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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Raising ‘em right 🎩 Just prepping her for the coming influx of Austen adaptations like a responsible mother

Baby with face half hidden by baseball cap reading “in my regency era”

Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The question is, do I truly want a cosy tartan cape/poncho for the coming winter or have I just been watching too much Outlander

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Huge fan of the vinted seller marketing their wares like this 💀

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hello, clever music historians Can I legitimately call this a guitar, or is there a more proper name for this 18th-century instrument? Portrait is French, d. 1785 (I know nothing about guitars)

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Don't mean to brag but I've just submitted the manuscript for my new book on MARIE ANTOINETTE'S LADIES ... three years late*, but still, here I am applauding myself *blame the children

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Don't mean to brag but I've just submitted the manuscript for my new book on MARIE ANTOINETTE'S LADIES ... three years late*, but still, here I am applauding myself *blame the children

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Currently reading the diary of a French 11 year old in 1793 & loving it Summary: Hate having my portrait done, so boring Went to the palace and saw a really mangy rabbit, YUCK My tutor tells me I've got to stop picking my nose Also Marat has been murdered

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This week I have had three door knocks and six leaflets from Reform … I’ve just seen five of them stalking my street like a pack of velociraptors Actually feels like harassment at this point As we may have said back in 2004… HALP

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Chris Pratt Training Raptors in Jurassic World

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Writing history can be a real slog: weeks of wading through historical trauma, striving to do justice to wildly complex people, or a complete lack of sources But, sometimes, you are able to subject the Bad Guy to a painful operation on his testicles, & all seems right with the world again

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I don't know much about Joachim Murat, but something tells me he was eager to be appreciated for the curve of his buttock

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 13/08/2026

Yea you see, the problem here is that what historians actually do is construct the ‘well structured large historical dataset’.What you’re saying is that Claude can write an elementary school level paper on like the civil war

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I don't know much about Joachim Murat, but something tells me he was eager to be appreciated for the curve of his buttock

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Experiment: if I were simply to say “greasy dweeb”, which historical figure would you think I was talking about?

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I am being AGGRESSIVELY courted by Robert Jenrick right now & it is making me want to vomit

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

"The battle is lost! Give me an account of our dead and wounded.... but for god's sake make it look PRETTY" - the king of France, probably

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

"The battle is lost! Give me an account of our dead and wounded.... but for god's sake make it look PRETTY" - the king of France, probably

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

May possibly have lost my mind writing the last chapter of this book, because I just started writing reflections on living through the Bourbon Restoration from the perspective of a cow make sure to get your pre-orders in folks, it's sure to be an absolute banger

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Meme Cow with Wavy Hair

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Eric Brandom @ebrandom.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Written in March 1794, because he was in hiding from the Terror and correctly guessed that he would not live to see his daughter grow up.

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Pleased to announce that my first book review is IN 🤩 4-yo daughter: “How’s it going, mummy?? Me: “It’s going well I’m just writing my book about some ladies, & Marie Antoinette” Daughter: “Oh dear... that sounds really boring for you to do today”

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Here's Your Fucking Cake, Marie Antoinette - Pie in Face

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Cannot express how difficult it is to write a thoughtful and compelling account of 8–9 Thermidor with the Clangers theme tune playing relentlessly in the background The fall of Robespierre will now forever be synonymous in my mind with the call of the Iron Chicken

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Clangers Waving Goodbye

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Graham Moore @mooregraham.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

we have some fun 4 July news over at The National Archives! a new copy of the US Declaration of Independence, with an amazing story behind it (privateers! printers! prisoners!) - but also, a find that shows the power and importance of our volunteering and cataloguing projects.

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‘Vanishingly rare’ copy of US Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archives

One of 11 surviving copies of ‘Exeter printing’ and only one known outside US was taken from American privateer ship

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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Just wow. I Googled to see if 18th century artist Henry Fuseli had ever painted Orpheus and Eurydice, and AI overview said: "It appears you may be blending the tragic Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice with the distinct, spiraling noodle known as fusilli"

AI overview: "It appears you may be blending the tragic Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice with the distinct, spiraling noodle known as fusilli"

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I said this after the Byrons book but... for god's sake no one ever let me write a group biography ever again WHY WOULD I DO THIS TO MYSELF

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Alexis Rose: I Miss My Life And I Miss Doing Things

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

A BEAUTY of a book, exploring the life & work of 18thC artist Anne Vallayer-Coster 🎨🐚🌹 Delighted to receive this as Anne creeps into my own book stashing dangerous documents for Marie Antoinette, & painting her 'Lionness' lady-in-waiting Congrats & ty @lhartbooks.bsky.social 📚

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Right then 18th-century French fans – another mystery word for you! Context: it's 1790 and an elderly countess is advising her daughter on how to cope with living in Paris Any ideas please let me know 🇫🇷

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Book Festival klaxon – yes I’m talking about those pesky Byrons again! People of Notts, I’m at Retford Book Festival this week to chat about the county’s own Wicked Lord: William, 5th Baron Byron Featuring lots of stuff that didn’t make it into the book 🤓 Tix wegottickets.com/retfordbookf...

