Kate Teltscher
@kateteltscher.bsky.social
Cultural historian and writer. Author of Palace of Palms, a Times and New Statesman Book of the Year.
https://kateteltscher.com/
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Thrilled to see Ruthless reviewed in the FT by Linda Colley, and to be placed among the FT's books of the week too! 😊
www.ft.com/content/67c1...
www.ft.com/content/67c1...
Ruthless by Edmond Smith — the brutal rise of Britain’s industrial power
The historian’s splendid account sets out the ideas, inventions and relentless exploitation that drove the nation’s growth from 1660-1800
www.ft.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Thrilled to see Ruthless reviewed in the FT by Linda Colley, and to be placed among the FT's books of the week too! 😊
www.ft.com/content/67c1...
www.ft.com/content/67c1...
The Chinese fan palm and cobra lily by Vishnuprasad from Henry Noltie’s Flora Indica, a masterpiece of botanical-art-historical detective work.
The book accompanies a stunning exhibition at Kew Gardens.
@rbgkew.bsky.social @willdalrymple.bsky.social
@sathnam.bsky.social
@eicathomefinn.bsky.social
The book accompanies a stunning exhibition at Kew Gardens.
@rbgkew.bsky.social @willdalrymple.bsky.social
@sathnam.bsky.social
@eicathomefinn.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The Chinese fan palm and cobra lily by Vishnuprasad from Henry Noltie’s Flora Indica, a masterpiece of botanical-art-historical detective work.
The book accompanies a stunning exhibition at Kew Gardens.
@rbgkew.bsky.social @willdalrymple.bsky.social
@sathnam.bsky.social
@eicathomefinn.bsky.social
The book accompanies a stunning exhibition at Kew Gardens.
@rbgkew.bsky.social @willdalrymple.bsky.social
@sathnam.bsky.social
@eicathomefinn.bsky.social
The village women turned astro-ambassadors.
A good news story from Ladakh:
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
A good news story from Ladakh:
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘The universe has opened up for us’: meet the astro-ambassadors who welcome stargazers to the Himalayas
A tourism initiative in India’s first dark sky reserve has brought new hope to a community as employment means they can stay close to their roots and culture
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The village women turned astro-ambassadors.
A good news story from Ladakh:
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
A good news story from Ladakh:
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Great piece on using historic archives to chart biodiversity loss - and a nice piece of (literal) field work!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Century-old papers saved from the bin reveal changes in Europe’s plant life
Plant inventories dating back to 1884 and nearly thrown away enable unique time-lapse study of biodiversity in Swiss meadows
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Great piece on using historic archives to chart biodiversity loss - and a nice piece of (literal) field work!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Huge thanks to the team at @plantperspectives.bsky.social @whitehorsepress.bsky.social and @sarahwhpress.bsky.social for creating such stunning designs for our special #arborealhumanities issue!
Check out all the beautifully crafted papers, poetry and reviews at whp-journals.co.uk/PP/issue/vie...
Check out all the beautifully crafted papers, poetry and reviews at whp-journals.co.uk/PP/issue/vie...
October 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Huge thanks to the team at @plantperspectives.bsky.social @whitehorsepress.bsky.social and @sarahwhpress.bsky.social for creating such stunning designs for our special #arborealhumanities issue!
Check out all the beautifully crafted papers, poetry and reviews at whp-journals.co.uk/PP/issue/vie...
Check out all the beautifully crafted papers, poetry and reviews at whp-journals.co.uk/PP/issue/vie...
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It's here!!! 200 pages of #research articles, #narrative #nonfiction, #poetry & #reviews - all on #trees! Many thanks to @whitehorsepress.bsky.social, @treeseeker.bsky.social & all our contributors url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/9ZIoCojPZH...
September 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It's here!!! 200 pages of #research articles, #narrative #nonfiction, #poetry & #reviews - all on #trees! Many thanks to @whitehorsepress.bsky.social, @treeseeker.bsky.social & all our contributors url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/9ZIoCojPZH...
‘One of the most superbly beautiful of trees ... worth crossing the globe to see’.
For more on thawka-gyi or 'Pride of Burma', see the latest issue of Plant Perspectives. Open access:
www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/article/v...
For more on thawka-gyi or 'Pride of Burma', see the latest issue of Plant Perspectives. Open access:
www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/article/v...
September 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
‘One of the most superbly beautiful of trees ... worth crossing the globe to see’.
For more on thawka-gyi or 'Pride of Burma', see the latest issue of Plant Perspectives. Open access:
www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/article/v...
