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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 9d

Chimney Stacks and Winding Ways, Whitby, 1936, painting by Fred Cecil Jones, 1891-1956 (Tate). #NorthernArt

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Madeleine Sugden @madlinsudn.bsky.social · 10d

The Boring Fund will be open for applications in November.

If your small UK charity needs (up to) £200 to cover something boring like insurance or web hosting, take a look.

They welcome donations too.

The Boring Fund - Open Collective

We support small non-profit organisations (UK) by only funding the really boring (but essential) stuff like insurance, accountancy or admin

opencollective.com

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Sarah Fox @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social · 9d

I'm afraid I'm 'Team Custard Cream' so no Bourbons. Does this mean we can't be friends any more??

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Sarah Fox @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social · 10d

How many snacks are required to survive Welcome Week you ask....? Turns out the answer is: more than this....
#skystorians #academicsky

The image shows an open drawer containing packs of biscuits, boiled sweets and coffee.

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Sarah Fox @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social · 13d

I should still be frantically preparing to welcome our new first years next week, but instead I'm finishing my week by reading this. And I don't regret it, even though I know I'm going to have to open my laptop on Sunday as a result! #skystorians

Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 13d

New on advance access: "Bodies, Tides, Timber, and the Global History of London’s Docks, 1860–1928"

by Simeon Koole (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) and @benmechen.bsky.social (@uclhistory.bsky.social)

#OpenAccess

doi.org/10.1093/past...

Bodies, Tides, Timber, and the Global History of London’s Docks, 1860–1928*

Abstract. This article examines changes in the bodies and environment of labourers carrying timber imported into London’s docks in the 1860s to the 1920s t

doi.org

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Philip Amies @amiesphilip.bsky.social · 13d

Mute Swans, looking angry, and owned.

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 13d

yeah we're into LLMs (Large Lamb-bridge Models)

A herd of sheep move across a marshy bridge.

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The Material Culture of Wills Project @materialwills.bsky.social · 27d

📢 ICYMI: in our new blog post Laura Sangha talks about her collaboration with a musician to explore wills, history and creative approaches 👇

sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...

#EarlyModern 🗃️

A photo montage showing Laura Sangha and Chris Hoban talking to people, looking at wills, visiting a museum. There are also images of people creating linocuts at a workshop, and of a will.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 17d

History curious? You don't need to be in London (or the UK) to attend many Institute of Historical Research seminars, although if you're in Bloomsbury you'll enjoy doing so. Most are hybrid (online/in person). They're free, usually fortnightly and open to the public.

Starting this week:

Events

Stay up to date with the upcoming events organised or hosted by the Institute of Historical Research

www.history.ac.uk

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Sarah Fox @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social · 22d

It was true in 2024 when I took this pic, and it is even more true now
Taken at #ipres2024 in Ghent

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Sarah Fox @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social · 24d

This is your friendly reminder to VOTE in the @royalhistsoc.org Council elections. Not necessarily for me (though if you felt moved in that direction it would be appreciated), but for any candidates you feel represent you and your experiences of 'doing' History. #skystorians #academicsky 🗃️

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Sarah Fox @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social · 24d

Today I have mostly sent e-mails. Intentions to review an article and prepare a module handbook have flown out of the window...
...AND YET....
...I currently have more e-mails in my inbox than I had when I started 😬
#skystorians #academicsky #18thC #academicnewyear

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Sarah Fox @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social · Aug 31

OMG I can't remember what I've done with my work ID or my office keys and I have a vague memory of changing my computer password in late July...😬

Sarah Fox @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social · Aug 31

This is it! The out of office gets turned off tomorrow and I have to try and remember what my actual job is...

#historian #skystorians #academicsky #18thC

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Sarah Fox @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social · Aug 31

Full disclosure, I have worked on annual leave.

Submitted #thekingsdinner + an article + a fun bit of filming. Some e-mails have been answered.

