In dry years, Wymeswold churchyard sprouts harebells. There is something other worldly about their delicate frames. #wildflowerhour

Lights out and away we go! #Clacton

An arrowhead made of #meteorite iron: around 1,500 BC, a meteorite struck #Estonia. A fragment of it arrived - presumably in the baggage of an amber trader - at what is now Lake Biel, #Switzerland. An arrowhead was then made there from the cosmic iron. From Mörigen, 900-800 BC. 📷️ me

Not the most dignified way to treat Rutland’s famous sculpture. Braunston churchyard. Too sunny to photograph properly. (The cordon was to keep people and angry bees apart.)

Leicester is the second most excavated Roman city after London: 13 percent of Roman Leicester has been revealed. The Shires (Highcross) excavation revealed 80 houses and many public buildings. Photo: Excavating the town’s Roman and medieval defensive ditches at Sanvey Gate by ULAS #RomanSiteSaturday

Places still available on the two walks - but 16th is filling quickly

As well as talks and a display about Nanpantan at Loughborough's Old Rectory Museum on Saturday (4 July), we also have a guided walk along Nanpantan Road, either Thursday 16th or Wednesday 22 July, booking essential #FestivalofArchaeology

Dr Chelsea Reutcke @creutcke.bsky.social (@utah.edu) writes our blogpost this month about how Catholics interpreted the Popish plot in print, playing cards...and blood? Read more about 17th century material culture in England: eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2026/07/07/p... #Skystorians #Catholicism

Submit by August 31, 2026!

New curated issue! read.dukeupress.edu/french-histo...

I love when he gets a little piece of grass stuck in his beak

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Happy Feast of St John the Baptist. This life-sized alabaster ‘platter with head’ is in the wall of Ravenstone church, Leics, overlooking the font. (I found it a little disconcerting while sitting there, chatting and having a cup of tea!)

We are saddened to hear of the passing of Prof Rosamond McKitterick. An extraordinary scholar and teacher, she served as President of the EHS 2018-19. We were honoured to speak with her on our podcast in 2024. We're sharing that conversation below as a tribute to her scholarship: shorturl.at/xDfZF

My salads bring all the boys to the yard

Dieses Thema liegt mir am Herzen. Bitte hier unterzeichnen: weact.campact.de/petitions/sc...

While some people of influence are currently stirring up racial conflicts, it’s important to remember where it can lead.

Register to join us at our summer conference, 13-15 July in London! Don't miss out on hearing our keynote speakers give talks on 'The Church and Race'. We are delighted to welcome Profs Herman Bennett, David Horrell & Miri Rubin, & the Right Revd Rowan Williams www.tickettailor.com/events/eccle...

🖼️ Will McPhail (British Illustrator, born 1988) "Picnic Time", 2024. Publication: The New Yorker Date: December 23, 2024. 🫂

Excited to share the Call for Papers for a special issue of French Historical Studies on "European-Indigenous Relations in the French Americas" (which I am co-editing w/Scott Berthelette) Feel free to reach out via DM/email if you have any questions CFP here: read.dukeupress.edu/french-histo...

Today in Jeremy's salad: collard greens, hibiscus, and cactus

Romance languages folks….. is there a term in any Latinate language for rooing, that is, plucking or pulling sheep wool off a sheep by hand as opposed to using shears. Especially old Romance tongues? Asking for a friend….

Romance languages folks….. is there a term in any Latinate language for rooing, that is, plucking or pulling sheep wool off a sheep by hand as opposed to using shears. Especially old Romance tongues? Asking for a friend….

Harlaxton Medieval Symposium, 17-20 August 2026 The 2026 Symposium will take place at Madingley Hall, Cambridge, with the theme The Rural Parish in Late Medieval England. The Pamela Tudor Craig Lecture will be given by Ian Forrest. For more: harlaxtonmedievalsymposium.org/harlaxton-me...

Are you passionate about the Peacock? Smitten by Skippers? Maybe you have a soft spot for the Small White 🦋 The countdown is on to find the nation's favourite butterfly! Get ready to vote for your favourite from 15 May - 7 June. Who will be crowned Britain's Favourite Butterfly? 👑

Join us for the EHS Summer Conference! Whether you’re a long-time member of our Society or joining us for the first time, this is a great opportunity to connect with other #historians who share a love of #churchhistory. 📅 13-17 July 2026 📍 Royal Holloway, University of London shorturl.at/5Gi0i

Historians are everywhere, working on more than most people realize. Historians, what are you researching, teaching, or exploring right now? Share a sentence and help illustrate the range of the discipline. #TalkAboutHumanities 🗃️

Breaking news!! Registration for our Summer Conference 2026 'The Church and Race' is now open! Please register by Friday 19 June 2026. www.tickettailor.com/events/eccle...

I’ve just sent my MP a Postcard from Nature, sharing why my local spot means so much to me and why it needs protecting! share.rspb.org.uk/s/?c=ll&i1=g...

Neolithic axes from Leicestershire from the collections of the Leicestershire Museum Service. From the lecture of the @leicsarchhissoc.bsky.social #FindsFriday

Jonny Graham on the XRF sourcing of the Neolithic axe group XX in the @leicsarchhissoc.bsky.social lecture today. #Archaeology

sewers are data centers.

Roll up for the VIEWS summer seminars! We have Egyptian graffiti, the Phrygian alphabet, early cuneiform animals and the ultimate question of how writing grows up and develops... Two hybrid sessions, two online only. Join us! viewsproject.wordpress.com/2026/04/20/v...

Friends, the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women & Gender is now accepting announcements for book-length works published in the 2nd half of 2025 & early 2026 for the next installment of the SSEMWG New Book Digest. Deadline: April 30th Submissions & questions: email [email protected].

From human origins to contemporary conflicts, our curated collections contain tons of free and #OpenAccess #archaeology on specific periods, themes and regions of the world! 🏺 Explore them all at antiquity.ac.uk/collections

Y'all!!! It is possible that when they get home from school today, this will be a butterfly. (This is the monarch caterpillar that was found here the day before Easter.)

This year's David Pinkney Prize goes to Miranda Spieler for Slaves in Paris: Hidden Lives and Fugitive Histories. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2025. Congratulations!

We are pleased to announce the winners of our 2026 Prizes and Awards. Congratulations to all!

The new issue of French Historical Studies is out! read.dukeupress.edu/french-histo...

New Directions in the History of Liturgy Study Day Saturday 25 April 2026 Cambridge, English Faculty, 10-5 Tessa Webber, Henry Parkes, Juliette Day, Sarah Hamilton - & more - Bede's deathbed, Canterbury pontificals, the early history of Prime, C14th Frankfurt... royalhistsoc.org/calendar/new...

Reposting this with a few hashtags to try and catch more interest! #earlymodern #skystorians #16thc #premodern #bookhistory #materialculture #RenRef #Reformation #medievalsky #medieval

Preliminary details for our memorial event in honour of Julian Litten on 7 Nov at Thaxted - as you might expect, shrouds, charnels and funeral paraphernalia! churchmonumentssociety.org/events/an-ev...

PhD student Arielle Jasiewicz-Gill (Durham) has written our blogpost this month on her years-long search after St Bridget of Sweden in English prayerbooks. How do you get close to a past that seems so far away? 🤔 wp.me/p7o0HV-sT #SkyStorians #History

Many of the writers in this (star-studded) lineup are Iberianists, including @madmcmahon.bsky.social @erinkathleenrowe.bsky.social @cloecavero.bsky.social & @mia1va.bsky.social (+ allies @profliztingle.bsky.social & @emilymichelson.bsky.social) emspanishhistorynotes.wordpress.com/2026/04/06/n...

Happy #Easter for #WildFlowerHour & #CowslipChallenge Staying simple: #Cowslip Daisy, Dandelion, Fritillary & of course #Bluebell #Sunday #Sun #Flower #Photography @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiireland.bsky.social

It has to be Pasque flowers on Easter Sunday right? In Bedfordshire. #wildflowerhour

Cowslips just emerging on exposed banks by the River Mantle in north Leics. #wildflowerhour #cowslipschallenge

Swithland Woods. A sea of wood anemones. #wildflowerhour