Excited to be speaking at the IHR Food History seminar on 12 February 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm. Book a place to hear about cheesemaking and women’s dominance of the dairy in early modern England. Online via Zoom so no real cheese this time I’m afraid.

I am happy to undertake historic research on behalf of organisations of all kinds, including businesses and charities. My experience includes writing histories up for print and digital publication, as well as formal reports for internal use. www.joesaundershistory.co.uk

I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

Right Prime Minister, this is an opportunity to dig us out of a hole for you appointing someone nicknamed "The Prince of Darkness", make it clear that you totally disavow McSweeney and blame him. Gotcha. How is Starmer so bad at this?

Farage: "To help me guide Reform I need someone ready to hit the ground on day one with incredibly far-right populist nonsense policies on immigration and the worst HR instincts in the history of the human race." McSweeney: "So, when do I start?"

The dude whose company, thanks to Labour, will run our military analytics and to whom Wes Streeting is giving our personal healthcare data.

Reform Vs Green. Hate Vs Hope. Hundreds and hundreds of people out on the streets today making sure hope wins. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There is money for "education" if and only if that money is being directly funneled to corporations. Anything involving actual learning, however, well there's no magic money tree

We need a UK Digital Sovereignty Strategy! Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence. Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.

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📣Apply for Small Grants Funding! Are you looking to conduct research into social or cultural history? Do you need support with archival visits, organising a conference, or buying specialist equipment? ⏰Our next funding deadline is 1 March socialhistory.org.uk/funding/smal...

And, last but not least, on 8th June we'll be hosting a series of lightning talks delivered by PGRs. If you'd be interested in participating, the full CfP is available below. kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the...

Really pleased to see this come together. Particularly keen to highlight our CfP for PGR lightning talks in June.

Has anyone asked Nigel Farage what he thinks of his "resilient and brave" friend Donald Trump posting racist memes on Truth Social?

Really enjoyed this interview and it's refreshing that the journalist says she doesn't agree with all of my politics but still engages with the ideas. You don't have to agree with me on everything. Just the basics: it's time to make hope normal again. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

Hello my curious & hungry archaeogastronomers! I have a lovely little episode for your commute home! Where, I imagine the streets of medieval Kaifeng and the restaurants bustling with hungry customers, eating jiangs & ferments of all kinds, ancestors of miso! Enjoy shows.acast.com/the-deliciou...

We are organising a big "Festival of Social History" at the IHR, Friday April 24. The ticket price is an absolute steal for SHS members (join!). Trust me when I say this one's built different, it will be a hands-on day demonstrating how vibrant and engaged UK social history is. ONLY £10!

Pressure building on govt to come clean about Mandelson's role in bringing US spy-tech firm Palantir into the heart of our NHS. The fingerprints of Mandelson and his lobbying firm are all over these deals. The rot goes to the heart of this Labour govt www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I signed this petition demanding an inquiry into PALANTIR's role c.org/Mvs7DDKYzS

Epstein managed different networks. The UK media has rightly centred the powerful pedophile ring. It has maintained an uncanny silence about the global, anti-democratic, far right political network. Farage is up to his neck in it. If it weren’t for unprecedented double standards it’d be career over.

The Home Secretary's view is that if a care worker & spouse come to the UK in 2022 and have a kid in 2024, then it's fine for that (British-born) child to stay in poverty until 2037 *even if their father/mother stays in work throughout*.

Good morning! I've got something tasty ancient and adventurous for you! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Man, imagine having a prime minister with a spine

I love, love, love miso and soy and the subtle deliciousness that are imparting in my dishes. Japan has a 1200 year long history of perfecting both, but even before this, China has 2000+ of seasoning their foods with their ancestors! Listen here to learn more: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

So, Starmer replaced Karen Pierce, a veteran diplomat respected by everyone who has ever met and worked with her, with a heavily compromised Epstein stooge who thought he could do the UK Ambassador job on weekends and via Zoom while serving as Chancellor of Oxford. "I'm going to kill people, Leo."

This is great. And it's free to read too. So, read it.

The Labour Party has one mission: to stop the calamity of Reform UK, which in normal times would never get near power, entering govt. We've seen how that goes in the US, and the working class voters Labour seeks to represent would be hurt the most. If they can't even manage that they're a disgrace.

Just a reminder ... tomorrow at 5.30 pm, Holly Fletcher (@drhollyfletcher.bsky.social) will be speaking on 'The Fats of Life in the Early Modern World, 1500-1750: Matter in Multispecies Medicine' ✨ Sign up at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... (In-person, IHR Wolfson Room NB02, all are welcome!)

this is literally the critique of crypto that was offered when it was launched, so please, fuck off into the sun

Oh you mean untraceable, unregulated currency was used to do bad shit. Who could have predicted this. Who could have possibly told you repeatedly that this would happen.

It seems like the actual skill set of these genius political fixer types, like Mandelson, McSweeney, Cummings etc is that they're sociopaths with powerful mates which imo aren't actually skills.

Do you hear that, coming from Nigel Farage? An unfamiliar sound: silence. open.substack.com/pub/theleadu... @theleaduk.bsky.social

Next week Wednesday 11 February we are delighted to have @pbhellawell.bsky.social & @libertypaterson.bsky.social present their paper titled 'The Ship Bedford: Atlantic and Archival Crossings in the Long Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade'. Join us either in person at the IHR or online from 17:30

At an industry event last night one (old media) journalist said “we may need institutions like the BBC because internet searches don’t return separate news stories now, but an AI summary that is usually wrong.” Watching an industry shrug and surrender to a competitor that DOES NOT WORK.

Is miso the most astounding transformation in the world of fermentation? Hello my curious archaeogastronomers! Brand new and exciting episode is out! What is the mysterious ancestral chinese paste "jiang"? and how's "qu" related to koji? Let's find out here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

PGR event! Having sampled the fantastic produce of @cheeseandpeople.bsky.social, I recommend running, not walking, to book your ticket for this...

The most Bluesky thing ever is Elon Musk being the number one trending topic, followed by Antiques Roadshow.

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JOB! Lecturer in early medieval history at my lovely once and future department! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...

It *really* is a lovely department! A permanent job too, so spread the word to your nicest colleagues....

‘Tasting History: Researching and Experiencing the Development of the Cheese Trade’, with @cheesetastingco.bsky.social and @cheeseandpeople.bsky.social, hosted by Birkbeck's Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Feb 24th! Register here: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

‘…free tasting of six historic cheeses’. Need we say more?

A new role at the IHR, supporting the 2027 NACBS conference to be held in Senate House. It looks like a great position. www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

This bastion of moral virtue has opinions about the Green Party. Just remember that as they continue to attack us. This is who they are. Mask is off.

18 month postdoc at the lovely IHR in London, $41,740. Deadline 7 March. 'The Fellow will play a key role within the IHR team responsible for hosting the 2027 North American Conference in British Studies (NACBS)' in London 2027. Repost to spread the word. #Skystorians

this weekend i visited a beloved local cafe/record store and they had a bathroom labeled "Gay Bathroom". when we complimented the sign the barista said sometimes shitty people ask if there's a different bathroom they can use, so they have a second one in the other room labeled "Super Gay Bathroom"

Seeing how shite the elites are at writing emails you start to see why they think gen ai is magic and the bees knees

#bbclaurak tries to get a gotcha. Zack, you refuse to fly. How can you be a candidate for high office if you'd refuse to ever get on a plane? Well Laura, in that situation I'd get on a plane.