Really excited by this talk on the 12th June (am one of the experts) Rethinking Lipstick Three Experts - Three Myths - Busted It's free, online and can be booked by registering via chmsn.wufoo.com/forms/qffw9z... Part of the Cosmetic History and Makeup Studies Network Salon programme

[rubs temples] Do I need to explain depleted uranium again? I don’t wanna explain depleted uranium again. Dammit @dankaszeta.bsky.social.

Learn about this Art club in Belle Epoque Paris! Podcast link in reply (or at People Hidden in History series!)

Just a reminder that if you would like to join us for drinks in Central London on 1st July, drop us a message via independenthistoriansnetwork-wulpv.wordpress.com/contact/ (apologies DMs still not working!) We'd love as many people as possible to come along and get IHN rolling!

Really excited by this talk on the 12th June (am one of the experts) Rethinking Lipstick Three Experts - Three Myths - Busted It's free, online and can be booked by registering via chmsn.wufoo.com/forms/qffw9z... Part of the Cosmetic History and Makeup Studies Network Salon programme

This looks good - @indyhistnetwork.bsky.social - a network for historians working outside of academia

Let’s get going with connecting... Drop your specialism in the comments and hopefully everyone will gain some new followers and (even better!) new friends.

Gearing up!

I don’t know how many more times I can read this without losing all love for this project. How are there still typos? 🤦‍♀️

⏳ Two days left to apply The deadline for the BSHS Outreach & Engagement Project Grants is in two days. Grants of up to £500 are available to support creative public engagement with the history of science, technology, and medicine. Don't forget to submit your proposals!

Something have been working on recently 👇

Pocket friends if you’ve seen a cocktail in a bar called “AI” or a shade of lipstick or anything rather random which links to popular culture (but not when it’s being shoved down our throats) please do tag me or send across.

Ok am really struggling with current research project and would love some help please. It is next to impossible to search for examples of AI being referenced organically in popular culture without getting loads of apps, pondering articles about its benefits and lots more nonsense. So…

Ok am really struggling with current research project and would love some help please. It is next to impossible to search for examples of AI being referenced organically in popular culture without getting loads of apps, pondering articles about its benefits and lots more nonsense. So…

CHMSN co-founder @lucyjanesantos.bsky.social highlights two very strange pieces of beauty technology, courtesy of Max Factor. Check it out! open.substack.com/pub/cosmetic...

1/ COVER REVEAL 🧵 I'm thrilled to share the US and UK covers for SLEUTH-HOUND: THE CASE OF THE REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES, the untold story of Dr. Joseph Bell—the Victorian surgeon who inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to create the world's greatest detective. Pre-order here: shorturl.at/fdGnV

Blind date at the next table and they are so cute. Playing a guessing game about everything about each other from jobs to degrees to where they live. He’s rubbish at guessing 🤣

Lunchtime final check over and submission of a proposal to my agent. Is the third time has gone back (with incredibly helpful comments each time) so fingers crossed. 🤞

Am still not convinced by the AI is like radioactivity argument but if you want to read more about the fascinating (and rather strange) history of radium may I suggest my first book?

Am still not convinced by the AI is like radioactivity argument but if you want to read more about the fascinating (and rather strange) history of radium may I suggest my first book?

Am also shit at recognising flirting. Example: 10 years after a guy who I really liked (who incidentally and annoyingly is now very famous) left a note on my desk at a library I realised he was actually asking me out. Was a whimsical note that just went over my head.

Have scheduled a full day to just think about my new project. Am going to sit on my sofa and think, then go for a coffee and think, then lunch, then maybe an afternoon sleep then more thinking. Cannot wait!

Very much enjoying this out of office message.

Just had a fun time watching a TV show where a lot of the exterior shots were filmed outside a house I spend a lot of time in. Particularly seems like magic when they go in the front door and then is an entirely different house (studio set) inside.

We need to win big on May 7. Thousands of Green candidates are standing across England and Wales. This is a real chance to change politics - to give communities a stronger voice and challenge parties backed by big money. Support the campaign 👉 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/we-deserve...

SOOTHOL RADIUM BOUGIES "Shaped liked a pencil and inserted into the urethral canal ... Entirely harmless." Would anyone be interested if I shared adverts/products from my radium and uranium database over the next few weeks? It's endlessly fascinating and jaw dropping in equal measure.

