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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Only just spotted this..I have been a bit tied up on non academic things. So thrilled for you.

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Yippee was wondering about aircon!

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Really sorry Laura, I hope better sense prevails.

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Refugees at Home @refugeesathome.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

We’re facing a crisis in Sheffield. Seven potential guests – all young men in desperate need of a place to stay this week – have been referred to us. Could you help? Please message us or email info@refugeesathome.org ❤️

A graphic saying 'Hosts needed in Sheffield. About the guests: Single males between 19 and 28 years-old From Eritrea, Sudan, and Afghanistan All speak varying levels of English. Could you host? Message us here or email info@refugeesathome.org'

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The Cromwell Museum @cromwellmuseum.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

We're delighted to be hosting this event this year! 😊

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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 23/01/2026

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I have just finished my Cancer Research Uk Christmas jumper challenge…the sweater isn’t very Christmasy as you will see but Thanks for visiting my fundraising page. Please show your support if you can and help fund life-saving research by donating to my page.

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Congrats…..forward with cheese!

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

I am doing the Cancer Research Knit a Christmas Jumper in December Challenge….mine is more autumnal than Christmas…but it’s still a good cause.

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Great fun…feel in love with the hat!

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Graduation Day……thanks again to my brilliant and very patient supervisor…@brodiewaddell.bsky.social

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Snowy journey to Quebec this morning.

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Montreal ce soir! A little weather forecast for fellow Nacbs visitors.

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Jenner was a Parliamentarian sympathiser and it is likely that he intended this edition to be of use to Parliamentary forces during the Civil War.

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

New acquisition for the Cromwell Museum… this ‘pocket’ road map of Huntingdonshire by Thomas Jenner. In 1643 Jenner republished Matthew Simmon's book 'A Direction for the English Traveller' which had 37 county maps accompanied by a distance table.

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IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

A quick reminder that Dr Emily Vine @emilymayvine.bsky.social will be speaking TODAY on 'Birth, Death and Domestic Religion in Early Modern London' from 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm in the Wolfson Room (NB02 at the IHR) and online, via Zoom! ✨ www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Birth, Death and Domestic Religion in Early Modern London

Society, Culture and Belief, 1500-1800 Seminar- Session 2

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

First practical use of AI in the Clarke household… it has just provided v good instructions on how to pair the new doorbell chimes!!!!

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Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

If anyone needs a freelance researcher in London (or across the UK), I'm your person! I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Sounds brilliant ..congrats.

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Interesting read for those of us in the Early Modern Pub Night gang.

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Does anyone find the new BL website as irritating as I do?

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Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

What happens when students find their historical voice? HA competitions help pupils: Go beyond the textbook Think critically & speak with confidence Explore history far beyond exams Teachers – how have competitions inspired your students? #HAGreatDebate #HistoryCompetitions #StudentVoice

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Alex Bamji @alexbamji.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I really enjoyed discussing 'A Pamflyt compiled of cheese', a 400-year-old manuscript by a cheese enthusiast, with @neilbuttery.bsky.social on The British Food Podcast, available on all podcast apps including here (from 4 mins in) open.spotify.com/episode/1We5... @lulgalleries.bsky.social

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A Rare Early Modern Cheese Manuscript with Alex Bamji

The British Food History Podcast · Episode

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The Cromwell Museum @cromwellmuseum.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Join us next Tuesday evening, 26 August, for one of our popular guided walks exploring 17th century Huntingdon, including royal visits, a Civil War battle, witch trials, Pepys and (of course) the Cromwell family. More details and bookings at: www.cromwellmuseum.org/events/cromw...

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The Cromwell Museum @cromwellmuseum.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

As it's #WorldCalligraphyDay, our #ObjectOfTheWeek is this lovely letter from Cromwell's mother Elizabeth, written in July 1643. It's probably the only example of her handwriting and signature - which is lovely and clear (unlike the notation below it!)

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The Cromwell Museum @cromwellmuseum.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

We’re at Huntingdon Carnival today with our publicity stand - come and say hello, handle some replica artefacts and take part in our family craft activity! 😀

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The Cromwell Museum @cromwellmuseum.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Our Civil War Soldiers are on Market Square in Huntingdon until 3pm today! Drop by to say hi, try on replica armour, and take part in training and craft activities before being recruited into the New Modelled Army.

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Waiting for the Eurostar home, great trip thanks to lovely archives at the Arsenal, Jesuits and Le Havre ….signing off with one of the coolest bath room tiles I have ever had!

