Keith Douglas wrote this gorgeous poem 86 summers ago (in the midst of the Second World War). It still resonates hugely today...

Alison's new article is available free Open Access, as is all content published in 'Transactions': bit.ly/486BF5d TRHS editors warmly welcome submission of research articles and comment pieces, on historical practice and debate, from historians working within and outside education 2/2

16th century #cannon stolen from #Narwar Fort, Madhya Pradesh www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/bizar...

📸 See Cornwall's mining landscape from a whole new perspective. Our latest pop-up exhibition celebrates 20 years of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site, with photography spanning all 10 mining districts. Open July–August. #WHS20

Thank you @inkcapjournal.bsky.social for the link through to this report from Natural England on the potential of historic battlefields in restoring nature. Anyone with even a passing familiarity with the Anglo-Cymric borderland knows we've got more battlefields than we know what to do with so 👇

An #earlymodern reminder about our RSA 2027 Sack of Rome cfp. Submissions by July 15!

More recently.... Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Brilliant film. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunt_fo...

Sir Goddard Pemberton looks rather cramped on his Monument at Rushden, Northamptonshire. The Pemberton family occupied Rushden Hall from 1461 to 1641. Goddard died on the 1st of August 1616 of the “new ague or sickness”.

War elephants, medieval style!

A medieval interpretation of war elephants. Each carries a fortified howdah on its back. No doubt carved from a second or third-hand description. Note the flappy bat-like ears, the hooves, and tusks masquerading as fangs. Burwell, Cambridgeshire.

Bringing excavations to publication is such an important step because the same trenches wouldn't produce the same results if they were re-dug. It's fantastic that the Newcastle work will be published because of the CST's support.

Our kids played on Newhaven West Beach when they were tiny - then the privatized port closed it to avoid having to fix the crumbling wall and steps. The only sandy beach in the area has been frustratingly out of bounds since 2008. c.org/PBhLJYYGH2

Piece on Emily Eden and her watercolours of 1830s India – lots of pictures www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Careful study of the Bayeaux Tapestry has revealed this !

The article partly discusses the Townshend monument in westminster abbey, which depicts two Indigenous men modelled on a young Odawa boy kidnapped and brought to London as a gift for a British general.

Glasgow is hiring a lecturer in medieval history (c.800-1500) on an open-ended basis. We are a lovely bunch in the medieval area, would be great to have a new colleague! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSF052/l...

Been a pleasure. Time to start reading!

Teaching fencing in Ealing www.huckmag.com/article/lond...

3 cannon from Port Shepstone, SA, stolen but recovered witness.co.za/news/2026/07...

St Clement. A 15th-century stained glass panel at Stockerston, Leicestershire. He holds an anchor, the traditional symbol of his martyrdom.

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III issued a defense of the National Museum of American History to staffers, in response to a caustic White House report accusing the museum of pushing “extreme political activism.”

🧵Corruption and dodgy practices in politics are nothing new. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Yorkshire politics epitomised "Old Corruption," characterised by rampant bribery, aristocratic patronage, and open treating. The infamous 1807 Yorkshire election (see alt) became the most

As well new research for my new book on MUD, it's a pleasure digging back through my past work, from my PhD on Guthlac and the fens, to archive mudlarks and a VCH ghost story via MR James, plus a forthcoming piece on bog bodies and storytelling at Alderley Edge. There was always so much more to say!

Published by @aeon.co , some thoughts on how we know what we (think we) know about the imperial family of Ming China, subject of my last book @reaktionbooks.bsky.social aeon.co/essays/how-l...

The Extraordinary Armada Panel Originally as part of the chancel tympanum & now on the west wall at Bratoft church, Lincolnshire. Probably painted soon after the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.

The women who served as munitions workers during the #FirstWorldWar endured dismal conditions and a plethora of dangers: illness, injury, and death. Why are they barely remembered? 🔓 Patricia Fara’s new Great Debates is free for 7 days www.historytoday.com/archive/grea...

