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Hannah Greig @hannahgreig.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Looking forward to launching my first online course with @histfest.bsky.social starts next week. Join us & find out how to make it (or fake it) in world of "the ton" in Georgian London

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Hannah Greig @hannahgreig.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Looking forward to launching my first online course with @histfest.bsky.social starts next week. Join us & find out how to make it (or fake it) in world of "the ton" in Georgian London

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

This is cool! A state school has defeated Eton to reach the finals of the International History Bowl & Bee in Vienna. They’re former winners, and are sending two young teams to compete again They need help with travel costs, can you help these young historians? www.gofundme.com/f/send-the-f...

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Donate to Help send the Farnham Heath End History buffs to Vienna !, organised by Farnham Heath End History Department

I am the Head of History at Farnham Heath End and we are fund… Farnham Heath End History Department needs your support for Help send the Farnham Heath End History buffs to Vienna !

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Sophie Coulombeau @sophiecoulombeau.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

‘At Home With Angelica Kaufman: The Material and Print Culture of An Eighteenth-Century Artist’. Wonderful funded PhD available, cosupervised by @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social and Rachel Conroy @nationaltrust.bsky.social wrocah.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

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Hannah Greig @hannahgreig.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Looking forward to seeing this book in real life later for Luke Pepera's book launch - MOTHERLAND

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Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York @cecs-york.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Hello, new followers! CECS is delighted to share a book giveaway: Material Literacy in 18th c Britain, co-edited by @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social (CECS’s new director) and @serenadyer.bsky.social (CECS alum). To enter: reply to our post with your favourite #18thC material object / skill

The book Material Literacy in 18th Century Britain, posed before the King’s Manor building in York.

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

This excellent collection of essays is the next volume in our Routledge series. It's full of great articles and will be published immediately in paperback as well as hardcover, as we know that it will be of interest to many. Coming soon! www.routledge.com/Bath-and-Bey...

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Max Eisen was a Hungarian Jew. His family were sent to Auschwitz. His mother, grandparents and siblings were separated from him on the platform and were murdered & incinerated within minutes. He was 15. He survived by working in the infirmary.

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Want to hear more about my new research on migrants' lives in Elizabethan London? I had a great time talking to Emma Briffett from the BBC History Extra podcast about strangers, city spaces, gossip, and the diversity of sixteenth-century London.

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Elizabethan London: a multicultural melting pot

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HistFest @histfest.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

In the spirit of sharing, we’ve put together a little list of the best historical things to stream this festive season (according to historians). What would you add to the list? 🎄🎁🍿 open.substack.com/pub/histfest...

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The best historical shows (and a couple of films) to stream this Christmas

In the spirit of sharing, we thought we’d put together a little list of the best historical things to stream this festive season (according to historians).

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Hannah Greig @hannahgreig.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I have a few girls' adventure books on my shelves, awarded to my late mother by her Sunday school when she was 9 or 10. I remember reading them when I was a similar age - especially this one about "the small & grimy" yet "independent & cheerful" Lee Morris who desperately wanted to be a girl guide

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Hannah Greig @hannahgreig.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Impossible to overstate @thehistoryguy.bsky.social 's achievement. I remember the pre-History Hit era when Dan realised podcasts had potential & there were opportunities emerging for multi-platform broadcasting. He turned an idea, he discussed over pints in pubs, into a huge success.

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

For those of us unable to wander about the rich Garrick Club collection (because we are plebs or do not possess the correct body parts), it's searchable online here: garrick.ssl.co.uk/home #18c

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Hannah Greig @hannahgreig.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Contemplating changing the working title of my current book project (which is about 18th-century diamonds) from "Diamonds: something something 18th century" to "Greed: something something 18th century and all the people in this book are pretty vile"

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Hannah Greig @hannahgreig.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Struggling to find many characters that are likeable in my current project. Rogue of the day today is Philip Rundell of Rundell & Bridge (1746-1827), a millionaire goldsmith with a showroom at 32 Ludgate Hill and not, but all accounts, a very pleasant individual.. /1

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Suzannah Lipscomb @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Tonight at 9pm on More 4: some truly scandalous tales for you in our last episode of A History of Royal Scandals.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

'I'm an amateur historian. I spend two hours by myself in my home playing Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia, set in 878 AD.' Readers, other forms of being an 'amateur historian' are also available.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Watching the incredible Joya Chatterji win the Wolfson History Prize 2024 for Shadows at Noon: The South Asian 20th Century. Brilliant choice from a fabulous shortlist.

Joya Chatterji (right, in red kurti) accepts the Wolfson History Prize 2024 in front of the Claridge’s ballroom full of historians.

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Hannah Greig @hannahgreig.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Disappointed that I can't make the Wolfson History Prize reception later. Evidently my annual tradition is to plan to go until events conspire against me. I will enjoy envying my colleagues toasting the winner at Claridges (because of course history is always as glamorous as Claridges). 🥂

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

This obituary for the award-winning costume designer of Peaky Blinders, Stephanie Collie, is a wonderful tribute to her research process and skill. It’s easy to criticise costumes in TV historical dramas, but historical inaccuracies are rarely errors, they’re often storytelling choices

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Hugo Rifkind @hugorifkind.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Today’s column was about how my mother’s long illness shaped my view on assisted dying, but perhaps not in the direction you’d assume. www.thetimes.com/article/5050...

