This looks like a super interesting talk! Richmond Unchained is such a good book for anyone interested in Black British history or the Georgian/Regency period. Or boxing!

Another great topic at this month's #WomenWritersNet chat, taking place here on Thursday 16

Less than a month to go (29 April, 5:30pm) until our annual Lightening Talks event for the British History in the Long 18th Century seminar, showcasing new PhD student work. Join us in person or online at the IHR in London. It's free and open to the public. #Skystorians

We're thrilled to announce the keynote speakers for our July symposium, 'Radical Print Culture in the Long Eighteenth Century'. Dr Esther Chadwick (@thecourtauld) & Dr Helen Williams (@helenwilliams18 @northumbriauni) will join us in York to share their expertise on the power & politics of print 1/5

Thinking of publishing a book on women's mobility? We'd love to hear from you! 👇👇

December Issue: Ella Sbaraini @ellasbaraini.bsky.social on 'Everyday Giving: Food, Emotions and Community in England, 1760–1850' academic.oup.com/ehr/article/... @kingshistory.bsky.social

I just want to lament the death of haberdashery. Even John Lewis has more-or-less given up.

Mapmaking 18thC style: ‘A chain, 66ft long, a surveyor's wheel and a notebook, and they would go over, for example, a field, and they would measure it on all its sides, and they would draw that as accurately as they could’ Amazing London map to be reprinted 280 years on www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In the 18th century British elites travelling to see the sights of Europe often brought their servants in tow. What was the Grand Tour like for the help? 🔒 Richard Ansell’s April cover feature is now in the archive www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...

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...

A research query for the #herbook community. I'm working on a short piece about a law book with a girl's signature ("her book!") -- an extension of a blog post. Anyone w other examples of early modern woman's provenance on law books? Esp British/ British American? karinwulf.com/tidbits/abig...

A fantastic paper I encourage people to watch if they missed it

Do join us next Wednesday at the IHR, London for Baz Bowdler's paper ‘So much approved of by all inquisitive persons’: News Management and Diplomacy in the Anglo-Dutch Public Sphere, 1685-1713'. In person (Tube strike has been called off) and online; free and open to the public. Registration below.

The History of Parliament is excited to announce a new 8-week internship position for postgraduate-level researchers, working with the House of Lords 1640-60 section. Follow the link below for more details on the role, and how to apply!

Funded PhD Studentship – UCL x V&A Museum Explore the overlooked contributions of migrant labour to British craft and design in the long eighteenth century (c.1688–1837). Join me at UCL and collaborate with the brilliant team at the V&A. Deadline: 15 April 2026 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Great new blog post from HHRN committee member, Dr Suzi Richer! Learn more about Elizabeth Birkett of Townend, Cumbria and the herbal remedies in her commonplace book (1699) #herbalhistory #histherb #herbalmedicine #C17th #bookhistory #recipes #cumbria #Townend herbalhistory.org/home/experie...

Find out more about our CECS MA here: www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr...

'Londoners on Trial' - our new FREE exhibition, now open! Explore the history of law and order in London, uncovering the stories of London’s criminals, victims and law enforcers from the medieval period to modern times. Book your ticket now! 👇 buff.ly/X40WtmV

If you find yourself in Paris on the 10-12 June 2026, you might like to attend @isecs-sieds.bsky.social 'Reframing the Enlightenment: intellectual & political disputes today', at the Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris Details ⬇️ #skystorians #18thC 🗃️

CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 to the winner of our Digital Prize 2026: Eighteenth-Century Libraries Online (ECLO). The project is the result of a 5yr AHRC-funded project on the role of books in social, cultural & political change across the #18thC Atlantic. www.liverpool.ac.uk/history/rese... #skystorians 🗃️

🚨 CFP deadline extended - 31st March 🚨Apply for our @bsecs.bsky.social PGR/ECR Conference in Montpellier in September! Theme is Improvement, Degeneration, Stagnation. We can’t wait to see your abstracts! Details below ⬇️ #18c @royalhistsoc.org @ihrlifecycles.bsky.social @long18thsem.bsky.social

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...

Meet our supportive network of #WomenWriters when we discuss Women Writers and #Writing the Messy Middle on Thursday, 19 March at 6pm GMT. #WomenWritersNet @sunisamara11.bsky.social @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social @louiseduckling.bsky.social @heathertweed.bsky.social @nicolawriting.bsky.social

'A bronze jug looted from West Africa and displayed in the British Museum might sound like the same old story — but this is a bit different as the jug was originally English, not African.' #Skystorians 1/3

Done some spring cleaning for my London Lives Petitions Project webpages. Dataviz should no longer be broken, checked links, added a few updates. london.sharonhoward.org/llpp/

A total joy to be at @lselibrary.bsky.social to mark 100 years of The Women’s Library. Fantastic engagement! Thanks for the opportunity to speak about our collections. Wonderful to see so much support in the room for women’s history! 👏

Are you a mid-career historian researching 17th & 18th-century British Protestant dissenting traditions? 🏛️ Apply for the Dr Williams's Trust Library Bursaries at the IHR! Three awards of £3,500 are available to support your research in London libraries and archives www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...

