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Adam Chapman

@adamchapman.bsky.social
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Medieval historian interested in Wales, Somerset exile, inept cricketer, General Editor of the longest-running and largest local history project yet devised, the Victoria County History of England. Probably drinking tea.

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Dr Heidi Colthup @heidi-colthup.bsky.social · 1h
30,000 job losses over 3 years.
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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 22h
This is fascinating because - as @timhitchcock.bsky.social, @annacusack.bsky.social & many others have shown - there were frequent well-attended public executions in 16th, 17th & 18th century England, despite gallows being at the edge of cities. Bodies/heads were often displayed within sight ...
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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Join our in-person workshop for the opportunity to make your own embroidery inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry! 🪡🧵 ⏰ Thursday, 12 Nov 2026 📍 Senate House, London 🎟️ £40 Spaces are limited, book your place now 👇
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Making and Remaking the Bayeux Tapestry
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Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 1h
#ICYMI - Anyone interested in the history of medieval #Devon, or monasticism and other medieval religious foundations should take a look. We value and appreciate any feedback - and please watch this space for further draft material. #Skystorians #MedievalSky
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Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives @archpbu.bsky.social · 1h
#dyddllunymap #mapmonday Cynllun o Nantlle a Tyn y Nant, Llanllyfni gan Richard Owen Plan of Nantlle and Tyn y Nant, Llanllyfni by Richard Owen Dyddiad/Date: 1801 Porth yr Aur/3575
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 2h
The Tories’ line-to-take on this - namely that it’s plagiarising policy they announced last year - is nuts: even if it were true, it’s utterly at odds with Badenoch’s attempt at Conference to convince voters that there’s a fundamental difference between the Conservatives and Reform. #MakeYourMindUp!
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Reform would suspend asylum system for parliamentary term if in government
All asylum applications would be rejected and existing ones voided, with all claimants marked for deportation.
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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🚨Free public lecture on the Norman Conquest @sas-news.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social on November 12. Book now to hear Dr Mark Hagger explore the impact of 1066 on Britain. 👇 #BayeuxTapestry #YearOfTheNormans #Millenium www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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"A day of destiny for England": The Norman impact on the British Isles 1066-c. 1135
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Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society @sanhs.org · 16h
* TALK * GREY, RED AND VIOLET, POWDER BLUE AND SEAWATER GREEN: a multi-coloured industry by Mary Siraut Tuesday 13 October - 7.30pm Wyndham Hall, Taunton Please book by 12 October - see SANHS website for full details: sanhs.org/event/sanhs-...
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 20h
In 2012-13, there were 51 UK universities offering Russian and East European Studies. In 2024-25, there were 32, and provision is shrinking further. Perhaps that's a serious security risk? www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...
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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
there is minimal evidence that inheritors in their 50s and 60s are desperate to move into their parents' former home. My @instituteforgovernment.org.uk on why Kemi Badenoch's policies are for the world of Downton Abbey - not the one we live in now www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/kemi...
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Kemi Badenoch’s inheritance tax proposals are myth-based policy making at its worst | Institute for Government
The leader of the opposition’s conference announcement was not well thought through.
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Well, there goes lifelong learning. Absolute bastardry.
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
MICHAEL GOVE'S EX-GIRLFRIEND ARRESTED ON CHILD PORN CHARGES
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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Thinking about Harry Webbe’s family and friends as they process this latest post-crash news. Geofencing and speed-limiting hired e-bikes is widely accepted, tech is developing fast, so should we apply the same danger reduction logic to driving cars? www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/s...
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Speeding driver high on laughing gas who killed student in east London jailed
Tiffany Treanor-Johnson, 27, was speeding at 53mph in a 20mph zone in Hackney when she knocked down and killed cyclist Harry Webb
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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 11/10/2026
The really worrying finding in this research is that 37% of UK adults believe in the Great Replacement theory
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Adam @chalicotherex.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
RIP Chris Wickham. Here’s a post of a very funny bit I found tucked away in one of his books. adamsnotes.substack.com/p/one-weird-...
