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Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Very much looking forward to Miles Ogborn @milesogborn.bsky.social talking about the Jamaican uprising of 1832 this Wed. @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social All welcome, either in person or online, but please register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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British History in the Long 18th Century

Supported by Mark Storey and Carey Karmel, in memory of Arthur Burns

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In 2024 Susan Whyman presented to the seminar her research on Edmund Rack. The resulting article is now published and available online in Urban History: ‘Edmund Rack: Master of knowledge, scientific societies, and social networks’ Urban History, 1-21 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Screenshot of the Cambridge University Press website listing of the article

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Briony Neilson @brionyneilson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Developing microfilm in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., in June 1942 (photo by Royden Dixon, Library of Congress) 🗃️

b&w photo of a man standing side-on to camera, wearing a long apron and touching a large frame from which long strips of film negatives are hanging

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Daniel Grey @djrgrey.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Fab new #openaccess Special Issue of Prison Service Journal, ed. @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social; @interwarcrime.bsky.social & Ben Bethell on late 18th/early 19th C prison history ⚖️📄incl. @kiranmehta.bsky.social @sysgak.bsky.social @drannaloismckay.bsky.social www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/prison-servi...

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Prison Service Journal 285 | Centre for Crime and Justice Studies

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Gilbert Spencer once said that after witnessing hand-to-hand fighting during WW1 he tried to build about him 'a little globe of ease.' Painting this work of laundry drying gave him great contentment and peace of mind.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Save the date: The British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar returns on 7 October, with Miles Ogborn (QMUL) speaking on 'Law, Violence and Empire: Understanding the Jamaican Uprising Trials of 1832'. We're in person at the IHR and online on Zoom. Free registration opens soon. #Skystorians

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British History in the Long 18th Century

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History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

It was only in June this year that the 1824 Vagrancy Act was finally repealed. But although attitudes to poverty have changed, Prof David Green argues that it remains one of our most pressing social challenges. historyandpolicy.org/opinion-arti...

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Repeal of the 1824 Vagrancy Act – finally! - History & Policy

Professor David Green argues that the repeal of the 1824 Vagrancy Act in June 2026 was long overdue. Social attitudes to begging and rough sleeping have changed considerably in recent decades. But pov...

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Dr Victoria Dawson @vsdawson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Last plug for this! TOMORROW! Come and hear about some wonderful women and girls who stood up for themselves and each other in 1920. @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Helga Stentzel - Laundrosaurus (2022) www.reddit.com/r/museum/com...

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The Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek @dobbersw.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Apart from that time Rory left the tap running for a couple of minutes, our local data centre uses very little water, but it does offer exceptionally accurate information and well-written, original literature. It's also free for everyone.

A picture of Worthing Library - it's not very pretty on the outside - concrete was all the rage when it was built, but inside it's a treasure-trove of the imagination and somewhere my boys love to visit

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Hanging out the Wash, 1881 by French Impressionist Berthe Morisot #WomensArt

Painting featuring a white woman in long dress and apron hanging out the washing on a clothes line in a garden

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I don't really imagine anyone wants to pre-order my COVENT GARDEN book eight months ahead without even a cover image, but nonetheless it turns out that you can do so at the home of my books at Yale ... yalebooks.co.uk/author/lee-j...

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Lee Jackson - Yale University Press London

Author details page for Lee Jackson

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Ted Wicks @t166er.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Ich bin ein binliner

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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

EThOS platform restored! 'Following restoration work, all metadata records previously available on EThOS have now been restored, along with an additional 14,000 records added since the service was taken offline' - more to come www.bl.uk/stories/news...

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EThOS records restored

We are pleased to share that EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) is now available again following restoration work after the cyber-attack.

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Katrina Navickas @katrinanavickas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Anyone know if there's a georef layer link to Thomas Milne's land use map 1800? Only decent copies I can find are in the Royal Collection, which doesn't let you download the images .

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Tomás Ojeda G. @tiojeda.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Our commentary piece on “Misuse of evidence in sex and gender policy” is out! We call for greater integrity and transparency in evidence use, and for meaningful inclusion of trans people’s experiences and expertise in policymaking utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...

Graphic with a white background that presents information about a commentary piece published in the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics. It includes the title (“Misuse of evidence in sex and gender policy”), authors, abstract and keywords.

- Authors: Tomás Ojeda, Madeleine Pape, D.M. Grijseels, Eric Llaveria Caselles, Sheree Bekker, Jean-Sébastien Blanc, Dinah Bons, Guylaine Demers, Tara Gonsalves, Sarah Lamble, Ruth Pearce, and Valo Vähäpassi.

- Abstract: Sex and gender policy has become a battleground for attacks on science and expertise. As researchers committed to rigorous evaluation of evidence, the authors examine how evidence is used and misused in debates on sex and gender policy affecting transgender people. Drawing on examples from healthcare, prison housing, and sport, they identify recurring pitfalls: elevating opinion as evidence, excluding trans expertise, discrediting scientific consensus, deploying decontextualized claims, and the influence of scientific disinformation. Amid rising societal transphobia, the authors call for greater integrity and transparency in evidence use, and for meaningful inclusion of trans people’s experiences and expertise in policymaking.

- Keywords: Evidence; Transgender People; Policy; Expertise; Gender-Affirming Care; Prison Housing; Sport.

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Woman of a Certain Age (2025), self portrait by British artist Sara Gregory #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

latest news: COVENT GARDEN: A PEOPLE'S HISTORY will be added to the Jackson bookpile in March 2027.

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Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Great to see that the opening date for the London Museum is now set for 28 November www.londonmuseum.org.uk/smithfield/ It has been a wild journey, I have had the privilege of watching from their academic advisory panel. Congratulations to the museum staff - it is a globally important development.

