Campaign from @tessadunlop.bsky.social for the introduction of Romanian GCSE. In the 2021 census in response to the question of what their "main" language was, the second most-listed language in London was Romanian (after English obviously), with 159,000 speakers www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good luck - I’m sure you’ll be fine!

A great day today with a series of inspirational people - the morning helping to draft a languages policy for the city of Coventry and the afternoon with @warwickengages.bsky.social at a co-lab discussing the advantages of working with communities

New exhibition at the MRC! Weimar Cinema from 1919-1933, showcasing items from the Illustrierter Film-Kurier collection. Illustrated programmes for early cinema classics, international hits and films which reflected social and political ideas of the Weimar era.

A powerful look at how women’s writing during the Seven Years’ War reveals the raw emotion, loss, and humanity often hidden in colonial archives. A moving reminder that behind every global conflict are intimate stories worth remembering. @tlecaque.bsky.social ageofrevolutions.com/2026/03/02/h...

Good advice!

AHOY-HOY!!! Thrilled (and quite smug) to say BBC You’re Dead To Me has reached 150 episodes! Even better — we managed to time our anniversary to land within a week of the 150th anniversary of the telephone being patented. So, guess what we did for this week’s episode… ☎️

It feels as though spring is on its way!

French historian klaxon: enjoy this floating pancake-making story

I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day | Anonymous

There is a public perception that copyright libraries have copies of everything published in the UK. That's never been the case. But things are rapidly getting desperate. These are among the publishers who now no longer routinely deposit print copies of their books.

Turn on BBC Radio 4 now to hear the shorter edit of our latest episode about the history of the Spice Trade — or listen to the full length podcast on BBC SOUNDS

💬 "Pour moi, c’est écœurant d’entendre dire que tout est faux, que tout est manipulé. C’est le même comportement que celui des accusés que j’ai rencontrés dans la salle d’audience : ils nient. C’était vraiment le procès de la lâcheté et du déni." ➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/GVO

Hello and welcome to Francophone Friday, where we come together to highlight research being done in or about the Francophone world! 1/10

Intrigued by a suggestion afterwards that Keats (if he’d lived) could have become a great novelist www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

This week's new walking route is: Dudley - Oldbury 3.7 miles in the heart of the Black Country along the entire length of the Rowley Hills, the tallest hills in West Midlands county and part of the Midlands Watershed Ridge Check it out👇 walkmidlands.co.uk/2026/02/19/o...

Dans un mois.

Likewise, if you shrink or obliterate undergraduate programmes in (say) Languages and Area Studies, is the impact on students with known disabilities the same as shrinking (say) Engineering and Technology? Languages & Area Studies undergraduate kd=30.0%; Engineering & Technology kd=14.2%. 3/3

Things that would be interesting to know about the current contraction of UK academic staffing (and that it would actually be super helpful if REF2029 institutional SPRE statements were required to report on) include: What's the impact on the equality and diversity of academic staffing? 1/3

Wednesday

In some ways I'm philosophical about The End these days. It is what it is. But for the final wave to hit because of the crisis when we worked the hardest we possibly could, we nearly broke ourselves, and did exactly what the govt told us to do? It seems.. painful.

Use the code 10VABOOKS for 30% off paperback and ebook!

Happy #pubday to "The Global Age of Revolutions: A History from 1650 to Today," edited @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social and @cindyermus.bsky.social! Redrawing the map and resetting the clock of the Age of Revolutions www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10176/ @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social #skystorians

A creepy parody of Henry Fuseli's 'The Nightmare' (1781) from c. 1800 in the Lewis Walpole Library. The succubus is Napoleon, and he is peeking under the recumbent lady's nightie.

I agree - decline the review - that’s preferable to writing something really anodine to disguise the weaknesses. I don’t think tearing the book to pieces is going to help anyone really

We hear way too much about angry Britain, blue-red Britain. What about the Britain of Save the Children, Oxfam, the RSPCA, the RNLI, popular environmentalism, the Britain of London's absolute triumph since its 80s nadir, its civic universities, the Britain of volunteering, giving, hoping?

