Dr Laura Sangha
@lsangha.bsky.social
Associate Prof at Exeter Uni | English history 1480-1700 | CI: Material Culture in English Wills | reformation | angels & ghosts | she/her | brown-ish | 1st gen
Wills Project: https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcultureofwills/
Blog: manyheadedmonster.com
Wills Project: https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcultureofwills/
Blog: manyheadedmonster.com
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Chris Hoban - Rings On My Fingers (one )
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📜WILLS ON THE RADIO!📜
The brilliant Chris Hoban was on local radio talking about the wills project and playing some songs!
This one is perhaps my favourite: based on the will of London widow Alice Walter, proved September 1665. TNA PROB 11/317/428.
#EarlyModern 🗃️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXwB...
The brilliant Chris Hoban was on local radio talking about the wills project and playing some songs!
This one is perhaps my favourite: based on the will of London widow Alice Walter, proved September 1665. TNA PROB 11/317/428.
#EarlyModern 🗃️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXwB...
📢Applying for a PhD?📢
My excellent colleagues are running a Zoom masterclass next Weds 3 December on how to write a successful PhD proposal and how to apply for funding.
Free, register below - choose from:
- 10am: lnkd.in/eUPhAXHc
- 4pm: lnkd.in/e_U79jUt
🗃️ #PhDChat #Humanities
My excellent colleagues are running a Zoom masterclass next Weds 3 December on how to write a successful PhD proposal and how to apply for funding.
Free, register below - choose from:
- 10am: lnkd.in/eUPhAXHc
- 4pm: lnkd.in/e_U79jUt
🗃️ #PhDChat #Humanities
November 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
📢Applying for a PhD?📢
My excellent colleagues are running a Zoom masterclass next Weds 3 December on how to write a successful PhD proposal and how to apply for funding.
Free, register below - choose from:
- 10am: lnkd.in/eUPhAXHc
- 4pm: lnkd.in/e_U79jUt
🗃️ #PhDChat #Humanities
My excellent colleagues are running a Zoom masterclass next Weds 3 December on how to write a successful PhD proposal and how to apply for funding.
Free, register below - choose from:
- 10am: lnkd.in/eUPhAXHc
- 4pm: lnkd.in/e_U79jUt
🗃️ #PhDChat #Humanities
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International student fee levy details confirmed in Budget document: flat fee charged on institutions "of £925 per student per year of study, starting in August 2028 academic year 2028-29".
No charge for first 220 students per year.
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No charge for first 220 students per year.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6926eb...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
International student fee levy details confirmed in Budget document: flat fee charged on institutions "of £925 per student per year of study, starting in August 2028 academic year 2028-29".
No charge for first 220 students per year.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6926eb...
No charge for first 220 students per year.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6926eb...
puffing out my chest after completing my cycle commute despite it being -1 and having to breathe on my shed padlock for several minutes to unfreeze it.
...though I did just order some heated gloves and am seriously considering the heated slippers now too
...though I did just order some heated gloves and am seriously considering the heated slippers now too
Puffing my ches out after completing my cycle in despite the dark, cold, lashing rain and high winds.
Sun's out now, naturally
Sun's out now, naturally
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
puffing out my chest after completing my cycle commute despite it being -1 and having to breathe on my shed padlock for several minutes to unfreeze it.
...though I did just order some heated gloves and am seriously considering the heated slippers now too
...though I did just order some heated gloves and am seriously considering the heated slippers now too
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November 26, 2025 at 7:51 AM
no context screen grab
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The CEMS Research Showcase will be held this Wednesday 26 November, 3.30-5pm. Six CEMS researchers from across departments will tell us briefly about their work in Forum Seminar Room 10 & on Zoom (Hybrid).
The attached schedule contains a list of speakers and the Zoom link. @lsangha.bsky.social
The attached schedule contains a list of speakers and the Zoom link. @lsangha.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The CEMS Research Showcase will be held this Wednesday 26 November, 3.30-5pm. Six CEMS researchers from across departments will tell us briefly about their work in Forum Seminar Room 10 & on Zoom (Hybrid).
The attached schedule contains a list of speakers and the Zoom link. @lsangha.bsky.social
The attached schedule contains a list of speakers and the Zoom link. @lsangha.bsky.social
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Delighted that my book Catholics during the English Revolution, 1642-1660 is one of many illustrious works in @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social Black Friday sale until 2 December. Get while you can! boydellandbrewer.com/book/catholi...
Catholics during the English Revolution, 1642-1660
Examines the experiences of Catholics during the period when England was ruled by Puritan Protestants.
boydellandbrewer.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Delighted that my book Catholics during the English Revolution, 1642-1660 is one of many illustrious works in @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social Black Friday sale until 2 December. Get while you can! boydellandbrewer.com/book/catholi...
and a very good morning to you!
