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Prof Bob Davis @rokewood.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sooo good to see BBCRadio4 InOurTime back on the airwaves. Utopia is an understandably recurrent theme of radio discussion (eg BBCFreeThinking). But Misha Glenny, @lauraashe.bsky.social @drjoannepaul.bsky.social & Cathy Shrank have new things to say www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Thomas More's Utopia

How the description of a fictional island has fascinated readers for centuries.

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

New series of #InOurTime starts 17 September with a discussion of More's "Utopia" Fantastic panel- @lauraashe.bsky.social @drjoannepaul.bsky.social and Cathy Shrank BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Thomas More's Utopia share.google/Y0vqfquGZEgH...

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BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Thomas More's Utopia

How the description of a fictional island has fascinated readers for centuries.

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Have you enjoyed this week’s special? 🎧✨ Support the author, and me 📚❤️ by buying a copy of "Thomas More: A Life and Death In Tudor England” by @drjoannepaul.bsky.social through the History Rage Bookshop! 📖 Order the book: uk.bookshop.org/a/10120/9781... 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/5802a3

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 Tudor history wasn’t just kings and queens 👑🏚️ @drjoannepaul.bsky.social explores how enormous change transformed the experience of poverty and hardship. 🎧 pod.fo/e/5802a3 See Joanne at Gloucester History Festival 🎟️ www.gloucesterhistor... #Tudors

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 The Tudor age wasn’t one long royal success story 👑⚔️ @drjoannepaul.bsky.social explores the uncertainty and conflict beneath the famous portraits! 🎧 pod.fo/e/5802a3 See her at Gloucester History Festival 🎟️ www.gloucesterhistor... #TudorHistory

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🚨 FESTIVAL EPISODE🚨 The Tudor age was anything but secure 👑⚔️ @drjoannepaul.bsky.social explores religious conflict, contested power, child monarchs and a kingdom constantly working out who should rule! 🔥 🎧 pod.fo/e/5802a3 Gloucester History Festival 🎟️ www.gloucesterhistor...

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

🚨COMING TOMORROW🚨 Had enough of #Tudors ? @drjoannepaul.bsky.social explores the religion, politics, poverty and overlooked stories that prove there’s far more to the sixteenth century than Henry VIII! 🔥 See Joanne at Gloucester History Festival www.gloucesterhistor... #History

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

HUGE THANKS TO @drjoannepaul.bsky.social for joining me for this Gloucester History Festival Special! 👑🔥 We talked Henry VIII wedding fairs 💍, Edward VI as a tiny Tudor Joffrey 👶👑, and why Edward Seymour sucked 🤣 Coming out on General Release on 27th August 🎙️ #History #Podcast #Tudors

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Dr Melita Thomas @melitat.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

At #westhorsleyplace history day, just about to listen to @drjoannepaul.bsky.social on #Sirthomasmore

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Lady Jane Grey Info @janegreyinfo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Elizabeth Norton and Joanne Paul answer ‘Was Jane Queen for 9 or 13 days?’ ladyjanegrey.info?p=19855 @enortonhistory.bsky.social @drjoannepaul.bsky.social #queenfor9or13 #ladyjanegreyrefguide25

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

📅 #onthisday 10 July 1553: Lady Jane Dudley is proclaimed Queen 👑📜 While Mary I gathers support elsewhere, England stands on a knife-edge. @drjoannepaul.bsky.social explains why this moment was far from foolish — and very nearly worked. 🎧 Listen 👉 pod.fo/e/378cfd #otd #history #podcast

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

📅 #onthisday 6 Jul 1535 – Thomas More was executed by Henry VIII ⚔️ But he didn’t die for the Pope. @drjoannepaul.bsky.social reveals the truth behind his stand — and the myths that have shaped him since. 🎧 Listen 👉 pod.fo/e/34939e #History #Podcast #otd #onthisdate #TudorHistory #ThomasMore

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

📅 #onthisday 21 June 1553: Edward VI signs his Devise for the Succession ✍️👑 Excluding Mary and Elizabeth, he reshapes the future of the crown. @drjoannepaul.bsky.social explains why this was about fear, dynasty and power — not just religion. 🎧 Listen 👉 pod.fo/e/378cfd #otd #history #podcast

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British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Join us on next week to learn more about Thomas More and suburban London! Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-t... #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

Dr Joanne Paul presents in front of a lectern within a cathedral. There are sculptures behind her.

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Dr Joanne Paul @drjoannepaul.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Latest post on my substack is part 1 of a profile of "The Other Dudley Brother" -- what do you know about Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick?

