Well, this is going to be fun. www.thesharon.com/event.php?id...

#ThrowbackThursday London with Mum & Dad 2016. We’d been to see a brilliant play at The National about Ma Rainey. A wonderful day X

When I’m researching historical murders, I like to read old true crime books, which are good for interesting leads and information, (which I need to verify). For the Charles Bravo case, I’m reading this title by Yseult Bridges from 1956. I can’t wait to see what she made of this mysterious case…

Keeping my fingers crossed 🤞 www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/artic...

One year ago…and coming out this spring. #TopSecret

This is a fascinating piece about writing biographies. Having just finished writing about the making of my favourite film, made by fave director, starring my fave actor and actress - the challenges posed by this resonate!

Today’s #househistory feature in The Times is a lovely house in Morecambe - formerly home to nine times mayor, plus two local doctors, and a member of the Baxter family, famous for their potted shrimp!! #househistories #history #morecambebay

🔭Hello #Astro peeps! I am writing a silly article in the coming weeks that may annoy a certain Harvard professor. The question i'd like to ask you if you'd like to take part: "If Comet 3I/ATLAS was not a comet, what would you like it to be?" #journorequest

🚨FOUR tenure track positions in my dept @ucalgary.bsky.social @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social in applied & computational geophysics, subsurface geochemistry, sedimentary geology, and sustainable soil science. careers.ucalgary.ca/search/jobs?... (please reskeet widely!) #academicsky 🧪⚒️🇨🇦

Giving my annual talk on How to Give Talks That Don't Suck, which is inspired by the great work of @scottstgeorge.paleohydrology.com @katharinehayhoe.com and many others 🧪

Exciting News Bluesky! Super chuffed to let you know that my TV Series ‘The Stories Behind The Songs’ with @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social has been nominated for a @tvchoice.bsky.social award! If you’d like to vote, it would be hugely appreciated! Here’s the link tvchoicemagazine.co.uk/vote/

This morning I'm at the Royal Festival Hall to give a talk for the Festival of Britain Society all about how the 1951 exhibition was influenced by, and in its turn influenced, the British seaside.

Huh? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...

Lovely to talk about the Seaside Section of the Festival of Britain just metres away from where it was located in 1951. Here's a pic of the site today and some souvenirs belonging to members of the Festival of Britain Society

Interesting conversation - especially from a history of makeup and different broadcast mediums pov.

After a late summer break, Monstrosities Mon Amour is back, and with a seaside special: Blackpool's Golden Mile with the brilliant @seasideferry.bsky.social. And also, discover her passion for 50s wonder-fabric Crimplene! Fun, actual fun. open.substack.com/pub/johngrin...

Eric Lambert is possibly one of the forgottenist forgotten characters of the forgotten war - until now! Catch our episode on his work getting the 5 Chinese Army out of Burma in 1942 - although we haven’t got a picture of him ..!

Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham Carter) at the piano in ‘A Room With A View’ Have a good week Bluesky, keep on singing. #mondayinspiration #MerchantIvory #EMForster #RoomWithAView

The beautiful Parthenon, with all its many traumas, records millennia of history. Left = c19th Parthenon before reconstruction. Right = Selene's horses from East Pediment. Top is cast of horse in British Museum. Middle and bottom are original sculptures in Akropolis Museum.

For my next writing project, I'm investigating the mysterious death of Charles Bravo from antimony poisoning in 1876, for which there were three suspects. I've started by reading the reports of the inquest, which lasted 5 weeks. I'm halfway through and uncovering all kinds of fascinating details...

Will landscape responses reduce glacier sensitivity to climate change in High Mountain Asia? 🧪⚒️❄️⛰️ New paper in @egu-cr.bsky.social The Cryosphere tc.copernicus.org/articles/19/...

Sleep, perchance to dream of something better.

This is such a good episode, and Roger was such a great guest... love a bit of Battle of the Atlantic/U-boat war!

Years ago, the Cassini Probe managed to capture the fastest and freshest ice crystal from the ocean of Enceladus. Inside, we now know, there’s a treasure trove of complex molecules. This little icy moon looks like to have the right stuff for life! And good news: @esa.int is planning to go back 👇👇👇

I just discovered that the Imperial War Museum North is located in...Manchester? Pardon me, but that is not the North.

