Françoise Baillet
@fbaillet.bsky.social
Prof. of British History and Culture at @universite-caen.bsky.social
Victorianist. Newspapers & magazines. Labour and the illustrated press.
Principal Investigator (PI) of @punchspocketbook.bsky.social.
She/her
Victorianist. Newspapers & magazines. Labour and the illustrated press.
Principal Investigator (PI) of @punchspocketbook.bsky.social.
She/her
Somehow, I doubt this...
January 1, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Somehow, I doubt this...
Wishing you all a happy, exciting, and creative new year!
January 1, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Wishing you all a happy, exciting, and creative new year!
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It's #MapMonday! Here's a #map of #workhouses, #asylums, hospitals and dispensaries in #London, 1900.
Take a closer look on @layersoflondon.bsky.social at www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#VictorianHistory #BritishHistory #GIS #HGIS #MappyMonday
Take a closer look on @layersoflondon.bsky.social at www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#VictorianHistory #BritishHistory #GIS #HGIS #MappyMonday
December 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It's #MapMonday! Here's a #map of #workhouses, #asylums, hospitals and dispensaries in #London, 1900.
Take a closer look on @layersoflondon.bsky.social at www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#VictorianHistory #BritishHistory #GIS #HGIS #MappyMonday
Take a closer look on @layersoflondon.bsky.social at www.layersoflondon.org/map/...
#VictorianHistory #BritishHistory #GIS #HGIS #MappyMonday
Make a Bond film academic
Student Loans are Forever.
Student Loans are Forever.
Make a Bond film academic
The Spy Who Accepted Me with Minor Revisions
The Spy Who Accepted Me with Minor Revisions
Make a Bond Movie academic
No J. (PhD) Shanghai
No J. (PhD) Shanghai
December 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Make a Bond film academic
Student Loans are Forever.
Student Loans are Forever.
Excellent news indeed.
December 17, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Excellent news indeed.
With thanks to @rs4vp.org for generously supporting the first steps of this project through the Patrick Leary Field Development Grant.
Happy Friday! Some light reading to enliven your weekend: a retrospective on the "Pictorial Punch: Treasures from the Archive" study day by our friends @punchspocketbook.bsky.social in November. Several candid photos from the day included! Thanks for #SharingYourNews!
rs4vp.org/pictorial-pu...
rs4vp.org/pictorial-pu...
Pictorial Punch: Treasures from the Archive – RSVP
The Punch's Pocket Book Archive team shares a retrospective on their one-day study day hosted at the British Library on 7 November 2025.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
With thanks to @rs4vp.org for generously supporting the first steps of this project through the Patrick Leary Field Development Grant.
The Tammany Scrapbooks in display at the Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library's Treasures.
A thought for the late Brian Maidment, whose illuminating writings on the subject helped me understand and enjoy nineteenth-century scrapbooks.
A thought for the late Brian Maidment, whose illuminating writings on the subject helped me understand and enjoy nineteenth-century scrapbooks.
November 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The Tammany Scrapbooks in display at the Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library's Treasures.
A thought for the late Brian Maidment, whose illuminating writings on the subject helped me understand and enjoy nineteenth-century scrapbooks.
A thought for the late Brian Maidment, whose illuminating writings on the subject helped me understand and enjoy nineteenth-century scrapbooks.
Back in Cambridge, with fantastic memories of that NYC Thanksgiving weekend. Within the space of 3 days, I saw more treasures than that cartoon pirate hoarded, at the top of one of the Parade's floats.
I also walked like a marathon and am aching in muscles I did not know existed. Roll on, Xmas!
I also walked like a marathon and am aching in muscles I did not know existed. Roll on, Xmas!
November 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Back in Cambridge, with fantastic memories of that NYC Thanksgiving weekend. Within the space of 3 days, I saw more treasures than that cartoon pirate hoarded, at the top of one of the Parade's floats.
I also walked like a marathon and am aching in muscles I did not know existed. Roll on, Xmas!
I also walked like a marathon and am aching in muscles I did not know existed. Roll on, Xmas!
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Punch's Pocket Book entry of the day: 'Nothing particular - Oyster dinner.' That may well be the title of my next paper.
Fantastic day at the Robert D. Farber Archives and Special Collections, Brandeis University.
Fantastic day at the Robert D. Farber Archives and Special Collections, Brandeis University.
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Punch's Pocket Book entry of the day: 'Nothing particular - Oyster dinner.' That may well be the title of my next paper.
Fantastic day at the Robert D. Farber Archives and Special Collections, Brandeis University.
Fantastic day at the Robert D. Farber Archives and Special Collections, Brandeis University.
Just wondering about the 'etc'...
November 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Just wondering about the 'etc'...
The great news of the day is that the New York Public Library holds W. M. Thackeray's very own Punch's Pocket Book for 1856, with ms. annotations about 'the fat of the land, claret in plenty & smoking too much.'
What's not to like? Made an appointment to consult the resource next week.
What's not to like? Made an appointment to consult the resource next week.
November 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The great news of the day is that the New York Public Library holds W. M. Thackeray's very own Punch's Pocket Book for 1856, with ms. annotations about 'the fat of the land, claret in plenty & smoking too much.'
What's not to like? Made an appointment to consult the resource next week.
What's not to like? Made an appointment to consult the resource next week.
At Nottingham University, students and academics have just been informed of the possible closure of the Departement of Modern Languages. I signed this petition.
Sign the Petition
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
www.change.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
At Nottingham University, students and academics have just been informed of the possible closure of the Departement of Modern Languages. I signed this petition.
Seen today. Fascinating connections between social and political struggles, past and present. Great exhibition.
