Alice Hunt
@alicehunt.bsky.social
Professor at the University of Southampton. Author of Republic: Britain's Revolutionary Decade, 1649-1660 (Faber, 2024). Co-investigator on 'The Visible Crown: Elizabeth II and the Caribbean'. Represented by Felicity Bryan Associates.
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
A lovely tribute to the brilliant John Carey, whose work I return to again and again and again.
A lovely tribute to the brilliant John Carey, whose work I return to again and again and again.
John Carey obituary: literary critic
Witty, eclectic and sometimes scathing scholar and reviewer who held sacred cows in little respect, dies aged 91
www.thetimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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A lovely tribute to the brilliant John Carey, whose work I return to again and again and again.
A lovely tribute to the brilliant John Carey, whose work I return to again and again and again.
Being a fan of punctuation, I loved this short @thespectator1828.bsky.social piece on the hyphen. In particular, the self-consciousness of this: 'When you use a hyphen, you are near-sacred.'
December 4, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Being a fan of punctuation, I loved this short @thespectator1828.bsky.social piece on the hyphen. In particular, the self-consciousness of this: 'When you use a hyphen, you are near-sacred.'
This sounds good!
Are you coming along to #HistDay25 on Tuesday 4 November 2025? Why not stay at Senate House for my #lecture in the evening, on 'Can popular #history be radical? Historical research and writing for the public'. Book your free place: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
October 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This sounds good!
Thank YOU @mrsamin.bsky.social. Inspirtational and thought-provoking few days meeting this wonderful group of history teachers as part of the @histassoc.bsky.social teacher fellowship with The Visible Crown colleagues @profannawhitelock.bsky.social @gracemc971.bsky.social and Kate Quinn.
My head and heart are enriched and excited! Thank you @histassoc.bsky.social and the Visible Crown project for the most wonderful few days.
September 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Thank YOU @mrsamin.bsky.social. Inspirtational and thought-provoking few days meeting this wonderful group of history teachers as part of the @histassoc.bsky.social teacher fellowship with The Visible Crown colleagues @profannawhitelock.bsky.social @gracemc971.bsky.social and Kate Quinn.
Yes! I LOVE this bookshop.
‘I suppose it was one of those genuine moments that cheesy lifestyle gurus tell you about – when a truly special opportunity lands in your lap, you really should take it.’
Our September Bookshop of the Month is Shrew Books, Fowey.
faber.co.uk/journal/independent-bookshop-of-the-month-shrew-books/
Our September Bookshop of the Month is Shrew Books, Fowey.
faber.co.uk/journal/independent-bookshop-of-the-month-shrew-books/
September 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Yes! I LOVE this bookshop.
Thank you, Owen. V happy to hear this.
Really enjoyed reading this. Historical writing that gives a real sense of its actors living in their present.
Lots to learn for the present decade too. Thanks @alicehunt.bsky.social!
Lots to learn for the present decade too. Thanks @alicehunt.bsky.social!
August 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Thank you, Owen. V happy to hear this.
Thank you @stuartbj.bsky.social. What a lovely post to see - and on my birthday too! 🙂
@alicehunt.bsky.social just to say congratulations on your book Republic. A brilliant and addictive read, under-pinned by much research.
I’m well into researching and writing a biography of Nathaniel Fiennes and your book has opening many new avenues for my research 👌
I’m well into researching and writing a biography of Nathaniel Fiennes and your book has opening many new avenues for my research 👌
August 5, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Thank you @stuartbj.bsky.social. What a lovely post to see - and on my birthday too! 🙂
Definitely! And especially if it's al fresco reading.
Feels like a good time to be starting @alicehunt.bsky.social's Republic.
August 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Definitely! And especially if it's al fresco reading.
Cheers, Tracey!
In the pub reading @jonathanhealey.bsky.social's review of @alicehunt.bsky.social's book in the @lrb.co.uk 😊
July 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Cheers, Tracey!
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‘The republic was a great age for English satire. Royalist laughs had been generated by rejecting certain social norms and annoying Puritans with wilful impurity – fart jokes, heavy drinking and a celebration of sex and dancing.’
Jonathan Healey on England’s republic: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jonathan Healey on England’s republic: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jonathan Healey · Blood and Confusion: England’s Republic
The English republic isn’t recalled with much fondness by anyone. It is known as a fun-sapping entity that cancelled...
www.lrb.co.uk
July 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
‘The republic was a great age for English satire. Royalist laughs had been generated by rejecting certain social norms and annoying Puritans with wilful impurity – fart jokes, heavy drinking and a celebration of sex and dancing.’