Happy birthday 🥳

This was really fun to record. Hope you all enjoy it!

[NEW VIDEO] One of the greatest of the surviving ancient temples of Egypt is the one at EDFU. In this new video, I look into the origins of this much-talked about ancient monument. Click here to watch=> youtu.be/hB6HvgHfjJE

European Heritage day here in Athens, and free entry to the Akropolis Museum means it is heaving! What a fabulous sight (and site)!

Lovely day out on the Kananaskis River

📢 I'm delighted to announce that a second anthology of Detective Jerome Caminada's memoirs are now available on Kindle (and KU), which includes fraudsters, arsonists, scuttlers, dynamite conspirators and an account of how he solved the Manchester Cab Mystery in record time 🔗 tinyurl.com/2sfm7duc

Happy birthday to our brilliant expert, Dr. Gavin Hughes, the amazing Archaeologist & Historian! May your day be filled with exciting discoveries, fascinating stories, and celebrations that are truly legendary. Here's to a fantastic birthday for the ages!

Happy birthday 🥳

Happy birthday to our incredible Egyptologist, Dr Arto Belekdanian! May your special day be filled with ancient wonders, fascinating discoveries, and celebrations fit for a pharaoh! We hope it's a truly monumental birthday!

Happy birthday 🥳

Today marks the 200th anniversary of the modern railway 🚂 In June 'Train Landscape’ by Eric Ravilious topped the @railway200.bsky.social vote for the UK’s favourite railway artwork! Read more 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto... 📷 @abdnartmuseums.bsky.social #Railway200

Happy birthday to two of our incredible experts, Giselle Király, the amazing Archaeologist & Human Osteologist, and Dr. John Woolf, our brilliant historian! May your day be filled with fascinating discoveries, joyful celebrations, and memories to dig up for years to come!

Happy birthday to our amazing Buildings Historian, Karen Averby! We hope your day is filled with as much charm and character as the historic structures you study. May your celebrations be picture-perfect and your cake as grand as a stately manor! 🥳 @karenaverby.bsky.social

A unique opportunity to cruise the Mediterranean as a guest speaker on the Crystal Symphony, Oct 21-31, 2025! We need a destination expert to give four captivating talks on ports like Sorrento & Tunis. Bring a plus-one & travel with us! www.crystalcruises.com/cruises/none...

Bluesky! There’s a Woolies in Lübeck! #Woolworths #Woolworth #Germany #Lübeck #ThrowbackThursday

Ancient art has suggested that brown bears were among the animals that gladiators fought back in Roman times, but a scientific research team working in Serbia has now found direct evidence of this in bones. buff.ly/gDXBi9U

Hello! Ep 56 is out now. We discuss the investigation into the murder of a downed Allied airman, with German historian Thomas Rost. Such murders were not uncommon, as Thomas reveals. www.buzzsprout.com/2327200/epis...

It’s 63 years to the day since a desperate Bette Davis put an advert in Variety’s situations wanted pages, resulting in her being cast in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, and resuming her decades-long feud with Joan Crawford. Well, that’s the legend, anyway... 🧵

Listen up! |If you're in the vicinity, Elstree Studios are hosting a special screening of The Dambusters this Sunday at London Elstree Aerodrome. Details and tickets via the link below www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-dam-bu...

BBC Travel Show on 'Saving the Seaside'. @seasideferry.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Check out the current episode of the Holocaust History Podcast on writing about Holocaust perpetrators.

Thrilled that @Waterstones have selected #AgentZo as one of their paperbacks of the year! Thank you to all at #Waterstones, & everyone who has bought or borrowed this book from a library. It’s word of mouth that really helps get these stories out there, so thank you!

There's a lot of bad in the world right now. But @tealcartoons.bsky.social and I have a new kids' book coming out called DEAD ENDS that reminds us that failure isn't just inevitable but essential to success. There are a limited number of SIGNED copies from @mysteriousbookshop.com - shorturl.at/1A9CS

Happy birthday to two of our amazing experts, Dr. Jack Cooper, our incredible Palaeobiologist & Shark Expert, and Dr. Peggy Brunache, our brilliant historical archaeologist! We hope you both have a fin-tastic day filled with discoveries and celebrations! @cooperpalaeo.bsky.social