Boston Public Library Opens REVOLUTION! 250 Years of Art & Activism in Boston irishboston.org/2025/boston-... @bpl.boston.gov @bplmaps.bsky.social @bplpsa.bsky.social @revolution250.bsky.social @bostonglobe.com @archives.boston.gov
Boston Public Library Opens REVOLUTION! 250 Years of Art & Activism in Boston - Irish Boston
(October 23, 20250 - The Boston Public Library (BPL) has opened its first major exhibition in nearly a decade. Revolution! 250 Years of Art & Activism
irishboston.org
November 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Seen today. Fascinating connections between social and political struggles, past and present. Great exhibition.
Triumph of Religion, John Singer Sargent's extraordinary murals at @bpl.boston.gov Boston Public Library. Madame X nowhere to be seen.
November 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Triumph of Religion, John Singer Sargent's extraordinary murals at @bpl.boston.gov Boston Public Library. Madame X nowhere to be seen.
Many thanks to our wonderful speakers and audience, last Friday at the British Library, for our "Pictorial Punch - Treasures from the Archive" event.
Punch's Pocket Book Archive is now entering its second phase: keep in touch!
Punch's Pocket Book Archive is now entering its second phase: keep in touch!
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Many thanks to our wonderful speakers and audience, last Friday at the British Library, for our "Pictorial Punch - Treasures from the Archive" event.
Punch's Pocket Book Archive is now entering its second phase: keep in touch!
Punch's Pocket Book Archive is now entering its second phase: keep in touch!
Reposted by Françoise Baillet
What a surprise to find a collection of Punches, today, on the shelves of the beautiful Kenwood House!
October 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
What a surprise to find a collection of Punches, today, on the shelves of the beautiful Kenwood House!
The V&A East Storehouse is a sort of IKEArt: you just wander between racks full of furniture, tableware and decoration until you are caught by surprise by a giant cello or a 16th century Spanish ceiling (set up without an Allen key). Extraordinary.
October 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The V&A East Storehouse is a sort of IKEArt: you just wander between racks full of furniture, tableware and decoration until you are caught by surprise by a giant cello or a 16th century Spanish ceiling (set up without an Allen key). Extraordinary.
Today's treat was a private 'sneak peek' of the British Library’s forthcoming special display commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Erudite and enlightening presentation by the BL curators.
Enjoying that ATBL fellowship soooo much.
Enjoying that ATBL fellowship soooo much.
October 23, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Today's treat was a private 'sneak peek' of the British Library’s forthcoming special display commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Erudite and enlightening presentation by the BL curators.
Enjoying that ATBL fellowship soooo much.
Enjoying that ATBL fellowship soooo much.
...has been treated to a wonderful private view of Sambourne House/Leighton House collections and archives: drawers full of uncatalogued letters, pull-out sliding racks replete with sketches, pictures, and diaries, stimulating conversations with experts. I feel so lucky.
October 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
...has been treated to a wonderful private view of Sambourne House/Leighton House collections and archives: drawers full of uncatalogued letters, pull-out sliding racks replete with sketches, pictures, and diaries, stimulating conversations with experts. I feel so lucky.
October 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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NEW ISSUE ALERT! It's a happy day when you find the latest VPR in your mailbox. This number includes the 2024 VanArsdel and Expanding the Field essays as well as articles on asylum periodicals and the bookselling trade. Treat yourself to some delightful reading: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55567 @rs4vp.org
September 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
NEW ISSUE ALERT! It's a happy day when you find the latest VPR in your mailbox. This number includes the 2024 VanArsdel and Expanding the Field essays as well as articles on asylum periodicals and the bookselling trade. Treat yourself to some delightful reading: muse.jhu.edu/issue/55567 @rs4vp.org
I’m on TV tonight! Check out the first episode of Britain’s Railway Empire at 8pm on Channel 4.
It’s a new, two part series about the history of the railways, starting with the Victorian Era. It’s not just a story about tech and engineering, but covers the social and cultural impact too.
It’s a new, two part series about the history of the railways, starting with the Victorian Era. It’s not just a story about tech and engineering, but covers the social and cultural impact too.
September 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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A really fine summary of this important aspect of the 19th-c newspaper press. Thanks, too, to the always terrific Victorian Commons for the link to this splendid clip about Dickens's experience as a Parliamentary reporter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AROf... #19thc #C19th @rs4vp.org
September 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A really fine summary of this important aspect of the 19th-c newspaper press. Thanks, too, to the always terrific Victorian Commons for the link to this splendid clip about Dickens's experience as a Parliamentary reporter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AROf... #19thc #C19th @rs4vp.org
Reposted by Françoise Baillet
✨ It's official! We're now accepting proposals for #RSVP2026, "Movements and Migrations"! We invite scholars to examine the relationship between periodicals, migrations, and movements for our 2026 conference in Dublin. Full CFP and more details on our main website.
RSVP Annual Conference – RSVP
The nineteenth century was marked by unprecedented migration, as people moved to urban centers; were forcibly or semi-forcibly relocated; and emigrated to escape war, famine, economic instability, or…
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September 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
✨ It's official! We're now accepting proposals for #RSVP2026, "Movements and Migrations"! We invite scholars to examine the relationship between periodicals, migrations, and movements for our 2026 conference in Dublin. Full CFP and more details on our main website.
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Only a few days left to register for our "Pictorial Punch - Treasures from the Archive" study day, to be held at the #BritishLibrary on November 7.
Information and registration here: pictorial-punch.sciencesconf.org/registration
Information and registration here: pictorial-punch.sciencesconf.org/registration
August 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Only a few days left to register for our "Pictorial Punch - Treasures from the Archive" study day, to be held at the #BritishLibrary on November 7.
Information and registration here: pictorial-punch.sciencesconf.org/registration
Information and registration here: pictorial-punch.sciencesconf.org/registration