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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I had such a fantastic week guiding a group from the UK National Army Museum around battlefields of the American War of Independence. Amazing landscapes, artifacts, and stories, from Lexington and Concord to Fort Ticonderoga.

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Some show-stopping paintings at the Harvard Art Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Spot the meat cleaver 😬

Lorenzo Lotti's Friar Angelo Ferretti as Saint Peter Martyr (1549)

Portrait of Abigael Bromfield Rogers, c. 1784 by John Singleton Copley

Woman with Spectacles, c. 1838 by WM Prior

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Ted Vallance @tedvallance.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Very exciting to see the first book in our Radical Histories series out in print- David Kennerley’s sonic history of Chartism @katrinanavickas.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social

A picture of a hand holding a book. The book is by David Kennerley and titled
shout for Freedom: A Sonic History of Chartism.

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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Tonight on #FridayNightZillow, the ultimate fantasy mansion for a model train maven. A MASSIVE *outdoor* train set + a HUGE indoor train set with a model of Chicago, inside its own 'train station' building, and much more! 10K sf on 10 acres w/ a private lake. $2.25M. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

With apologies to the mountain's prior namesake, American War of 1812 general Zebulon Pike.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 27/07/2026

Incredible

A pair of Bluesky posts.

Lydia Polgreen posts a screenshot to a London Review of Books error page that says "Sorry! The LRB website is not currently accessible."

Lydia writes: "Uh, did Emily Wilson's Odyssey takedown crash the @lrb.co.uk website?

The London Review of Books replies:

Short answer: yes.
Our tech team are working on it and we hope to be back to normal soon.
Emily Wilson is on the LRB Podcast in the meantime

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The International Wind Music Research conference in Bern, Switzerland is a blast! Great talks and world-class performances of historical and contemporary music.

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Tammy Proctor @usuhistorienne.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

@thenacbs.bsky.social Great news about a @jbritishstudies.bsky.social article from January

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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

📢New article in JBS! 📗"'Captured at Sea': Maritime Conflict and the Circulation of Art in Early Modern Britain" by Rebecca Earle Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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“Captured at Sea”: Maritime Conflict and the Circulation of Art in Early Modern Britain | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core

“Captured at Sea”: Maritime Conflict and the Circulation of Art in Early Modern Britain - Volume 65

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Pleasantly surprised to learn my January @jbritishstudies.bsky.social article was covered in a recent issue of Historie, a chain of Scandinavian history magazines! Check out doi.org/10.1017/jbr.... for my original "From Amputee to Author" article.

Image of a feature about War of 1812 veteran Shadrack Byfield in Norway's Historie magazine.

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Nothing worse than being haunted by "the spectre of nuance"...

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

'The Weary Trumpeter', or 'Juvenile Mischief' by William Collins (1811)

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Just flown past Saint John, New Brunswick, as distinct from my final destination, St. John’s, Newfoundland. The Atlantic Canadian province in between, Prince Edward Island, was formerly known to Europeans as St. John's Island. Hope that’s clear.

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Terrible news. I worked as a visiting lecturer at Hertfordshire in 2021 and am thinking of all the great staff and students I encountered there. Hope the decision is reversed, but it’s depressingly indicative of the direction of travel in British higher education.

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Great to be back at Toronto's Fort York, where I volunteered and worked for eleven summers, for special events and talks commemorating the 1813 Battle of York.

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Why is Aylesbury the county town?

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Spring time in Newfoundland… Happy Easter 🐣

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Delighted to learn that my PhD dissertation has received the 2026 Research Prize from the International Society for the Research and Promotion of Wind Music. The book version, Musical Warriors: British Military Music and the Napoleonic Wars, is out early next year with @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social

"Contrasted Drummers", a humorous 1790s print depicting a stocky British soldier with a bass drum confronting an slender Frenchman with a much smaller drum. From the Bodleian Libraries.

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Great to be back in snowy Halifax, Nova Scotia, presenting to Music and History Department seminars at Dalhousie University.

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Sarah Handley-Cousins @sarahbelle721.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

The Disability History Association awards are open! One of the best parts of serving in this organization is getting to celebrate the amazing new scholarship happening in our field. Please consider nominating your work from this past year - and feel free to reach out with any questions! #dishist

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Dave Steele @drdavesteele.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

My article ‘The Somatic Crowd: The Bodily and Sensory Experience of Reform Crowds in Britain, c.1816–48’ has been published in Parliamentary History Journal 45-1 (2026) Thanks to Naomi Lloyd-Jones for a great job editing Read/download here (open source): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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The Somatic Crowd: The Bodily and Sensory Experience of Reform Crowds in Britain, c.1816–48*

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

What a joy it's been to co-edit the HJ for the past few years. Sad to step down but very excited to see how the journal grows under its new editorial team!