For more on thawka-gyi or 'Pride of Burma', see the latest issue of Plant Perspectives. Open access:
www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/article/v...
What is the most beautiful flowering tree in the world? Find out in my essay for Plant Perspectives, ed. by the wonderful Caroline Cornish and Christina Hourigan.
Also features a brilliant essay on ackee by Heather Craddock,
@planthums-uk.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @hcraddock.bsky.social
Also features a brilliant essay on ackee by Heather Craddock,
@planthums-uk.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @hcraddock.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
What is the most beautiful flowering tree in the world? Find out in my essay for Plant Perspectives, ed. by the wonderful Caroline Cornish and Christina Hourigan.
Also features a brilliant essay on ackee by Heather Craddock,
@planthums-uk.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @hcraddock.bsky.social
Also features a brilliant essay on ackee by Heather Craddock,
@planthums-uk.bsky.social @treeseeker.bsky.social @hcraddock.bsky.social
For a welcome change, here’s a good news environmental story: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Joy and relief as lotus flowers bloom again in Kashmiri lake after three decades
Wular Lake once supported 5,000 people who harvested the plant’s edible roots, until the lake silted up after floods. Now the lotuses are back
www.theguardian.com
August 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
For a welcome change, here’s a good news environmental story: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is sad news indeed.
Peter was extremely generous and encouraging to me when I was starting out on my career. He was very open to interdisciplinary research when that was quite unusual.
Peter was extremely generous and encouraging to me when I was starting out on my career. He was very open to interdisciplinary research when that was quite unusual.
The IHR is saddened by the death of Peter (P.J.) Marshall, historian of the British Empire, and a long-standing member of King's College London's History department. As a long-time friend, supporter, and Fellow of the IHR, he will be greatly missed and remembered for his kindness and courtesy.
August 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
This is sad news indeed.
Peter was extremely generous and encouraging to me when I was starting out on my career. He was very open to interdisciplinary research when that was quite unusual.
Peter was extremely generous and encouraging to me when I was starting out on my career. He was very open to interdisciplinary research when that was quite unusual.
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You're right, Sathnam!
The glass was originally pale green – a shade determined by the chemist Robert Hunt through a bizarre series of experiments involving the extracted juices of palm leaves!
The glass was originally pale green – a shade determined by the chemist Robert Hunt through a bizarre series of experiments involving the extracted juices of palm leaves!
July 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
You're right, Sathnam!
The glass was originally pale green – a shade determined by the chemist Robert Hunt through a bizarre series of experiments involving the extracted juices of palm leaves!
The glass was originally pale green – a shade determined by the chemist Robert Hunt through a bizarre series of experiments involving the extracted juices of palm leaves!
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Still thinking about when me & @victorianmasc.bsky.social came up with Romantic poetry inspired sweets yesterday:
July 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Still thinking about when me & @victorianmasc.bsky.social came up with Romantic poetry inspired sweets yesterday:
So I guess today's the day to remind anyone interested in the history of Kew's Palm House to take a look at my book, Palace of Palms!
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kew Garden: Palm House set for major renovation
The 175-year-old glass house will begin a £50m renovation in 2027.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 16, 2025 at 8:06 AM
So I guess today's the day to remind anyone interested in the history of Kew's Palm House to take a look at my book, Palace of Palms!
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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How was smell weaponised in settler colonial processes of scoping and transforming landscapes inhabited by indigenous people?
Meg Parsons and Karen Fisher on the use of the eucalyptus tree by Pākehā settlers on Māori swamp-land: www.historyworkshop....
Meg Parsons and Karen Fisher on the use of the eucalyptus tree by Pākehā settlers on Māori swamp-land: www.historyworkshop....
The Swamp and the Gum Tree
Meg Parsons and Karen Fisher on how Pākehā settlers weaponised smell in the colonisation of Māori swamp-land.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
June 24, 2025 at 6:14 AM
How was smell weaponised in settler colonial processes of scoping and transforming landscapes inhabited by indigenous people?
Meg Parsons and Karen Fisher on the use of the eucalyptus tree by Pākehā settlers on Māori swamp-land: www.historyworkshop....
Meg Parsons and Karen Fisher on the use of the eucalyptus tree by Pākehā settlers on Māori swamp-land: www.historyworkshop....
Really enjoyed working on this great project! The Kew Record Book is now freely available online. It's a unique document in the history of botany and horticulture, recording incoming and out going plants at Kew Gardens 1793-1809.
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2023/05/trav...
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2023/05/trav...