📣 New #OpenAccess article on #FirstView 🔬 Susan E. Whyman, 'Edmund Rack: master of knowledge, scientific societies and social networks in eighteenth-century Bath' 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory

Really pleased to see the recording of Phillippa Hellawell (TNA) & Liberty Paterson (TNA)'s seminar on The Ship Bedford and the slave trade @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

So pleased to announce that MUSIC INDUSTRY AND FAMILY NETWORKS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN: THE CORRI FAMILY IN EDINBURGH AND LONDON, 1771–1825 is now under contract with Boydell and Brewer! Many, many thanks to the series editors and those who have supported this work so far! @bsecs.bsky.social

Congratulations🎉 @breerob-kirk.bsky.social! We can't wait to read it! #skystorians #18thC 🗃️

Register to join us next week, either in person or online on 25 February to hear Warwick final year PhD @brendantam.bsky.social present his paper titled: ‘A Christ Church Set’: Exploring the Discourse of Political Friendship in Late Hanoverian Britain, 1780s-1830s www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

I’ll be presenting a paper at the IHR British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar next Wednesday based on my (worryingly) soon to be completed PhD research!

It's wonderful to see advance copies of 'Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange' out in the world. I had a wonderful time editing this book with @breerob-kirk.bsky.social. More news soon on our wonderful contributors! Publication date: 19 February. @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social

Publication day! My book Keeping Hold: A Cultural and Social History of Possession in Eighteenth-Century Britain is out now. 20% discount code KEHO2026. www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...

18TH CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY PHD LIGHTNING TALKS CFP Are you at the start of your PhD? Want to tell an eager and engaged audience about it in 5 mins? We want to hear the best PGR research about 18th Britain at our #LightningTalks event 29 April 2026. Please see the poster for further information!

Need more #18thC in your life?? OF COURSE YOU DO! Click below for an incredible programme of events from our friends @cecs-york.bsky.social #skystorians #18thC 🗃️ www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...

I had such a fun time attending my first @wsguk.bsky.social seminar on Saturday! It was a lovely atmosphere and I enjoyed the brilliant talks by @evillegasdelatorre.bsky.social, Nora Rodríguez-Loro, and Sarah Clarke 📖 #earlymodern

Thank you so much for your excellent talk, Esther. We loved meeting you and chatting with you about learned early modern women.

#earlymodern #learnedwomen What a wonderful experience presenting today at the @wsguk.bsky.social seminars! Such a warm and interesting audience! Thoroughly recommended. #Iwillbeback

Join us on Wednesday for Philippa Hellawell (The National Archives), 'The Ship Bedford: Atlantic and Archival Crossings in the Long Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade', at the Institute of Historical Research, London and on Zoom, 11 February, 5:30 pm. Free and open to the public. Booking link below.

We have now recorded 9 days of +10mm of #rain since the start of the year. The previous high was 6 days in 2004, 2014 and 2025 and the average is 3 days. #reigate #climate #rainydays

Bill Turkel and I have just published an article in DHQ. It is about the emergence of Manslaughter as a charge at the Old Bailey, and the working methods we used to analyse the data. dhq.digitalhumanities.org/vol/19/4/000... Thanks to Gabor Toth for shepherding it through peer review.

For anyone interested in our 18-month post in British Studies please follow the link below. @ihr.bsky.social www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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

At the IHR @long18thsem.bsky.social for a special event, an appreciation of the work of Penny Corfield

A reminder to any @bsecs.bsky.social ECRs out there that we are looking for a new research fellow to join the Georgian Lords at @histparl.bsky.social. Details of how to apply below: www.histparl.ac.uk/news/history...

#BSECS @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social Career Development Fellowship £1050 to fund expenses associated with a defined research output or impact (including childcare & costs associated with publication) which supports the fellow's career development #skystorians #18thC 🗃️

#BSECS-GeorgianPapers Fellowship £1,000 to support a project that draws on the resources of the Georgian Papers Programme on any topic in the study of the Georgian period (1714-1837) #skystorians #18thC 🗃️

Did you know that we award SEVEN #fellowships, five of which have #deadlines of the ***1 FEBRUARY 2026*** #skystorians #18thC🗃️ Details can be found on our website or in the thread 🔽 www.bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a...