News! I've started as the early modern Post Doc on the AHRC-funded 'Inclusive Histories' project @royalholloway.bsky.social. I'm working at @thelondonarchives.bsky.social to research the stories of marginalised groups, which will be used to foster a more inclusive approach to teaching GCSE History

A favorite of Jacques-Louis David as well, not just for the Bélisaire, either, David's Brutus seems to be inspired by Marmontel's legal theorizing. Congratulations!

Marmontel was a significant part of my PhD & had a chapter in my 2012 trauma of the French Revolution book too. It was lovely to revisit him for the tricentenary of his birth at a fabulous conference in Bordeaux. The papers are just out with great work from young colleagues (& an ok piece from me)

A Valentine's Day story from English Heritage: collection of 1920s love letters acquired www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country? Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.

Britain's history has always been shaped by different peoples, ideas and influences. Caring about fairness, sustainability and human rights doesn’t undermine that it strengthens it. Reducing complex political debates to playground rhetoric is both infantile and self defeating. 3/3 #Heritage

Happy Valentine’s Day to this magnificent royal wedding gown of 1774, now in the Marie Antoinette Style exhibition 😍 This dress of silver brocaded silk – similar to that worn by the 14-year-old Marie Antoinette at her own wedding – belonged to Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotta, future queen of Sweden

Très heureux de vous annoncer la parution (le 5 mai) de ce manuel chez Ellipses

A call for UK colleagues to complete a very short survey about public engagement- thanks for helping!

As an @ox.ac.uk Modern Languages graduate @susiedentwords.bsky.social certainly knows what she is talking about!

more like the “MENguin history of europe” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pen... 🗃️

Le rez-de jardin de la BNF (@labnf.bsky.social) s'éteint, littéralement, en silence. Les places en rouge sur ce schéma ne sont plus éclairées et l'on nous apprend que les ampoules, devenues obsolètes, ne peuvent être remplacées. "Democracy Dies in Darkness", comme on le sait au Washington Post.

Mate, it was 1066. Move on.

“Does being in a landscape automatically imbue us with a greater understanding of it? … We all find our own way, and notice different things as we go.” @markhailwood.bsky.social manyheadedmonster.com/2026/02/10/i... 🗃️

Premier test de la version 2 de Gallicagram (voyez www.gallicagram.com, @bdecourson.bsky.social et @gallicagram.bsky.social.) Comme on pouvait s'y attendre, on parle moins de romans dans la presse au moment des révolutions, mais d'autres variations sont plus intrigantes. Pourquoi ce pic en 1813 ?

If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.

Que veut dire « à l'ordre du jour » dans l'expression « la terreur à l'ordre du jour » ?

'The ground-breaking study from the University of Stirling will examine the educational, economic, social and cultural factors that impact on language learning, analysing the different approaches and outcomes in Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.'

Une histoire littéraire de la Révolution française 19 mars 10,50 € 416 pages La couverture (image et texte) est maintenant en ligne sur le site de Gallimard et sur ceux des libraires. www.gallimard.fr/catalogue/un...

Join us on Wednesday for Philippa Hellawell (The National Archives), 'The Ship Bedford: Atlantic and Archival Crossings in the Long Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade', at the Institute of Historical Research, London and on Zoom, 11 February, 5:30 pm. Free and open to the public. Booking link below.

It’s 25 years since I was last in the Charterhouse Coventry and I was very impressed today by how @National Trust have interpreted the site. The Tudor wall paintings are stunning but they’ve made considerable effort with the rest of the building too

My article about eighteenth-century coffee houses is in the latest Modern History Review. It's featured on the cover! @hachettelearning.bsky.social

How I imagine the sophistication of my research. How I present my research.

'The Epstein files reveal a patriarchy in action. This is a world where the men are rich and powerful, and the women are not. The emails showcase the private behaviour of a male ruling class, as they network, joke and trade information.'