Dr Angela Muir
@drangelamuir.bsky.social
Associate professor, historian, sometimes musician. Interested in gender and deviance in 18th century Wales & England. I co-host Wines & Crimes events in Cardiff. Currently writing a non-academic true crime history book (out in 2026) www.angelamuir.co.uk
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If anyone needs a freelance researcher in London (or across the UK), I'm your person!
I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!
I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!
October 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
If anyone needs a freelance researcher in London (or across the UK), I'm your person!
I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!
I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!
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#WorldLetterWritingDay ✒️
Here's the story of love letters I discovered in the Amgueddfa Cymru collections 💌
Sarah was 20 years old when she received these letters. She fell in love with a butcher, and they kept a public house together 🍻
hellohistoria.substack.com/p/my-dearest...
#Wales #History
Here's the story of love letters I discovered in the Amgueddfa Cymru collections 💌
Sarah was 20 years old when she received these letters. She fell in love with a butcher, and they kept a public house together 🍻
hellohistoria.substack.com/p/my-dearest...
#Wales #History
'My dearest Sarah' | A Bridgend Love Letter.
While going through the National Museum of Wales Collections, I came across a love-letter.
hellohistoria.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
#WorldLetterWritingDay ✒️
Here's the story of love letters I discovered in the Amgueddfa Cymru collections 💌
Sarah was 20 years old when she received these letters. She fell in love with a butcher, and they kept a public house together 🍻
hellohistoria.substack.com/p/my-dearest...
#Wales #History
Here's the story of love letters I discovered in the Amgueddfa Cymru collections 💌
Sarah was 20 years old when she received these letters. She fell in love with a butcher, and they kept a public house together 🍻
hellohistoria.substack.com/p/my-dearest...
#Wales #History
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Great to see the recording of Angela Muir's excellent paper on 'Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-Century' to @long18thsem.bsky.social at @ihrlibrary.bsky.social is now available online. www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/for...
Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-Century
Recorded on 30 April 2025
www.history.ac.uk
May 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Great to see the recording of Angela Muir's excellent paper on 'Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-Century' to @long18thsem.bsky.social at @ihrlibrary.bsky.social is now available online. www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/for...
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Join us next week for the @vchlondon.bsky.social lecture:
Women Making History in the Early Twentieth Century: Working for the VCH ‘Big Red Books’ with @amalexathorn.bsky.social.
Free to attend: www.history.ac.uk/events/women...
Women Making History in the Early Twentieth Century: Working for the VCH ‘Big Red Books’ with @amalexathorn.bsky.social.
Free to attend: www.history.ac.uk/events/women...
May 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Join us next week for the @vchlondon.bsky.social lecture:
Women Making History in the Early Twentieth Century: Working for the VCH ‘Big Red Books’ with @amalexathorn.bsky.social.
Free to attend: www.history.ac.uk/events/women...
Women Making History in the Early Twentieth Century: Working for the VCH ‘Big Red Books’ with @amalexathorn.bsky.social.
Free to attend: www.history.ac.uk/events/women...
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ICYMI:
Our seminar recommences tomorrow night with @drangelamuir.bsky.social presenting her paper ‘Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-century’. Join us in person at the IHR in our regular room or online from 17:30!
www.history.ac.uk/events/force...
Our seminar recommences tomorrow night with @drangelamuir.bsky.social presenting her paper ‘Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-century’. Join us in person at the IHR in our regular room or online from 17:30!
www.history.ac.uk/events/force...
Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-Century
www.history.ac.uk
April 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ICYMI:
Our seminar recommences tomorrow night with @drangelamuir.bsky.social presenting her paper ‘Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-century’. Join us in person at the IHR in our regular room or online from 17:30!
www.history.ac.uk/events/force...
Our seminar recommences tomorrow night with @drangelamuir.bsky.social presenting her paper ‘Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-century’. Join us in person at the IHR in our regular room or online from 17:30!
www.history.ac.uk/events/force...
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There’s still time to sign up online/in person for this important talk this weds @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social 👇
I'm excited to be speaking at @long18thsem.bsky.social on 30 April at @ihr.bsky.social. It's a dark topic with a lot of modern relevance given the ongoing threat to women's reproductive rights. Join in person or online (it's free)
#skystorians #history #AcademicSky
www.history.ac.uk/events/force...
#skystorians #history #AcademicSky
www.history.ac.uk/events/force...
Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-Century
www.history.ac.uk
April 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
There’s still time to sign up online/in person for this important talk this weds @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social 👇
📣3 Funded MA Studentships!
In partnership with the Black Cultural Archives, the Centre for Regional and Local History is offering 3 funded MA studentships in Black British local history in honour of Len Garrison. Click the link for details
#skystorians
le.ac.uk/english-loca...
In partnership with the Black Cultural Archives, the Centre for Regional and Local History is offering 3 funded MA studentships in Black British local history in honour of Len Garrison. Click the link for details
#skystorians
le.ac.uk/english-loca...
April 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
📣3 Funded MA Studentships!
