Looking for a perfect stocking filler for the map lover in your life? (Even if that is you) Well, the Second Edition of TNA's popular 'Maps: Their Untold Stories' is out now just in time to navigate it's way under your Christmas tree! 🎄📖 🎁 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/maps-thei...

Am I the only one who thinks the cover art/poster for MI: The Final Reckoning looks like a stunt pilot DLC for Microsoft Flight Simulator?

Suffragettes in London's Hyde Park, 1908, photo by Scottish photographer Christina Broom (1862-1939), the UK's first female press photographer, who documented the women's suffrage movement.

Tempus fugit.

oh god, of course every academic in this country has to use a VPN for their work because every university department in this country somehow runs itself off a shared drive folder called admin/ADMIN/humanities/CURRENT_humanities/history/HISTORY_ALL/admin

📰 Why are landslides grinding travel routes to a halt? BGS engineering geohazard geologist, Dr Claire Dashwood, is featured on the BBC discussing what makes certain parts of the UK more susceptible and why climate change is predicted to increase their frequency. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A disappointingly old-fashioned, and long past it's prime, conservative history of Australia that is surprisingly still trope-ish (more good than bad) in its dismissiveness of indigenous history & unsurprisingly forgiving of empire from a pro-monarchy former PM. theconversation.com/tony-abbotts...

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

Very excited to hear today's speakers @rgsibg.bsky.social's Challenging Maps and Exploration symposium.

What was a bear worth in Elizabethan England? Well, thanks to a deed held at The National Archives [TNA C 146/8581], we at least know a few specifics, like Nan, the old she bear, valued at 30s in 1590. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...

Lovely review of The Boroughs of London by the London Society: "At less than a £1.00 a Borough this is surely the best value book on London around at the moment." Can't argue with that! 😉 ➡️ londonsociety.org.uk/the-boroughs...

@britishlibrary.bsky.social has launched their exciting "Secret Maps" exhibition - I hope you can find your way there. events.bl.uk/exhibitions/...

One observation on the Louvre robbery, having been there a couple of time recently. There is immense 'security theatre' for visitors waiting to get in. And what has happened affirms the general rule: the greater the 'security theatre' the weaker the actual security.

In 1882, Andrew Watson captained the Scottish team to victory over England at a stadium in Glasgow which was thought to be lost ⚽ But with the help of volunteers, @archscot.bsky.social unearthed evidence of the pavilion and playing surface in 2021: www.digitscotland.com/uncovering-b... #BHM25

Great acknowledgement of the historical diversity of the British (and Empire) armed forces, and a fabulous portrait as well.

In 2019 Sasha Trubetskoy created a fabulous series of tube map style maps of Roman roads. They include major arteries of the whole empire, and ones which focus on the modern nations of Britain, Spain/Portugal, France and Italy. Here is the British one: sashamaps.net/images/roman...

This is INCREDIBLE. The Bearded Vulture has multigenerational nests that last for hundreds of years, built in very secluded places — and they’re FULL OF ANTHROPOGENIC ARTIFACTS.

Quite impressive mapping tool that lets you easily trace heat or cold stress on any given date from 1945 to the present. news.mongabay.com/2025/10/feel...

JUST IN: Jane Goodall, primatologist who transformed our understanding of the lives of apes, has died, according to an announcement from the Jane Goodall Institute.

If you enjoy impressive infrastructure projects, HS2's Delta Junction is some quality stuff. youtu.be/1C_DkLtO4i8?...

had the urge to do this since the moment i saw this post! #pixelart

This is the kind of pun I can dig.

The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up

If you are heading towards #ClaphamJunction and plan on using P1 - it is rammed to the yellow line and backed up across the footbridge. You might want to consider a diffetent route.

Thank you to the organisers for arranging a lovely meal at Brown’s, Nottingham last night. It was a pleasure to spend time with so many like minded cartographers and form those friendships that last longer than the two days a year we spend with each other!! #carto2025 #bcsmaps #network #community

Had a chance to flick through Maps on Vinyl at the BCS conference, it is a really fascinating and unique take on the use of cartography in album covers and all proceeds are going towards helping up and coming musicians in Australia. Worth a read.

Our final session was a panel discussion on the future of geospatial visualisation with host David Sherran, BCS President Paul Naylor and guests Julian Williams, Helen McKenzie and Leanne Hughes. A thought provoking end to two great days. #carto2025 #maps #future #edinburgh2026 !

Is the "London banana" a thing? www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

A fascinating piece on the role of historians, self-review, revision, critique and historiography. It also points a bright torch on how much 20th Century historical writing still dominates contemporary popular views of British history, and its use in wider discussions about society.

How much else of the still missing looted art is hidden away in private collections, especially amongst those who escaped to South America?

'Bringing the history of Cyprus to life: What happens when experts on theatre and museums get their hands on texts, archaeological finds and photographs of Cyprus’ largest archaeological survey ever conducted?' #archaeology 🏺 cyprus-mail.com/2025/08/23/b...

Some amazing work from the London fire brigade dealing with a car fire on South Lane, New Malden. There may be some local traffic disruption, but the fire was brought under control really quickly. No suggestion of injuries.

Our friends and colleagues over at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social are announcing an exciting new exhibition about everyone's favourite subject - MAPS! On at BL from 24 October 2025 – 18 January 2026 events.bl.uk/exhibitions/...

About a decade ago, the right realised contesting history, and in particular attacking efforts at decolonisation of collections—so called "culture wars" was fertile ground for populism. It is of course much older, but is now becoming direct interference. www.museumsassociation.org/museums-jour...

Stunning! An 8-hour time-lapse to show the Earth is rotating while capturing the Milky Way.

I found an original copy of the 1642 will of Thomas Nash (Shakespeare's grandson-in-law) at The National Archives yesterday.* Yes, I'm biased, but archives are incredibly cool. *Actually found, the item has no description on the catalogue, which is why I was looking through the box.

How can #disinformation shape public perception? A report claiming Russia captured UK operatives was false. The image was AI-generated; the individuals don’t exist. "Disinformation doesn't need to be sophisticated to have an impact." - Dr @joedevanny.bsky.social. Read more: 🔗 bit.ly/4mFOdEQ

For #MosaicMonday given yesterday was World Lion Day, how about the Paphos mosaic of Herakles and the Nemean lion of the 3rd century CE from the House of Orpheus. They both look serious! So famous it became a postage stamp in 1989! #WorldLionDay #ClassicsBlueSky🏺