June 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Really enjoyed working on this great project! The Kew Record Book is now freely available online. It's a unique document in the history of botany and horticulture, recording incoming and out going plants at Kew Gardens 1793-1809.
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2023/05/trav...
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2023/05/trav...
Fantastic news!
Many congratulations to Caroline Cornish on receiving the SHNH President’s Award for promoting and improving accessibility, inclusivity and diversity to the study of the history of natural history: shnh.org.uk/news/announc...
@planthums-uk.bsky.social
Many congratulations to Caroline Cornish on receiving the SHNH President’s Award for promoting and improving accessibility, inclusivity and diversity to the study of the history of natural history: shnh.org.uk/news/announc...
@planthums-uk.bsky.social
Announcement – Society for the History of Natural History 2025 awards - Society for the History of Natural History
SHNH President’s Award SHNH is delighted to award the SHNH President’s Award 2024 to Caroline Cornish. The Award recognises an individual or team’s contribution and impact in promoting and improving a...
shnh.org.uk
June 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Fantastic news!
Many congratulations to Caroline Cornish on receiving the SHNH President’s Award for promoting and improving accessibility, inclusivity and diversity to the study of the history of natural history: shnh.org.uk/news/announc...
@planthums-uk.bsky.social
Many congratulations to Caroline Cornish on receiving the SHNH President’s Award for promoting and improving accessibility, inclusivity and diversity to the study of the history of natural history: shnh.org.uk/news/announc...
@planthums-uk.bsky.social
Well, this is interesting.
The UK-Kenya exhibition at the 2025 Venice Biennale reimagines the Palm House at Kew Gardens as a timber structure. The decorative panels are made of sustainable materials.
'Vena Cava' by Mae-ling Lokko and Gustavo Crembil
venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/geology-brit...
The UK-Kenya exhibition at the 2025 Venice Biennale reimagines the Palm House at Kew Gardens as a timber structure. The decorative panels are made of sustainable materials.
'Vena Cava' by Mae-ling Lokko and Gustavo Crembil
venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/geology-brit...
June 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Well, this is interesting.
The UK-Kenya exhibition at the 2025 Venice Biennale reimagines the Palm House at Kew Gardens as a timber structure. The decorative panels are made of sustainable materials.
'Vena Cava' by Mae-ling Lokko and Gustavo Crembil
venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/geology-brit...
The UK-Kenya exhibition at the 2025 Venice Biennale reimagines the Palm House at Kew Gardens as a timber structure. The decorative panels are made of sustainable materials.
'Vena Cava' by Mae-ling Lokko and Gustavo Crembil
venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/geology-brit...
Just writing a paper about this pair, Thomas Dawodu and Ferdinand Leigh, the first Africans to train at Kew Gardens.
Come hear their remarkable story at Gardens & Empires conference, British Library, June 27-8, & online: events.bl.uk/events/garde...
@sathnam.bsky.social @eicathomefinn.bsky.social
Come hear their remarkable story at Gardens & Empires conference, British Library, June 27-8, & online: events.bl.uk/events/garde...
@sathnam.bsky.social @eicathomefinn.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Just writing a paper about this pair, Thomas Dawodu and Ferdinand Leigh, the first Africans to train at Kew Gardens.
Come hear their remarkable story at Gardens & Empires conference, British Library, June 27-8, & online: events.bl.uk/events/garde...
@sathnam.bsky.social @eicathomefinn.bsky.social
Come hear their remarkable story at Gardens & Empires conference, British Library, June 27-8, & online: events.bl.uk/events/garde...
@sathnam.bsky.social @eicathomefinn.bsky.social
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Unearthed: The Power of Gardening is now open! 🌱
Discover botanical treasures, medieval manuscripts, contemporary artworks and the stories of the remarkable people and plants that shape our gardens today.
Book now: bit.ly/BLUnearthed
Members go free
Discover botanical treasures, medieval manuscripts, contemporary artworks and the stories of the remarkable people and plants that shape our gardens today.
Book now: bit.ly/BLUnearthed
Members go free
May 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Unearthed: The Power of Gardening is now open! 🌱
Discover botanical treasures, medieval manuscripts, contemporary artworks and the stories of the remarkable people and plants that shape our gardens today.
Book now: bit.ly/BLUnearthed
Members go free
Discover botanical treasures, medieval manuscripts, contemporary artworks and the stories of the remarkable people and plants that shape our gardens today.
Book now: bit.ly/BLUnearthed
Members go free
Very excited about two Kew Gardens exhibitions on empire & botanical art this October:
– Flora Indica: recovering lost histories of Indian botanical art, curated by Henry Noltie & Sita Reddy.
