Bodies, histories, treasures and mysteries. Our peatlands are ready to reveal their truths — let’s listen to them. And write about them! Join us TOMORROW MORNING for at 10AM (yes, this is the FINAL CALL!) for our next Writing Bogwise session. Book here. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/deep-peat-...

Just picked up my author copy of this chonk of a book! So many exciting chapters including one by me and @draflint.bsky.social on Moving Methods. Enormous thanks to the editors Amber Adams, @victoriabates.bsky.social & @historyrocio.bsky.social It looks fab! 🥳

Whoop! Ace to recieve my copy of The Routledge Handbook of Health & Environmental Humanities today, with my & @drhick.bsky.social's chapter on 'Moving research: Walking & other mobile methods'. I can't wait to get stuck into the other 42 fascinating chapters! www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

This wonderful exhibition of Rose Ferraby's archaeologically engaged work is only on for a couple more weeks. We visited last weekend and it was captivating! peterboroughmuseum.org.uk/events/glean...

A glorious ride through moors and farms this morning. So many birds in fine voice - curlew, lapwing, willow warbler, skylark, oystercatcher, finches and my first cuckoo of the year

I've had the pleasure of a) seeing this book materialise as object during design stage, b) hearing Fay read the developing work over the last few years, & c) welcoming it into my studio for yesterday's photoshoot. Fay is a terrific writer. This is an important, lyrical, & gently political book.

London folks... Come to this! London walking festival conference day, 15th May, with me, @thelrm.bsky.social Saira Niazi and many more www.ticketsource.com/active-trave... 🚶‍♀️🏙️👨‍🦽

Our first event took place in Sheffield on 27 April 2006, which makes 20 years of Longbarrow Press. Thanks to all the poets, artists, readers, audiences, and many others who have been part of this project. Some reflections from last year: longbarrowpress.substack.com/p/inventory

Not a bad view from work today 😍

UCD Library is looking for the next Director of the world-class National Folklore Collection. The new Director will ensure the ongoing delivery of services for students, faculty, & researchers in an exciting time of change. Full details & apply by 12 noon, 21 May, 2026 at www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs

Sheffield, this evening (you can also be among the first to pick up advance copies of Fay Musselwhite's new collection, which will be on early sale at the event)

Ooh, I'm looking forward to this one!

Been out on 2 wheels through the moors today. The sound of curlew overhead was utterly joyous!

And how, shall we now, mark what matters ... Learable Hill, Caithness, is part of a larger monument group, including stone row and cairn. On one face, a simple cross has since been incised, over 2000 years after the stone was first erected. #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology #Scotland

An old one for International #haiku day. First published on the Poetry and Covid website back in 2020/21 poetryandcovidarchive.com/2021/01/31/t...

1/3 Wishing a very happy birthday to @peakdistrict.bsky.social, which was established 75 years ago today. The moors of the #PeakDistrict and #SouthPennines have changed significantly over the last 75 years, as these more recent pictures show (2019 and 2021).

I'm pleased to announce I'm a founding co-editor of the new @manchesterup.bsky.social book series, Radical Histories. Do let me know if you have a proposal for a book that fits our inclusive remit on radical histories. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/radic...

2.5 year postdoc opportunity at CoE NARS, Tampere University. The focus is on the history of everyday nationalism and we encourage applications dealing with the history of childhood and youth. Please distribute far and wide and encourage great scholars to apply. tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...

Exciting to see another Peatscapes paper out in the world, led by our brilliant Nye Merrill-Glover!

My old university NTNU in Trondheim is finally! recruiting a fully tenured associate professor in modern environmental history. This is a great opportunity for the right person. #envhist

Here's all the info: www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Poetry Foundation's poem of the day was just what I needed to read today: 'trust the feel of what nubbed treasure / your hands have known.' From 'North' by Seamus Heaney. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/poem-o...

Happy birthday to the Peak District National Park, designated #otd 13 April 1951. Originally 555 square miles of moor and valley, the 'great north roof of England.' It would never have happened but for one woman... 1/4

The Fig Tree have a call out for poems to commemorate the 1926 General Strike... figtreepoetry.substack.com/p/submission...