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The Other Dudley Brother

Part 1 of the overlooked history of Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick

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Dr Joanne Paul @drjoannepaul.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

*ahem* ‘dad’ first appears in English in the 16th century, and it’s even in Shakespeare. Doesn’t make it not jarring, but that’s more to do with what we expect people in historical dramas to sound like, as opposed to what is actually ‘modern’ (and of course, they weren’t speaking English!).

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

1/ COVER REVEAL 🧵 I'm thrilled to share the US and UK covers for SLEUTH-HOUND: THE CASE OF THE REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES, the untold story of Dr. Joseph Bell—the Victorian surgeon who inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to create the world's greatest detective. Pre-order here: shorturl.at/fdGnV

1) The US and UK covers side by side. The US cover (left) features a striking image of Bell, and has a silhouette of Holmes. The font is very ornate, and it looks very “Sherlockian.” The UK cover (right) is striking in its reds, blacks, and whites. It features a silhouette of a poison bottle, and has fingerprints all over the cover.

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Dr Joanne Paul @drjoannepaul.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I’ve been thinking about this a very long time and I’m thrilled to say I now have a Substack! Read about it here, subscribe - ALL WRITING IS FREE - and I hope you enjoy!

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Making History...

On discovery, coincidence, and the wonderful rewards of living in the past

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

If you love history and can get to London this weekend, come and join us! There are a tiny number of in-person tickets remaining. ⬇️⬇️

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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 09/04/2026

With The Firearm Revolution out next week, I'm delighted to announce that you can hear me talk about it in person *and live-streamed* at the @royalarmouries.bsky.social on Wednesday 29 April. Book here for your ticket / online link. 2pm UK, 3pm CET, 9am EST.

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The Firearm Revolution

29 April 2026, 2pm

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I didn't think I could be more impressed with his communication skills, but he's just given a history lesson and lesson international solidarity (and continued to sound genuine and colloquial throughout) on the occasion of what I mostly know as some rivers being turned green and lots of alcohol...

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Ebook 99p. Offer ends today. www.amazon.co.uk/Anglo-Saxons...

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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 26/02/2026

Hello Bluesky! My new book, THE FIREARM REVOLUTION, is out on 14 April. It’s about how a new technology changed society, and how hard it was to control. Here’s a little thread of what’s inside:

Cover of book with text in yellow reading: The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires, overlaid on an image of an angel in seventeenth-century dress with wings and a long gun.

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

British History Podcast: Thomas More was a complex man in complicated times. Interview with | Dr Joanne Paul at Harvington History Festival shows.acast.com/british-hist... @drjoannepaul.bsky.social #Tudors #History #Podcast

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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Enough politics. It is publication day for the paperback edition for The Far Edges of the Known World; it's a book that has been described in reviews as both strikingly and refreshingly original. So if you fancy reading about the ancient world from a different perspective - give it a read!

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Dr Joanne Paul @drjoannepaul.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I have a book you might enjoy.... 😉https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-house-of-dudley-a-new-history-of-tudor-england-dr-joanne-paul/7124010?aid=12264&ean=9781405937191&

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The House of Dudley: A New History of Tudor England. A TIMES Book of the Year 2022

A New History of Tudor England. A TIMES Book of the Year 2022

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

oh god. It's going to be a day in which we are forced to tap the 'the world didn't start in 1900' sign every five minutes, isn't it? Anyway, stop firing your premodernists, stop making them feel irrelevant, stop making them do just the introduction sessions of 'the real' history.

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Dr Joanne Paul @drjoannepaul.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Ok, but she's Lady Jane DUDLEY 😅

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Dr Joanne Paul @drjoannepaul.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Arthur Plantagenet, Viscount Lisle? (a stretch perhaps, but a heck of a story...)

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Dr Joanne Paul @drjoannepaul.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

So I don't know if he counts as a 'senior royal' (probably not), but... Arthur Plantagenet, Viscount Lisle (bastard son of Edward IV) was arrested, held AND released, and only died because he was so excited about about being released that he had a heart attack two days later... Counts?

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 19/02/2026

so far I’ve come up with 1 (one) senior royal being arrested or detained who hasn’t died about it (Elizabeth I)

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Dr Joanne Paul @drjoannepaul.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

The Duke of Clarence was executed on the 18 February 👀

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Lots of chat about the *last* English royal to be arrested, but who was the first? The Anglo-Saxons typically bumped off their rivals, so I'll start the bidding with Odo, bishop of Bayeux, arrested and imprisoned by his half-brother, William the Conqueror, in 1082.

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