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Richard Bell @richardbell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My new book, Imprisonment in Early Modern England: Politics, Debt and the Origins of a Carceral Society, is (sort of) out now! Currently available online for anyone with institutional access: www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...

Book cover of Richard Thomas Bell, Imprisonment in Early Modern England: Politics, Debt and the Origins of a Carceral Society

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Pulteney Bridge, Bath. Trying a 50mm lens on my camera. Lots of zooming with my feet. I had to merge three photos for the picture of the north side.

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Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England, c.1282-1550 @mappingthemarch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Research Seminar- 19 Oct, 4pm Speaker: Brendan Smith, Professor of Medieval History, Department of History, Uni of Bristol. Title: 'Pale Reflections: English Enclaves in the Plantagenet Empire'. Open to all! Please join using the QR code or email us for the link (mapping-the-march@bristol.ac.uk).

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Hong Kong History Centre @hongkonghistory.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We're grateful to colleagues in Bristol University's Research IT team, who developed the platform including the ever super @mikej1971.bsky.social The number of images accessible online is currently modest, but will grow and grow and grow

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Historical Photographs of Hong Kong hphkbristol.net was launched today. A digital resource I was lucky enough to work on for @hongkonghistory.bsky.social

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Welcome | Historical Photographs of Hong Kong

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Historical Photographs of Hong Kong hphkbristol.net was launched today. A digital resource I was lucky enough to work on for @hongkonghistory.bsky.social

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Welcome | Historical Photographs of Hong Kong

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I guess architectural historians don't use shrug emojis 🤷. Saint Andrew's Castle, Fife.

A sign on stonework that says: "The use of the building which stood here is uncertain. Bread ovens have been built into its eastern end, but it may originally have served a less utilitarian purpose."

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Peacock butterfly on a Buddleia in the garden

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Goodrich is an amazing castle.

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

If you’ve got nothing better to do in October… It’s free to attend and everyone’s welcome. Come for the medieval monks and manuscripts, stay for the refreshments—or vice versa! Book your space (in person or online) here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-...

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Inaugural Lecture of Professor Benjamin Pohl (in person and online)

Please join the School of Humanities, University of Bristol, in celebrating Professor Benjamin Pohl's inaugural lecture.

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

In the warm weather, this tree (arbor ovium), has shed its sheep ...

A tree with a flock of sheep resting under its shade

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

In the warm weather, this tree (arbor ovium), has shed its sheep ...

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I found the time keeping on this clock distressing!

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Ruth Ahnert @ruthahnert.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

New chapter out in this OA book, which I co-authored with the inimitable Delfi Neto-Isabel. It’s called ‘Data Feminism, Network Analysis and the Pre-modern Archive’. www.peterlang.com/document/141...

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Peter Lang Verlag - Digitalizing the Middle Ages

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the fast-growing panorama that lies at the crossroads between Digital Humanities and Medieval Studies. ...

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Day off. But this week has featured heat, humidity, despair induced by university overheads, and shock at the price of camera and digitisation equipment.

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

US discourse on UK salaries is almost as bad as the one on food

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Only unpleasant people may apply?!

Job advert for "Senior Offensive Security Engineer"

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Only unpleasant people may apply?!

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Visualising China @vischina.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

New content: burying Sun Yat-sen, returning Weihaiwei, Yangzi Gorges and portraits of rural fold: China 1928-31 caught in an album of photographs compiled by British naval officer Leslie Ayre: hpcbristol.net/collections/... Here's one of them, a man in Changsha with a big smile and a big hat

Photograph of smiling Chinese countryman wearing a very big-brimmed straw hat

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University of Wales Press @uniwalespress.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

A fascinating conversation featuring @profhelenfulton.bsky.social and Huw Pryce on In Our Time on Radio 4! Follow the link below to hear UWP authors discuss the history of the Welsh Marches at the very appropriately located @hayfestival.bsky.social 📚️ 🎧️ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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In Our Time - The Welsh Marches - BBC Sounds

How the Norman invasion of Britain created semi-independent warlord territories in Wales.

