Congrats to this year's Wolfson History Prize nominees

I'm looking forward to presenting some new work at the Oxford TORCH Enviro Humanities Research Hub on 4 December and discussing it with Danny Dorling. My talk will feature state planners, population anxieties, and photographs of smiling men in wheat fields

This is a huge blow to critical, independent research on the BBC. If you care about maintaining access to the archive of a major cultural institution, please read and sign.

Nye is back! 🩺💙📚 The bookshop would like to bring you a NEW display, NEW Nye playtext and NEW Welsh books. To name a few: Nye 2025 National Theatre Playtext by Tim Price Our NHS: A History of Britain's Best Loved Institution by Andrew Seaton Wales As Is by David Hurn

Congrats to Izzy Conn and @ihr.bsky.social for their new 'Leading Labour' podcast which considers the histories of previous Labour leaders. I joined the cast for the first episode to discuss Clement Attlee: open.spotify.com/episode/10wB...

For someone who isn't very good at abandoning books even if not enjoying them, the Salt Path revelations couldn't have arrived at a better time

In fifteen minutes (3pm UK time) we have a session on histories of heating for the Anthropocene Histories seminar - details here if you'd like to join us on Zoom!: www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene...

My PhD student Monique Lerpiniere is looking for oral history participants for her @sgsah.bsky.social project on South Asian medical practitioners in Scotland. Please see the poster for info and share if you know anyone. Thank you! @rcpsgheritage.bsky.social @strathhumanities.bsky.social #histmed

This Wednesday, @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social have an online talk about the history of 'scarcity' - details and sign-up below:

@anthropoceneucl.bsky.social's next #Anthropocene histories seminar is this Weds online at 1500 GMT on oceans, fish, and marine economies – all welcome! #envhum, #skyhistorians, #envhist, #oceans, #ecology, @uclhistory.bsky.social

We have a great talk coming up on 14 May for the Anthropocene Histories seminar about the economisation of the ocean with Kristin Asdal, Tone Huse, Tamara Fernando and Sophie Page. It's free and online, all welcome. Sign up below.

Did you know the UK has the worst record on homelessness in the OECD? Some reflections on both the numbers and the people who lay behind them

Did you know the UK has the worst record on homelessness in the OECD? Some reflections on both the numbers and the people who lay behind them