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louiseheren.bsky.social
@louiseheren.bsky.social
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Social (often Scottish, frequently women's) history academic & writer; coauthor Tanks on the Streets? Glasgow 1919; British Nannies & the Great War; Sex & Violence in 1920s Scotland
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tricksterprince.bsky.social
It’s lovely to see that Songs of Seven Dials is one of the @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk recommended Christmas gifts.

Thank you for the kind words (in the alt-text): they have got me in the festive spirit now.

www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/collections/...

#London #history #20s30s
A screen shot from the LRB bookshop website showing an image of Matt Houlbrook's book Songs of Seven Dials. There is a recommendation from David, one of the shop's managers, which reads: ‘A century ago, Seven Dials, just a few minutes walk from the shop, was a shabby, cosmopolitan working-class district, not quite Bloomsbury, not quite Covent Garden. It was also, as Matt Houlbrook shows in his powerful study, a microcosm for the tensions and conflicts that defined British society then, and continue to define it now.’
December 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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drkdwatson.bsky.social
In case you missed this new guest post when it went up last week - Helen Rutherford discusses a unique set of maps!
legalhistorymiscellany.com/2025/12/11/m...
Mapping Death: The Atlas of Victorian Coroners’ Districts
In this guest post, Helen Rutherford explores what a unique atlas of Victorian coroners’ districts might tell us about technologies of knowledge and death investigation.
legalhistorymiscellany.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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standrewshist.bsky.social
The call for papers for next term’s Modern History Postgraduate Seminar is now open! The deadline is 15 January 2026.

#CfP #ModernHistory
December 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Reducing social isolation protects the brain in later life, finds Dr Jo Mhairi Hale from St Andrews Geography & SD in a new study

Read more... 👇

https://ow.ly/rcnI50XKqwg

#EverToExcel
December 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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jwomenshistory.bsky.social
We are thrilled to announce our latest episode of the New Books in Women's History Podcast. @lcargin.bsky.social spoke with @ayahnerd.bsky.social,
@lmansley.bsky.social, and and @sarahbelle721.bsky.social
about the new Nursing Clio Reader!

Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-nursing-...
Beige infographic announcing the the new episode of the New Books in Women's History Podcast. The featured text is the Nursing Clio Reader: Histories of Sex, Reproduction, and Justice authored by the Nursing Clio Editorial Collective. A text box reads: Featuring both new and classic pieces from the Nursing Clio blog, leading historians of reproductive health, librarians, archivists, public health professionals and midwives provide insights that connect past struggles over bodies, reproductive rights, and health care. This collection offers intimate, urgent scholarship that speaks to the present moment. Finally, there is a link to listen to the podcast now: newbooksnetwork.com/the-nursing-clio-reader
December 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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astroroyalscot.bsky.social
"I'll have that"

Burglar Bill - a childhood story favourite 🤗

RIP Allan Ahlberg.
A screen shot from the book Burglar Bill by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. The picture is of a striped-ti-shirted old man eating fish and chips. The text reads "Burglar Bill lives by himself in a tall house full of stolen property. Every night he has stolen fish and chips and a cup of stolen tea for supper. Then he swings a big stolen sack over his shoulder and goes off to work, stealing things" Two burglars in the snow with a small happy looking baby
August 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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neilmcguigan.bsky.social
A short piece by myself on 'Lothian and the Scottish Kings', for History Scotland:
www.academia.edu/127876656/Lo...
Lothian and the Scottish Kings
To modern readers and scholars alike, the integration of Lothian appears overwhelmingly the most important part of the Scottish kingdom's territorial expansion....
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February 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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kjkesselring.bsky.social
LegalHistoryMiscellany.com, a collaborative academic blog run with @sarabutler.bsky.social and @drkdwatson.bsky.social (and hosting guest posts from others), now has a handle here: @legalmiscellany.bsky.social. Give us a follow! #skystorians
January 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM