A week and a half to go until #MBS26 kicks off, hosted by @mbsbirmingham.bsky.social. Our opening plenary panel, Capital and Capitalism, features Erika Rappaport, Tehila Sasson, Kevin O'Sullivan and Jonathan Saha.

“Westminster needs to wake up…” An important statement from the RHS today on the unfolding situation in UKHE.

So, Burnham is Starmer in workwear?

- Subsidising consumption in the face of a supply shock - reducing incentives to drive less/switch to EVs - using up limited fiscal space to help better-off drivers rather than the most vulnerable. Hard to think of a worse policy right now.

Please help spread the news far and wide! We have a new, full-time, permanent Lecturer in Global History of Science job @stsucl.bsky.social Don't be fooled by the application of deadline of only 9 June 2026. This is an open search #histsci #skystorians www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

My furry editor and I are excited to announce the publication of my book, Bisexuality and Beyond: A History of Multiple-Gender-Attraction in Modern Britain!

'The decision to close it was taken despite the faculty continuing to plan high-profile campus events, including the booking this month of US civil rights advocate Kimberlé Crenshaw.' 1/2

If Labour had promised to spend £2.5 billion on public and active transport - which would disproportionately support poor and disabled people, and would be a long term investment rather than a short term sop - everyone would be demanding to know where the £2.5 billion is going to come from.

3 weeks from today. Register now!

British American 19th C Historians (@branchuk.bsky.social) is looking for new co-editors of its journal, American 19th C History (@anchistjournal.bsky.social) Applications due: 01.06.26. Pls share widely! @officialbaas.bsky.social @oah.org @royalhistsoc.org @historians.org @ihr.bsky.social

Where my bike took me today

#JobKlaxon We are looking for a permanent Lecturer in Global Medieval History to join us at @leedsims.bsky.social! Applications due 1 June. Happy to talk to anyone interested in an informal capacity. If you are in Kalamazoo, find me at #ICMS! #leedsmedievalstudies jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Despite being raised numerous times @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social & @westmidlandspolice.bsky.social have not taken this seriously for far too long. Someone has now been badly hurt and we are seeing public order offences being ignored. It is about time authorities stood up to Raise the Colours

Raise the Colours came back to force their flags on a bit of Birmingham which they know rejects them, to livestream the reaction Multiple reports of aggression towards local residents including injuring one with their cherry picker Police let them go! Hooligans & bullies wrapped in an England flag

Eligible for visa sponsorship per the ad

And it just gets worse: it looks like there will be no modern language provision at all. No music, no languages. Can a silent university call itself a university at all? Help us resist! Please contribute to @uonucu.bsky.social hardship fund if you can: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

Happy #NationalBikeMonth! 1️⃣ BLACK CYCLISTS: The Race for Inclusion by Robert J. Turpin www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0... 2️⃣ A HISTORY OF BICYCLING IN ILLINOIS: 160 Years of Booms and Busts by Christopher Sweet www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...

This is a long shot because this isn't the old twitter, but I'm looking for history articles/books that look at cases of British/Irish settlers/squatters being prosecuted for crimes against Indigenous/colonized people. It can be anywhere in the world, but ideally the late C18/early C19.

Once the @brumgreens.bsky.social are leading the coalition at council, a blanket 20 mph speed limit on all of Birmingham's unclassified and residential roads should be its first act. What an amazing difference this would make to the health and safety of Birmingham's citizens.

Yesterday Kier Starmer announced Labour will nationalise British Steel, and save 2700 jobs. Today, the Uni of Nottingham put 2700 staff at risk of redundancy. This is just one university. Across the UK 15,000 higher education jobs need saving. Where is the rescue package for our universities?

Every single member of the History Department at Uni of Nottingham is at risk of redundancy. Every single one of us.

You really can’t overstate the significance of this diagram in understanding the U.K.’s political paroxysm. Also, having understood it, you are now better informed than every U.K. politician and media outlet. Check out the very detailed write up explaining how it was created.

I just signed this and hope you do too.

Dear @larry-turner.bsky.social and @alcarns.bsky.social how many of your constituents are employed by higher education institutions? Please stand up for this £265 billion industry in your party.