Spring in the garden 😍

I'm delighted to finally share details of a workshop series I'm hosting with @thackraymuseum.bsky.social! 'Researchers in Museums' is open to a wide range of early career researchers and offers the opportunity to go 'behind the scenes' in a fantastic medical museum. Please share widely!

A city park at dusk, serenaded by blackbird, owl, geese and ducks ... and entertained by a playful rat.

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

Some good news: Jonathan the tortoise is not dead and Mother Clanger has been reunited with her family after 50 years following a deathbed confession. Happy Easter everyone! news.canterbury.gov.uk/news/50-year...

1/ Forget tales of escapees from the film set of The African Queen. Ignore rumours of Jimi Hendrix’s supposed liberation of a pair on Carnaby Street. Newly declassified documents from the Ministry Of Defence reveal how Ring-necked Parakeets colonised the UK through Operation Norwegian Blue! 😮 🪶

A request for poetry suggestions! I'm looking for more archaeologists who also write poetry - as I'd love to read their work. If you know of any contemporary archaeologist-poets please add links/names to this thread (picture of Stonehenge because why not!)

CFP deadline this week for our Brontë Studies special issue on Poetry - the abstracts are starting to flock in - still time to send in yours!

'Wetland heritage in the balance: developing an exploratory model for understanding local perceptions of wetland heritage.' NEW article from me & Ben Jennings in the journal #Wetlands

A bit of #peatland heritage reading to round off the weekend? Research from the Wetfutures project I worked on with Ben Jennings in 2020/21 has just been published in #Wetlands #openaccess 'Wetland heritage the balance...' link.springer.com/article/10.1...

We're hiring! 🌿 The Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities at the University of Stavanger invites applications for a 3-year postdoc in Environmental History. See thread for more details. #envhist #envhum

Really excited to have a chapter with @drhick.bsky.social on 'Moving research: walking & other mobile methods' in the new Routledge Handbook of Health & Environmental Humanities, edited by Amber Abrams @victoriabates.bsky.social & @historyrocio.bsky.social #envhum www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

Habitation: a collective reading by Angelina D’Roza, Steve Ely, Pete Green, Rob Hindle, Chris Jones, and Fay Musselwhite. The Harlequin, 108 Nursery St, Sheffield S3 8GG Tuesday 21 April (7pm doors, 7.30pm start) Admission free, all welcome. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/habitation...

A short thread on research into links between poetry and heritage sites for #worldpoetryday

📢TOMORROW: Music & Manchester - The past, present & future of computers in electronic music 🗓️25/03📍Kilburn Building 🎟️Wait list: https://ow.ly/ZAVH50Yc9jG 🔊Followed by THE TURING – MACHINE: a sound installation School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

A short thread on research into links between poetry and heritage sites for #worldpoetryday

For #Caturday: a poignant photo by Paul Koudounaris of a beloved pet's tombstone. Despite popular belief, the cat's name was not Dewey. This was the surname of the cat's family. "'He was only a cat,' but he was human enough to be a great comfort in hours of loneliness and pain."

It's #worldpoetryday so here are a few pieces from the Poetry Heritage and Community project I've been part of for the last year. First up, an overview of the project (a partnership between English Heritage and @torchoxford.bsky.social www.torch.ox.ac.uk/article/intr... (1/6)

'Courtesy of the Trust, a bursary of £4,000 is available to scholars at any career stage. It is intended to support a period of archival research leading to a publication or completion of a doctoral thesis.' #Skystorians

Wooooo! I can’t believe we did this, it’s huge! It’s been such a wonderful experience, I’ve learned so much from all authors and co-editors @historyrocio.bsky.social & Amber. Thanks to everyone who made this happen. (But yes, pls ask libraries to buy this or subscribe online to handbooks, it’s £££)

🥳The Routledge Handbook of Health and Environmental Humanities is published today! Ed. by the fab Amber Abrams, @victoriabates.bsky.social & @rothiotome.bsky.social. It also includes a chapter 'Research on the Move' by @draflint.bsky.social and me. (Probably one to ask your library to order tho' £)

Rose Ferraby's collages at Peterborough Museum are a must see and include some Must Farm peterboroughmuseum.org.uk/events/glean...

Algorithmic Folklore as Transcultural Storytelling CFP is open: storymachine.iisys.de/2026/03/05/c... Submit before March 31st

Exciting path news! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Great news!