We don't need no education. We need the obverse of no education. Find out more on 30 April at 18:00 at UCL's 2026 Neale Lecture by @petermandler.bsky.social on 'The Rise (and Fall?) of History as an Undergraduate Degree'. #Skystorians

Big news for the wills world: #EarlyModern 🗃️

📜 NEW 'Will of the Month' post over at @materialwills.bsky.social 👇 @uoearchhist.bsky.social @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk @cemsexeter.bsky.social #history #SkyStorians #EarlyModern

So a fictional podcast covers a factual (albeit storied) subject in the style of the fictional podcast, complete with recurring characters, without becoming ensnared in dangerous fictional shenanigans, delivering a nuanced and entertaining take on their subject. Bravo.

This week's Substack post is not about cheese....https://bit.ly/RadioFouring

Trump has insulted Britain and insulted our troops – and you can bet he’ll do it again. How can the Prime Minister still think Trump should be rewarded with a state visit from our King?

Every day feels like April Fools now AI is making shit up left right and centre, I’m so tired

Fair play from the Mail. I said what I said.

Remember everyone flipping out that @zackpolanski.bsky.social suggested we need to start planning for a future without NATO and y’all acted like that was ridiculous. 🙃

I love this review with every fibre of my being #mattgbt

Starting work soon on a new 3 year book project. People keep asking me if I’ll use AI to help me? I would rather wear a hornet’s nest for underpants than ever delegate thought to a plagiarism engine

Just as we said at the time. Democracy Volunteers sound this dog whistle after most elections to try and increase their relevance. Shame on them. What a waste of police time and taxpayer money.

Wild ride as an educator going from 'don't use Wikipedia in your essay' to 'Wikipedia is one of the most reliable sites on the whole World Wide Web' in only about 15 years...

There’s no such thing as the history of science (and this is a blog post about it) (inspired by a great 2017 article by Lorraine Daston) williamgpooley.wordpress.com/2026/03/25/t... 🗃️

Next month the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social is hosting a Festival of Social History! Come one, come all! 🗃️ Experts! Projects! Zines! Lunch! Wine! socialhistory.org.uk/events/festi...

Undoubtedly the right conclusion and hopefully the govt quickly introduces legislation. Frankly it shouldn't matter if Reform cry that it's aimed at them, if anything it should be used as an example of how extremely fucking dodgy they are that govt are having to bring legislation because of it.

Hard to know which is more shocking - the dire warnings of the potential collapse of our food system in the UK or the fact that governments have tried to cover it up. Their complacency is off the scale. We urgently need to switch to growing more food domestically & to restore nature now

We're hosting a whole afternoon discussing 'whose middle ages?' at Birkbeck on Friday. Hope to see you there!

And this is an exact reminder of why we must stand against both Antisemitism and Islamophobia. The cynical forces who seek to divide our communities must never win. We will stand together.

Countless Iranians have died. UK bases being targeted. Energy bills will skyrocket. The British people are against the UK involvement in this war. A vote in Parliament is needed now and it's what Starmer promised when running for leader and pretending he was progressive.

We have warned from the start that the UK has to avoid being dragged into another war in the Middle East. Starmer must now let Parliament vote on the terms of the agreement with the US for their use of UK bases. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...

Fucking great. Has Blair been on the phone to Starmer?

Fuck's sake Keir www.bbc.com/news/live/ce...

Here's the deal: My kid is entering a coloring contest and wants to donate the $25 prize to our local food pantry. He's probably not going to win, so we're donating for him. If this punk chick moves you to give money to YOUR local food pantry, please let us know. I'm sure he'd be tickled by it.

Latest from Farage's so-called 'professionalisation' of Reform UK, constantly laundered by a press desperate to comply in advance. If the Tories or Labour were mildly competent Nige would have slunk off and found some other earner by now. Pathetic.

If anyone is interested in food, history, culture and the legacy of Persia and Iran in general in our food today, listen to this epic episode about it here, especially today on Nowruz! Love, solidarity and strength for our Iranian friends and families! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Reform are banning Christmas, lads

Not fighting a war with Iran would presumably have a similar effect.

Again, if Reform's opponents can't work out how to beat this guy, then they really have no business being in politics at all. The most target-rich politician in the UK

It’s been out a while now, but Rosemary Sweet and I have written a book about #18thcentury British travel to Spain and Portugal that is free to download here! uclpress.co.uk/book/no-coun...

'Beyond utility: pleasure and play in the works of William Leybourn, writer, stationer, and mathematical practitioner' *NEW* #OpenAccess article from @mdpowelldavies.bsky.social emerging from the #WrittenWorlds project at Birkbeck! Free to read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The evidence is overwhelming: Brexit has been a disaster for London and the UK. Rejoining the EU is now clearly in our national interest. The option to rejoin should be on the ballot at the next General Election. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“Trump is a bully and a blackmailer, and he has made absolutely no plan for what an exit strategy looks like. When he asks for our help we should say: Donald, ‘you broke it, you fix it.’” Caroline Lucas speaking on the Iran war on #BBCQT.

Eid Mubarak to all our Muslim friends who bring so much to our communities!

Donald Trump is a bully. US forces should not be using our UK bases and we shouldn't be dragged into Trump & Netanyahus illegal war. @CarolineLucas speaking with such moral clarity on #BBCQT.

I’m pleased to say that we’re advertising for a permanent lectureship in early modern English Literature (grade 7). I’m happy to answer any questions via email. Please circulate. www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

So so pleased to see that my book ‘Body Size in Early Modern Germany’ is now available on Oxford Academic ahead of its print publication later this month: academic.oup.com/book/62409 🎉🎉🎉 To mark its online publication, I thought I’d share a bit more about the book and its contents...

And now a happy Sheila's/Sile's/Sheelagh's day to you all! A good day to remember that behind most great men in history there was a woman doing most of the work; and that behind so many of our modern holidays is a woman who has been written out of legend. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheelah...

Finnish President Alexander Stubb, "Brexit was a colossal mistake" "I'm too diplomatic to express exactly what I think about those who promoted Brexit" "It's not only like shooting yourself in the foot" "It's like amputating your leg without a medical reason for doing it"

Job Klaxon! Three great opportunities for up-and-coming postdocs at Newcastle www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

£37,694 - £46,049 a year (pro-rata for part-time working). Deadline 10 April.

Finding BBC and #r4today analysis of Trump’s insults of Starmer to be bizarre. Why are we even considering what Trump said? It’s meaningless. Genuinely. Not even Trump knows what he means. The story is - Starmer stood firm and acted in the national interest. Trump threw some toys out of his pram.

Postgraduate student? Looking for a placement to enhance your research and improve your employability and impact skills - and have a funded allowance for that? The National Archives is advertising six studentships across different areas of our work: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional...

NEW IN 🚨 This book is the product of research carried out over more than a decade for the Victoria County History volume covering the town & its environs, to be published in 2026. 💷 £14.95 📍 In-store & online 🔗 bit.ly/ChippenhamMuseumOnlineShop @wiltshistory.bsky.social @vch-home.bsky.social

I completely forgot I made this... a big list of English judicial records, 1500 to 1800, published and often online!

Yeah damn imagine if a not very bright person with a shady personal life was running a major world power.

In case it's of interest... www.pleasantgreen.co.uk/the-return-o...

Looking forward to speaking about dairywomen and cheesemaking at the Edible Boundaries conference at University of Warwick on 14 March 🧀 @edibleboundaries.bsky.social