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HistFest @histfest.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

NEW! Looking to try something a bit different in the new year? Why not sign up to our fascinating new online course? THE TITANIC: A HISTORY Setting the Titanic within its global & historical context, you’ll explore its multifaceted history & legend. Book now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-titani...

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A black and white image of the titanic, with the text:
The Titanic - A new online course
Start date: 5 Feb 2025

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

A great thing that John Kearns said on the Always Be Comedy podcast. When you get the end credits on films these days that go on for ages, why don’t we tell kids that those are all jobs they could do? Like, you can be part of this, it’s real.

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I will be one of the three guests discussing the Hanoverian Succession tomorrow morningn on 'In Our Time' on BBCR4. Looking forward to hearing the programme! #skystorians #c18th www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The Hanoverian Succession

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the politics that led to the coronation of George I.

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

For every noble or gentleman who did the 'Grand Tour', there was one or more servants who did it with them, but these men and women have been mostly invisible and unheard. @richardjansell.bsky.social's new edition finally gives us access to their perspectives and their #WrittenWorlds!

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Huzzah. The National Trust @nationaltrust.bsky.social & their own Celia Richardson @celiarichardson.bsky.social are now on Bluesky. Celebrating their arrival with an Image of Osterley House, National Trust, that weird and wonderful combination of Robert Adams interiors and East India Company bling.

The Long Gallery at Osterley House, Hounslow. The the right on the green walls are large European paintings and elegant 18th-century sofas. On the left just visible behind ivory pagodas encased in glass are 2 large Chinese parade vases, evidence of the Child family's close connections to the East India Company and its luxury goods.

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Hannah Greig @hannahgreig.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

We have furniture in our house inherited from our late parents and grandparents. My husband whacked his head on a Victorian cupboard yesterday, today a large wooden clock fell on my head and we are convinced we have upset the ancestors. Tempted to sell all spooky antiques & live to tell the tale

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HistFest @histfest.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Don’t forget to grab your online tickets to Medieval Fest! In-person tickets have sold out, but you can still join us online on Sat 7 Dec for a day of exciting talks, with Michael Wood, Janina Ramirez, Raksha Dave, Helen Castor, Nathen Amin & more! Book now (£15)! histfest.org/medievalfest/

Event poster. The text reads: Medieval Fest! Saturday 7 December - British Library and Online www.histfest.org. The background is black and the eight speaker headshots are striped across the middle (Janina Ramirez, Michael Wood, Raksha Dave, Helen Castor, Nathen Amin, Lubaaba Al-Azami, Heather O' Donaghue and Charlie Higson).

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Hannah Greig @hannahgreig.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Hooray! The TV people are coming to Bluesky. Hello @mikhailray.bsky.social

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Sarah Crook @sarahcrook.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Desperately trying to think of a way I can crowbar Fara Dabhoiwala’s @lrbbookshop.bsky.social piece on Francis Williams into one of my modules so my students read it. It absolutely buzzes with the joy of historical research

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Fara Dabhoiwala · A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due

The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Exciting new digital resource - Foundling Hospital Archive - half a million records- lives of 27,000 children in the Hospital’s care, their mothers’ circumstances, and the Hospital’s operation and guiding principles coramstory.org.uk/the-foundlin... #skystorians 🗃️

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Foundling Hospital Archive - Coram Story

The Foundling Hospital archive contains some half a million documents dating from the 1730s and reveals the lives of the children in its care.

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Hannah Greig @hannahgreig.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

History friends, any recommendations for good fiction or non-fiction set in seven years war? 👇(I am currently re-reading Rivals so feel I am not the best person to ask right now!)

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Hannah Greig @hannahgreig.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

The article text suggests more collaboration than clash so it is a shame the title doesn't reflect that. The presumption that historians must be in conflict with creators of historical drama makes for easy journalism but it is rarely the full story: www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...

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When historians and directors clash: ‘Ridley Scott was Napoleonic – there was no doubt who was in charge’

Film and TV have a slippery relationship with the truth when it comes to historical epics. So spare a thought for the historical experts whose advice often goes unheeded

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Sarah Churchwell @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Yes we are running a new thing! If you do leading work in public humanities in the UK please consider applying to join the conversation with us at Senate House in London. Details below.

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Hannah Greig @hannahgreig.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I'm a historian, mostly 18th century and 19th century British history. I am a recovering academic, formerly at University of York and now an Honorary Professor at Royal Holloway. Happily freelance, making a slow job of writing a quick second book buoyed along by fun consultancy jobs for TV & film.

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Hannah Greig @hannahgreig.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

This already feels like The Other Place in the Good Old Days. Happy to find so many friends and colleagues here and looking forward to meeting more.

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