In partnership with the Black Cultural Archives, the Centre for Regional and Local History is offering 3 funded MA studentships in Black British local history in honour of Len Garrison. Click the link for details
#skystorians
le.ac.uk/english-loca...
In partnership with the Black Cultural Archives, the Centre for Regional and Local History is offering 3 funded MA studentships in Black British local history in honour of Len Garrison. Click the link for details
#skystorians
le.ac.uk/english-loca...
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Looking forward to Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social speaking about 'Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-Century' to the @long18thsem.bsky.social at @ihrlibrary.bsky.social next Wed. All welcome in person or online, but please register: www.history.ac.uk/events/force...
Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-Century
www.history.ac.uk
April 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Looking forward to Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social speaking about 'Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-Century' to the @long18thsem.bsky.social at @ihrlibrary.bsky.social next Wed. All welcome in person or online, but please register: www.history.ac.uk/events/force...
I'm excited to be speaking at @long18thsem.bsky.social on 30 April at @ihr.bsky.social. It's a dark topic with a lot of modern relevance given the ongoing threat to women's reproductive rights. Join in person or online (it's free)
#skystorians #history #AcademicSky
www.history.ac.uk/events/force...
#skystorians #history #AcademicSky
www.history.ac.uk/events/force...
Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-Century
www.history.ac.uk
April 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I'm excited to be speaking at @long18thsem.bsky.social on 30 April at @ihr.bsky.social. It's a dark topic with a lot of modern relevance given the ongoing threat to women's reproductive rights. Join in person or online (it's free)
#skystorians #history #AcademicSky
www.history.ac.uk/events/force...
#skystorians #history #AcademicSky
www.history.ac.uk/events/force...
Always a nice treat when this time of year rolls around! If you're a writer publishing your work and haven't signed up, you're really missing out!
Happy #ALCSDay to our members! We’re so proud to have once again paid more money, to more members than ever before.
March 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Always a nice treat when this time of year rolls around! If you're a writer publishing your work and haven't signed up, you're really missing out!
I think @themerl.bsky.social is my favourite account on Bluesky. Top tier socials, lads (and lasses?)!
March 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I think @themerl.bsky.social is my favourite account on Bluesky. Top tier socials, lads (and lasses?)!
Adam Walton gave one of our tracks a spin Saturday night! Hear 'Little Brain' by The Echo and the Always off of 'With Hearts Like These' at 2hr 50min in. It was part of his #internationalwomensday special
Recorded by @toddhq.bsky.social
#newmusic #welshmusic #iwd25
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Recorded by @toddhq.bsky.social
#newmusic #welshmusic #iwd25
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
BBC Introducing with Adam Walton - 08/03/2025 - BBC Sounds
Adam brings you the best in new Welsh music, exclusive sessions, interviews and demos.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Adam Walton gave one of our tracks a spin Saturday night! Hear 'Little Brain' by The Echo and the Always off of 'With Hearts Like These' at 2hr 50min in. It was part of his #internationalwomensday special
Recorded by @toddhq.bsky.social
#newmusic #welshmusic #iwd25
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Recorded by @toddhq.bsky.social
#newmusic #welshmusic #iwd25
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
For any wine, history and true crime lovers in and around Cardiff we've just announced our next Wines & Crimes! This time we're doing a deep dive into sex work in 18th & 19th century Wales 🍷
📅21 May
📍Corp Market
#truecrime #Wales #Welshhistory #wine #womenshistory
vinvancymru.co.uk/collections/...
📅21 May
📍Corp Market
#truecrime #Wales #Welshhistory #wine #womenshistory
vinvancymru.co.uk/collections/...
Wines & Crimes: Tarts & Street Walkers - The Corp Marquee
The Corp Marquee | 6:30pm-9pm | Wednesday 21st of May Do you like wine? How about true crime? Then this event is just for you! This is a Wines & Crimes edition with a scandalous twist – where we u...
vinvancymru.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
For any wine, history and true crime lovers in and around Cardiff we've just announced our next Wines & Crimes! This time we're doing a deep dive into sex work in 18th & 19th century Wales 🍷
📅21 May
📍Corp Market
#truecrime #Wales #Welshhistory #wine #womenshistory
vinvancymru.co.uk/collections/...
📅21 May
📍Corp Market
#truecrime #Wales #Welshhistory #wine #womenshistory
vinvancymru.co.uk/collections/...
Great to see Sarah Inskip & my research reach wider audiences! Mudlarker Liz Anderson engages with 'Material Encounters' (Historical Research, 2023) in her blog post about tobacco pipe finds on the London foreshore
amudlarksdiary.com/2023/06/25/b...
amudlarksdiary.com/2023/06/25/b...
Back on the foreshore again and an armorial clay pipe find
I haven’t been able to mudlark for the last couple of months – a combination of family wedding preparation and recovering from surgery has kept me away. So it was a real joy to return t…
amudlarksdiary.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Great to see Sarah Inskip & my research reach wider audiences! Mudlarker Liz Anderson engages with 'Material Encounters' (Historical Research, 2023) in her blog post about tobacco pipe finds on the London foreshore
amudlarksdiary.com/2023/06/25/b...
amudlarksdiary.com/2023/06/25/b...
