Wowee! What a line up! Including @guildmedmak.bsky.social co-founder @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social 🔥👏

I'm so thrilled and proud that #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems is a Times Book of the Year (#history). In some incredible company on this list. Thank you!

Remember all my mad book drama? (If not, buy me a pint and I'll sing you the ballad of the dodgy ex-publisher...) Well, I'm absolutely delighted to say it's over! An enormous thanks to my wonderful new publisher @manchesterup.bsky.social Queer As Folklore will be back in the wild! 🧜🏼‍♂️

MEET THE AUTHOR EVENTS 📚 ✨ 1 Dec, 7PM – Peter Tatchell & Robert Taylor ✨ 3 Dec, 7PM – Ophelia Field, interviewed by Lisa Power ✨ 6 Dec, 2PM – Sacha Coward, interviewed by Tanaka Mhishi Book now outsavvy.com/organiser/queer-britain – #queerbritain #lgbtq #queer #queerlondon #London

Well done @seasideferry.bsky.social and @allanbrodie.bsky.social for sharing our work and some #artdeco seaside gems at this evening's webinar with @artdecosocuk.bsky.social 👍

Today, in a very short section of a two hour seminar on queer poetry, I’ll invite my students to make a #blackoutpoem using the text of #Section28 I have the sharpies at the ready. This is my favourite part of teaching this Queer Lit course.

Do come and join us in Liverpool next July, we look forward to welcoming you!

LAST CHANCE! See We Are Queer Britain before our galleries close 1 Dec - Feb for redevelopment. The museum will be closed over December & January, but our gift shop stays open for festive queer goodies 🎁 – Images From Queer Britain – #queerbritain #lgbtq #queer

Well... this is fabulous news! The (unofficial) relaunch of 'Queer As Folklore' will be at the incredible @queerbritain.bsky.social on December 6th!!!! Tickets here: www.outsavvy.com/event/31166/...

Until February, we have a display available to all those coming to our building as either members or attending an event. Inked in Memory examines how artists and Antiquaries created visual records of objects and places before the invention of photography.

Our next event in collaboration with @artdecosocuk.bsky.social

Fun to be quoted in Cosmopolitan about the newest iteration of so-called 'lavender marriages'. As in the past, even this TikTok phenomenon reveals that looking at precarity, economic security and pragmatism are all important for understanding what's going on. www.cosmopolitan.com/relationship...

The BAVS 2026 Annual Conference CfP is now live: victorianist.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c... We hope you can join us in Liverpool next year!

If you fancy a cheery listen my podcast Monstrosities Mon Amour explores places that bring joy which usually get a bad press. The Radio Times said it’s ’a breath of fresh air.’ Contains whimsical asides and geekery podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

On my way back from North Wales after a flying visit to Clough Williams-Ellis home, Plas Brondanw. 14 hours on trains over 2 days but worth it! Looks beautiful even under grey skies

‘There’s a place for us, goes Stephen Sondheim’s opening lyric from that evergreen LGBTQ+ anthem “Somewhere”. But with the best will in the world, I don’t think he meant Milton Keynes.' Introducing Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains by @grindrod.bsky.social, out 12 March 2026.

This is what publication day looked like. I am buzzing but broken this morning. Thank you to everyone who made time to talk to me or came out to hear me talk about Songs of Seven Dials: An intimate history of 1920s and 1930s London. The book is out now with @manchesterup.bsky.social

Book your trip today at www.snowdonrailway.co.uk #snowdonmountainrailway #yrwyddfa #snowdon #snowdonia #VisitWales #WalesAdventure #Easter2025 #SchoolHolidays

Today’s view from the top 😎 #SnowdonMountainRailway #YrWyddfa #Snowdon #Snowdonia #VisitWales #WalesAdventure #Easter2025 #Sunshine #WeatherUpdate #Spring #BlueSky

Very excited to see our new book: A Queer Scrapbook: Britain and Ireland Since 1945 (with FAB co-editors Matt Cook, Rebecca Jennings, and E-J Scott) now available for pre-order. www.waterstones.com/book/a-queer...

*New Publication!* Lovely end to the week - 'John Gielgud on Air: 65 Years of Performing Shakespeare on Radio' out now in Shakespeare Survey. It shows that not only was he a leading stage actor, but he was an audio drama pioneer too. If you have access, here's the link: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

If you are around London, or online, on 10 December I’m talking to the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society about the #southwark deep shelter www.lamas.org.uk/lectures.html 🏺

Are you coming along to #HistDay25 on Tuesday 4 November 2025? Why not stay at Senate House for my #lecture in the evening, on 'Can popular #history be radical? Historical research and writing for the public'. Book your free place: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Coming Home comic 2, sharing LGBTQ+ veterans' stories is on permanent display at Imperial War Museums London & Manchester. Made with @fightingwithpride.bsky.social Supported by Armed Forces Cov Fund Trust, Veterans Foundation @cgf-uk.bsky.social Arts Council of Wales Cover by @edfirth.bsky.social

Very excited to be doing this at the Imperial War Museum London.

