It’s nearly time for our national diary day! Every 12th May we ask people to write down what they got up to. This year we’re also really interested in experiences of nature and wellbeing, as well as what else you get up to on the day! #diary #journal #nature #skystorians #write #Archive

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Rug design by Bauhaus artist Anni Albers (1899 – 1994) pioneer in modern weaving #WomensArt

Love the daily Freecycle email. Every one a slice of life.

My department @uniofbath.bsky.social is looking to appoint a Lecturer in Environmental Politics on an open-ended teaching and research contract. I and other colleagues will be at PSA next week if anybody wants to chat informally about the position. Deadline is 14/4. www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...

Jürgen Habermas FBA believed in critical dialogue, reasoned debate and the possibility of a better future. Following his recent passing, British Academy President Professor Susan Smith reflects on why his ideas matter now more than ever. Read the full article in The Conversation.

Yesterday we sent out our latest directive! For Spring 2026 we have a combination of collaborative topics and in-house questions. Part one is a collaboration with Dr Ellen Pilsworth from @uniofreading.bsky.social, and is on 'Seeking Asylum', part of a 4-year research project, 'Nation of Refuge'.

Job opportunity: Teaching Fellow in Human Geography, University of Southampton. Please share. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQW415/t...

New piece in Progress in Human Geography, 'Crisis-thinking and critical urbanism'. What might crisis-thinking be doing to how the urban is conceived, researched, and politicised? How might it impact how we see urban possibility? Open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

📢 If you missed Vincent Hiribarren's recent @ihr.bsky.social Digital History seminar 'Historian vs AI: who reads and analyses archives best', the talk is now on our YouTube channel youtu.be/VO26YAK1mu0 #dhist

Officially released today!💥Techno-Negative: A Long History of Refusing the Machine💥 Tracing the refusal that haunts the history of tech, my book offers a source of inspiration for those looking for a new tech politics beyond reform/acceleration. www.upress.umn.edu/978151791773... Buy w/ discount👇

We're excited for this online talk! We'll be hearing from Ben Highmore (Emeritus Professor of Cultural Studies, @sussex.ac.uk), Phyllis MacFarlane (Head of Content, @amsruk.bsky.social) & Stella Moss (Lecturer in Modern British History, @royalholloway.bsky.social ). Book here: tinyurl.com/37sdd74x

Job opportunity: Teaching Fellow in Human Geography, University of Southampton. Four-month post to cover my teaching from Sept 2026. Deadline for applications: 13 April. jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job opportunity: Teaching Fellow in Human Geography, University of Southampton. Please share. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQW415/t...

This is a very rich resource for sociologists as well

Very useful piece by Nick Clarke, Alex Hill and Jonathan Moss on an archive heavily used by historians of modern Britain - and underutilised by scholars of British politics. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

We are looking to appoint a full-time Teaching Fellow in Human Geography for a fixed term contract to cover @nickclarkegeo.bsky.social's teaching. Details below. Please share. jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... @sotongeogenviron.bsky.social

I have a short Chapter out on why cultural geographers need to take the premise of abolitionism seriously, part of the wonderful new 'Handbook of Cultural Geographies' by @ajsecor.bsky.social P Merriman ans S Sumartojo. Message me for scans of the chapter. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

Job opportunity: Teaching Fellow in Human Geography, University of Southampton. Four-month post to cover my teaching from Sept 2026. Deadline for applications: 13 April. jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

New substack: wherein I compare prices now to those in 1939: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/housing-co...