– New work by The Singh Twins: Botanical Tales & Seeds of Empire.
www.kew.org/about-us/pre...
– Flora Indica: recovering lost histories of Indian botanical art, curated by Henry Noltie & Sita Reddy.
– New work by The Singh Twins: Botanical Tales & Seeds of Empire.
www.kew.org/about-us/pre...
May 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Very excited about two Kew Gardens exhibitions on empire & botanical art this October:
– Flora Indica: recovering lost histories of Indian botanical art, curated by Henry Noltie & Sita Reddy.
– New work by The Singh Twins: Botanical Tales & Seeds of Empire.
www.kew.org/about-us/pre...
– Flora Indica: recovering lost histories of Indian botanical art, curated by Henry Noltie & Sita Reddy.
– New work by The Singh Twins: Botanical Tales & Seeds of Empire.
www.kew.org/about-us/pre...
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#GARDENS & #EMPIRES - booking open! International conference @britishlibrary.bsky.social 27-28 June Convened by #BL, @rbgkew.bsky.social & @englishheritage.bsky.social Speakers include
@advollyr.bsky.social @sathnam.bsky.social & @corinnefowler.bsky.social
Booking: events.bl.uk/events/garde...
@advollyr.bsky.social @sathnam.bsky.social & @corinnefowler.bsky.social
Booking: events.bl.uk/events/garde...
Gardens and Empires | British Library
The histories of plants and gardens are deeply entangled with the histories of empires. This conference investigates the impacts of these global connection
events.bl.uk
April 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
#GARDENS & #EMPIRES - booking open! International conference @britishlibrary.bsky.social 27-28 June Convened by #BL, @rbgkew.bsky.social & @englishheritage.bsky.social Speakers include
@advollyr.bsky.social @sathnam.bsky.social & @corinnefowler.bsky.social
Booking: events.bl.uk/events/garde...
@advollyr.bsky.social @sathnam.bsky.social & @corinnefowler.bsky.social
Booking: events.bl.uk/events/garde...
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Built in 1576 in a field in Shoreditch, the Theatre was London's first purpose-built playhouse and #Shakespeare's first theatre.
This timeline, from Daniel Swift’s book The Dream Factory charts the Theatre’s history:
yalebooks.co.uk/shakespeares...
#ShakespeareDay #shakespearebirthday #TheatreSky
This timeline, from Daniel Swift’s book The Dream Factory charts the Theatre’s history:
yalebooks.co.uk/shakespeares...
#ShakespeareDay #shakespearebirthday #TheatreSky
Shakespeare's First Theatre: A Timeline - Yale University Press London
In 1576, in a muddy field in Shoreditch, James Burbage erected London’s first purpose-built commercial playhouse. A place of high culture and quick
yalebooks.co.uk
April 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Built in 1576 in a field in Shoreditch, the Theatre was London's first purpose-built playhouse and #Shakespeare's first theatre.
This timeline, from Daniel Swift’s book The Dream Factory charts the Theatre’s history:
yalebooks.co.uk/shakespeares...
#ShakespeareDay #shakespearebirthday #TheatreSky
This timeline, from Daniel Swift’s book The Dream Factory charts the Theatre’s history:
yalebooks.co.uk/shakespeares...
#ShakespeareDay #shakespearebirthday #TheatreSky
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Undersea rewilding initiative to restore a kelp forest in West Sussex is celebrating amazing results for marine biodiversity.
Rewilding is needed just as much at sea as on land.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rewilding is needed just as much at sea as on land.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kelp forest project in West Sussex having 'remarkable results'
The rewilding project off the West Sussex coast is celebrating its fourth anniversary.
www.bbc.com
March 23, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Undersea rewilding initiative to restore a kelp forest in West Sussex is celebrating amazing results for marine biodiversity.
Rewilding is needed just as much at sea as on land.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rewilding is needed just as much at sea as on land.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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“This tree survived 200 million years on this planet, and the biggest threat to them is climate change we are causing now.” (Dan Luscombe, Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest)
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Imperiled in the Wild, Many Plants May Survive Only in Gardens
As the impacts of climate change and other threats mount, conservationists are racing to preserve endangered plant species in botanical garden “metacollections” in the hope of eventually returning the...
e360.yale.edu
March 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“This tree survived 200 million years on this planet, and the biggest threat to them is climate change we are causing now.” (Dan Luscombe, Bedgebury National Pinetum and Forest)
🌲🌡️🌲🔥🌲
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e360.yale.edu/features/pla...
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e360.yale.edu/features/pla...