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Richard Bell @richardbell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'll be happy with a handful of readers and a couple of people telling me it was good!

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Richard Bell @richardbell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The inclusion of "Thomas" in there is in good part due to you!

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

Cheers John, hope you get something out of it

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

Thanks Mike, a long time coming! Hope you're well

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

I'd planned to hold off on shameless self-promotion until I had a physical copy in hand, but technical issues at CUP mean that the print publication is stuck in limbo somewhat indefinitely. If anyone needs help getting access in the meantime, please let me know!

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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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Cameron @forkboy84.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

One of the best pop singles of the 21st century

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Richard Bell @richardbell.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I enjoyed this stage so much, I stretched it out for 5 years.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 02/07/2026

Yesterday evening, the Society was delighted to announce the winners of its 2026 First Book and Early Career prizes: bit.ly/44HbAH2 Many congratulations to the winners of the 2026 RHS First Book Prize: Dr Kiran Mehta and Dr John Latham-Sprinkle 1/4 #Skystorians

Images of book covers for Kiran Mehta's book 'To Detain or To Punish: Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750-1840' (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2025) and John Latham-Sprinkle's 'The North Caucasian Kingdom of Alania, 850-1240' (Cambridge University Press) with text First Book Prize

WINNERS, 2026

Kiran Mehta &
John Latham-Sprinkle

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 17/06/2026

Over the next two weeks, we feature the 8 monographs shortlisted for the Society's 2026 First Book Prize. Today: 'To Detain or to Punish. Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750–1840' (McGill-Queens University Press)', by Kiran Mehta bit.ly/4ox6Z3t 1/2 #Skystorians

Cover image of 'To Detain or to Punish
Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750–1840'

by Kiran Mehta (McGill-Queens University Press)

SHORTLISTED

Royal Historical Society
First Book Prize, 2026

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Richard Bell @richardbell.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

A lucky find when they sold off his book collection at Housmans!

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Richard Bell @richardbell.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Recently had cause (bragging at a conference dinner) to dig out a photo of a prized possession: Stuart Hall's copy of The World Turned Upside Down

The title page of Christopher Hill's The World Turned Upside Down, with Stuart Hall's name written in the top right corner

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Richard Bell @richardbell.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Thanks, John! This is good encouragement to get through the proofs

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