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One Weird Naming Convention of Milan's Medium Elite Families
Adam's Notes for January 30, 2025
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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Still two weekends to go - pop in and see it if you're in #Emsworth (or make a special visit!). On until Sunday 18 October! #Hampshire #LocalHistory #RailwayHistory 👇 bsky.app/profile/rwld...
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OldRailwayAccidents (@rwldproject.bsky.social)
🚨OPENS TOMORROW!🚨 Our 'South Coast's Forgotten Railway Workers' exhibition starts its run at #Emsworth Museum - free, & open on weekends till Sunday 18 October! Find out more about the people who…
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James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
#OnThisDay 1935: one of the 20th century's greatest political cartoons. David Low in the Evening Standard on Fascist Italy's war in Abyssinia...
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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If you’ve ever wondered what our jobs involve, we’re running two free online talks that introduce you to the world of archives! Come along and find out how archives began, and learn about some of the strangest parts of our collection. Book your free space by heading to histfestbucks.co.uk
The Buckinghamshire History Festival logo with the following text below: ‘”So, what do you actually do?” – An Introduction to Archives / Online / 3/11/26, 15:00 -16:00 / 27/11/26, 10:30 – 11:30 / histfestbucks.co.uk’. To the right of the image is a photograph of leatherbound quarter session rolls on archive shelving.
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🦇 Would your place of worship benefit from a small grant to help manage bat roost-related issues? Living Alongside Bats in Churches Grant applications are open and will close at 10am, 26 October. More information: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/bui...
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Church Monuments Society @churchmonuments.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Call for papers: Online conference for postgraduate students whose research centres on or is relevant to church monuments. Come along to hear the latest work being done and to support new entrants to the field. churchmonumentssociety.org/events/stude...
Call for Papers for Student Spotlight 2027 conference. Postgraduate Students are invited to share research on any aspect of church monuments and related fields with a friendly audience in this FREE online symposium, held via Zoom on Saturday 20 March 2027, 2pm-5pm GMT. Research topics might touch on (but are not limited to): Church monuments Gravestones Monumental Brasses Shrines Commemoration Mausolea Ossuaries Vaults Coffins Church Archaeology Conservation Archival Sources Submission Guidelines: Send a 250-word abstract with your name and affiliation to churchmonuments [at] gmail [dot] com by 31 January 2027 See https://churchmonumentssociety.org/events Papers should be c.15-20 minutes in length
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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I haven’t seen that one, but the genre (applied to models of trains, planes, and automobiles, and one papercraft thing which required the laws of physics to do some very odd things), is familiar. Depressing 💩
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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It's important to recognise is that this *isn't* about the US getting "back" to business with Russia, because there's never been much US-Russia business of any kind beyond arms control. What the Trump admin is pushing for is an unprecedented alignment of the US with Russia.
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Kenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦 @kfduggan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Medieval Executions 🧵 Hi there. One of my areas of expertise is medieval crime and punishment. If you’re interested, here are some comments on medieval executions. Note that, just as today, practices and perceptions varied widely across medieval Europe... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘Medieval’ and ‘disturbing’: US plan to livestream execution elicits global condemnation
Pentagon said execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, would be broadcast live
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Leonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In other words, a 10 percent contraction in one of Britain’s most successful exports. If it were steel or fish or other infinitely less profitable sectors, people would be having a meltdown.
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Absolutely delightful Roman period socketed-terminal in the form of a Ram's head - possibly with a piggy snout 🤔🧐? Found as part of a sacred spring deposit on Ynys Mon/Anglesey & now on display in the brilliant Oriel Môn (Anglesey Museum) until next Easter - essential viewing! 👌 📷 My own
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Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is the problem. No university employee is seen as a 'worker.'
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Dr Sophie Michell @sophiemhistory.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I think about the death penalty locally a lot. I think about how a magistrate’s bench could condemn a man to death in Peterborough until 1828. I think about the three different gallows sites that I am aware of (doubtless others existed) and…
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School of Advanced Study, University of London @sas-news.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The @ihr.bsky.social, @senatehouselib.bsky.social and SAS are excited to welcome you to History Day 2026 - "Grassroots History, Grassroots Collections"! Join us in Senate House on Wednesday 18 November for this celebration of all things history. 🔗 Book your free place bit.ly/4in3vQ6
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History Day 2026: Coming on Wednesday 18 November to Senate House
Bookings are now open for History Day 2026. Save the date for Wednesday 18 November and join us in Senate House for this celebration of all things history!
