Tomorrow, July 1, I'll be taking about the Declaration of Independence, Lige Gould about the Treaty of Paris, and Linda Monk about the Constitution for Encyclopedia Virginia. Live at noon EST, 5pm British Summer Time, 6pm European Central Time. Registration is here and is free :) lnkd.in/eJWB2EsQ

The Man in Black getting red, white, and blue about the bicentennial Freedom Train in 1976. www.facebook.com/share/r/1Dz3...

Marc Bloch, premier historien à entrer au Panthéon share.google/oVlmug3G0iRW...

Very honored to be among the favorites of one of today's greatest historians of the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution!

On the Road Again. Not quite as happy as Willie Nelson about it, but going to the Science Museum in London to record a video for their forthcoming exhibition on the Declaration of Independence. Which is pretty nice :)

Yesterday was my birthday, today is the birthday for Tyrants and Rogues! The first book to interrogate the Declaration’s 27 grievances. On sale now!

Check out the latest from @rparkinson.bsky.social, a supremely talented historian of the violent context and legacy of the American Revolution! And happy birthday Rob!

Visited Independence Hall this morning. The 250th anniversary of the Lee Resolution proposing American independence.

Plenary panel at the American Philosophal Society conference on "America's 1776." Me, Bertrand Van Ruymbeke, and Annette Gordon-Reed being interviewed by APS CEO Patrick Spero. Which is nice.

It has started. You can register and attend online if you wish. www.amphilsoc.org/americas-177...

When will Sadiq Khan do something!?

Memorial Day travel reading: @stevesarson.bsky.social is going to tell me all about the Declaration of Independence

I keep seeing people saying that political language has shifted to the right and even far right since Brexit or at most since the Cameron-Clegg government from 2010.

Such fun* to watch neutral** journalist Chris Mason walk into Labour HQ carrying a bees' nest, smashing open said bees' nest in the lobby, then asking passing MPs how the electorate can possibly trust a political party that is so utterly incompetent in the management of bees.

It's true, though; it never has been circumcised.

Oh dear. I seem to have voted for the neo-Nazis. I think I'll have a lie down and a piece of cake. #VeryBritishProblems

As Labour heads for a wipeout, a lesson: never fall for the 'adults in the room’ line again | Aditya Chakrabortty

How can supposedly serious people do this? English Language, English Literature, Philosophy, History & Creative Writing....

Exactly what I talk about in my @isrfoundation.bsky.social piece this week. Increasingly Arts and Humanities will be limited to so-called 'top' universities, with large cold spots across the country which mean that students from lower income backgrounds simply cannot access them. Do you want that? 🤷‍♂️

At first I thought this was just another home-town moment, but as I read through I realised that it's actually a rather brilliant piece of avant garde poetry.

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I very much know it's not the main point here, but it tells us something that whoever made these mugs can't spell Sandford.

Or there's this if not in Philadelphia this weekend.

If you're at #OAH2026 please check out the UVA Press booth (The Course of Human Events: The Declaration of Independence and the Historical Origins of the United States is right in the middle there).

Yesterday I was earwormed by Roger Whitaker's The Last Farewell and thought to myself, well, it can't get any worse than this. And guess what: today I am earwormed by Leo Sayer, You Make Me Feel Like Dancing. It seems I must have taunted the Earworm God and am now paying a terrible price.

Disgusting reporting by BBC using a tiny number of cases to suggest widespread abuse of a system which routinely denies LGBTQIA+ individuals asylum and forces them back into environments of persecution. This article massively distorts the reality of the situation. 1/ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I see Radio 4 Today is investigating asylum seekers pretending to be gay and cancel culture in US universities. Thank goodness the BBC keeps reminding us how neutral they are or else I might think they had a very right-wing political agenda.

Happy Birthday to the great James Garner. Would have been 98 today.

I used to think Dubya was an insult to the office of President. Turns out I had noooooo idea.

Happy #pubday to "The American Revolution at 250: Twenty-Four Historians Reflect on the Founding," edited by Francis D. Cogliano! The preeminent historians of the founding era speak their mind on the anniversary of the United States’ birth www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10183/ #skystorians #readUP

Publication day! Really thrilled with this. Edited volumes can be a challenge to complete but @uvapress.bsky.social and all of the contributors were amazing!

And he's one chicken nugget away from the Oval Office.

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all

There was a Wembley Country Music Festival every year throughout the 70s and 80s and, before the streaming that has, according to this article, newly brought the genre to these shores, people bought ... records.

Greens and Allies reelected in Lyon 👍

Thank you to Lige Gould, Hannah Grieving, Patrick Griffin, and Adam Smith for organizing a wonderful conference on “The American Revolution in a Global Context, 1776-1826" at the Rothermere American Institute at Oxford University. And the dinner at Queen's College certainly added to the experience 😋

I'm hugely confused.

The second episode of the two-part Rothermere American Institute "Last Best Hope" podcast on the Declaration of Independence, with me, Lige Gould, Grace Mallon, and others, hosted brilliantly by Adam Smith. www.rai.ox.ac.uk/article/why-...

"alive in some form...."

Happy International Women's Day, which, as per tradition, coincides with International Men-Asking-When-Is-International-Men's-Day Day. 🎈

Banjo vs Billy in shelf-space face-off.

Grotius is dead?

My talk on "The Original Declaration of Independence" at University College Cork. Thanks to host Clodagh Harrington, to Hiram Morgan too, and all who came along. Thursday 26 February 2026 at 17:05:01 share.google/xQGtYb5u5KSE...

Happy St David's Day!

Keep hearing that the by-election result is a disaster for Starmer and fine, yes, but a near 20,000 combined vote for Labour and Green with just over 10,000 for Reform is pretty much a disaster for the fascists, right?

It was a delight to do this podcast on the Declaration of Independence (The Last Best Hope, Rothermere American Institute at Oxford) with Adam Smith interviewing Lige Gould, me, and others. Part 1 today, Part 2 next week :) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Very happy to be heading to Ireland today for a talk tomorrow on "The Original Declaration of Independence" at University College Cork 😀