Save Black Studies at Birmingham City University c.org/WHPJzGKR

Author copies have arrived! In The Broken Machine, I explore what happens when our technologies break. Drawing on five episodes from the modern Atlantic World, I argue that breakdowns have historically helped define who belongs to the social order and who's outside it. #histtech #histsci #HistSTM

If only even one British mayor loved this game this much....

Count the cars. Count the people. Why is Yonge St still not pedestrianized? At least the section south of College. #Toronto #Urbanism

oh is Starmer banging on about steel again

Ideas for episode titles for a new six-part drama series about the modern university: 1. The ‘business case’ 2. ‘No decision has been made’ 3. The 'listening exercise' 4. The counter-proposal 5. ‘We’re not doing this lightly’ 6. Your email account will be deleted at midnight.

Teachers feedback needed! 'Cultures of Care' is a pilot project using historic objects to create new conversations about sustainability. We would love further input from teachers to inform the next steps of the project. Please find our survey here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/CoCTeachRe...

My hope is that this progressive coalition makes Birmingham the city it can be and that this change even extends to the Reform/Con wards. Delivering there by making streets safe for everyone in Birmingham will deliver an even more momentous progressive change in 2030.

Time for a green-led pragmatic coalition of hope. 💚🧡❤️💜

🎉 BIG GAINS IN BRUM 🎉 👏 Huge congratulations to Birmingham Green Party on going from 2 to 19 councillors! 💚 Greens are now the second biggest party on Birmingham Council.

I think a big takeaway from yesterday's UK elections is, on the question of whether Labour now reflects or doubles down on chasing the racist vote or whatever: who cares? The task for anyone who wants a more egalitarian and, well, greener society, is to continue to build Green Party power.

For National Bike Month, read an article by @ncardon.bsky.social , Matthew Brown , & @fhmjh.bsky.social ( @frenchatbristol.bsky.social ) in @journsporthist.bsky.social 51.1 about the sporting culture of the bicycle cc: @nassh1972.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jsh/arti...

Huge congrats to @kamelhawwash.bsky.social on your Stirchley win, News of which I’m taking in from an appropriately pedestrian and cyclist friendly location!

Best news of the day so far;

Associate Professor – Italian Heritage, History and Cultural Studies. Deadline: May 26, 2026. #history cha-shc.ca/careers-and-...

And now, the first physical copies! (Modelled here by the lovely Eva in Verso's NY office.)

Thanks @zoethomas.bsky.social and @johnmunro.bsky.social for organising today's sneak-preview event for Empire Ablaze, out July 21st. I'm really appreciating right now how much colleagues have been rooting for the project from the start. 😄

BSA "high fidelity cycling" catalogue 1960

Our new exhibition Remembering Humberside is up-and-running @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social and @northlincsmuseum.bsky.social. If you're lucky enough to be on Humberside it's well worth a visit. For everyone else, there's a nice write-up in The Hull Story. www.thehullstory.com/allarticles/...

Shabana Mahmood’s special advisor threatened us with an injunction and two different lawsuits last night in an attempt to block this story linking her to a notorious vote rigging case. I think it’s strongly in the public interest. So here it is. www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/exclusive-sh...

BREAKING NEWS - We have an additional 1-2 spots available for the Book Proposal Workshop. Email Amy Sayward ASAP if interested.

In Seattle's Pike Place Market, vendors claimed that removing cars would cripple them. Nope. Sales actually rose. Remember: Studies show that biz owners consistently exaggerate how many customers drive and undercount those who walk, bike, or ride transit. Info: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Better Streets for Birmingham, a group that campaigns for safe transport, is just short of 1000 supporters. Sign up, make your family and friends sign up, help us make our voice louder! betterstreetsforbirmingham.org/join-us/

🗞️The convenors of the IHR North American History Seminar are accepting applications from current or recently completed doctoral students for the The 2026 Iwan Morgan Lecture Prize (Deadline: 8 May 2026)

So disappointing to see the lack of political will now in Birmingham for safer streets. After questions from Babiker Yahia, whose 4-year-old daughter Mayar was killed by a driver in April 2024, only one candidate (after quite a pause) backed 20mph limits on all residential streets.

A&E admissions with heart & breathing conditions go up when air pollution is high. In areas with high air pollution chronic levels of heart & breathing conditions are higher. A city with cleaner air is a city with less pressure on hospitals. It's a city where children grow up healthier.