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Anyone with a keener eye than me able to decipher the underlined words here? I have suspicions but the second one I cannot fathom 🫣

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Heading into London for a fun history party for the first time in literal YEARS So glad it’s not going to be face-meltingly hot— oh no wait

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Elmo Reacts to the Hot Summer Sun

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

We're especially worried about climate change in archives because there's going to reach a point where it's too hot for corduroy. A lot of archivists will have to fundamentally change their fashion choices. The rest of us will die with our honour.

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Can’t even have a little Yorkshire holiday without the world reminding me I’ve got a book to finish 🧁

Cake shop front: one sign says ‘Let them eat cake’ and another says ‘Marie Antoinette’s Patisserie’

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

📜 Historians of Paris! Huge huge long shot 📜 Is anyone at the Archives Nationales main site at any point in the next few weeks, & willing & able to take a few photographs of documents? Happy to pay for your time, whatever you can spare – pls DM me

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Gandalf's Magical Archive Moments

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

If anyone wonders what my Bluesky feed looks like it’s mostly this sort of thing

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Physicians' Gallery @physiciansgallery.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

We're launching a new history of medicine award! Deadline: 14 August 2026 Award amount: £1,000 Find out more 👉 www.rcpe.ac.uk/education/ro...

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2026 History of Medicine Award
Apply now

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Applicants will submit an abstract research paper of no more than 1,000 words.

Deadline: 14 August 2026
Award amount: £1,000

Award finalists will present their papers at a public event on 15 October 2026.

The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh History of Medicine Award aims to support and develop the study of the history of medicine, and to promote the use of the library, archive and heritage object collections held by the College.

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Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Drawing by Louis XIII, age 4, August 1606 (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale) #earlymodern #skystorians 🗃️

A smudgy child's drawing pasted into a book

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Consider this your ticket to the most glamorous party in town: The Masquerade by Meg Kobza @fancyhistorian.bsky.social is OUT TODAY Austen fans, history fans, Bridgerton fans: if you ever wondered what REALLY went on behind the ballroom door, this one is for you uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Happy publication day to HOAX & the marvellous @maddypelling.bsky.social If you like your history chaotic - ghostly goings-on, witchcraft, fake princesses, & women giving birth to rabbits - this is for you HIGHLY recommend if you want to learn more about the bat-people living happily on the moon

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Forget Dad Books. MORE MOM BOOKS. Here are 4 excellent, insightful books about mothers and mothering in early America and beyond. Likely available second hand, too, for modeling reuse and recycle.

Four books on a medium dark beat up wooden table top. Mother is a Verb by Sarah Knott, Maternal Bodies by Nora Doyle, Revolutionary Conceptions by Susan Klepp, Laboring Women by Jennifer Morgan.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

A new Nazi database prompts Germans to confront their families’ dark pasts The search engine containing 12 million party membership cards shatters the illusion that few ancestors were active supporters of Hitler.

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A new Nazi database prompts Germans to confront their fam...

The search engine containing 12m party membership cards shatters the illusion that few ancestors were active supporters of Hitler

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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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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

"Princess Ariel" glides around the mermaid brunch, flutters her eyelashes and asks the children what we use a fork for if not for combing our hair My 3-year-old daughter: ... To stab

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Well my man Vice-Admiral John Byron would be absolutely FUMING about this He didn’t go claiming the Falklands in the first place for some upstart Americans to go meddling in it ⚓️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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No 10 says Falklands sovereignty rests with UK after report of US 'review'

An internal Pentagon document reportedly raised the prospect of a change in position in retaliation for the UK not joining the Iran war.

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Born into slavery, Gustav Badin became part of Swedish royal court and left legacy of books and letters. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Thank you @tattydevine for this shiny new necklace celebrating the release of The Testaments ❤️ Excellent timing as I'm so baby-tired I generally don't remember my own name these days Gutted not to make the Disney+ London celebrations today, but I have some brave historical women's lives to reclaim!

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

They truly do not make royal commemorative wares like they used to Bring back the hand-painted tankards with nips out, you cowards www.bonhams.com/auction/3224...

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