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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 10/10/2026
I talk a lot about major transport investment, but one of the biggest bangs for the buck policy-wise would be a full pavement parking ban and more rigid enforcement of traffic rules. Enforcement is so lax that this stuff is just completely normalised now, and it's unacceptable.
a YSS Scaffolding truck parked on double yellows and blocking a pavement in Tang Hallan MG5 parked fully on the pavement as if it's a parking spot, blocking buggies from passing
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Bleddyn Bowen @bleddb.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Like the decline of other British industries since WWII, nobody will care until it’s a shadow of its former self and only then complain that we don’t make or do anything anymore.
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Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
RIP Chris Wickham. Unlike so many historians who emphasise particularities and contingencies, he was the master of constructing grand, coherent, beautifully rendered worlds out of his evidence. This, from his 2021 Past and Present essay, is a masterpiece of historical writing.
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It would seem the Home Office has now acquired the ability to impose, without visibility or accountability, shadow bans on students coming to British universities from particular countries. How? Because of the interaction between indiv visa decisions (made by HO alone) and visa rules for unis 1/?
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Death by a thousand cuts as universities revoke international offers "en masse" of prospective students from Bangladesh, Nigeria and Pakistan to avoid losing ability to recruit international students. More job losses and course closures predicted in consequence. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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UK universities withdraw offers from international students to avoid blanket ban
Pullback comes in response to doubling in number of study visas being refused by the Home Office in the first six months of 2026
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 10/10/2026
New research has revealed that Wales’ historic buildings, monuments and heritage sites contribute more than £738 million to the economy each year and support nearly 18,000 jobs across the country wp.me/p8Mk4U-1uMO
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 09/10/2026
what a grim and mean little quote
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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Beware of the hedgehogs.
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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
She looks like she‘s making someone an offer they can’t refuse.
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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Excellent, thank you!
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Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
(Shared from various people on FB) RIP Chris Wickham
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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
No idea, some sort of power thing, a lot of fragile masculinity?
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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Probably not worth the effort, alas. But next time the main bursts (it's roughly annual), I will mention it.
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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The bus driver that actively tried to run me off the road, twice, was another matter entirely. Shopped him with extreme prejudice. Newish bus with - as the proprietor of the firm was very clear about - a forward-facing camera, so very silly indeed.
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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Had I got the reg, I would have been on the phone at the roadside. Alas, I was actually making a right turn at the bottom of the hill and couldn't be bothered to follow them. The cycle path in question is - obviously - paint on a pavement.
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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Nothing makes me happier about paying my (rapidly increasing), water bill than having a member of the company's staff shout - with gestures - 'Use the cycle path' from the passenger seat as their van passed. I was doing above 20mph downhill into a headwind in a 30 at the time...
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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I take it that the good people at Tasmania cricket are after his white ball batting coaching because Hampshire managed four (4) batting points (from a theoretical 70 - no one actually got more than 28).
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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
And probably rather closer to doing so.
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Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The work in Devon is one of of FIVE (5) new projects for us, in Devon, Dorset, London, Kent, and Lincolnshire. For more, please see this blog post from our Co-General Editor, @ruthslatter.bsky.social. #MedievalSky #Skystorians #LocalHistory
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Centre for the History of People, Place & Community @chppc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yesterday, our @chppc.bsky.social team was busy at the @sasnews.bsky.social Festival of Research, showcasing our map-based project Layers of London (now more than 17,000 user-generated records!) and our new project in progress, PlaceLayers, which scales up to cover all of England, Scotland and Wales
Dr Justin Colson showing Layers of London to visitorsVisitors at our display talk to Dr Adam ChapmanDr Adam Chapman at our display, with our Bayeux Tapestry community archiving project in the foreground
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Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A small selection of some of the lovely historic buildings in Ashwell, Hertfordshire. A short photo thread…
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