We are happy to announce the publication of the sixth issue of our online journal, IRECS, on “The Science of Taste”. It is now available on the ISECS website: oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/portail/gscw...

csecs2025.ca Excited to present on Thur 16th October. TITLE: “Queer Mr Coupler (1696) and Trans Mrs Coupler (1777)” exploring the cuts from Vanbrugh to Sheridan #queerbritain #restoration #LGBTQ+ #playwrighting

Went to a really good talk this evening by Roger Morgan-Grenville at #EastGrinstead Bookshop. Lots of what he said resonates with my experience so I'm looking forward to reading the book #RestlessCoast

📙 Bluesky is the only platform where I haven’t circulated my book, as I’d recently joined and was waiting for the physical copy. So here it is (last book post, I promise) 📙 ☀️ Sunbed in Britain: Tanning Culture from Fad to Fear is free to download via: dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...

Hard to imagine now but the #Brighton Grand Hotel must have looked like a skyscraper when it was first built in 1864. Designed by John Whichcord Jr. it towered over the rest of the seafront

‘Authenticity’ is the ideal for many travellers, influencers, and commentators. But what is it? Can destination marketers and tourism professionals package it and sell it … authentically? " #GoodTourism " #travel #tourism #authenticity www.goodtourismblog.com/2025/09/auth...

@seasideferry.bsky.social is taking the #seasideheritage cause around the country. Apparently there aren't many tickets left if you want to join her in #sheffield...

Join me 4 Nov at Senate House for History Day. This year I'm delighted to be working with the IHR to include a Queer History Trail and have a Queer Zine workshop at History Day 2025. Come say Hi and check out the amazing historical work being done around the UK. www.history.ac.uk/news.../even...

Celebration and Resistance: Explore LGBTQ+ collections and more at History Day 2025 🎉 This #HistDay25 we're partnering with @justinbengry.bsky.social to create a Queer History and Heritage Trail highlighting queer stories, figures & collections. Hear from Justin here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

🎉The call for participation for #HAP26 is now open! Alongside @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, @royalhistsoc.org & @unisheffieldlib.bsky.social we invite you to explore the theme 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives and Historical Research'. Apply today: bit.ly/46VfEVY

Excited for this #Queer #Crip #18thC #Lifewriting

We're putting on an exciting range of research events this year at @manchester.ac.uk on 'Queer Bodies' in 18 & 19C Britain. Colleagues in English, Art History (@emmamerkling.bsky.social), & History are exploring queer approaches to bodies and embodiment and their cultures. See poster for more!

This morning I'm at the Royal Festival Hall to give a talk for the Festival of Britain Society all about how the 1951 exhibition was influenced by, and in its turn influenced, the British seaside.

Reldresal, Gulliver, Grildrig, Flimnap ... #Swift #Phobos #satire #Literature #fantasy #scifi

@hwaet.info Might I recommend my own ‘indeed’? From my poetry sequence ‘Grendel’s Mother Bites Back’ in Primers Volume Seven (Nine Arches Press, 2024). Thank you! 🙏🏻

I hugely enjoyed hosting a discussion with the brilliant @drlauravarnam.bsky.social & Caroline Bergvall today on creative engagement with #Chaucer and #medieval literature, including readings from their #poetry. Thank you @ies-sas.bsky.social & @englishassociation.bsky.social for an excellent day!

Final chance to book tickets. ⏰ Join us at Bishopsgate Institute to relive the grandeur that was Gay News, with photographer Bob Workman & journalist Keith Howes. Discover the stories, images & icons from the queer 70s & 80s. 📅 24 Sep at 19:00 🎟️ 🔗 https://bit.ly/4mVQ2OD

We had a great time kicking off the @ihr.bsky.social staff away day yesterday with a collage-making session on "Why #history matters". You'll be able to see our creations in the IHR Common Room soon!

Today should have been the deadline for #BSECS2026, but we are extending it by a WHOLE EXTRA WEEK! Share your research with us @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social, 7-9 January 2026 by sending us your proposals before MONDAY 22 SEPTEMBER #skystorians #18thC 🗃️ www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

We're going all #JaneAusten for our next #seasideheritage seminar. Won't you be so kind as to join us? seasideheritage.org.uk/events/upcom...

The Royal Historical Society welcomes Fellowship applications from historians working in higher education and other sectors, as well as independent researchers. Fellows make original contributions to historical understanding via research, public history and heritage bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians 1/2

Wonderful launch this evening at @ihr.bsky.social of ‘A History of England in 25 Poems’ @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social by @cathamclarke.bsky.social. Catherine was discussing the book with the poet Hannah Lowe, and the discussion was chaired by IHR director @clairelanghamer.bsky.social.

The deadline for submitting proposals for #BSECS2026 is only two weeks away. Get scribbling! #skystorians #18thC 🗃️ This year's theme is 'Big and Small', 7-9 January, Pembroke College, Oxford. www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

Also due on the 15 September are proposals for 'Terraqueous Globe: Land and Sea in the Age of Sterne' #cfp #skystorians #18thC #BSECS 🗃️ Full details at the link below: www.bsecs.org.uk/news-and-eve...