Lancashire Folk... I'll be speaking about Historic Building Mythbusting in your fair county for the first and only time next week! The show takes place on Wednesday 4 June at Hoghton Tower. More info here... www.hoghtontower.co.uk/special-even...

Happy St. Werburgh’s day! She was a 7th C daughter of the royal house of Mercia. A revered abbess, she was credited with bringing her favourite goose back to life after he was eaten! Geese often feature in her images. Her body was moved to Chester in 875 and the abbey was dedicated to her.

I’m thrilled to see that my first article, 'Britain’s Whiz Kids' is finally out in British Politics. I’d love to tell you more about what you can find in the article. 🧵 In brief: managerialism was introduced to Britain in the 1960-70s through the CPRS and PAR, not the 1980s. doi.org/10.1057/s412...

Notre Dame in Paris re-opens this wkd. I'm a cathedral nerd. Here are some things that you might not notice about it – just from that one photo. THREAD. 1. You can see straight down the nave to the apse. No medieval English cathedral has that.

Just a reminder that we are once more deep into the season of the pretentious perfume ads. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bgn...

Post-doc job opportunity in late medieval history at Leicester! Working on lists of goods and chattels among 14th-15th century Escheators’ records. jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/98...