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Been doing it since my first French lesson which rather worryingly is over half a century ago.

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I hope Miss Kenworthy and Mr Hammond would be impressed I have just spent the day doing battle with 17thc Jesuit Latin armed only with an A level done in 1976 and it’s not been a disaster.

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

This paean to French archives could turn into a thread ….the Jesuits were lovely and super helpful as were the folk on email from Le Havre.

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

New addition to my top three friendliest archives…joining Friends and Kendal…the BnF Arsenal..wonderfully helpful with my imperfect French and my inquiries for things that were in actually in Le Havre!

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Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Join us for the HA Conference 2026 in Newcastle Gateshead! We're seeking proposals for classroom innovations, research insights, and historical debates. Share your ideas and help shape the conversation. Call for papers: www.history.org.uk/go/CFP2026 #HAConference2026 #CallForPapers #HistoryMatters

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

It’s pelting it down in Paris…got soaked on a 5 minute dash from my hotel to a restaurant….petrifying on cobbles with a bike I imagine.

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

I thought the way you have used its strengths on the grunt while keeping a great range of people involved in the validating was a template for how we ought to be using this kind of technology and really rather comforting in the present climate.

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Yes it was , I thought it was great…I always thought the project was but I hadn’t really got my head round how impressive transcribus was until I used it.

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

I could send you a very loud recording of me massacring the Red Hot Chilli Peppers Under the Bridge from a recent drum lesson if it helps.

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Previous residents of my rather sweet hotel in Paris.

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

#EarlyModern history PhD students around London: the 'Society, Culture and Belief, 1500-1800' seminar @ihrscb.bsky.social at @ihr.bsky.social is looking for a postgrad convenor for 2025/26. Stipend of £300/yr and a chance to get involved in a great seminar!

The ‘Society, Culture and Belief, 1500-1800’ seminar at the Institute for Historical Research would like to appoint a doctoral student as a stipendiary postgraduate seminar convenor for 2025/26. You would be an active member of our lively, friendly seminar. Your main responsibilities would be to contribute to our social media presence, encourage other postgrads to attend the seminar, and occasionally assist with minor administrative tasks to help the seminar run smoothly. The expectation would be that you would come to the seminar as often as possible.

We normally host nine seminar talks over the course of the academic year. In 2024/25, we hosted talks by Rachel Winchcombe (Manchester), Fara Dabhoiwala (Princeton), Will Tullet (York), Tiéphaine Thomason (Cambridge), Nikki Clarke (Birkbeck), and Juliet Atkinson (Leeds).

The Institute will provide you with a stipend of £300 (£100/term) and will cover the cost of your meals if you attend post-seminar dinners.

The current convenors are Holly Fletcher (UCL), Laura Gowing (KCL), Kate Hodgkin (East London), Eva Johanna Holmberg (Queen Mary), Tiéphaine Thomason (Cambridge), Emily Vine (Exeter), Brodie Waddell (Birkbeck) and Roisin Watson (Open University).

To apply, please send a cover letter (max one page) indicating why this opportunity is of interest and a CV (1-2 pages) to b.waddell@bbk.ac.uk by September 1st.

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Amazing traverse…I am guessing Iceland but am probably off by a country mile.

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Laura this is a gem and has considerably brightened a hideously hot journey on the Central line!

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Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

My maternity cover teaching role is coming to an end shortly. I've loved my year of teaching @bguhisarch.bsky.social & everything I've learnt, my colleagues, & students. I will miss them all. This means I am back on the job hunt😬 but also I have some space to take on new freelance work. 1/2

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

You have to be of a certain age…but its a delight that bbc iplayer is reshowing some episodes of the adorable Andy Pandy www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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Andy Pandy - 1970: 5. Jack in the Box

Children’s animation following the adventures of Andy Pandy, Teddy and Looby Loo, who have fun in a candy-coloured world.

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

And updated version of the Society Culture and Belief summer programme -do check out the room change for May 22 and do come and hear Tiéphaine Thomason on what can we learn from multilingual seditious posters in eighteenth-century Martinique?

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

This is the IHR Society Culture and Belief seminar programme for the summer term…starting with The Francophone speechscape in 18th c Martinique.

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Nikki Clarke @nikkic.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Glorious evening in Liverpool (Historical Association Conference starts tomorrow) including what I suspect is one of the best views in England from a Holiday Inn Express!

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