Not sure if Man United owner Jim Ratcliffe will see this being as he literally migrated to Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK, but we wanted to put this up outside the stadium anyway…. 📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way

When life gives you woodworms, go ahead and decorate the holes! #bookhistory

Think about it, women are paying the same tax as men for lesser healthcare, for the male prison population, for war, for white collar crime, for our unpaid labour and care and to be sexually assaulted without prosecution. If men want this cesspit of society they have created they can pay for it.

The special issue of Cultural and Social History on “Researching Student Lives: Methodological and Theoretical Perspectives” (co-ed. w Georgina Brewis & Jodi Burkett) is live - yay! Several articles are OA :) Huge thanks to our contributors & the journal editors! www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfcs20/2...

News | Report highlights state of England’s cultural infrastructure £7bn is needed for repairs, maintenance and renewal

On 1 May 1517, xenophobic mobs, riled up by preachers who were in turn pressured by wealthy broker John Lincoln, rioted in London. They claimed that foreigners were stealing their jobs and welfare. Thomas More, then under-sheriff of London, tried to stop the mob with an empassioned speech.

Very pleased to share details of a new permanent academic job opportunity in Creative & Cultural Industries at University College Dublin. We are seeking candidates with a PhD whose work engages with the commercial creative industries. Deadline: 6 March 2026 universityvacancies.com/university-c....

Apply for our PhD placement scheme to get involved in extraordinary research at the Library. There are eight available placements exploring a variety of themes including war poetry, 21st-century digital tools, illustrated newspapers and decarbonisation. Find out more: link.bl.uk/PhDPlacements

Looks like my book 'The Transactioneer: Hans Sloane and the Rise of Public Natural History in Eighteenth-Century Britain' will finally be published by Johns Hopkins University Press later this year! Excited doesn't cover it!

Sparrows in Winter, Shozo Ozaki.

Looks like my book 'The Transactioneer: Hans Sloane and the Rise of Public Natural History in Eighteenth-Century Britain' will finally be published by Johns Hopkins University Press later this year! Excited doesn't cover it!

'Elgar's letters and digital tools' 3 month (or p/t equivalent) PhD Placement opportunity at the British Library, deadline 27 Feb: www.bl.uk/services/res... @britishlibrary.bsky.social @discoxford.bsky.social @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social @tmusicology.bsky.social @rmastudents.bsky.social

18 month postdoc at the lovely IHR in London, $41,740. Deadline 7 March. 'The Fellow will play a key role within the IHR team responsible for hosting the 2027 North American Conference in British Studies (NACBS)' in London 2027. Repost to spread the word. #Skystorians

Just shy of ONE WEEK left to apply to our funded visiting fellowship! These opportunities are specifically designed to help precarious postdocs develop their work. For more details and how to apply: www.bl.uk/services/res...

"Clearly the levels of funding in these institutions is not what it is in other countries and it has not been keeping up with inflation. Over the last 20 years, it is down 40% in real terms." Interview with the @britishlibrary.bsky.social interim CEO Jeremy Silver www.thetimes.com/article/d6f2...

Panel on 'Researching with Libraries and Archives' with our past and present collaborative PhD students - the end of a brilliant Doctoral Open Day on 'Antiquity to 1800' collections at The British Library events.bl.uk/whats-on/doc...

A reminder that applications for this post close this Sunday 1 February. @ihr.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social

Nothing has highlighted just how technically illiterate the senior business management and political classes are right now as the whole AI thing. Just an entire generation of "leaders" incapable of spotting a bad sales pitch because of some woo woo tech words that sound cool.

Things are VERY interesting in my constituency: swingometer.substack.com/p/the-gorton...

JOB ALERT: Lead Curator, Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601-1800) at The British Library - closing date: 18th Feb www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH179/l...

Investing in libraries as essential infrastructure delivers strong returns, quality of life & a dynamic economy. But funding is short-term and grant-based, limiting its ability to scale, & they sit outside current asset categories & govt appraisal models report.wearecreative.uk/culture-as-g...