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I’m glad that the @mappingthemarch.bsky.social project opted for a hotel in downtown Kalamazoo rather than on campus accommodation 🤔

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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Attention Bristol students! 🚨 The deadline for the Bristol Medieval Studies Summer School is fast approaching! Don't forget that Bristol students get a 10% discount! Make sure you don't miss out: get those applications in today! 😊

A flyer describing the Medieval Studies Summer School, programme fee for Bristol students, and how to find out more (visit https://www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-study-abroad/bristol-summer/undergraduate/medieval/)

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Only £25 from £10,000 in sponsorship !😍

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

We did the walk last Saturday and had beautiful weather! There were 67 walkers on the day. We have currently raised £9,776.10 (+ £2,272.19 Gift Aid). Thank you to anyone who has sponsored 😍

Picture of walkers on the Thomas Jones Memory Walk walking away from the camera.

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

We did the walk last Saturday and had beautiful weather! There were 67 walkers on the day. We have currently raised £9,776.10 (+ £2,272.19 Gift Aid). Thank you to anyone who has sponsored 😍

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The walk is this Saturday! People have been incredibly generous. Even had a bake sale at work that raised £377! Additional sponsorship very welcome 🤗

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Myriah Williams @myriahwilliams.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

A poem composed early in the 16th century in a margin of the Black Book of Carmarthen begs God for protection from a series of enemies, including the English and the Irish, but the worst of all is saved for last: kerdd Wiliam Sion ‘the poetry of Wiliam Siôn’ #WorldPoetryDay

Image of a Welsh poem in the bottom margin of NLW, Peniarth MS 1, fol. 28r. A translation of the poem below this reads: “May the highest lord, lord with a glimmering golden sword/ protect our goods for a short while and protect our people/ against false English and Irish and against the wrath of butchers/ and against a clamour and enchantment and against wolves and thieves/ against that one yonder who is evil, against rabid dogs/ against sheet lightning and thunder and against bad crwth-players/ and against the barren darkness of the Devil and against the poetry of Wiliam Siôn”

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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

With 200+ tickets claimed for my public lecture on the Bayeux Tapestry on 30 April, there are only a few spaces left! Get your free ticket here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/public-lec.... When they’re gone, they’re gone!

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History at Bristol @uobrishistory.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Fancy knowing more about the Bayeux Tapestry? At a free public lecture and reception?? Look no further! 👁️ 👁️

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I found the punctuation oddly upsetting

Sign that says « CAUTION HEDGE HOG’S ABOUT »

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Ruth Ahnert @ruthahnert.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

@kmcdono.bsky.social @danielwilson.bsky.social and I have a new OA article out: eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A... It’s about the fragmented landscape of historical data, and what we can do about it to improve discoverability, sustainability and reuse.

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Show Me the Data: New Practices for Historical Sources | Transactions of the Royal Historical Society | Cambridge Core

Show Me the Data: New Practices for Historical Sources

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Hello! It's two years since Thomas, my gorgeous son, died. Next month, Alison and I, along with around 30 friends and family, will be doing a memory walk in support of Children's Hospice South West. If you could spare a few quid in sponsorship, that would be 😍 www.justgiving.com/page/thomas-...

