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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 18h

I know - cosmic timing! Luckily, it's not sprained just a bit bruised. Going to sit with it elevated today and hope to be able to run again tomorrow!

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 18h

Guess who went and cruckled her ankle running this morning?? 🙃

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I am on a Nike plan but am a wee bit behind so might have to adapt... Maybe I should get some gels to trial - thank you, and sharing your frequency is helpful as internet advice on gels is chaotic!

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

On a good day with fair wind, I can currently run about 13k on the strength of a morning coffee. But I don't know if this strategy will hold up to longer runs?

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Runners! Thanks to an apparently hallucinatory bought of FOMO, I am signed up to run a half marathon in early December. I have quite literally no idea what I'm doing. How do you prep? How do you recover? What do I need? Do you eat beforehand? What on earth are gels? Any tips greatly appreciated 🙏

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There is still time left to apply for the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. The scheme supports UK-based postdoctoral – or equivalent – researchers in pursuing primary research in the humanities and social sciences. Apply now: bit.ly/4iwQQtI

British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants, deadline of 4 November 2026. Independent scholars deadline 28 October 2026

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Lewis Walpole Library @lewiswalpolelib.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Applications for the 2027-28 #Fellowship year are now being accepted through November 2. Apply today apply.interfolio.com/186941 Questions? Email walpole@yale.edu info: walpole.library.yale.edu/fellowships/... #Long18thCentury #BritishStudies #CommunityofScholars #LewisWalpoleLibrary @YaleLibrary

Detail from an 18th-century satirical print with 3 people (Louis 16 on Marie Antoinette's shoulders, and she on Edmund Burke's) and the words The Lewis Walpole Library Fellowships & Travel Grants in Eighteenth-Century Studies.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Registration link is now available for the 1st seminar of the 2026-27 season of the IHR's London Group of Historical Geographers. Join us to explore historical geographies of skill in the past. Free, hybrid in-person/online and open to the public. #Skystorians

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Lines in pleasant places: the skill of butchery and the geography of the carcass

London Group of Historical Geographers

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If you care about the British Library, consider applying to join the Board! apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9596?n...

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Appointment details – British Library up to x7 Board Members – Apply for a public appointment – GOV.UK

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Archive of @britishacademy.bsky.social Fellow Stuart Hall is now live. Includes looking at his impact on the history of communication theory, culminating in the architecture of contemporary AI models www.theguardian.com/society/2026... Archive link: stuarthalldigital.bham.ac.uk/archival_mat...

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Thatcherism via the Walkman: Stuart Hall’s British cultural studies preserved online

Project lead says it celebrates ‘incredible contributions’ Jamaica-born sociologist made to Britain’s culture

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jhokjournal.bsky.social @jhokjournal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

📣 Call for Contributions! 📣 The Third International History of Knowledge Conference will take place in Utrecht on 25-27 August 2027, with the central theme Decentering the History of Knowledge. The deadline for all submissions is 15 December 2026. More information here: www.uu.nl/en/news/call...

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Call for Contributions Third International History of Knowledge Conference

From 25 - 27 August 2027 the third International History of Knowledge Conference will take place in Utrecht. It is now possible to submit contributions that tie in with the central theme of the confer...

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

One of our current Visiting Postdoctoral Fellows in Sustainability and Environment is running a public workshop based on her fantastic research at the British Library.

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Dr Eleanor Shaw @eleanorshaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Request: Do you know of any oral history projects with relevance to covid-19? Context: I'm doing a mapping exercise for my new job at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social on covid commemoration. I have a pretty solid list but I know there are more out there! Please share!

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Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The moral arc of the universe is long but it bends towards Jeremy Clarkson spending decades denying global warming only to sink his fortune into a farm just as global warming really starts to kick in

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just seen pease pudding referred to as 'Geordie Dhal' which I like very much.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Jarrow ladies fire brigade, 1916 (Tyne & Wear Archives & Museum).

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Four exciting opportunities to co-supervise a PhD studentship with the Library We’re seeking proposals from academics who can bring their own expertise to four fascinating research projects exploring our collection and programme. Sound like you? Find out more and apply here link.bl.uk/9vj

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Our fourth and final Collaborative Doctoral Landscape Award theme for this round is now published - all prospective academic supervisors welcome to apply.

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

booooo - but at least I don't feel kicked in the face with the unfairness of it all, this year

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The new system is MUCH less stressful but just as unsuccessful 🙃

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

*cough* a successful research bid could backfill your time and thus release you from your duties *cough*

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Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read

A printed poem which reads:

I hav for breakfast Weetabix

I hav for lunch some meat

I have for tea 2 sosajis and thats enuf to eat

Peter Hazel, 5

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National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We’re excited to be hosting this event for early career researchers on Tuesday 3 November. Interested? Find out more at the link below 👇

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Ben Mechen @benmechen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Some fascinating Collaborative Doctoral Awards on offer here at the BL, including a great history of sexuality/book history/library history project relating to the Rund Collection of 19th/20thC erotic books and ephemera www.bl.uk/services/res...

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Collaborative Doctoral Landscape Awards

Fully-funded and jointly supervised studentships across four developing research areas.

