteenth Century Grand Tour; the impact of Music Hall theatricality on the Victorian Coast by male impersonator, Vesta Til...
www.sal.org.uk
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ISECS/SIEDS @isecs-sieds.bsky.social · 6d
We are happy to announce the publication of the sixth issue of our online journal, IRECS, on “The Science of Taste”. It is now available on the ISECS website:

oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/portail/gscw...
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Matthew Roberts @matqbritholiday.bsky.social · 3h
csecs2025.ca Excited to present on Thur 16th October. TITLE: “Queer Mr Coupler (1696) and Trans Mrs
Coupler (1777)” exploring the cuts from Vanbrugh to Sheridan #queerbritain #restoration #LGBTQ+ #playwrighting
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Trans/Formations: Crossing Borders, Blurring Boundaries / Trans/Formations: franchir les limites, estomper les frontières
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Dr Kathryn Ferry @seasideferry.bsky.social · 1d
Went to a really good talk this evening by Roger Morgan-Grenville at #EastGrinstead Bookshop. Lots of what he said resonates with my experience so I'm looking forward to reading the book #RestlessCoast
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Dr Fabiola Creed @fabiolacreed.bsky.social · 2d
📙 Bluesky is the only platform where I haven’t circulated my book, as I’d recently joined and was waiting for the physical copy. So here it is (last book post, I promise) 📙

☀️ Sunbed in Britain: Tanning Culture from Fad to Fear is free to download via: dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...
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Dr Kathryn Ferry @seasideferry.bsky.social · 2d
Hard to imagine now but the #Brighton Grand Hotel must have looked like a skyscraper when it was first built in 1864. Designed by John Whichcord Jr. it towered over the rest of the seafront
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The "Good Tourism" Blog (and The "GT" Travel Blog) @goodtourism.bsky.social · 9d
‘Authenticity’ is the ideal for many travellers, influencers, and commentators. But what is it? Can destination marketers and tourism professionals package it and sell it … authentically?

" #GoodTourism " #travel #tourism #authenticity

www.goodtourismblog.com/2025/09/auth...
What is 'authenticity' in travel & tourism? - The "Good Tourism" Blog
‘Authenticity’ is the ideal for many travellers, influencers, and commentators. But what is it? Can destination marketers and tourism professionals package it and sell it … authentically? Thanks to Pr...
www.goodtourismblog.com
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Seaside Heritage Network @seasidenetwork.bsky.social · 3d
@seasideferry.bsky.social is taking the #seasideheritage cause around the country.

Apparently there aren't many tickets left if you want to join her in #sheffield...
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Dr Kathryn Ferry @seasideferry.bsky.social · 3d
My next book talk is coming up this weekend when I'll be in #sheffield for #offtheshelf Festival of Words. I'm speaking on Sunday at 6pm - here's the info
offtheshelf.org.uk/events/twent...
A nostalgic exploration of Britain’s distinctive and architecturally significant seafront buildings from the 1920s to the new millennium. This book takes the first look at how resort architecture around the UK coast kept pace with changing fashions and competition of foreign destinations.
offtheshelf.org.uk
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Matthew Roberts @matqbritholiday.bsky.social · 4d
Booked! 🌈🎉
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Justin Bengry @justinbengry.bsky.social · 11d
Join me 4 Nov at Senate House for History Day. This year I'm delighted to be working with the IHR to include a Queer History Trail and have a Queer Zine workshop at History Day 2025.

Come say Hi and check out the amazing historical work being done around the UK.

www.history.ac.uk/news.../even...
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Matthew Roberts @matqbritholiday.bsky.social · 4d
Booked! 🎉
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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 7d
Celebration and Resistance: Explore LGBTQ+ collections and more at History Day 2025 🎉

This #HistDay25 we're partnering with @justinbengry.bsky.social to create a Queer History and Heritage Trail highlighting queer stories, figures & collections. Hear from Justin here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Celebration and Resistance: Explore LGBTQ+ collections and more at History Day 2025
Every year in November we host History Day, an event for students, researchers and history enthusiasts.
www.sas.ac.uk
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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 14d
🎉The call for participation for #HAP26 is now open!

Alongside @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, @royalhistsoc.org & @unisheffieldlib.bsky.social we invite you to explore the theme 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives and Historical Research'.

Apply today: bit.ly/46VfEVY
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DeclanKavanagh.bsky.social @drdeclankavanagh.bsky.social · 5d
Excited for this #Queer #Crip #18thC #Lifewriting
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Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · 11d
Finally on 10 December we're delighted to be joined by @drdeclankavanagh.bsky.social who is giving a paper on Michael Clancy and queer/crip life-writing
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Ben Jackson @benltjackson.bsky.social · 11d
We're putting on an exciting range of research events this year at @manchester.ac.uk on 'Queer Bodies' in 18 & 19C Britain. Colleagues in English, Art History (@emmamerkling.bsky.social), & History are exploring queer approaches to bodies and embodiment and their cultures. See poster for more!
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Dr Kathryn Ferry @seasideferry.bsky.social · 6d
This morning I'm at the Royal Festival Hall to give a talk for the Festival of Britain Society all about how the 1951 exhibition was influenced by, and in its turn influenced, the British seaside.
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 11d
Reldresal, Gulliver, Grildrig, Flimnap ...
#Swift #Phobos #satire #Literature #fantasy #scifi
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Matthew Roberts @matqbritholiday.bsky.social · 5d
It was awesome how you had us all say it together in the session yesterday. Joyful!
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Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 7d
@hwaet.info Might I recommend my own ‘indeed’? From my poetry sequence ‘Grendel’s Mother Bites Back’ in Primers Volume Seven (Nine Arches Press, 2024). Thank you! 🙏🏻
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Matthew Roberts @matqbritholiday.bsky.social · 5d
A stunning day of creativity and connection. Thank you.
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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 5d
I hugely enjoyed hosting a discussion with the brilliant @drlauravarnam.bsky.social & Caroline Bergvall today on creative engagement with #Chaucer and #medieval literature, including readings from their #poetry. Thank you @ies-sas.bsky.social & @englishassociation.bsky.social for an excellent day!
Me, Laura and Caroline
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Matthew Roberts @matqbritholiday.bsky.social · 15d
It was an inspirational and affirming to see the passion, pleasure and profound social consciousness of Bon and Keith. BIG LOVE ♥️
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Matthew Roberts @matqbritholiday.bsky.social · 16d
Looking forward to this!
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Bishopsgate Institute @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social · 16d
Final chance to book tickets. ⏰

Join us at Bishopsgate Institute to relive the grandeur that was Gay News, with photographer Bob Workman & journalist Keith Howes. Discover the stories, images & icons from the queer 70s & 80s.

📅 24 Sep at 19:00
🎟️ 🔗 https://bit.ly/4mVQ2OD
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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 21d
We had a great time kicking off the @ihr.bsky.social staff away day yesterday with a collage-making session on "Why #history matters". You'll be able to see our creations in the IHR Common Room soon!
Colleagues working on their collage poster Colleagues holding up a finished poster, made from cut out words, letters and pictures from print media A finished poster A finished poster
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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 25d
Today should have been the deadline for #BSECS2026, but we are extending it by a WHOLE EXTRA WEEK! Share your research with us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026 by sending us your proposals before MONDAY 22 SEPTEMBER #skystorians #18thC 🗃️
www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...
BSECS Annual Conference
BSECS Annual Conference: the annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference
www.bsecs.org.uk
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