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
and a very good morning to you!
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📢November Will of the Month📢
Meet Reverend William Thomas, a widowed clergyman from Pembrokeshire who made his will in 1786.
William left his breeches to Billy Rees and asked to be buried 'as remote from every other grave as conveniently may be'.
🪦✝️💀 #EarlyModern 🗃️ #Trousers
Meet Reverend William Thomas, a widowed clergyman from Pembrokeshire who made his will in 1786.
William left his breeches to Billy Rees and asked to be buried 'as remote from every other grave as conveniently may be'.
🪦✝️💀 #EarlyModern 🗃️ #Trousers
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
📢November Will of the Month📢
Meet Reverend William Thomas, a widowed clergyman from Pembrokeshire who made his will in 1786.
William left his breeches to Billy Rees and asked to be buried 'as remote from every other grave as conveniently may be'.
🪦✝️💀 #EarlyModern 🗃️ #Trousers
Meet Reverend William Thomas, a widowed clergyman from Pembrokeshire who made his will in 1786.
William left his breeches to Billy Rees and asked to be buried 'as remote from every other grave as conveniently may be'.
🪦✝️💀 #EarlyModern 🗃️ #Trousers
Casebooks is here! #EarlyModern 🗃️
Casebooks is here. Stay tuned for the #casebookstherapy 2025-2026 schedule #histmed #histsci #earlymodern #astrology @jakubochocinski.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Casebooks is here! #EarlyModern 🗃️
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November 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Today is my 'Mega Monday' - five hours teaching with three dashes from the top to the bottom of the campus hill scattered in between. Tudor National Identity, cheap print, and an EEBO workshop.
'Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage...'
'Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage...'
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Today is my 'Mega Monday' - five hours teaching with three dashes from the top to the bottom of the campus hill scattered in between. Tudor National Identity, cheap print, and an EEBO workshop.
'Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage...'
'Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage...'
Puffing my ches out after completing my cycle in despite the dark, cold, lashing rain and high winds.
Sun's out now, naturally
Sun's out now, naturally
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Puffing my ches out after completing my cycle in despite the dark, cold, lashing rain and high winds.
Sun's out now, naturally
Sun's out now, naturally
A classic Devon weekend: Friday talk in ancient stannary town Tavistock to the Devonshire Association; following by an outstanding Saturday gig by Chagford's own Dominie Hooper at the brillant community pub The Drewe Arms. Very special songwriting and absolutely electrifying live.
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 AM
A classic Devon weekend: Friday talk in ancient stannary town Tavistock to the Devonshire Association; following by an outstanding Saturday gig by Chagford's own Dominie Hooper at the brillant community pub The Drewe Arms. Very special songwriting and absolutely electrifying live.
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'In this magnificent book, the first scholarly biography of Holbein in more than 100 years, art historian Elizabeth Goldring characterises the Cleves affair as a “debacle” but...points out that it was a rare misstep for Holbein, whose portraits...struck contemporaries as uncannily lifelike.'
Holbein: Renaissance Master by Elizabeth Goldring review – a magnificent portrait of the artist
The first scholarly biography in more than 100 years of the man who immortalised the Tudor court does not disappoint
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
'In this magnificent book, the first scholarly biography of Holbein in more than 100 years, art historian Elizabeth Goldring characterises the Cleves affair as a “debacle” but...points out that it was a rare misstep for Holbein, whose portraits...struck contemporaries as uncannily lifelike.'
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'Ahead of the autumn budget on 26 November, Universities UK (UUK) has calculated that funding per student for teaching in 2025-26 is at 64 per cent of the level it was in 2015-16.' 1/3
University teaching income ‘£6.4 billon less’ than 10 years ago
UUK says shortfall in teaching money is ‘baked in’ to higher education funding system as institutions brace for new tax in upcoming budget
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 AM
'Ahead of the autumn budget on 26 November, Universities UK (UUK) has calculated that funding per student for teaching in 2025-26 is at 64 per cent of the level it was in 2015-16.' 1/3
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If you feel you must put this owl on the wall of your toilet, despair not, for I can draw one for you! www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
October 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
If you feel you must put this owl on the wall of your toilet, despair not, for I can draw one for you! www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
on this day in 2013
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
on this day in 2013
cold snap in Devon this time last year as well
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 AM
cold snap in Devon this time last year as well
a real 'double-glover' this morning 🥶🧤
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
a real 'double-glover' this morning 🥶🧤
oh the horror the horror
a decent sized spider just made the dreadful mistake of crawling up from between the floorboards just next to where little cat was sitting
a decent sized spider just made the dreadful mistake of crawling up from between the floorboards just next to where little cat was sitting
an older woman is crying while leaning against a door .