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Thomas Jones Memory Walk for Children's Hospice South West

Help Alison Jones raise money to support Children's Hospice South West

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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Join me (and other very special guests) on 4-6 March to explore historic townscapes and urban buildings in history. We'll be looking at architecture, urban development and the ways in which we as researchers can use resources like planning and historic protection as tools for historical work. 🗃️

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Michael Donnay @mjdonnay.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Today the @softwaresaved.bsky.social alongside our international partners launches the 2026 Research Software Engineering Survey. If you write code for academic research we want to hear from you - even if you have a different job title. @society-rse.org @ukiedh.bsky.social @dariaheu.bsky.social

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Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

What’s this? A second new book in two days? Towcester Hundred is the eighth VCH volume for Northamptonshire, including the town of Towcester and its rural neighbours. Available soon from @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social and @ihrlibrary.bsky.social. #Skystorians #LocalHistory

The cover of a red hardback book. The title, in red on a cream label is ‘Towcester Hundred’

A sample page from a book showing text in two columns and an image of a townscape. Centre a church tower with ivy clad two storey brick building to the left and Victorian town hall to the right.

A facing page spread with map in black and white to the left and two column text to the right.

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Mapping the March: Medieval Wales and England, c.1282-1550 @mappingthemarch.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Double book launch 📚 Celebrating new books by @latemedievalist.bsky.social and @mattlampitt.bsky.social, with introductions by Professor Christian Liddy & Professor Miranda Griffin. Food and drinks provided. 🗓 26 Jan 2026, 5–7pm 📍 The Mount Without, The Crypt, Bristol All welcome to attend!

Poster showing the details of the book launch event with a gradient green background, with each book cover featured in the centre of the page

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Bristol PGR Medieval Conference 2026 @bristolcmspgr.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

We are VERY excited to announce the call for papers for our 2026 conference! 🎉🎉🎉 This year, we invite paper and poster proposals on the themes of power and/or performance! All proposals to be sent to cms-conference-enquiries@bristol.ac.uk by 17:00 on Friday 9th January. #medievalsky #skystorians

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 19/12/2025

In 2025 the Society was pleased to add 5 titles to its 'New Historical Perspectives' book series for early career historians bit.ly/4qh8eDt This year saw publication of the 25th NHP title and the 200,000th download from the series. All books are available free Open Access @uolpress.bsky.social.

Covers of the following 5 new titles in the New Historical Perspectives book series.

Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society, Rachael Harkes
Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940, Gareth Roddy
Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales, Andrew McTominey
Reading, Gender and Identity in Seventeenth-Century England, Hannah Jeans
Voice, Silence and Gender in South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Struggle, Rachel E. Johnson

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I went to see them this morning. They were beautiful. The exhibition is associated with @themedievaldrk.bsky.social's scholarship: boydellandbrewer.com/book/medieva...

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Medieval Manuscripts in Bristol Collections

The first complete descriptive catalogue of the medieval manuscripts in Bristol area collections.

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

A Christmas present for myself. The lesser spotted three volumes of Emden.

Picture of three volumes of Emden's A Biographical Register of the University of Oxford to AD 1500

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Jean Golding Institute @jgibristol.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

JGI Seedcorn follow-on funding 2023-25 blog post now available! 📰 'Irish Financial Records from the Reign of Edward I: What Applying Data Science Techniques Can Reveal' Blog post by Mike Jones and Brendan Smith @mikej1971.bsky.social Read more now: tinyurl.com/y2zdd9vm

A plot showing the comparison between the total provided by the Exchequer clerk, versus the computed total. Most are matching, but there are outliers where the computed total is higher, which needed extra investigation.

A plot showing the availability of data per financial year and terms. Most years are complete, but some, such as 1281–1282, are missing, or incomplete, like 1284–1285.

A plot showing total computed incomes recorded on the receipt rolls per financial year. Most complete years are approaching or over £5000.

A plot showing the total received per term as a percentage of the year's total.

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Consistory Court documents are new to me and seem to have a whole new level of abbreviated Latin hell. Taking this slowly. Does it start with "In t[erm]i[n]o ad r[esp]on[den]d[um] li[bel]o ...", do you think? Any pointers appreciated. Goodrich is suing Lyster over a pension #medieval #latin

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Mike Jones @mikej1971.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

The walk today aborted due to flooding. In another part of the walk a friendly ferried ten of us through some flooding in his Landrover

Footpath through fields blocked by flooding

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