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London Museum

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

We have reached our last seminar of the year! Next Wednesday 24-6 from 17:30 in Senate House and online, @sallytuckett.bsky.social will present her paper titled ‘Transatlantic Threads: Scottish linen and society in the eighteenth century’ Make sure to register! 👇 www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Transatlantic Threads: Scottish linen and society in the eighteenth century

British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar

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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

📣CFPs 📣London Foundling Hospital Conference 16 October 2026 @ihr.bsky.social Hidden Identities in the London Foundling Hospital Archives, New Questions and Discoveries Deadline for proposals 1 August #histmed

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Call for Papers | London Foundling Hospital Conference

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Art & Nature @capecodfairytales.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

#Poetry #Painting #Summer our worlds could end at any time. Yet here we are, doing laundry, making dinner, making poetry, making the mindful choices, living in every moment, because it is this moment Jo Walton 🎨 Susan Abbott

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Alexander Huber @c18ah.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Pleased to report the availability of 16 of the 18 surviving editions of Harris’s List of #CoventGardenLadies in the #HarrissListDigitalArchive (IIIF/full-text), with over 2,200 entries, an interactive map, network analysis, and a visualizations page: harrisslist.prisms.digital #c18th #HarrissList

Screenshot of a detail (Mottoes and verses) of the visualization page in the #HarrissListDigitalArchive at https://harrisslist.prisms.digital/visualizations.html

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Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

For a quick blog outlining the article Bob Shoemaker and I have out in Social History on mapping 18th c. crime see socialhistoryblog.com/mapping-the-...

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Mapping the Social History of Eighteenth-Century London by Tim Hitchcock and Bob Shoemaker - Social History Blog

Maps, London, eighteenth century, crime, archaeology, elections, digital history

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Kiran Mehta @kiranmehta.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Next week!

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 01/05/2026

We've had an excellent morning workshop at Warwick with 25 independent historians, from many backgrounds, all undertaking important, high-quality research. Lots to discuss and think about how @royalhistsoc.org and others can further support those without affiliations. Thanks to all attendees.

Meeting of the RHS and Independent Historians at Warwick, 1 May.

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Lucie Matthews-Jones @luciejones83.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Just finished marking some lovely research papers from my 3rd year students taking my Victorian Cities modules. My v impassioned discussions on washing lines & separately on working-class mantlepieces has yield 4 essays on these topics. I must have been especially zealous in my lecture this year!

Two working class women standing by a pollard with a young girl and boy behind them with washing behind them. A black and white picture entitled Wives and Washing from Lucy Hodson’s Letters from a settlement

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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Dream positions: 3 (!!) PhD placements at the Prize Papers with emphasis on finding students with the following language skills: French, Spanish, Dutch, and Scandinavian languages. (Of course, I emphasize the Dutch language!) www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional...

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Exploring the Prize Papers, a global early modern archive

Using language skills, examine previously unknown records from the Prize Papers collection and produce descriptions to support digitisation.

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Tom Hulme @tomhulme.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

"Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation" is published TODAY by @cornellupress.bsky.social! I tell the story of how queer men didn't just exist in Belfast but could be accepted by friends, family & colleagues... at least until a moral panic about homosexuality in the 1950s. 🧵

The book cover for Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation. It shows two men sat on a bench in the 1930s.

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Kresen Kernow @kresenkernow.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

🔎 Tracing your family history? You might come across a bastardy bond — a fascinating record created when a child was born outside marriage. Here’s one example from the Borough of Launceston: John Goodenough, maltster, was named as the father of a child born to Sally Goodman in 1815. #familyhistory

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Incidentally I was very pleased to discover our future residence still has its washing creel. That’s technology that could come back…

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Adam Crymble @adamcrymble.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Funded PhD Studentship – UCL x V&A Museum Explore the overlooked contributions of migrant labour to British craft and design in the long eighteenth century (c.1688–1837). Join me at UCL and collaborate with the brilliant team at the V&A. Deadline: 15 April 2026 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Funded PhD: Migrant Labour & British Craft: Trace the invisible hands of mihgrant makers in eighteenth-century Britain.

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Lucie Matthews-Jones @luciejones83.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

‘Many women almost regard their washhouse as their club’. This is such a fascinating documentary of a Liverpool public wash house from 1959 from the women carrying clothes bundles on their head, to the dolly to the new machines, the drying cupboards &their cafe. m.youtube.com/watch?v=cxpA...

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Public wash-house Liverpool (1959) | BFI National Archive

YouTube video by BFI

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Alasdair McNeill @cheeseandpeople.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Looking forward to speaking about dairywomen and cheesemaking at the Edible Boundaries conference at University of Warwick on 14 March 🧀 @edibleboundaries.bsky.social

Poster for the Edible Boundaries conference at University of Warwick on 14 March 2026.

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I've used my London Lives datasets of 18th-century St Clement Danes pauper removal orders and settlement exams to make a new interactive map mindseye.sharonhoward.org/dashboards/cdr… #18thc

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Migration and Exclusion in an 18th-century London Parish – In Her Mind’s Eye

An interactive map of St Clement Danes pauper removal orders, 1752-1793

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Giorgia Tolfo @giorgiatolfo.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Working with criminal justice records Wed, 25 March | 13:00 GMT | Online 🎤 Charlotte Smith, The National Archives 🎤 Dr Jessamy Carlson, The National Archives 🎤 Miles Wright, The Law Commission of England and Wales Reserve your spot here: shorturl.at/KlsVm

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Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Great to see @polly-lowe.bsky.social 's article on 'The body as property' available on open access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0144039X.2025.2570609#abstract A really smart analysis of Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies and 18th c. attitudes to commercial sex.

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