So excited for the launch of Encounters with Jane Austen on 2 October. Join Cheryl Robson (and me!) for a wonderful evening with April de Angelis, Katie Lumsden, Mary Hamer, Jen Francis, Caitlin Grills,Karenjit Sandhu and Kim Bailey. Tickets can be booked here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebratin...

Did the Wonderstuff used to be Ned’s Atomic Dustbin? #totp

we really do need to worry about what Reform might to do to our medicines and vaccine regulation if they get into power christinapagel.substack.com/p/how-vulner...

You’ll be shocked to hear that their recommendation is not limiting the circumstances in which AI is deployed, but rather accepting the inevitability it will occasionally have catastrophic effects.

More talks going up for the Romancing the Gothic programme next year. Get your free talks here! Monstrous Feminine to Trans Vampires: Horror as Counter-Archive with Ishan Tripathi January 17th 10am and 4pm GMT 10 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman... 4 - buytickets.at/romancingthe...

Democracy is something you have to work hard at, not just sit back and enjoy. One thing we discuss here on Free Speech - An Ancient History. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...

Our brand new @folkloresociety.bsky.social website was launched today! Going strong since 1878. Keep a look out for new content and become a member! folklore-society.com

WSG member Karen Hearn is taking part in the George Villiers Study Day at Melton Carnegie Museum this Thursday 18 September. She will be one of five leading authors & academics discussing the eventful life & portraiture of the 1st Duke of Buckingham. leicestershirecollections.org.uk/villiers-rev...

“Rather than getting despondent - which is easy, at the moment - we’ve got to mobilise, we’ve got to get active." — HOPE not hate CEO @nicklowles.bsky.social, speaking to @theguardian.com today.

In this week's post, I'm writing about the maps that I did for @drjenniferaston.bsky.social 's award winning book on de facto divorces in Victorian England. It's a fascinating topic, and some lovely maps. My post is free and freely available, so give it a read! www.patreon.com/posts/legacy...

Here’s the page you need if you want to join the class action: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com And the Authors Guild statement on who may be eligible for a part of the settlement: authorsguild.org/news/what-au...

NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights. The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system. 🧵 [1/8]

Join the Migration Museum team for a walking tour exploring the incredible stories of the generations of migrants who’ve lived, worked, and shaped the City of London. 🗓️ Sat 13 Sept 2025 🕜 1.30–3pm 📍 Starts behind the Royal Exchange, London EC3V 3LL 🔗 Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/migration-...

What utter dickheads we are… Rayner fought for workers: sick pay, maternity rights, protection from unfair dismissal Farage and his MPs voted it down Rayner gets binned over £40k in stamp duty Farage dodges £44k, shrugs & strolls on The mega wealthy win again.

🎉📣 Announcing the IHR Research Training Courses for October - December 2025. Visit the IHR website to register and find detailed information on each course: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...

Saw this on a friend’s page and decided to repost. Being a friend really means stepping up behind the scenes at times like this. And please don’t dismiss their concerns by trying to reassure them it’s all OK - just allow people the space to be worried, scared, whatever.

If you aren't familiar with Sharon's website collating digital resources for #EarlyModern folks, I'm here to tell you it's the best 🗃️👍👇

If you ever need proof of how much Jane Austen is loved and revered around the world, here are a selection of the many, many postcards left by visitors to 8 College Street in Winchester this summer. These will all be collated by the Winchester College archivist.

Incredibly moving visit to 8 College Street in Winchester, where Jane Austen died on 18th July 1817. Cassandra watched the funeral procession make its way to the Catnedral, probably from the bay window in the little first-floor drawing room.

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Is Trump edging the U.S. closer to military rule? And what’s driving it - opponent intimidation, midterm sabotage, or something darker? Plus, @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social & @rory-stewart.bsky.social break down the famine crisis in Gaza. Link in the replies 👇

Profoundly important from @davidallengreen.bsky.social. The lack of meaningful restraints against executing power in our system leaves us utterly exposed in the face of a Reform government. They could do whatever they want. open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...

If you love women's history, sign up for the Women's History Network ‪@womenshistnet.bsky.social‬ annual conference. Running over 4-5 Sept, it's free, online, & packed with great panels on activism, archives, the arts and fashion, economic life, sexualities womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...