Jonathan Healey on England’s republic: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jonathan Healey on England’s republic: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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A fantastic listen – Prof @alicehunt.bsky.social talks about Britain's oft-maligned revolutionary decade and how it actually laid the groundwork for the radical changes in the years following it www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/podcast/brit...
July 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
A fantastic listen – Prof @alicehunt.bsky.social talks about Britain's oft-maligned revolutionary decade and how it actually laid the groundwork for the radical changes in the years following it www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/podcast/brit...
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‘As the old order creaked, new ideas flourished, particularly in religion: radical sects emerged not only from the London streets but from country towns and the ranks of the parliamentary army.’
Jonathan Healey on the English Commonwealth: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jonathan Healey on the English Commonwealth: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jonathan Healey · Blood and Confusion: England’s Republic
The English republic isn’t recalled with much fondness by anyone. It is known as a fun-sapping entity that cancelled...
www.lrb.co.uk
July 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
‘As the old order creaked, new ideas flourished, particularly in religion: radical sects emerged not only from the London streets but from country towns and the ranks of the parliamentary army.’
Jonathan Healey on the English Commonwealth: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jonathan Healey on the English Commonwealth: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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A superb piece of journalism in The Observer: it seems like the one of the sacred texts of Nature Writing (TM) is not quite as much of an unflinchingly honest read as claimed
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book and film were ...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal that the truth behind it is ve...
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July 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
A superb piece of journalism in The Observer: it seems like the one of the sacred texts of Nature Writing (TM) is not quite as much of an unflinchingly honest read as claimed
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
'Until recently, trade publishers have avoided England’s republic – as too dowdy, perhaps, and too complex. But now it’s all the rage.' It is, it is!
V pleased with @jonathanhealey.bsky.social's review of my book REPUBLIC in the latest @lrb.co.uk @faberbooks.bsky.social
V pleased with @jonathanhealey.bsky.social's review of my book REPUBLIC in the latest @lrb.co.uk @faberbooks.bsky.social
‘Families were torn apart and individuals changed sides. These coat-turns show how intricate the ideological fissuring had become, along lines of religion, constitutional law, localism, loyalism, culture and nationality.’
Jonathan Healey on the English Commonwealth:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jonathan Healey on the English Commonwealth:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jonathan Healey · Blood and Confusion: England’s Republic
The English republic isn’t recalled with much fondness by anyone. It is known as a fun-sapping entity that cancelled...
www.lrb.co.uk
July 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
'Until recently, trade publishers have avoided England’s republic – as too dowdy, perhaps, and too complex. But now it’s all the rage.' It is, it is!
V pleased with @jonathanhealey.bsky.social's review of my book REPUBLIC in the latest @lrb.co.uk @faberbooks.bsky.social
V pleased with @jonathanhealey.bsky.social's review of my book REPUBLIC in the latest @lrb.co.uk @faberbooks.bsky.social
And wit music too! Lovely cover reveal.
25 poems written between the eighth century and today = 25 time machines into moments in England's past.
My new #history #book A History of England in 25 Poems, out September 2025 with Penguin Allen Lane (available for pre-order now).
www.penguin.co.uk/books/461263...
My new #history #book A History of England in 25 Poems, out September 2025 with Penguin Allen Lane (available for pre-order now).
www.penguin.co.uk/books/461263...
June 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
And wit music too! Lovely cover reveal.
Reposted by Alice Hunt
25 poems written between the eighth century and today = 25 time machines into moments in England's past.
My new #history #book A History of England in 25 Poems, out September 2025 with Penguin Allen Lane (available for pre-order now).
www.penguin.co.uk/books/461263...
My new #history #book A History of England in 25 Poems, out September 2025 with Penguin Allen Lane (available for pre-order now).
www.penguin.co.uk/books/461263...
June 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
25 poems written between the eighth century and today = 25 time machines into moments in England's past.
My new #history #book A History of England in 25 Poems, out September 2025 with Penguin Allen Lane (available for pre-order now).
www.penguin.co.uk/books/461263...
My new #history #book A History of England in 25 Poems, out September 2025 with Penguin Allen Lane (available for pre-order now).
www.penguin.co.uk/books/461263...