£8 million deficit this year; 70 jobs to go. It's a 4-nations crisis and, whilst respecting and working within devolution, we need to think of some UK-wide solutions, notably for research (where the funding and functioning is more joined up between the nations). Or, we could all sell our silver.

Congratulations to Leverhulme Early Career Fellows @kiranmehta.bsky.social and @gianamar97.bsky.social on winning the @royalhistsoc.org 2026 First Book Prize and Early Career Article Prize. royalhistsoc.org/winners-of-t...

Saint Barbara https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/470617

Long before becoming Chartwell, Churchill's former home at Westerham, Kent was Westerham Foundling Hospital from 1760 to 1769 accommodating 469 children after being set up in collaboration with Thomas Coram who established the Foundling Hospital in London in 1739. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A wonderful slab of Alwalton marble, inlaid with detailed brasses, once part of a tomb dedicated to the Le Moyne family, and dating to 1404! Just look a the lion and dog at their feet - fantastic 🤩 All Saints Church, Sawtry, Cambridgeshire. More info below…

Fort James was built in the early 18th century to defend St John’s against possible French incursions. The fort formed part of a wider network focused towards controlling both naval access and commercial movement within one of the Leeward Islands’ key anchorages. Cat tax included 🐱

A little piece of Falkirk in Antigua #GunneryIsFunnery 🇦🇬🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Exhibition of European arms and armour from the Museu #Stibbert in #Spokane, Washington State www.spokesman.com/stories/2026... www.northwestmuseum.org/exhibitions/...

The mystery of the #Stevens #cannon, #Hoboken www.hobokengirl.com/stevens-cann...

#Canadian technology to investigate two #polar ships www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The Prize Papers team, led by Dr. Amanda Bevan at the UK National Archives, has been finding so many historical treasures and discoveries. Here, a rare Copy of the Declaration of Independence —captured by a British warship from an American privateer off the Coast of Spain in 1776–

I have about 500 photos of guns to share so...

What happened to the body of James IV after the battle of Flodden? A postscript to the Battle of Flodden video. As ever please like and subscribe. youtu.be/qlWrdU35890?...

UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is quitting X -- significantly her department is too, she says.

2/2 Hugo emphasizes the roughness of the shepherds, contrasting with the delicacy of the Angels & Mary. Yet the most humble are welcomed first.

A REMINDER! WILL WORK FOR MONEY! joanneedge.co.uk/freelance-wo... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern

Stained glass of c.1470 depicting the Virgin and Child at Ayston, Rutland. Restored by the York Glaziers Trust in 1973.

Yesterday's prize announcements were preceded by the Society's 2026 Prothero Lecture given by Prof Rebecca Earle who spoke on: 'The Last Voyage of the Santiago: A Ship and its World in the Age of Revolution’ bit.ly/4pjdlnz Our great thanks to Rebecca for her excellent lecture #Skystorians 1/2

A Very Cool Thing: Astrolabe from Seville, 1224 AD (Oxford HSM inv.50934). On the throne, at the top of the instrument, note the #geometry diagram: it shows the method for bisecting a segment, used here to draw the meridian line. The maker engraved it fully, offering us a glimpse into their process…

2/3 More from Aberdeen Art Gallery. 'Train Landscape' by Eric Ravilious, an English artist who died when the plane carrying him crashed into the Atlantic off Iceland during WWII.

EXCITING NEWS - IT LIVES! Just received advance copies of my new book, and doesn't it look handsome! Published next week - buy it here: www.routledge.com/Early-Modern...

Just published in the "Crossroads - History of Interactions across the Silk Routes" series: "The Cape Route and the Silk Roads" edited by Carmen Amado Mendes and João Paulo Oliveira e Costa. Read more here: brill.com/edcollbook/t...

Nice piece about Scotland's island wrens: www.nts.org.uk/stories/giga...

Taylor is one of the most prodigiously skilled researchers out there - and now you can hire him!