Lots of reading this weekend to get this little beauty ready. It’s out in August - eek.

Lots of reading this weekend to get this little beauty ready. It’s out in August - eek.

Too amazing! HUMANS: A Monstrous in paperback, in the wild, in Brooklyn. #booksky

Last call for my History of Plastics talk tonight if anyone fancies a distraction. Starts in about half an hour and also recording available www.nyadventureclub.com/event/198448...

I'm giving a talk! It's online for ePublic of Letters, on “Why were beauty tips so popular in sixteenth-century Italy? Readers, Makers and Realms of Knowledge in Early Modern Cosmetic Manuals". April 15th, noon eastern U.S., 5pm UK, 6pm continental Europe. RSVP here: forms.gle/DNLMPQuBGcEi...

There is never an easy time to be flogging a book with the subtitle "A Hopeful History of Uranium" but there is also never a time when uranium isn't of global interest either. So go on buy a copy and find out more about this fascinating and incredibly important element.

Look at this familiar artifact of the atomic age that I stumbled across at the Tate Museum in London this morning!

There is never an easy time to be flogging a book with the subtitle "A Hopeful History of Uranium" but there is also never a time when uranium isn't of global interest either. So go on buy a copy and find out more about this fascinating and incredibly important element.

Spending the evening putting together a fun chat group of people who are releasing books that feature Marilyn Monroe this year. If you are also publishing something and I haven't been in touch do let me know!

⏳ Two days left The BSHS Small Grants deadline is 31 March - don't miss the chance! Grants of £50–£500 are available to support research activities such as archival visits, research trips, or remote archive assistance. More info & application: bshs.org.uk/grants/#rese...

A lovely friend sent this - she hasn’t seen it for 30 years and her wife has never seen it. And they are pre ordering my book - what a Friday night :)

Just found out that my best friend of about 35 years also has aphantasia and we’ve never compared brain notes before. Thought I knew everything about her!

It's ALVA Visitor Figures Day today and - as usual - its been quite the ride! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

PROGRESS! Just submitted the latest version of Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot (August 2026) to the publishers and now time to turn to thinking about getting it into people's hands.

PROGRESS! Just submitted the latest version of Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot (August 2026) to the publishers and now time to turn to thinking about getting it into people's hands.

UK folks: now that the paperback is out, the gorgeous hardback of HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY is on sale at Waterstones for 10 GBP - down from 25 GBP! Spinoff essays and excerpts are linked in the thread. 🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH

Am doing a talk in a couple of hours on the History of Plastic Surgery and have to come up with a themed intro song along that theme - my brain is blanking. Who has a good suggestion?

And today is the day. It's the 150th anniversary of the first phone call. And this is me discussing how Victorians used the telephone to reimagine the future:

Would love some shares of the original post if possible, pocket friends. 👇

We've launched our project's Digital Map, which lets people submit sports-branded memorabilia from 1960 onward. We welcome clothes, programmes, toys, posters, photographs, etc. Your submissions will help us map the history of unhealthy sponsorship to create a shared public resource!

For #IWD I have been thinking about Marilyn Monroe and how its time to finally stop characterizing her as a difficult woman. My #WIP looks behind the scenes of the making of Some Like It Hot to how she was treated, portrayed and exploited during this time of her life (as well as before and after).

Really excited about the new Cosmetic History and Makeup Studies Network Forums celebrating the best in new scholarship. We start next Friday with @makeupmuseum.org interviewing Eileen G'Sell, author of Lipstick. Join us 13th March,12 PM ET/4 PM GMT, online Register: chmsn.wufoo.com/forms/chmsn-...

Cosmetic History and Makeup Studies Network Salon Join us for this FREE online discussion Hillary Belzer and Eileen G’Sell March 13th, 12pm ET/4pm GMT Makeup Museum curator and co-founder of CHMSN Hillary Belzer will interview Eileen G’Sell, author of “Lipstick.”

Cosmetic History and Makeup Studies Network Salon Join us for this FREE online discussion Hillary Belzer and Eileen G’Sell March 13th, 12pm ET/4pm GMT Makeup Museum curator and co-founder of CHMSN Hillary Belzer will interview Eileen G’Sell, author of “Lipstick.”