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Journal of British Studies @jbritishstudies.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

📢New in JBS! 📗“Imperial Politics, the Dominions, and the Irish Question, 1907–21” by John C. Mitcham Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Rory Muir @rorymuir.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

A very entertaining and interesting article that shows the trouble that ‘dull’ garrison life could breed among young officers…

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Just published a new piece for The Lion & the Dragon, the magazine of Cumbria’s Museum of Military Life. It dives into some colourful episodes of officer misconduct during the Napoleonic Wars. If duelling, disorder, and general drama are your thing, have a look: eamonnokeeffe1812.com/2026/01/28/a...

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A Most Rascally Corps? Duelling and Disorder in the 55th Foot

I was recently asked to write a short article about the 55th Regiment of Foot for The Lion & the Dragon, the magazine of Cumbria’s Museum of Military Life. Located in Carlisle Castle in n…

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

There's a lot going on the world, but I was glad to see an article of mine published in the @jbritishstudies.bsky.social Read about Shadrack Byfield, an English War of 1812 veteran who buried his own arm, designed a custom prosthesis, and wrote multiple memoirs: doi.org/10.1017/jbr....

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Hard to compete with this research impact: "While I was in prison, everything I had ever researched [as a PhD student] was blown up." 🫡 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...

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Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program

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University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk · 15/01/2026

A lost memoir rediscovered by a Cambridge historian in Cleveland, Ohio, reveals the astonishing life of a disabled war veteran in C19th Britain. @1812andallthat.bsky.social found the memoir while he was a National Army Museum Fellow at @queens.cam.ac.uk 👇 www.cam.ac.uk/stories/disa...

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A British redcoat’s lost memoir reveals the harsh realities of life as a disabled veteran

A rediscovered memoir reveals the harsh realities of life as a disabled veteran in 19th-century Britain

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Tom Fournier @tom4141tom.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

A very good talk particularly offers insights into post army life for veterans of the Napoleonic Wars/War of 1812. @1812andallthat.bsky.social

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Tom Fournier @tom4141tom.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Today we highlight an interesting character from the 41st Regiment. There are not many accounts of the War of 1812 from British rank & file soldiers!

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Kiran Mehta @kiranmehta.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

A nice surprise this morning: my article on prison reform from below is out! I believe it’s open access but let me know if you can’t get a copy and would like one. academic.oup.com/histres/adva...

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Prison reform from below: London, c.1780–1830*

Abstract. This article explores the history of the English prison reform movement from ‘below’ – that is, from the perspective of prison inmates. By highli

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Tom Fournier @tom4141tom.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Eamonn is a friend to many of us and an outstanding historian! Byfield was a private in the 41st Regiment and his rare personal account of his adventures feature in many histories of the War of 1812.

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History Symposium @historysymposium.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

In just over a week, our last livestream of the year with @1812andallthat.bsky.social speaking on one of the best known privates of the War of 1812, Shadrach Byfield! www.historysymposium.com/eamonn-okeefe/

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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

If you missed Catriona Kennedy's talk yesterday on 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere in the age of revolution', a recording is now available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-dV...

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Irish Studies Seminar: Catriona Kennedy

YouTube video by QUB Irish Studies

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Make Opening Day a National Holiday @chriscardsfan.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

@1812andallthat.bsky.social I have been working my through the AWI discussions you are moderating at NAM. Very well done. Great perspectives.

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Very sympathetic to cause of greater education but the presentation of the survey here seems misleading. 85%+ not informed about slavery but 63% of the same sample support apology? Seems like most respondents weren’t able to cite the right figures, rather than not knowing about enslavement at all…

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🌈 Dr Ross Brooks @rossbrooks.co.uk · 11/11/2025

Two Minutes' Silence by Charles Spencelayh (1928) #RemembranceDay #RemembranceDay2025 #LestWeForget #art 🗃️

An elderly man stands and prays for his lost son whose portrait hangs above the clock which marks the eleventh hour. A jar of garden flowers is set beside the clock.

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McGill-Queen's University Press @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

In honour of Remembrance Day, we’ve curated a reading list featuring some of our recent military history titles about the Great War. buff.ly/FltpQkO

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Great video from the Canadian Conservation Institute on the recent treatment of the Buttrey Manuscript of British military music. Once owned by a fifer in the 34th Regiment during the Napoleonic Wars, it was passed down through family before being donated to a museum. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq9F...

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The Buttrey Manuscript

YouTube video by CCI/ICC CHIN/RCIP

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International Society for First World War Studies @fwwsoc.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Everyone at the International Society for First World War Studies is greatly saddened to hear about the passing of Dr Tim Cook. www.warmuseum.ca/news-release...

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War Museum announces passing of Chief Historian, Dr. Tim Cook | Canadian War Museum

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I enjoyed working with the National Army Museum to interpret this remarkable portrait of a black military bandsman. I'm glad it's now on display and making news. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

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London museum identifies black Waterloo veteran in rare 1821 painting

‘Honourable’ bandsman Thomas James will feature in display at National Army Museum highlighting service of black soldiers in Napoleonic wars

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Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Want to understand how the original American #NoKings movement won the day? Streaming now...

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