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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 1d

Book now for a special day conference @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday 30 October organised by our Trades Union & Employment Forum to mark the 60th anniversary of the introduction of industrial tribunals in the UK. You can register for it below: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Industrial/Employment Tribunals - 60 years on

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 4d

We’re delighted that the first volume in our new series of short monographs on policy-relevant historical topics has been published @uolpress.bsky.social. Warmest congratulations to its author Dr Harry Bennett @plymuni.bsky.social. You can read it now on open access. uolpress.co.uk/book/the-192...

The 1922 General Election Reconsidered - University of London Press

The General Election of 15 November 1922 was a pivotal election in British political history. As parties adjusted to peacetime conditions and an electoral system changed forever by the enfranchisement...

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 4d

We’re delighted that the first volume in our new series of short monographs on policy-relevant historical topics has been published @uolpress.bsky.social. Warmest congratulations to its author Dr Harry Bennett @plymuni.bsky.social. You can read it now on open access. uolpress.co.uk/book/the-192...

The 1922 General Election Reconsidered - University of London Press

The General Election of 15 November 1922 was a pivotal election in British political history. As parties adjusted to peacetime conditions and an electoral system changed forever by the enfranchisement...

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 5d

We’re delighted that the first volume in our new series of short monographs on policy-relevant historical topics has been published @uolpress.bsky.social. Warmest congratulations to its author Dr Harry Bennett @plymuni.bsky.social. You can read it now on open access. uolpress.co.uk/book/the-192...

The 1922 General Election Reconsidered - University of London Press

The General Election of 15 November 1922 was a pivotal election in British political history. As parties adjusted to peacetime conditions and an electoral system changed forever by the enfranchisement...

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 5d

We’re delighted that the first volume in our new series of short monographs on policy-relevant historical topics has been published @uolpress.bsky.social. Warmest congratulations to its author Dr Harry Bennett @plymuni.bsky.social. You can read it now on open access. uolpress.co.uk/book/the-192...

The 1922 General Election Reconsidered - University of London Press

The General Election of 15 November 1922 was a pivotal election in British political history. As parties adjusted to peacetime conditions and an electoral system changed forever by the enfranchisement...

uolpress.co.uk

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 6d

This week the Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, announced the return of maintenance grants for students in greatest need.

In a new blog post, RHS President Lucy Noakes considers the state of access to history and the humanities in UK HE bit.ly/3KP5WMe #Skystorians

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Opening section and abstract of RHS blog post: 'The value and provision of history and the humanities: it’s time for a political response': "This week the government’s Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, announced the return of maintenance grants for students in greatest need. While we welcome recognition of the financial pressures and impediments many student face, it’s clear that this is a policy with nothing for the arts and humanities, including history. However, as Lucy Noakes, President of the Royal Historical Society, explains here, these pressures are equally acute for students in the arts and humanities. Moreover, as a new British Academy report on ‘Cold Spots’ shows, choice—in subjects including history—is being further eroded for many as the provision of higher education contorts to the financial crisis facing UK higher education. If the government is serious about choice, social mobility and access to education it needs to appreciate that provision of many degree subjects is now at considerable risk in a growing number of regions across the UK. For students to have greater choice and access we need the environments in which choices are made to be fair, balanced and accurate. For this we require political leadership to help us address structural failings and false narratives."

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 6d

We’re pleased to be able to share the recording of our online seminar @ihr.bsky.social on 17 September which reflected on what we can learn from the history of equal pay legislation, with the help of Sally Brett and Megan Fisher. youtu.be/KRDzkWi14cE

Equal pay – a long time coming. Reflections on the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act

YouTube video by Institute of Historical Research

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 6d

We’re pleased to be able to share the recording of our online seminar @ihr.bsky.social on 17 September which reflected on what we can learn from the history of equal pay legislation, with the help of Sally Brett and Megan Fisher. youtu.be/KRDzkWi14cE

Equal pay – a long time coming. Reflections on the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act

YouTube video by Institute of Historical Research

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 6d

We’re delighted to announce that a collection of papers based on History & Policy’s recent seminar series in partnership with the FCDO Historians on official history has been published in a special edition of the journal ‘Diplomacy and Statecraft’. historyandpolicy.org/new-collecti...

New collection of articles based on History & Policy seminar series - History & Policy

A collection of papers based on our seminar series in partnership with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Historians on official history has been published in a special edition of the re...

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 7d

I'm hugely honoured and very excited to be giving this year's Historical Research #Lecture at @ihr.bsky.social, on 'Can popular #history be radical? Historical research and writing for the #public'. Tuesday 4 November, all welcome. More info in AltText. Book here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

In this lecture, Catherine Clarke will re-visit the question of what makes history radical, asking what kind of radical history we need in our public life and contemporary context today. In particular, she’ll explore ways in which popular history – trade publishing for a wide public audience – has the capacity to be radical, drawing on experiences and examples from her own new book A History of England in 25 Poems (Penguin Allen Lane, September 2025). Catherine’s lecture will move towards a manifesto for how research-led, scholarship-driven popular history can and does make necessary, vital public interventions – from opening inclusive conversations and confronting the rise of AI, to modelling radical empathy and imagination.

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 7d

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New collection of articles based on History & Policy seminar series - History & Policy

A collection of papers based on our seminar series in partnership with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Historians on official history has been published in a special edition of the re...

