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Elaine Mitchell

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PhD’er UniBirmingham. Unearthing gardening and horticulture in 18thC Birmingham. Book 📣 Gardens and Green Spaces in West Midlands since 1700, UniHertsPress.

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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 23h
‘Shocking and sobering’: UK bird populations fall to lowest level on record.😔 I must be glad I have a tree sparrow that occasionally visits my garden. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Shocking and sobering’: UK bird populations fall to lowest level on record
Nearly half of species are in decline, with farmland birds and seabirds the worst hit, conservation bodies say
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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
My dear David I’m only just catching up with this news. I’m so sorry for your loss.
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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
My go to for baking. Alas no-one has yet admired my Goddess qualities.
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DeclanKavanagh.bsky.social @drdeclankavanagh.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
To mark 300 years of Gulliver's Travels, I am leading a free creative writing workshop at the University of Kent, exploring unique materials from Special Collections & Archives. Wed 28 Oct, 2-4pm, Templeman Library A108. All levels welcome, materials provided. Please share! #Swift #Gulliver
Writing Big & Small
after Gulliver A creative workshop
To mark 300 years since the publication of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, join our free workshop to explore unique materials in Special Collections & Archives and compose your own creative response.
From Lilliput to Brobdingnag, Dr Declan Kavanagh will help us to explore how Swift's perspective
trick pulls us in opposite directions; what happens when the world shrinks or, conversely, grows around us?
Find out for free! All levels welcome and materials provided.
When: Wednesday 28 Oct 2026 2-4pm
Where: Templeman Library A108
Image credit George Djurkovic for
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Ecclesiastical History Society @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
We're now inviting #history book submissions for our 2027 #BookPrize. Check out our website for more details, and make sure to submit your book by 28 February 2027 to be eligible! 📚📚📚📚📚 ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/prizes/
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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
So - if anyone would like to fill my boots & work with a dream team as co-editor of the @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social journal, I'd be very happy to chat and/or pass your name on!
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Dr Corrina Readioff @fierengraw.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Our new exhibition is now live! Produced by @livunienglish.bsky.social & @livunilibrary.bsky.social to celebrate 300 years of Gulliver's Travels & featuring readings by writers including Satinder Chohan, Hester Grant, Ian Hislop, Paterson Joseph, @christopherpaolini.bsky.social & Evie Woods
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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Ooh!😍
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Sara R @sjrafloat.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
#palmoil is also in Nestle, Cadbury and Lindt products too. Please boycott them for wildlife.
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Lewis Walpole Library @lewiswalpolelib.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Symposium HOGARTH: HIS ART, LIFE, AND TIMES. A Tribute to Ronald Paulson. 14-16 October at the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven. Free and open to the public. walpole.library.yale.edu/programs/hog... #Hogarth #18thc #YaleLibrary #YalecenterForBritishArt #YCBA
Detail from plate 4 of Harlot's Progress. A scene in Bridewell Prison with the harlot and other prisoners shown beating hemp, the warder standing over her, prodding her. They stand under a sign that reads "Better to work than stand thus."
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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Parts of the Stuart Hall archive have now been digitised. Amazing resource
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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hope there’s enough cleaners and gardeners to go around for the house and garden they can no longer manage. Wait - opening for all those Neets.
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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
End December in the hope of a free New Year!
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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🫣
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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I must not distract myself. I must not distract myself. I must not distract myself. A pleasure I’ll save until after submission! Thanks Josie.
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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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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Your baby!😍
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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Same with us once. They must have been on the same plumbing course.
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Friends of the Centre for English Local History @fcelh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Victoria County History, Spalding: Call for Volunteers
Do you have a passion for history? Join us to be part of preserving history for future generations and be published. For further information, e-mail Dr Gabby Storey – gabrielle.f.storey@outlo…
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Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thrilled to see this out and open access! I was lucky enough to help Mark with some of the research for this piece. It's a fantastic read. What’s in a Name? The Inoculation of Smallpox in Early Eighteenth-Century Britain academic.oup.com/shm/article/...
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What’s in a Name? The Inoculation of Smallpox in Early Eighteenth-Century Britain
Abstract. The translation of smallpox inoculation from the Ottoman Empire to Britain is typically said to have depended upon social and medical luminaries—
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Nicola Parsons @nicolaparsons.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🚨Final call! Closing Oct 9🚨ANZSECS is calling for applications from postgrad research students and ECRs for non-residential Gale Digital Humanities fellowships. Fellowship projects must draw on Eighteenth-Century Collections Online (ECCO) and employ digital humanities methods. 1/2
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Juliet Coates @julietccoates.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We are crowdfunding for a bench in a peaceful spot at Winterbourne Botanic Garden in Birmingham in memory of Philippa Borrill. Please share widely. Please email me or @drelunadiez.bsky.social for more details. 💚🌾🌿🌳 If you would like to contribute, the link is below ⬇️.