Looking forward to being a bookseller tomorrow at the wonderful @pgwells.bsky.social to celebrate #IndieBookshopWeek
@jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social and I have recommended some of our favourite non-fiction books -- some of which can be glimpsed here 👇
@jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social and I have recommended some of our favourite non-fiction books -- some of which can be glimpsed here 👇
June 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Looking forward to being a bookseller tomorrow at the wonderful @pgwells.bsky.social to celebrate #IndieBookshopWeek
@jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social and I have recommended some of our favourite non-fiction books -- some of which can be glimpsed here 👇
@jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social and I have recommended some of our favourite non-fiction books -- some of which can be glimpsed here 👇
Reposted by Alice Hunt
📚 'Magisterial.' Suzannah Lipscomb
📚 'Gripping.' Malcolm Gaskill
📚 'Evocative.' Clare Jackson
📚 'Superb.' Jessie Childs
📚 'Compelling.' David Kynaston
📚 'Thrilling.' Paul Lay
Republic: Britain's Revolutionary Decade 1649-1660 by Alice Hunt is out in paperback today!
www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
📚 'Gripping.' Malcolm Gaskill
📚 'Evocative.' Clare Jackson
📚 'Superb.' Jessie Childs
📚 'Compelling.' David Kynaston
📚 'Thrilling.' Paul Lay
Republic: Britain's Revolutionary Decade 1649-1660 by Alice Hunt is out in paperback today!
www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
June 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
📚 'Magisterial.' Suzannah Lipscomb
📚 'Gripping.' Malcolm Gaskill
📚 'Evocative.' Clare Jackson
📚 'Superb.' Jessie Childs
📚 'Compelling.' David Kynaston
📚 'Thrilling.' Paul Lay
Republic: Britain's Revolutionary Decade 1649-1660 by Alice Hunt is out in paperback today!
www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
📚 'Gripping.' Malcolm Gaskill
📚 'Evocative.' Clare Jackson
📚 'Superb.' Jessie Childs
📚 'Compelling.' David Kynaston
📚 'Thrilling.' Paul Lay
Republic: Britain's Revolutionary Decade 1649-1660 by Alice Hunt is out in paperback today!
www.faber.co.uk/product/9780...
Reposted by Alice Hunt
We also have a brilliant article from Alice discussing six poems from Britain's Republican past which you can read here on the Faber Journal.
www.faber.co.uk/journal/alic...
www.faber.co.uk/journal/alic...
June 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We also have a brilliant article from Alice discussing six poems from Britain's Republican past which you can read here on the Faber Journal.
www.faber.co.uk/journal/alic...
www.faber.co.uk/journal/alic...
@cathamclarke.bsky.social was so thoughtful on the relationship between literature and history, and fascinating on how writing for non-academic audience can be so unexpectedly emotional -- and in a good way. Can't wait to read #AHistoryofEnglandin25Poems
I had such a great time speaking at the University of Southampton English research seminar today that I forgot to take any photos! Here I am in my hotel room now, feeling grateful for such a wonderful first outing for #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems ❤️🙏
June 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
@cathamclarke.bsky.social was so thoughtful on the relationship between literature and history, and fascinating on how writing for non-academic audience can be so unexpectedly emotional -- and in a good way. Can't wait to read #AHistoryofEnglandin25Poems
Really looking forward to this.
All welcome! My first public event for #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems, hosted by my friends @unisouthampton.bsky.social on 4 June. I'll be talking wormholes, archival discoveries, time travel, & tales from inside the journey of a book... Join in person or online:
www.southampton.ac.uk/humanities/n...
www.southampton.ac.uk/humanities/n...
Writing a History of England in 25 Poems | English Seminar Series
Join us for the Department of English seminar series.
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May 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Really looking forward to this.
Very pleased @jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social picked up Carys Davies' Clear which had been carefully placed on his bedside table.
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New on the Writer’s Bookshelf: eight questions about writers, books, and reading with the great @jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social
The writer's bookshelf: James McConnachie
Eight questions about writers, books, and reading…
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May 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Very pleased @jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social picked up Carys Davies' Clear which had been carefully placed on his bedside table.
Love The Writer's Bookshelf [email protected]
Love The Writer's Bookshelf [email protected]
Joyous launch last night @dauntbooks.bsky.social for The Sun Rising: James I and the Dawn of a Global Britain - the brilliant new book by @profannawhitelock.bsky.social which gives us James I waking up to the rest of the world.
April 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Joyous launch last night @dauntbooks.bsky.social for The Sun Rising: James I and the Dawn of a Global Britain - the brilliant new book by @profannawhitelock.bsky.social which gives us James I waking up to the rest of the world.
And I answered: 'yes'.
In this week’s email newsletter: did King #CharlesI have to die? Four historians share their perspectives.
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March 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
And I answered: 'yes'.
Cannot wait to read this.
One Boat. What a title! Jonathan Buckley's 13th novel, out today. fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/one-bo...
One Boat | Fitzcarraldo Editions
On losing her father, Teresa returns to a small town on the Greek coast – the same place she visited when grieving her mother nine years ago. She immerses herself again in the life of the town, observ...
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March 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Cannot wait to read this.