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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Coming up later this year @drdavidcooper.bsky.social will be celebrating the publication of his book Reading Place Writing: Geography, Form, Immersion 2010-2020 with a launch event with Jean Sprackland on 3rd December at Manchester Poetry Library. Book your place here: www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

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Book Launch: Reading Place Writing by David Cooper, 03 Dec 2026

Book Launch, Manchester Poetry Library

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Creative Manchester @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Join The John Rylands Library for ‘Beyond Preservation: Innovation in Special Collections’. 📅 5 October, 2.30pm–4.30pm 📍 John Rylands Library 🎟️ ow.ly/et8m50ZSZAJ This event forms part of The University of Manchester’s Innovation Festival. Find out more: ow.ly/rNIy50ZSZBC

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Our fourth and final Collaborative Doctoral Landscape Award theme for this round is now published - all prospective academic supervisors welcome to apply.

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

4. 'Engaging the Next Generation: Exhibitions and Galleries for Children and Young People' Work with our Family Programmes/Interpretation teams to explore practice & engagement w/children and young people within rapidly changing cultural heritage & info environment. cdn.sanity.io/files/v5dwki...

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Linda Andersson Burnett @lindaaburnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Instructing Colonial Natural History Seminar Series is back and we have a stellar line up: @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social, 6 Oct; @cberiksen.bsky.social, 28 Oct; Jim Endersby, 25 Nov; and Ma. Mercedes G. Planta, 9 Dec. All seminars are on Zoom, 15-16 CET

Poster for Instructing Colonial Natural History, Autumn Term 2026 seminar series. The design uses an 1785 watercolour by Sarah Stone showing the interior of Sir Ashton Lever’s Museum in Leicester Square, London: a dark green natural-history collection crowded with display cabinets, birds, shells, antlers and other specimens, with green curtains opening onto receding galleries and a large elephant on the right. Four online seminars are listed: Sadiah Qureshi, 6 October; Christoffer Basse Eriksen, 28 October; Jim Endersby, 25 November; and Ma. Mercedes G. Planta, 9 December. All seminars are on Zoom, 15.00–16.00 CET. Registration: instructingnaturalhistory@uu.se

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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Submissions are welcome for the London Topographical Society's Anne Saunders Prize: £1,000 for an original & unpublished research essay on the topography, development, or buildings of #London in any period. Details here: londontopsoc.org/about-us/ann... #skystorians 🗃️

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Ann Saunders essay prize - London Topographical Society

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Unexpectedly felled by the current London cold, which is a doozie. Be careful out there.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 24/09/2026

it saddens me that Taylor Swift has a new song coming out, I think that we, as free people, should be allowed to spend more than 17 minutes at a time without being made to think about Taylor Swift, her last tour lasted for 85 years, can she not rest for a little while longer

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Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Just a PSA: the RNLI website has some great Christmas items up... cards, decorations, gifts, etc. 100% of the profits from these items go towards supporting RNLI lifeboat crews and their search and rescue services.

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Dr Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull (He/They) 🏳️‍🌈 @benwt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Brilliant time yesterday at @awickenden.bsky.social and @oldfortunatus.bsky.social ‘s “Politics of Rare Books” event @crasshlive.bsky.social talking about/connecting with people working across all things rare books and colonial provenance with academics and librarians.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 22/09/2026

Join us online at 1pm on Thursday (24th Sept) for 'Historical Context: The Climate Crisis' bit.ly/3V4lgKf With panellists @dagomardegroot.bsky.social, @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social and @ellydezateux.bsky.social. How does historical expertise help us understand the world today? All welcome #Skystorians

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Historical Context: The Climate Crisis

A panel discussion, hosted by the Royal Historical Society, in which expert historical researchers provide context for current events.

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We’re delighted to announce Dr Paul Bate as the British Library’s new Chief Executive Joining us from the UK Space Agency, Paul brings experience supporting world-class research communities. We look forward to welcoming his expertise at the Library. Read the full announcement here link.bl.uk/fc6

A photograph of Dr Paul Bates stood in a stairwell at the British Library. He is a white man, with dark brown hair and wearing a white shirt and camel coloured chinos.

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I just have one massive one that has literally everything on it, and that I keep relatively updated, and I pull from that for each job app (usually you have to put employment experience into little form boxes AND submit a CV so it's just part of the overall horrific experience, really)

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I literally don't know how you would do it otherwise

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I split mine thematically, so freelance stuff largely sits alongside everything else in bigger buckets eg. 'Public Engagement', 'Service' or 'Collaboration' - tweak and reframe according to job spec

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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 12/08/2026

My university (Manchester Met) is inviting expressions of interest for Leverhulme postdocs. If you have an innovative early modern European and/or public history project to put forward, please get in touch. Deadline for completed EOIs is 9 October.

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Early Career Fellowships | The Leverhulme Trust

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We really need a comprehensive (government funding bodies, charitable funders, universities, learned societies and ECRs) summit and plan for maintaining postdoctoral pipelines AND not letting the crises simply re-inscribe extant inequalities in the system.

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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

applications TRIPLED within 5 years

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Dr Eleanor Shaw @eleanorshaw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Fancy coming to work with me at the British Library? Part time for 18 months, collecting oral histories about covid and thinking about covid commemoration. www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/jobs/job/228...

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Jobs - National Museum Directors' Council Website

Association of directors and chief executives of the UK's national museums, galleries, libraries and archives.

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