But also eating, sleeping, lounging around reading terrible fiction, arguing with teens, & watching terrible telly.
#academicsky #skystorians #historian

Sarah Fox @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social · Aug 31

This is it! The out of office gets turned off tomorrow and I have to try and remember what my actual job is...

#historian #skystorians #academicsky #18thC

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Sarah Fox @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social · Aug 31

This is it! The out of office gets turned off tomorrow and I have to try and remember what my actual job is...

#historian #skystorians #academicsky #18thC

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Sarah Fox @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thank you Sarah ❤️

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Sarah Fox @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social · Aug 21

Later, FRHists will see that I've put my name down for election to Council. Just hopping on here to say that I feel quite strongly about academic precarity, & history as a vehicle for lifelong study & social mobility, & if you do too then I would really appreciate your vote. Thanks #skystorians 🗃️

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Sarah Fox @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social · Aug 19

Caffeine and biscuits - the ONLY way to get through the final stages of book footnotes (ESPECIALLY when four authors have worked on those footnotes at various points in the writing process!) #thekingsdinner #amwriting #18thC #foodhist #skystorians

A cup of tea, a half-eaten pack of chocolate digestives, and the corner of a laptop keyboard

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Sarah Fox @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social · Aug 14

Breakfast reading (MUCH better than the back of the cereal packet!)...

Lucie Matthews-Jones @luciejones83.bsky.social · Aug 13

#skyhistorians do you use the creative assessment/ #unessay? Perhaps you’re interested in it! Check out @moderndecorum.bsky.social’s wonderful article on creativity as queer practice. This is the 2nd article to come out for @cathfeely.bsky.social &my Creative History in the Classroom special issue!

Creativity as Queer Praxis: History, Pedagogy and Academic Assessment

This article draws upon insights from queer pedagogy to explore the ways that creative assessments can be used to disrupt rather than reproduce existing power structures within the academy. Queer ped...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · Aug 14

It's A level results day! So this message is going out to all those students getting their results:

What are you doing on Bluesky? You're 18 years old! Get back to discord or snapchat or whatever. Let us make our terrible dad jokes in peace.

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Dr McInnes’s Monster @drbeard79.bsky.social · Aug 11

Jumping on the Jane Austen bandwagon and offering a short course from Halloween to her birthday (approx!) - join me! Or help me spread the word! Please and thank you!!

Jane Austen: Reading, Romance, Revolution - Edge Hill University

Celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary with Jane Austen: Reading, Romance, Revolution—a course for book lovers exploring her novels through fresh historical and critical lenses, from the French Rev...

www.edgehill.ac.uk

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Annie Gray @dranniegray.bsky.social · Aug 1

It's a terrible picture, but I can report that Elizabeth Raffald's heavily plagiarised 'to barbecue a leg of pork' is incredible. (It's 90% in the sauce, and of that, quite a lot lies in the quality of your lime pickle). Obviously it's a complete and utter bastardisation of the original concept 1/

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Sarah Fox @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social · Jul 31

Congratulations on publication day @emilymayvine.bsky.social! 🎉🥳🎉🥳 I can't wait to read it!

www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

Birth, Death, and Domestic Religion in Early Modern London | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

www.cambridge.org

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Jul 23

'Jinty Nelson in Thirteen Articles', edited by Alice Rio bit.ly/46WkC5j

New in 'Transactions', a special essay celebrating the work of medieval historian Jinty Nelson (1942-2024). Thirteen historians choose articles (1977-2016) that have had a lasting impression on their own careers #Skystorians

Transactions article: 'Jinty Nelson in Thirteen Articles', first page

Image of memorial event for Jinty Nelson at King's College London, 20 May 2025

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HistFest @histfest.bsky.social · Jul 21

👑 VICTORIA’S SECRET 👑

We’re delighted to announce that Dr Matthew Sweet will chair our exciting event with Dr Fern Riddell this Thursday at the British Library!

▪️7pm, Thurs 24 July
▪️book now (£6-£12) histfest.org/victorias-se...

Photo of Fern Riddell’s latest book cover, Victoria’s Secret

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