I realised over Christmas that I’d never gotten my second MMR jab on account of childhood moves and policy changes. I emailed my GP and I just got it this morning, free on the NHS. It’s never too late and you can’t overdo it. Please get vaccinated. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sorry Sharron, you've forced our hand. They're 14 minute cities now. We will keep knocking a minute off until you comply

'An inquiry into class representation in creative fields has recommended changes believed to be the first of their kind in Greater Manchester to increase the number of working-class people in the arts.' 1/2

News | Stoke-on-Trent becomes first UK city to declare ‘heritage emergency’ https://museumsandheritage.com/advisor/posts/stoke-on-trent-becomes-first-uk-city-to-declare-heritage-emergency/

This one was close to home for me, literally. A feature trip to where I grew up: Warrington is a model town, the @centreforcities.bsky.social says today. If its economic performance was replicated nationwide, the avg UK urban resident would be £3,200 better off: www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Historians work across higher education - and not just in 'traditional' History departments. We welcome applications for Fellowship / Associate Fellowship from all those working historically - in the UK and internationally bit.ly/45vEmeJ Next closing dates for applications: 9 March & 11 May, 1/2

not necessarily the world's easiest or smoothest thing, to actually get working at a reasonable time on this, the greyest of January Mondays

Some of these posts will include work with the Digital Research team, and all collaborative PhD and placement students can attend our internal training talks, hack & yacks, reading groups and workshops!

🎉 Green GAIN from Reform! 🎉 💚 Congratulations to Lian Pizzey on being elected in Horsley division on Derbyshire County Council!

In February, the IHR is hosting a 2 day intensive Short Writing Course for PhD Students designed for researchers in the humanities. The aim of this in-person training is to help you with your writing skills & craft with a particular emphasis on style and structure. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Our latest PhD Placement opportunities - come and work at the British Library for 3-6 months to develop your research and professional skills. 8 projects available, deadline for applications 27 February. www.bl.uk/services/res...

Our latest PhD Placement opportunities - come and work at the British Library for 3-6 months to develop your research and professional skills. 8 projects available, deadline for applications 27 February. www.bl.uk/services/res...

just spent £120 on rail tickets for a journey that would have cost me about £40-£50 in petrol (don't @ me about cost of car/insurance/tax etc i know its not like for like yeah). Booking 4 weeks in advance. imagine if they'd spent last summer protesting this shit instead of asylum seekers

John Birch Society having a totally normal moment.

I came to Congress to do the job: to work for people and protect them. Now I’m facing 17 years in prison for standing up to this administration and to ICE. But if they think I’ll back down, they are wrong. Read more:

It's PLR statement day! Reminder that if you have a book in libraries in the UK and Ireland you can sign up to get your Public Lending Right - a little bit of money every time someone borrows one of your books! www.bl.uk/services/plr

'The results show that the critical pedagogy, creative assignment and strong focus on supporting students to generate work that speaks to their own lived experience produced more equal educational outcomes.' An important, theoretically-informed, pragmatic, evidence-rich piece. Read it #Skystorians

🔴 Last week the Free Speech Union got a High Court writ to prevent the publication of a list of its donors So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit Wanna see? 🫣 New on Democracy for Sale: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...

'The report found that early career academics experience sector uncertainty “very differently” to those more advanced in their careers, and that early career academics believed more senior colleagues “struggled to understand and accommodate” their experiences.' 3/3

'Speaking on 14 January at the launch of the paper, titled States of Precarity in UK Higher Education Geography, co-author James Esson said he feared the prevalence of fixed-term contracts was “narrowing geographical thoughts and practice”.' 2/3

Are you an early career researcher looking for research training in history and related disciplines? You might be eligible for an IHR bursary of up to £500 to help cover the cost of one of our fantastic short courses! Deadline for applications is 31 Jan 2026. www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...

Some resources for turning it off so you never have to look at it. support.google.com/websearch/th... www.androidauthority.com/how-to-turn-... www.cnet.com/tech/service...

Job alert: 18th century historians! historyofparliament.com/2026/01/12/v... #skystorians #c18th 🗃️

Free event at the British Library on Monday 9 Feb (18.30 GMT): ‘Web archive research in an age of Smart Data’

The School of Advanced Study 'has developed Reshaped, an online training platform offering free resources for humanities researchers in the UK and further afield, covering topics such as digital skills for research and open access in humanities subjects.' 1/2

River Clyde, Glasgow, photo by Kylie Macbeth.

This is obviously the right decision. It should spark a wider conversation about social media platforms. We clearly can't - and shouldn't - just rely on the responsibility of the owners. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Useful article on the nature of Museum Studies as a discipline, and its relationship to History. 📜🗃️