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Helena Goodwyn @helenagoodwyn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The Americanisation of W. T. Stead is out now! So delighted to get my author copies, huge thanks to @edinburghup.bsky.social. We’ve a 30% launch discount, if you’re a librarian/ in collection development, pls consider recommending for your library. #VictorianStudies #PeriodicalStudies #BookHistory

Helena Goodwyn holding a copy of her monograph The Americanisation of W. T. Stead.

Flyer with QR code link to 30% discount for The Americanisation of W. T. Stead by Helena Goodwyn

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My latest blog post can be found at www.matthewstephens.org.uk?p=294. It's my own small tribute to the late Professor John North and his scholarly legacy.

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Congratulations, Bob. Thoroughly deserved. Over my time at Edge Hill I've been privileged to witness your development into a brilliantly engaging public historian. Looking forward to seeing lots more.

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The modern world in old Ladybird books. “Fleet Street - the Street of Ink” (The story of Newspapers, 1969) Artist: Ron Embleton

A colourful scene in Embleton’s distinctive high-contrast style looking down on a busy Fleet Street in semi darkness, brightly lit by shops and traffic

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I'm truly humbled to have received such an honour from RSVP. My PhD owes so much to the support I had from many friends and colleagues, not least @digivictorian.bsky.social, @bethgaskell.bsky.social - thanks to them and many, many others, including (of course) the RSVP adjudicating committee.

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Victorian Periodicals Review @vpreditors.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

VPR’s Expanding the Field Prize is awarded annually for an outstanding essay that diversifies the existing geographic, racial, and ethnic composition of C19 periodical studies. The winner receives $500 and publication in VPR. Submissions due June 15, 2026. More details at rs4vp.org/awards.

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Delighted to share that on May 1st I shall be starting a new role as Applied History Fellow @ihr.bsky.social, supported by publisher D C Thomson. I'll be helping to curate digital resource collections (including newspapers, of course!) for the fantastic Social History Archive. Very exciting!

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

It was very rewarding and inspiring to carry out the interview and I learned so much from the process. My thanks to you, Patrick, for sharing your experiences and enthusiasm so freely!

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Thanks Andy. Yes - Bob was, I think, aiming to do something when I graduate in the summer. But I'd be happy to meet up sooner. I definitely owe you guys a drink!!

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

A somewhat overdue blog post, musing on 'ancient and modern' media forms. My first blog since submitting my PhD thesis back in October - since then, I've been focused on viva prep and then sorting out thesis amendments, which are nearly complete. 😃 www.matthewstephens.org.uk?p=249

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Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org · 23/12/2025

Happy Holidays from RSVP! Our gift 🎁 to you is the debut of a new interview series, starting with @patrickleary.bsky.social, who sat down with @c19thnewshound.bsky.social this past year to discuss "Getting Started with Periodicals Research." Stay tuned for more in 2026! rs4vp.org/introducing-...

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Introducing A New Interview Series – RSVP

We're launching a new series of interviews of senior RSVP members, who will discuss their advice for researching 19th-century periodicals.

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

You're definitely not alone! (I tend to avoid any TV programme with 'celebrity' in the title...)

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Ooh - you're brave to tackle that. We once had a plasterer working at our place who had been in the game a long time. Apparently, when he was apprenticed, his boss said to him, 'son, plastering's not a trade. It's a disease!' Anyway, good luck with it - hope it goes well for you.

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

It has been a momentous week for me. Four years on from starting my PhD, my thesis has been submitted for examination. What a journey it has been! To mark the occasion I chose this newspaper, printed 200 yrs prior to my submission date, from Newcastle where academic life began for me some time ago.

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Dr Vic Clarke @vjctorianist.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I am once again asking for leads on part-time research, editing, and administration jobs - I have some freelance and hourly paid projects on the go and am not able to take on full-time work in order to accommodate them (and my pro-bono talks/research for charity/vol. orgs). DMs/emails welcomed!

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

You can read my latest blog post about my experience in the Windy city - at the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals conference - here, www.matthewstephens.org.uk?p=225.

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Ah yes, the focusing power of avoidance! Hope you get it (all) done.😂

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Sure you'll find a superstar. It would be a great place to work.

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Wonderful stuff. The last paragraph of 'The Dead' is some of the most beautiful prose ever written, for me.

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Back at my desk today after a couple of days based here - the wonderful Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge - where I learned about museum-community collaboration. Fascinating perspectives, provoking much debate. Great to catch up with fellow CDP students too.

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

A rare visit to the Edge Hill Uni campus today, where I presented a paper at my dept's postgrad conference @edgehist.bsky.social. Bittersweet as probably the last time I'll do that as a postgrad. Campus is always beautiful in spring - here's a shot of one of its more unusual outdoor sculptures.

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

This looks fantastic! Sadly too far away from me, but I'm sure it'll be a success on a galactic scale.

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

A March to the Scaffold moment today! I had the thrilling (but slightly terrifying) experience of giving my first public lecture, to the Friends of @ironbridgegmt.bsky.social. Great audience, knowledgeable & engaged. A surprise was seeing scaffolding at the Coalbrookdale site, for roof refit work.

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

This was a genuine - and thrilling - surprise in today's post, all the way from Maryland. How lovely that @vpreditors.bsky.social retains the custom of sending a print copy of the journal to its contributors. My first published piece and it's all the more special to have it in physical print. 😀

Photo of front cover of Victorian Periodicals Review, Vol 57 Number 1 &2, Spring/Summer 2024, print edition

Photo of rear cover of Victorian Periodicals Review, Vol 57 Number 1 &2, Spring/Summer 2024, print edition, with summary of contents.

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Interesting! Does 'hands' include journalists and editorial personnel, do you think? If not, there's a pretty large expense overlooked...

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Beth Gaskell @bethgaskell.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

A final twist in our recent #MastheadMonday saga. The Age & The Argus competed for four years, but by 1843 both were struggling financially. They agreed a merger to survive, becoming the Age and Argus (1843-45). Digitised by the BL & free to view: www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/age-l...

Masthead for the Age and Argus. It includes the motto ‘The very Age and Body of Time, it’s Form and Pressure.’ It lists this issue as part of the United Series, Saturday, October 7, 1843. The price was six pence.

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Join us for the Post-1800 and Contemporary British Society & Culture Doctoral Open Day on Friday 14 March: - Discover our rich collections - Connect with our expert curatorial teams - Expand your network with like-minded researchers Book your place: bit.ly/BLPhDOpenDay...

Front cover of 'Black & White.' The march of the suffragettes.

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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

C19 people! @RRRJournal's Call for Submissions is open for Issue 8, 'Play in the Long Nineteenth Century.' 🧸🎭🤽‍♂️🩰 Please share widely! ⏰

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

So happy to see this published. Huge thanks to the many people who helped to get it done - especially @digivictorian.bsky.social, @bethgaskell.bsky.social and, of course, Kathy at VPR.

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

David Cameron was more than happy to 'let them at it' in 2010, I recall...

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Matthew Stephens (Dr) - 19th-century Newshound @c19thnewshound.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Hey! Read my latest blog post to find out why this choice of newspaper as a film prop was an intriguing one. www.matthewstephens.org.uk?p=213

Mr Palmer reading a copy of The Porcupine - still image from 1995 film adaption of Sense and Sensibility.

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