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relatable.
January 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
relatable.
📣For anyone in or near Cardiff, our next Wines & Crimes is coming up soon! Vin Van Cymru will pair some excellent wine with true crime stories from 18th and early 19th century Wales 🍷☠️🔪
📍The Corp Market, Cardiff
📅29 January, 6:30pm
🎟️Tickets and info 👇
vinvancymru.co.uk/products/win...
📍The Corp Market, Cardiff
📅29 January, 6:30pm
🎟️Tickets and info 👇
vinvancymru.co.uk/products/win...
Wines & Crimes: Bad Romance - The Corp Marquee
The Corp Marquee | 6:30pm-9pm | Wednesday 29th of January 2025 Do you like wine? How about true crime? Then this event is just for you! This is a Wines & Crimes edition with a passionate twist - w...
vinvancymru.co.uk
January 21, 2025 at 10:39 AM
📣For anyone in or near Cardiff, our next Wines & Crimes is coming up soon! Vin Van Cymru will pair some excellent wine with true crime stories from 18th and early 19th century Wales 🍷☠️🔪
📍The Corp Market, Cardiff
📅29 January, 6:30pm
🎟️Tickets and info 👇
vinvancymru.co.uk/products/win...
📍The Corp Market, Cardiff
📅29 January, 6:30pm
🎟️Tickets and info 👇
vinvancymru.co.uk/products/win...
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With the permission of her family we are devastated to announce the death of our dear friend, Nicola Verdon, who was killed in an accident while riding her bike on 29th December.
January 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
With the permission of her family we are devastated to announce the death of our dear friend, Nicola Verdon, who was killed in an accident while riding her bike on 29th December.
Please share this amazing opportunity widely! 3 funded MA studentships in Black British Local History for the coming academic year based at the Centre for Regional and Local History at the University of Leicester in partnership with the Black Cultural Archives!
le.ac.uk/english-loca...
le.ac.uk/english-loca...
July 17, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Please share this amazing opportunity widely! 3 funded MA studentships in Black British Local History for the coming academic year based at the Centre for Regional and Local History at the University of Leicester in partnership with the Black Cultural Archives!
le.ac.uk/english-loca...
le.ac.uk/english-loca...
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'The evidence we have of most minority or marginalised groups in the past is always fragmentary...[that] does not mean we should relegate these histories to obscurity'
*new*
@drangelamuir.bsky.social on the history of the Jewish community in 18thC South Wales
manyheadedmonster.com/2024/05/28/l...
*new*
@drangelamuir.bsky.social on the history of the Jewish community in 18thC South Wales
manyheadedmonster.com/2024/05/28/l...
Locating Jews in Eighteenth-Century Wales: Case Studies from the Welsh Court of Sessions
This post is part of our 'The People and the Law' Online Symposium, a series exploring early modern English - and now Welsh - legal sources. Angela Muir is Lecturer in Social and Cultural History and ...
manyheadedmonster.com
May 28, 2024 at 8:41 AM
'The evidence we have of most minority or marginalised groups in the past is always fragmentary...[that] does not mean we should relegate these histories to obscurity'
*new*
@drangelamuir.bsky.social on the history of the Jewish community in 18thC South Wales
manyheadedmonster.com/2024/05/28/l...
*new*
@drangelamuir.bsky.social on the history of the Jewish community in 18thC South Wales
manyheadedmonster.com/2024/05/28/l...
Anyone out there know what the uniform of the Anglesey militia might have looked like in the 1780s?
March 7, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Anyone out there know what the uniform of the Anglesey militia might have looked like in the 1780s?
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Many congratulations to the British Library staff for the return of the online catalogue. Welcome back!
January 15, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Many congratulations to the British Library staff for the return of the online catalogue. Welcome back!
I'll be part of the panel at the launch for Gender in Modern Welsh History, which is nice since I didn't even have a launch for my own book thanks to Covid.
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December 20, 2023 at 5:25 PM
I'll be part of the panel at the launch for Gender in Modern Welsh History, which is nice since I didn't even have a launch for my own book thanks to Covid.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/lansiad-laun…
eventbrite.co.uk/e/lansiad-laun…
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This project about the history of Tiger Bay in South Wales looks amazing... You can sign up to volunteer too! If only there was time to do everything History-related that comes across my desk. ☹️ www.tigerbay.org.uk
November 29, 2023 at 11:51 AM
This project about the history of Tiger Bay in South Wales looks amazing... You can sign up to volunteer too! If only there was time to do everything History-related that comes across my desk. ☹️ www.tigerbay.org.uk
I'm only now learning that Natalie Zemon Davis died last month. Her approach to court records has profoundly shaped my own (and the work of countless other historians, too). She was absolutely discipline-defining. www.history.ox.ac.uk/article/in-m...
November 29, 2023 at 5:18 PM
I'm only now learning that Natalie Zemon Davis died last month. Her approach to court records has profoundly shaped my own (and the work of countless other historians, too). She was absolutely discipline-defining. www.history.ox.ac.uk/article/in-m...