Essential reading for those of us involved in the production of public history/heritage narratives too imo.

As an aside, this is such an important book on methodology, no matter if as a historian you write about a small village in medieval Italy or postcolonial Haiti. It is an absolute scandal that it's not recognised among the classics of history methodology. It was just recently translated in German.

To whom it may concern.

Hearing "go woke, go broke" about Doctor Who's troubles is funny when the wokest (and best) series of the past decade aired nine years ago, when the Doctor was punching racists and critiquing capitalism with a black lesbian companion whose greatest enemy was conversion therapy

As I wrote at the time of the Ballymena pogroms, I'm old enough to remember when the LVF attacked the home of disabled child because he was insuficciently Protestant. I'm old enough to remember this because it happened in 2024. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

Chilling scenes from Belfast. One leading local politician tells me that last night was “a pogrom” in a UK city.

Met a rude beach a few days ago.

Next weekend I’m speaking at a one-day symposium in Chester on new research on Chester Castle, arguably this heritage-rich city’s least vaunted site. It’ll be great fun, come along! Please share! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chester-ca...

Next weekend I’m speaking at a one-day symposium in Chester on new research on Chester Castle, arguably this heritage-rich city’s least vaunted site. It’ll be great fun, come along! Please share! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chester-ca...

Today, finally, the UK publication of the paperback version of *Máel Coluim III, 'Canmore: An Eleventh-Century Scottish King* with John Donald/ @birlinn.bsky.social .

Happy #ADoorAbleThursday to all who celebrate! Glasgow Cathedral has a set of doors which received wisdom says are medieval. I’m a little sceptical, but AFAIK there is no typology of medieval Scottish joinery/carpentry, so English analogies are all we have. Two-leaf door to upper chapter house.

Soon be time to sleep. 😴 Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 004: The Dover Bible, Volume 2; 12th century; f.277r @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social

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The key takeaway: accommodating the radical right raised the salience of immigration and shifted perceptions of Labour's position, but had *no* positive effect on its electoral standing.

🚨DR UK's Statement on the EHRC's New Code of Practice "We are appalled at implications that an adequate workaround is trans people using Disabled toilets instead. We will not be used as a loophole in the wider erosion of trans rights." Full statement👇 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disabil...

trans rights and women’s rights are not in opposition, they are in fact two fronts of the same war, and cis women should support trans folk not just because it’s the morally correct thing to do but also because an attack on trans folk is an attack on us

My book, "The Middle Ages in Computer Games" is out in paperback tomorrow (2 Jun). If you've been waiting to get hold of it, now could be a good time! boydellandbrewer.com/book/the-mid...

Hi, I'm almost done with my masters, I'm defending my thesis next week. So get in touch if you want to work with me on issues of disability, liberation, ecology and ideally all at the same time! Writing, teaching and editing is what I do best, but above all I like working with good people.

Am personally taking it upon myself to rename the Tower of London as London Castle. It just makes more sense.

This popped up on my camera roll for today ⚛️ #philsci

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Two v old towers both alike in dignity for #ADoorAbleThursday. First is the gorgeous sculptural surrounds of the entrance to 11th-c Brechin round tower; and the plainer entrance, but with intriguing timber door (patterned studs could be late med?), of Abernethy round tower, also 11th-century.

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The Patients Who Already Knew Long COVID did not create medicine’s discomfort with invisible illness. It exposed a preexisting pattern that millions of patients had been navigating for decades. Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome ( #ME/CFS), fibromyalgia, dysautonomia, POTS — these

Let’s hope this is a sign of other historic apologies and substantive acts of repair to come. King Charles, among many others, I’m looking 👀 at you.

Anyway here’s the passage of Judith Butler that the Guardian censored years ago

Still depressed about the EHRC and what it says about the decline of feminism in my lifetime. But, to all my trans & NB friends, colleagues & students: try to remember that only a small, genital-obsessed minority want this (however hard the media try to change that). Many many people support you. 💜

Finally, my paper on public responses to Stonehenge in British news is out. "What's the Meaning of Stonehenge?" reveals that archaeological news faces challenges of scepticism & backlash in a post-Brexit, post-pandemic era. Open Access (currently with mistakes in rendering, waiting for T & F to fix)

Solidarity with all trans + people today. And if you're cis like me and have any agency in shaping your institution's policies regarding toilets etc, please exercise it in defence against those who want to take away human rights.

#ADoorAbleThursday from Tolquhon Castle (1580s), main door with wicket. It’s doing well for poss being original door, though areas show clenched bolts passing through both skins. Inside face shows (AFAIK) v unusual joinery: back boards rest in dovetail recesses cut into front board. Skilled work.

#ADoorAbleThursday from Tolquhon Castle (1580s), main door with wicket. It’s doing well for poss being original door, though areas show clenched bolts passing through both skins. Inside face shows (AFAIK) v unusual joinery: back boards rest in dovetail recesses cut into front board. Skilled work.

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Disabled folks are some of the most courageous people. We have to do most everything while afraid.

Reminder - just 5 days left to submit a paper proposal for "Belonging to the Victorians? Community, Collections, and Care", a 1-day conference on 4 September 2026 to be held at Wilton's Music Hall. Details in attached image. 🌟

What were the so-called cooks' fees in elite medieval households? Simply, they were perks of the job. Here, I've translated a section 'Concerning the cooks', which appears in the priory records of Rochester Cathedral, which gives an example of such perks. modernmedievalcuisine.com/translations...

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Surviving the Black Death in medieval England: recovering from illness at Warboys, Huntingdonshire www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur...

Fascinating + beautifully visualised analysis, exploring convincingly why birth rates are crashing everywhere. Spoiler: there are many factors, but the smoking gun is a smartphone. Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once - a limited 🎁 giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Joanne Rowling's fellow traveller Kellie-Jay Keen is speaking at Tommy Robinson's rally tomorrow. Transphobia is the engine that pulls the train of fascism.

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Just wondering, Simon, is ‘the Birmingham speech’ better known by any other description? I just feel like people may be more familiar if… oh… I’m sure it’s nothing.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Historians of medieval Scotland 🏰 Does anyone have a copy of Ditchburn, ‘Scotland and Europe’ (2001) handy? I want to look at a page and associated refs, but I’m home-bound today. I think it’s p.259 I’m after.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Historians of medieval Scotland 🏰 Does anyone have a copy of Ditchburn, ‘Scotland and Europe’ (2001) handy? I want to look at a page and associated refs, but I’m home-bound today. I think it’s p.259 I’m after.

Happy #ADoorAbleThursday to all who celebrate. This MS from the Bodleian of c.1000 CE is (I think) one of the earliest depictions of the humble pintle, which does all the heavy lifting (literally) for lovely doors. digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/56af...

Sign please folks c.org/pcXwsDxRM4

www.maptap.gg May 13 95🏅 97🔥 98🎯 96🔥 98🎯 Final score: 970 Enjoy this game but it is cursed that ‘easy’ is cities in the US!

Indiana Jones then: It belongs in a museum!! 🏺 Indiana Jones now: Land Back is both a moral imperative and the only path to survival That's growth 💅

Open access - Free to download as pdf for personal use “Medieval Rural Settlement and Infrastructure Archaeology Across Europe” edited by Carenza Lewis, Neil Christie, Gareth Davies, Aidan O'Sullivan www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...