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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
@britishlibrary.bsky.social were grateful to receive a large allocation of studentships as part of the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Landscape Award scheme. We have 4 exciting new studentships starting in Oct 2027 - 3 are now open for prospective HEI supervisor proposals! 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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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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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you @alcs.co.uk for today's timely payment. Already gone towards @drgavin.bsky.social fabulous new book on William Morris & His Gardens from @yalebooks.bsky.social. yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
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William Morris and His Gardens - Yale University Press London
Exploring the gardens of William Morris—Red House, Kelmscott Manor, Kelmscott House, and his factory garden at Merton Abbey—and the central role they pla...
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Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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William Morris and His Gardens | Cheltenham Festivals
William Morris’s designs are woven into our national consciousness. Step into the gardens that fed his imagination with cultural botanist Gavin Francis Sto
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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Been loving Where the Light Sings today on BBCRadio3. 👏
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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just because you never know who might be interested - we’re selling our house in France, details here: share.google/1a5DEWzpV8Gx...
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House for sale in Thiviers - Dordogne - Exceptional Character Home, Huge Terrace with Panoramic Views, 8 Bedrooms – Perfect for French Country Living. France REF: A47394LNH24
Beautifully renovated and full of character, this impressive stone home occupies a commanding elevated position with exceptional far-reaching views across fa...
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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Looks glorious!
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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Along with Wellcome and BL great to have @ihrlibrary.bsky.social in striking distance of Euston when I wanted to make a full day of it.
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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Oh gosh, very effective.
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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Interested in any and all modern histories (post 45 so v modern) of the River Clyde, dockers, shipbuilding, associated factories, regeneration, gentrification, political econ, community activism, alternate business generation, environmental, statistical, qualitative #skyhistorians #glasgow #Clyde
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 18/09/2026
'Why Does Academic History Matter?' bit.ly/4yB8MYQ With contributions from historians Martha Vandrei, Susan-Mary Grant, Joy Porter and @davidandress.bsky.social Free to read for 7 days @historytoday.com #Skystorians
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Why Does Academic History Matter?
The study of history at UK universities appears to be under existential threat. Should anyone care?
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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What a wonderful tree!
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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Well, following today’s supervision I appear to have something that’s very close to a final draft of my thesis. Next meeting will tell. Bit of a revelation to put all the chapters together in a ring binder.📙
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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
OMG. How insulting.
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Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#histSTM
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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This looks like an intriguing part time job for an independent (or underemployed) historian 🗃️: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSX171/c...
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Contributing Editor at Victoria County History Hampshire
Recruiting now: Contributing Editor on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I’m entranced that my University thinks I even have a vague inkling of what they’re talking about as the stream of autumn emails about new versions of this, that or the other admin tasks becomes a deluge. 🤷‍♀️
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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
JOB: Senior Lecturer in environmental ethics and environmental philosophy, University of Lausanne (Switzerland). Fluency in French after 2 years expected. #envhum #philosophy
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Career Opportunities: Professoral staff (22966)
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Having non-natives species as conservation priorities is a form of the shifting baselines syndrome My @conbiology.bsky.social text on this issue has just reached 100 GS citations I built on the cases of the Italian crayfish and European mink, present in Spain since 1588 and the 1940s, respectively
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Thomas Etty Esq @thomasetty.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🌱Discounts for Allotment & Gardening Societies Following the launch of our heritage seed catalogue can we remind all Allotment & Garden societies that we offer discounts for combined orders. Our catalogue is here checkout.mailerlite.com/checkout/35112 Email sales@thomasetty.co.uk for more details.
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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Joseph Wright of Derby. Be still my beating heart!
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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It should be the only one allowed.
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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My late father-in-law would have loved this! Probably be singing along. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Last Night of the Proms.
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Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEW JOB! We are pleased to share news from our friends at VCH Hampshire who are advertising for a contributing editor to edit, research, and write work towards the county's first #BigRedBook for over a century. Applications close 1 October. #Skystorians #LocalHistory
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Contributing Editor at Victoria County History Hampshire
Recruiting now: Contributing Editor on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
💥@vch-home.bsky.social job on Hampshire!
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Dr Vic Clarke @vjctorianist.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
After a string of desk rejections and unsuccessful interviews, I am still looking for work in West Yorkshire/remotely. I have experience in HE teaching and administration, editing and copyediting, research and writing, and customer service! If you know of any roles going please send them my way 🙏
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Elaine Mitchell @elaineamitchell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Good news. And glad to hear you’ve got the pastries organised!
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