Alt: an older woman is crying while leaning against a door .
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
oh the horror the horror
a decent sized spider just made the dreadful mistake of crawling up from between the floorboards just next to where little cat was sitting
a decent sized spider just made the dreadful mistake of crawling up from between the floorboards just next to where little cat was sitting
always a thrill when your home parish pops up in a 17th-century document
November 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
always a thrill when your home parish pops up in a 17th-century document
I AM JUSTICE!
Copying out wills day in, day out must have been quite boring for a legal clerk. A good idea to break up the monotony with an excellent and approripate illustration then!
#EarlyModern 📜 #Manuscripts 🗃️ #Doodles ⚖️👨⚖️
Copying out wills day in, day out must have been quite boring for a legal clerk. A good idea to break up the monotony with an excellent and approripate illustration then!
#EarlyModern 📜 #Manuscripts 🗃️ #Doodles ⚖️👨⚖️
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I AM JUSTICE!
Copying out wills day in, day out must have been quite boring for a legal clerk. A good idea to break up the monotony with an excellent and approripate illustration then!
#EarlyModern 📜 #Manuscripts 🗃️ #Doodles ⚖️👨⚖️
Copying out wills day in, day out must have been quite boring for a legal clerk. A good idea to break up the monotony with an excellent and approripate illustration then!
#EarlyModern 📜 #Manuscripts 🗃️ #Doodles ⚖️👨⚖️
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Cosy season is well upon us
Curl up w/ a warm drink & NEW post on CUP's blog:
The #Autumnal Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England
This seasonal celebration of our new book features apples & pears, cider & ale, meat & markets, & the #Christmas milling craze
cambridgeblog.org/2025/11/the-...
Curl up w/ a warm drink & NEW post on CUP's blog:
The #Autumnal Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England
This seasonal celebration of our new book features apples & pears, cider & ale, meat & markets, & the #Christmas milling craze
cambridgeblog.org/2025/11/the-...
November 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Cosy season is well upon us
Curl up w/ a warm drink & NEW post on CUP's blog:
The #Autumnal Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England
This seasonal celebration of our new book features apples & pears, cider & ale, meat & markets, & the #Christmas milling craze
cambridgeblog.org/2025/11/the-...
Curl up w/ a warm drink & NEW post on CUP's blog:
The #Autumnal Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England
This seasonal celebration of our new book features apples & pears, cider & ale, meat & markets, & the #Christmas milling craze
cambridgeblog.org/2025/11/the-...
📢WEBSITE UPDATE📢
I've created a page on our project website capturing everything that composer, lyricist & performer Chris Hoban & I have been doing with wills.
📜 Reflective essays
📷 Reports on events
🎵 Live footage!
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
#EarlyModern 🗃️ @uoearchhist.bsky.social
I've created a page on our project website capturing everything that composer, lyricist & performer Chris Hoban & I have been doing with wills.
📜 Reflective essays
📷 Reports on events
🎵 Live footage!
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
#EarlyModern 🗃️ @uoearchhist.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
📢WEBSITE UPDATE📢
I've created a page on our project website capturing everything that composer, lyricist & performer Chris Hoban & I have been doing with wills.
📜 Reflective essays
📷 Reports on events
🎵 Live footage!
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
#EarlyModern 🗃️ @uoearchhist.bsky.social
I've created a page on our project website capturing everything that composer, lyricist & performer Chris Hoban & I have been doing with wills.
📜 Reflective essays
📷 Reports on events
🎵 Live footage!
sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...
#EarlyModern 🗃️ @uoearchhist.bsky.social
For all the dog people, some great research from my colleagues in The Conversation:
'Dogs were already remarkably diverse in their skull size and shape more than 10,000 years ago, long before kennel clubs and pedigrees.'
theconversation.com/its-a-myth-t...
'Dogs were already remarkably diverse in their skull size and shape more than 10,000 years ago, long before kennel clubs and pedigrees.'
theconversation.com/its-a-myth-t...
It’s a myth that the Victorians created modern dog breeds – we’ve uncovered their prehistoric roots
Dogs were already remarkably diverse more than 10,000 years ago, long before kennel clubs and pedigrees.
theconversation.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM
For all the dog people, some great research from my colleagues in The Conversation:
'Dogs were already remarkably diverse in their skull size and shape more than 10,000 years ago, long before kennel clubs and pedigrees.'
theconversation.com/its-a-myth-t...
'Dogs were already remarkably diverse in their skull size and shape more than 10,000 years ago, long before kennel clubs and pedigrees.'
theconversation.com/its-a-myth-t...