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📣 Registration is now open for #UHG2025! We're excited to welcome you to our first conference organised with the Pre-Modern Towns Group. The Urban Commons: Rights and Citizenship in the City from the Medieval to the Modern 🗓️ 4-5 September 2025 📍 University of Leicester

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1776: St foin in bloom, & wants to be cut. Trimmed, & tacked the peaches, & Nectarines: the trees are full of fruit. No one that has not attended to such matters, & taken down remarks, can be aware of how much ten days dripping weather will influence the growth of grass or corn after a severe...

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Are you interested in researching the histories of #Catholicism in particular villages, towns & cities in the UK? This recording of a training session we recently ran in collaboration with @catholicrs.bsky.social is for you www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/res...

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Literally everyone who knows anything about UK railways knows exactly which trains are being insulted here after the first six words alone

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Every time I see this book, I remember that Cradley was home (over quite a short period, relatively speaking), to musicians: Edward Elgar, Arthur Bliss and, er, Bill Ward, drummer with Black Sabbath. I'm not saying that only @vchlondon.bsky.social would note these three in one sentence, but... 🗃️🤘

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Absolutely. Jaywalking isn’t a thing here. I can cross the road wherever I think is a good idea.

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This was a brilliant session. I learnt so much about how Catholic archives have(n’t) been curated & where to look for documents for place-based research. Hugely grateful to @catholicrs.bsky.social @carmenmangion.bsky.social @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social & #LawrenceGregory for sharing their wisdom.

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Find someone as obsessed with you as the BBC is obsessed with Farage/Reform

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Many thanks to Zooniverse for featuring us on their 'Around the Zoo' series! It's a quick intro to the project and explanation of how we are working with volunteers to transcribe 25,000 historic wills. #EarlyModern 🗃️ @leverhulme.ac.uk @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYkN...

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When the Greens said this, nothing. When the LibDems spoke up about how bad it was Labour were dropping this, nothing. Reform back it and its even a headline in the fucking Guardian. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Well, this one has certainly 'done the numbers'. -16k Likes etc. I thought the allusion to the 'Troubles' and indeed Bloody Sunday was too subtle, but it seems not. Troops are not civil police and have little training in public order. Deploying troops against civilians is never a good thing.

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This Thursday at 5.30pm BST I'm giving an ARFA seminar via Zoom about my recent research into the misuse of archaeological ideas by the far right. Free, online and hopefully with some good discussion

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Newly released today for #MapMonday is the next batch of #OrdnanceSurvey GB One Inch Popular Edition, with 19 sheets from 1932. We finally finish the last few Scottish sheets, and there's also lots of updates and interest to see all over these #maps. buff.ly/I2hXdp1

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Universities: "We have no money." Also Universities: "Look at our brand new, expensive international campus. Also also Universities: "Staff must use KeyTravel to ensure we're being ripped off on every bit of travel staff need to do." Watching my wife trying to book travel is painful.

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I wrote on medieval coroners, policing, the hue and cry, the frankpledge system, theft & homicide, gallows, social control, etc.. If you'd like a PDF, DM with your email address and I'll send them to you. academic.oup.com/histres/arti... www.cambridge.org/core/books/a... brill.com/display/book...

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📢 Calling all #Humanities historical researchers of #AcademicSky, #PhDSky, & more! Discover how you can make your findings more visible to UK policy makers w/ @historylabplus.bsky.social NEXT WEEK! 🗓️ 19 June @ 12:30 Details? 👉 www.history.ac.uk/events/historical-research-and-policy-making & 👇

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What do we think?🤔 Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious. Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story! So, what’s going on here? Let’s take a look!👀 🧵 1/13

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I asked a BBC spokesperson to set out any examples of the corporation drawing up specific plans to secure the support of voters for other political parties in the UK, but they were unable to do so bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

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EXCITING NEWS! More to come on this soon, but we're very pleased to announce that we'll be picking up our trowels again in September!