The snake oil salesman got his way once - the result was a disaster. Don’t let him do it again

If your concern is that a white person who pleaded guilty received a sentence within the guidelines maybe you *want* two tier justice.

Play Groove is in the Heart!! #totp

This is APPALLING and a logical next step in the process of AI actively harming real, human artists.

disgraceful decision to suspend the flagship widening participation initiative in the humanities at Bristol please sign and share this letter to oppose this docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Calling all barristers and solicitor-advocates. If you are able to help with my PhD research on the jury, please do get in contact with me. Thank you in advance!

Please write to your MP and demand that the Home Office act to help these students make it out of Gaza to study in the UK this September. Time is running out to get the government to move on this; they absolutely could take action and are — so far — choosing not to.

@amasinton.bsky.social happy birthday!! Hope you are the family are thriving

Aerial footage filmed by ITV News shows the scale of Gaza's destruction It’s estimated Gaza had as much, likely more, explosives dropped on it as Dresden, Hamburg and London in WW2 www.itv.com/news/2025-08...

Back from a sweltering holiday in Finland, during which Global Jane Austen enjoyed a spot of sea-bathing in a stupid-warm Baltic and returned to the hotel to find Sandition (with Finnish subtitles) on the telly.

I am beyond excited that Spinal Tap have reformed. This is utterly brilliant 🤩 youtu.be/2WWTzQ-mRFw?...

It's on! My new book, Wild for Austen, launches exactly one month from today from St. Martin's Press, then @ Manchester UP (UK), & Ultimo Press (Australia). I'll be on 16-city book tour! Details are over at devoney.substack.com. Thanks for supporting this book & celebrating #JaneAusten 's 250th.

Thrilled that the story of Lela Harris’s stunning portrait of Miss Lambe from #Sanditon has made it to the BBC news. You can read more about her incredible work and how my research on the Lady’s Magazine, fashion plates and Austen intersect with it here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

York’s finest 😃 #totp

Reminded of the fab casual tiara-wearing trend of the 90s. We should definitely bring that back. #totp

If you were born between 1970-1990 you may not have full MMR protection, even if you had parents who took you for all your jabs. The NHS will give you a free booster. With cases surging, this is a great way to protect yourself & your community. I’m getting mine tomorrow www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...

Jam day today. Raspberry and wild blackberries

Tuuuuuuune!!!! #totp

A big NO to Jive Bunny thank you #totp

A whimsical, quirky and slightly gross fundraiser here from my best mate who is having cancer surgery: ‘Guess how many lymph nodes Kate will have removed?’, to benefit Little Lifts littlelifts.enthuse.com/pf/kate-harr...

📢Still time to register for our Transcribathon (next Thursday)📢 - Join us to transcribe on Zooniverse, discuss interesting findings, hear talks from the research team, ask questions - Attend in person or online, for all or part of the afternoon willstranscribathon.eventbrite.com #EarlyModern 🗃️

For those interested in writers' lives (and particularly their tribulations), the Royal Literary Fund has now made available an index covering over 3,600 case files for authors who first applied between 1790 and 1939, based on my catalogue for the British Library: www.rlfarchive.org.uk.

Decades of mechanistic talk about university degrees as if they were bundles of 'skills' and 'prep' are about to be proved completely wrong (obviously). Want to get a real boost? Do History or English.

Had THE BEST TIME EVER ™️ at the #GlobalJaneAusten250 conference. Old friends, new friends, new scholarship, the history of a field built on dedication and hard work. So privileged to have been a part of this - thank you everyone involved!

And we’re off! #GlobalJaneAusten250

Are you a Learning Developer interested in doing research? Join the Research Generator Event as part of the #ALDinHE July Summer Fair. It's today! Tuesday 8 July 1-2pm. Free online event. Find out more, add to the padlet & book a ticket at: aldinhe.ac.uk/product/events/research-generator#ALDinHE#LoveLD

Here’s a nice thing for a Monday! As some of you already know, I have a new novel coming out in April, and my publisher @northodoxpress.bsky.social has just told me that pre-orders are now live! (Short thread incoming...) www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...

Is that Super Gran at the back? #totp