New calls for research funding: bit.ly/44d2mTb Today we open calls for the Society's next rounds of 'Early Career Fellowship Grants' and 'Open Research Grants'. These schemes offer support for post-doc and later career historians to pursue research. Closing dates: 6 March 2026 #Skystorians 1/2

In case you missed it, last week the Georgian Lords posted the latest online article by Charles Littleton about the November 1775 government reshuffle that attempted to reset Britain's response to the American crisis: historyofparliament.com/2025/12/04/t...

My latest magazine article in @epoch-history.bsky.social in which I look at medieval Irish and Welsh literature is out now! #medievalsky #skystorians www.epoch-magazine.com/post/medieva...

Today, I very briefly managed to get my unread e-mails down below 30 🎉🎉🎉 Almond croissant to celebrate! #skystorians #historian #teacher

We've put together a 25-day advent calendar showcasing Library and Archives collections. Enjoy! 1. 'Snowy Owls’, John James Audubon (publ. 1827-1838). Did you know... #adventcalendar #Christmas #SpecialCollections #Art #NaturalHistoryMuseum #BirdsInArt Alt text: an advent calendar, with 2 white owls

My latest foray into the world of television history starts TOMORROW, channel 5 at 8.05pm. The production team 'Coming Up Roses' were an absolute delight to work with. I'm not sure I can bring myself to watch 🙃 #skystorians #historianatwork #womenshistory #birth

WE HAVE A FRONT COVER!! 📖📚📘 Oh, it makes me so happy! Available to buy from the 1 June 2026, but if you can't wait til then to dig into our research, the dataset is freely available here: zenodo.org/records/8070... #skystorians #18thC 🗃️ #foodhistory #amwriting uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin...

Excited to see that our book page (The King's Dinner) is now live. It is all feeling a bit real now! It has been such a pleasure to work with Rachel Rich @adamcrymble.bsky.social @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social -- and the lovely editorial team @uclpress.bsky.social uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin...

Join us on Weds 19 November for the launch of our new co-hosted Applied History Fellowships for postdoc historians, with @ihr.bsky.social and DC Thomson bit.ly/4ofWArN Fellowships will develop historical skills for use in workplaces beyond higher education: 2.30pm, 19 November, online #Skystorians

I got three scribbled pages full of useful feedback. This group has always been so supportive and scholarly of my research in this area. #skystorians

I don't mean to brag or anything, but I have actually scheduled TWO meetings about research this week. TWO!!!!! #historian #skystorians #academicsky

This looks good! Reasonably paid, full-time 12 month post, great opportunity to develop project management skills.... www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPJ377/p...

Very much looking forward to Kate Gibson's paper on Wednesday - DM me if you would like the Teams link. #EarlyModern 🗃️👇

There's just a day to go until @manchesterup.bsky.social publish my latest book Songs of Seven Dials: An intimate history of 1920s and 1930s London. I thought I should explain a bit about where the book came from. 1/15

The Society now invites applications for its Workshop Grants programme 2026: bit.ly/4oPyUdZ Grants provide funding for groups of historians to come together for a day event to work collaboratively on a shared project. Closing date for applications: Friday 23 January 2026 #Skystorians

Happening tonight! There is still time to sign up and join us for a lecture by Benno Gammerl who will kick off our autumn/winter series: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu.... Please note that due to our renovation works the event will take place at Swedenborg House.

The Trust is thrilled to announce the 2025 Philip Leverhulme Prize Winners. Congratulations to this year’s cohort. Thirty extraordinary researchers from across a range of disciplines: leverhulme.ac.uk/news/2025PLP

📣Out now on #firstview! Rachel Rich, Lisa Wynne Smith (@historybeagle.bsky.social), Sarah Fox (@sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social) & Adam Crymble (@adamcrymble.bsky.social) on 'Self-Fashioning, Food, and Masculinity in George III’s Monarchy' #FoodHistory 18thc 🥧🥦🍞🗃️ 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

IT'S US!!!! New open access article on food and masculinity. I love collaborating, especially with @adamcrymble.bsky.social @historybeagle.bsky.social, and Rachel Rich. They are some of my favourite people and pretty excellent academics, actually! #skystorians #18thC 🗃

Pleased to see that an article I wrote w/ Rachel Rich, @adamcrymble.bsky.social and @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social is out! We look at George III's use of food for masculine self-fashioning. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

We've made this article from @cash4questions.bsky.social free to read, as it is proving very popular. University funding crisis: How to stay serene when wellbeing sessions are offered. "Beware employers bearing yoga mats..." www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-funding-k...

We are in the process of working our way through HUNDREDS (no exaggeration) of fabulous CFPs. If you have submitted a proposal for #BSECS2026, we will be in touch on or before the ***15 October 2025*** to let you know if you've been successful. #skystorians #18thC 🗃️

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

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.

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

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

Mute Swans, looking angry, and owned.

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

📢 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 🗃️

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:

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

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 🗃️

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

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...😬

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

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

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 🗃️

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

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

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.

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!!

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/

Congratulations on publication day @emilymayvine.bsky.social! 🎉🥳🎉🥳 I can't wait to read it! www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

'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

👑 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...

After yesterday's revelation that I'm the only person in our dept to not own a presentation clicker, I am starting my weekend slowly by slurping tea & searching the Internet for a hugely decorative & ostentatious clicker preferably history themed. Drawing a blank so far. Any suggestions #skystorians

Oh, I had SUCH a lovely day yesterday working on final revisions to our book @leedsbeckett.bsky.social Final manuscript submission in 38 days! #KingsDinner #AmWriting #18thC #FoodHistory 🗃️

A Palestinian chef’s quest to preserve his heritage, one dish at a time: ‘This is a political act’ My interview with Sami Tamimi whose new cookbook Boustany, my garden in Arabic, is both a culinary delight and an act of resistance. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

On this day in 1934, crowds massed as Manchester Central Library was officially opened by King George V, a startling expression of civic confidence during the depression.