Very exciting to see a first edition of this after many years thinking about it.

Historians! What should I read on demobilised soldiers/sailors in Britain after World War One? I'm mostly interested in their politics, and how the political parties/wider political system thought about, interacted with or tried to reintegrate them.

Congratulations to Kirstie Stage awarded a Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR) PhD Student Award For Applied Research 👏👏 The award recognises outstanding research with real world application - Kirstie explores the Labour and Livelihoods of Deaf and Disabled People, 1970-2010.

For anyone who doesn't know the kind of mindset that fuels state transphobia

And yet we get told that arts and Humanities don't matter in "the real world" or have no capacity of real income generation

in the event, a great audience of lgbt people and allies of all ages turned up at Clones library… and the angry bigots were nowhere to be seen

A fully-funded queer history PhD opportunity!

Economists talk about 'scarring' - long-term effects on a cohort of some short-term phenomenon like a bout of unemployment: even if we pull out of this UK HE crisis soon (doubtful), the whole sector will be scarred for life. (1/2)

📣 Call for Applications 📣 History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe. This is a part-time, paid role. Application deadline: 7 August 2026. Please share widely!

UK-based early career historian in need of up to £2,000 to complete a project? Deadline for the Royal Historical Society's scheme is 4 September: royalhistorical.smapply.io/prog/early_c...

Kevin Morris's letter in the @lrb.co.uk. Couldn't agree more, especially with what he says about teaching in post-92s.

An interesting read about the 1976 heatwave 🌞 The suggestion that “we all had a wonderful summer and survived” is misleading. It was reported that “200 people a day were apparently dying who would not have died if the weather had been normal”. theconversation.com/the-dangers-... #heatwave

telling to see UK pundits so befuddled about Keir Starmer's downfall. He went after immigrants, the poor and the elderly, gave a top job to an Epstein acolyte, was complicit in genocide, and lied over and over again. But it's weird that people didn't like him! www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

the write ups of the pm's fall never mention his biggest reforms—those that made the uk far, far worse for minorities my latest for @liberalcurrents.com www.liberalcurrents.com/starmer-out/

Important mass lobby update: With a red weather warning in place for the day, it will not go ahead. We are reaching out to participants with further detail and actions, but please do not travel. We are arranging a future date and will update ❤️ www.transsolidarityalliance.com/post/weather...

I'm currently trying to assemble as comprehensive as possible an account of extant academic research in post-1700 British & British imperial trans history! I'd welcome suggestions of citeable work that might have escaped my notice - e.g. unpublished PhD theses, recorded talks, ephemeral print/zines.

Delighted that @historianhelen.bsky.social 's terrific 2025 Pimlott Memorial Lecture, 'Family stories: retirement, old age, and generational thinking in Britain since the 1970s', is now published in @mbhjournal.bsky.social. Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...

New article (open access!!) online now with Contemporary British History www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In addition, there will be a nightly curfew on social media for all 16 and 17 year olds. The UK Government thinks you can vote, join the military, smoke, leave school and get married at 16. But not look at Instagram at 8.30pm.

📣Out now on #firstview! Anna Muggeridge @worcesteruni.bsky.social and Ruth Davidson @ruthdav.bsky.social on 'Revisiting the Politics of Motherhood in Modern British History' #Motherhood #Political #Maternal #History #Identity 20thc 🗃️👩‍🍼 👉Read open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Welcome to BlueSky Walter Pater! @walterpatersociety.bsky.social

2.This is fed by a political culture that only ever talks of migrants as a problem; never as a gift. Our national discourse on immigration has become obscenely unbalanced. Things will get worse unless progressive politicians find their courage & start telling more positive stories about migration.

I've written to my MP and I encourage you to do the same

"Like distressed jeans, the imperfections will be the point, on the implicit theory that humanness now resides in mess rather than mastery." For our new issue, Krzysztof Pelc on the threat of LLMs: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/fakes-future-artificial-intelligence-llms-larb-quarterly-traffic/

Forced Detransition of Trans Kids This has been justified through 3 mechanisms 1. The Cass review (Globally Debunked) 2. 10 "Literature Reviews" majority of which read no evidence 3. A general public consultation This is not evidence, it is denial of science to kill children This is labours CHOICE.

Fascists in Belfast set fire to buildings with people inside them. People of colour left work early to stay indoors. This is being actively encouraged by the world’s richest man whose openly pro-white nationalist platform X is still used by the UK government www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

I've written to my MP and I encourage you to do the same

I'm comically late to this discourse, but I have a few suggestions for alternative LGBTQ history names for the Mildmay line of the London Overground: the Coleherne line (for the gay pub near West Brompton station) or the Michael line (for George Michael and cruising near Hampstead Heath station)

A shocking and shameful night in Belfast; a racist pogrom - no other terms can (or should) describe it.

Even 'race riots' is a euphemism for 'racist riots'.

Any trans fem wanting to use the female bathroom at the mass lobby come find me, I'll happily accompany you in if you're worried about transphobic harrassment. www.transsolidarityalliance.com/mass-lobby-2...

🚨CFP🚨 “Visual Cultures of Sexuality in Postwar Europe” (Birmingham City University, 19-20 May, 2027)

Love and strength to every single marginalised person trying to build a life+care for their needs+look after their loved ones+work towards a future+give back to community+actually build upon their ambitions and follow their dreams in the midst of all of THIS.

They make a desert and call it "innovation"

A fully-funded queer history PhD opportunity!

Ahead of next week's #MBS26 conference, our website is now live! Check out our new blog series, Histories from Here, and our plans for prizes and conferences in Modern British Studies modbritstud.org.uk

Solidarity 💔 www.mind.org.uk/news-campaig...

1/🧵 The Supreme Court has today overturned Cheshire West and removed important protections for severely disabled people. This case hits all the keywords: guidance, segregation, “never had the right”.

This kind of comment is extremely ill-judged and dangerous from a member of the government. We have made our position clear: www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

We are really concerned by Seema Malhotra's statement to the commons that: "Most people have the common sense to step in when necessary, for example when a person of the opposite biological sex enters a single sex facility in error - and when to alert a member of staff."

It's really useful and clarifying to hear that, after some careful reflection, we don't after all have rights

This survey on non-binary adults' experiences of family in the UK closes tomorrow. We could do with another 10 responses - if are a non-binary adult living in the UK you've not yet completed it please do.

You might like this if you are interested in where the fields of modern British history, intellectual history, & history of gender/sexuality are at atm! Or in my reflections on my intellectual & personal journey from PhD to permanent job. Also there is a summary of the book but it comes 55 mins in.

"cisgender politics [...] is one of the history of sexuality's foundational notions" (p. 200) A very thought-provoking new article from Laurie Marhoefer muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

The onus is on the service provider to exclude you. Don't comply in advance 💯💯

The letters pages of the TLS come to mind

6. The fight on this is: A) legal because the code doesn’t meet Human Rights baselines B) practical because being inclusive is still lawful C) by ignoring the code’s attempts to change culture D) on the ground by lawful protest

Read the final part of my archival reflections from @norfolkro.bsky.social, about how rural Norfolk of yesteryear could be quite queer! It made me so happy to find these fabulous photos - I really wanted to share them 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/2026/05/21/l...

Read the final part of my archival reflections from @norfolkro.bsky.social, about how rural Norfolk of yesteryear could be quite queer! It made me so happy to find these fabulous photos - I really wanted to share them 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 norfolkrecordofficeblog.org/2026/05/21/l...

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!