Gutted I couldn’t be in Paris for the launch of our Colonial Networks collaboration with Miranda Spieler. Drinking a toast from London! 🥂

Picnic with a whippet

I’m always seduced by views through Louvre windows

Two views of a whippet: elevation and aerial #dailywhippet

A glorious quick research trip to Rome. Went to solve one question; came back with a zillion ‘new project’ ideas. The Counter-Reformation was the best art movement ever! Fight me but it’s true.

Global Baroque exhibition at Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome. Really interesting show and some incredible objects on display #globalbaroque

For anyone who would like a live view of the Sistine Chapel’s chimney cam, without pundits commentating constantly on nothing www.youtube.com/live/qP9npN1... #conclave

Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns

I’m not the only one on tenterhooks, right!?

So happy for Australia and so proud!! Sad not to be there but we’re having democracy sausages in London and cheering for Albo!

Sunday morning essay marking companion #dailywhippet

Lebanese artist Helen Zughaib aims to mix familiar Western/Islamic motifs #WomensArt

Academic support whippet. Such a great resource! #dailywhippet

Just out! Time Machines: Telegraphic Images in Nineteenth-Century France mitpress.mit.edu/978026204918...

Mornings with Scout. Energise, energise, energise! #dailywhippet

Just came across a little stash of Assignats in a box of French revolutionary papers.

Found myself on my mum’s bookshelves between Oscar Wilde and Raymond Williams. How delightful

New Year, new mug. This semester’s syllabi brought to you by Denby Pottery.

With the anniversary approaching (28/12) I wrote up a blog post on Operation Anthropoid for the heritage campaign I'm involved with to Save Tangmere Tower: savetangmeretower.com/operation-an... #skystorians 🗃

Helping the boring industrious desk-dwellers by modelling ‘rest and relaxation’ #dailywhippet

Eat, run, fleece, repeat #dailywhippet

Wonderful conference yesterday for @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social new exhibition on Versailles: Science and Splendour. Great talks. Forgot to take any photos so here is one of the programme

Busy busy, so much to do #dailywhippet

Bounding into the weekend like… #dailywhippet

Today's the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and it's the perfect day to announce the second event in the Gender Forum series with the brilliant @jecfree.bsky.social and Isadora Cruxên. Join us if you can!

Academia runs on contacting other academics out of the blue and saying HEY do you wanna do this COOL THING for essentially NO REWARD and equally certainly NO RECOGNITION from your employer and those people going OH MAN that sounds AWESOME sign me up for the COOL NO REWARD NO RECOGNITION EXPERIENCE.

Looking forward to Gemma Sherwood's talk tonight at QMUL on "Tropical Places and Displaced Tropics in the Westminster Abbey Pantheon, c. 1763-1842". On campus (Bancroft 1.01.1) and online: www.qmul.ac.uk/sed/english/...

Scout has rainy day ennui #dailywhippet

Lady Scout at Syon House (mere minutes before rolling in absolute skank) #dailywhippet

Such a joy to be at the French embassy last night to celebrate Katie Scott becoming a chevalière dans l’Ordre national du mérite. Did anyone ever wear it so well and with such rococo flair!? Brava

Here's a starter pack for those interested in medieval and early modern #art 🎨 Let me know if I've missed/forgotten someone, or if you want me to remove you from the list. I hope this is helpful! #medievalsky #earlymodern #histsci #skystorians #arthistory 🗃️ 🏛️ go.bsky.app/PtdynT4

Lovely day yesterday doing some prep for teaching our London Museum’s module by racing around NHM, V&A, and Tate Britain (in one morning)! Good for the spirit, if not the feet.

Just a whippet… snoozing in the afternoon sun… with her flamingo #dailywhippet

'The lie that they were extinct is largely blamed on outdated views about ethnic identity. But others say it was also a strategic decision - to deny Tasmanian Aboriginal people rights, and to snuff out their culture.'

This has just sent me into the forbidden peanut butter jar ... A letter from Bordeaux's slave traders in 1790 worried about the National Assembly's 'intention to abolish the slave trade. Some of their arguments: some were already slaves anyway, we actually saved them.

Another day, another blanket for Scout #dailywhippet

Scout is fully embracing London’s autumnal shift #dailywhippet

Ok, I am going to attempt a proper transition to the Blue Skies. All tips gratefully received.

Used this fun, intriguing resource as an icebreaker today for my Early Modern Europe students. We especially liked “Dog” and “Bath.” Will discuss more from the 55 items in Monday’s class! 🗃️ A big thanks to the creators and the web designers on this one.

Artists' Things is finally out! A different side of the Paris artworld explored through artists' personal possessions. If you've ever wondered what objects filled the homes, studios, and pockets of French artists, this is the book for you! shop.getty.edu/products/art...

Still some days to go! Do you work on archives in and of the #Caribbean? We are looking forward to your application! 📚 Deadline: 20/11/23 For more info and the CfP: shorturl.at/CHJWY

I'm delighted to be giving a talk about a new project for a joint meeting of the IHR seminars in early modern & French history next Monday, Nov. 6. at 5 pm - in person or hybrid I learned. Hardly out of the starting gate stage, so I look forward to all suggestions! www.history.ac.uk/events/view-...

Time for my annual struggle with the microwave clock (why are they always the hardest to set?!?!?) #daylightsaving