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 8d

Book now for a special day conference @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday 30 October organised by our Trades Union & Employment Forum to mark the 60th anniversary of the introduction of industrial tribunals in the UK. You can register for it via the following link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 8d

Book now for a special day conference @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday 30 October organised by our Trades Union & Employment Forum to mark the 60th anniversary of the introduction of industrial tribunals in the UK. You can register for it via the following link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 9d

Book now for a special day conference @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday 30 October organised by our Trades Union & Employment Forum to mark the 60th anniversary of the introduction of industrial tribunals in the UK. You can register for it via the following link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 9d

Book now for a special day conference @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday 30 October organised by our Trades Union & Employment Forum to mark the 60th anniversary of the introduction of industrial tribunals in the UK. You can register for it via the following link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Uni of Sheffield Special Collections, Heritage and Archives @uoscollections.bsky.social · 9d

🚨The call for papers for the History and Archives in Practice 2026 conference #HAP26 is now live! 🚨

Along with @ihr.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @royalhistsoc.org we invite you to explore 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives and Historical Research' ⬇️

Call for Participation | History and Archives in Practice 2026

Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: the Impact of Archives and Historical Research

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 9d

With Labour coming under pressure at its annual conference to scrap the two child benefits cap, we publish a new opinion article exploring the historical links between cuts to social welfare spending and mortality rates. historyandpolicy.org/opinion-arti...

The tragedy of the repeated history in Britain of austerity causing mortality - History & Policy

There has been much discussion over the impact since 2010 of austerity and in particular the two-child limit on child poverty and health. Historians have now measured the health effects of the first W...

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 9d

With Labour coming under pressure at its annual conference to scrap the two child benefits cap, we publish a new opinion article exploring the historical links between cuts to social welfare spending and mortality rates. historyandpolicy.org/opinion-arti...

The tragedy of the repeated history in Britain of austerity causing mortality - History & Policy

There has been much discussion over the impact since 2010 of austerity and in particular the two-child limit on child poverty and health. Historians have now measured the health effects of the first W...

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 10d

Come & hear me speak in Leicester on Fri 28 November, 2025. 'From Nation to Local: Re-Discovering England's Places through #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems'. Thanks to my friends at the Centre for Regional and Local History + the Centre for Urban History for the invitation. All welcome! Link in AltText.

https://www.englishlocalhistory.org/wp/2025/09/23/from-nation-to-local-re-discovering-englands-places-through-a-history-of-england-in-25-poems/

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 13d

We have published a new Policy Paper by @jmoss88.bsky.social & @emilyrobinson.bsky.social. They argue that Mass Observation @massobsarchive.bsky.social should be revived with state funding to help us understand the reasons behind contemporary voter apathy. historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 13d

We have published a new Policy Paper by @jmoss88.bsky.social & @emilyrobinson.bsky.social. They argue that Mass Observation @massobsarchive.bsky.social should be revived with state funding to help us understand the reasons behind contemporary voter apathy. historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...

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The Georgian Lords @georgianlords.bsky.social · 13d

Next month @histparl.bsky.social will leave its home in Bloomsbury Square after almost 20 years. Robin Eagles used this as an opportunity to reflect on the history of the square, which witnessed one of the most violent episodes in London's history:
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Bloomsbury Square and the Gordon Riots - The History of Parliament

For almost 20 years, Bloomsbury Square has been the home to the History of Parliament. In the latest post for the Georgian Lords, Dr Robin Eagles considers

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 14d

We’re delighted to publish a new Policy Paper today by Jonathan Moss & @emilyrobinson.bsky.social. They suggest that Mass Observation @massobsarchive.bsky.social - founded in the 1930s - can help us understand the reasons behind contemporary voter apathy. historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...

Mass Observation and Political Engagement in Britain - History & Policy

Low turnout in the 2024 General Election and other signs of voter disengagement from politics pose serious challenges for the UK’s democratic system. To meet these, this policy paper argues, we need a...

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 14d

We’re delighted to publish a new Policy Paper today by Jonathan Moss & @emilyrobinson.bsky.social. They suggest that Mass Observation @massobsarchive.bsky.social - founded in the 1930s - can help us understand the reasons behind contemporary voter apathy. historyandpolicy.org/policy-paper...

Mass Observation and Political Engagement in Britain - History & Policy

Low turnout in the 2024 General Election and other signs of voter disengagement from politics pose serious challenges for the UK’s democratic system. To meet these, this policy paper argues, we need a...

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 15d

Enjoying #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems on Radio 4? Join us on 1 October to discover #London #history through #poetry. You'll also be able to learn about the work of the Victoria County History in London - and support @vch-london.bsky.social by buying my book. www.westminster.gov.uk/event/author...

About the event
Location:
City of Westminster Archives Centre
10 Saint Ann's Street
London
SW1P 2DE
United Kingdom

Next event date and time:
Starts on
Wednesday, 1 October 2025 at 6:00pm
Ends on
Wednesday, 1 October 2025 at 7:00pm

Catherine Clarke is a Professor at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, and Director of the Victoria County History of England.

Historian Catherine Clarke’s new book, A History of England in 25 Poems (Penguin Allen Lane; a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week in September 2025) uses poems written between the eighth century and today as portals into England’s past. And many of the poems take us into moments in the colourful history of London. In this talk, Catherine will reflect on how our understanding of history changes when we use poems as our time machines.

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