Today I'll mainly be looking at my public lecture for the @royalhistsoc.org in London on 25 Sept... One thing I'll be talking about then will be the rapid growth of mapping techniques and geographical approaches in the study history. Just a snippet from my list below. 👇

In new issue of Progress in Human Geography: "Moving ideas: An agenda for expanding the political scope of the policy mobilities approach." Connects policy mobilities & social movements studies. Focus on geogs of counterhegemonic ideas. Abstract 👇 #academicsky journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New paper: Mass Observing British Politics On what Mass Observation might contribute to political studies (and what political studies might contribute to Mass Observation). With @jmoss88.bsky.social and Alex Hill. Also paging @massobsarchive.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New paper: Mass Observing British Politics On what Mass Observation might contribute to political studies (and what political studies might contribute to Mass Observation). With @jmoss88.bsky.social and Alex Hill. Also paging @massobsarchive.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

We are advertising a two-year lectureship in Modern British History at University of Cambridge, please spread the word! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

All seven volumes to date in the #MassObservation Critical Series @massobscritical.bsky.social are also currently at attractive prices in the @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social sale until Sunday @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social

As good as people say it is

We're looking for a new editor for @histhum.bsky.social's para-site histhum.com (founding editor @desfitzgerald.bsky.social; subsequent editors @sarahvmarks.bsky.social @hhnnccnnll.bsky.social), who will also be the journal's social media editor Honorarium Deadline: 9 March 2026 Please circulate

I was on BBCR4’s Rethink today talking with @benansell.bsky.social about political authenticity Research links to follow. With co-authors @viktorv.bsky.social, @drjennings.bsky.social, @jmoss88.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @lawrencemckay.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

I was on BBCR4’s Rethink today talking with @benansell.bsky.social about political authenticity Research links to follow. With co-authors @viktorv.bsky.social, @drjennings.bsky.social, @jmoss88.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @lawrencemckay.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Do incidents of Westminster “sleaze” damage trust in politicians? by @drjennings.bsky.social and @nickclarkegeo.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Some of our older pieces have suddenly become very relevant again. A 🧵 👇 After recurring sleaze scandals, can Labour regain the public’s lost trust? by @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

I haven't posted our documentary *The Trust Crisis* here for a while... so here you go if you have 35 minutes.

For anyone interested in our 18-month post in British Studies please follow the link below. @ihr.bsky.social www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

New paper on luck, geography, and politics www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New paper on luck, geography, and politics www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Read the full report here -> www.southampton.ac.uk/publicpolicy...

New social geography textbook out next week - paperback and hardbound

Some good charts in this www.ft.com/content/b4d2...

We're hosting a very special roundtable in Cambridge and online on Friday 6th Feb featuring Alissa Klots, Christina von Hodenberg, Catriona Kelly & myself in conversation about work, gender & ageing in post-war Europe. To attend in person or via Zoom register here: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/49412/

Support for the Greens is highest among the youngest voters, while older Britons largely favour the Conservatives and Reform UK 18-24 year olds Green: 37% Labour: 21% Lib Dem: 18% Conservative: 10% Reform UK: 9% 70+ year olds Reform UK: 33% Conservative: 32% Lib Dem: 14% Labour: 11% Green: 5%

. @peterallen.bsky.social and I wrote about this approach to politics - an excited, fan-like focus on Westminster gossip, to the exclusion of the material impact of political decision - in our paper “‘Huge fan of the drama’: Politics as an object of fandom” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

A postdoc is available at @sotonpolitics.bsky.social in a Horizon project on 'the emotional expressions of grievance politics and implications for democratic governance': www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQD118/r...

What do people in England think about their local area? In this short report I take a look at surveys we conducted with @yougov.co.uk in 2022, 2024 and 2025 to gain some insights... Some key findings...

Prior to the winter break the MO team tallied up our end of year stats! 🧮 In 2025 we sent out 9 different directive themes, covering everything from feelings about your hands, to reflections on Covid five years on to how you feel the temperature 🌡️

Government/Starmer/Reeves' unpopularity isn't so surprising imo. - pervasive mood of discontent - voters are increasingly volatile and dealigned from parties - economic stagnation/cost of living - polarised/toxic information environment - weak govt/PM comms - flawed strategy (alienating core vote)

New textbook on social geography coming out 30th January: www.routledge.com/Social-Geogr...

For the historical polling nerds out there, an article about our project with @ropercenter.bsky.social that digitised ~800 surveys by Gallup poll in Britain between 1955 and 1991 has been published in JEPOP. The merged dataset contains over three-quarters of a million respondents.

A Christmas poll result from 1964: