Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026BBC Wales Today reported earlier this evening that support there for independence is now 42 percent, while opposition to independence is at 68 percent. That's something I've long admired about the Welsh--always ready to give 110 percent. 0266
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I think I'll just have a scone, thank you very much. 191
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026One for @frankcogliano.bsky.social www.facebook.com/share/p/19D9...facebook.comFacebook 000
Reposted by Steve SarsonOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Well, happy 29th anniversary to the greatest ‘reverse ferret’ ever issued by a media outlet 2642471264
Reposted by Steve SarsonMichelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 30/08/2026A much-needed break from anything serious. 🥰 57462541890
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...theguardian.comDolly Parton’s peerless career turned country music cliches inside out | Alexis PetridisBeneath the wig and rhinestones, Parton was the genius behind strings of classic songs from Jolene to I Will Always Love You that continue to inspire new artists 182
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026On my way and looking forward to this :) Meet the Authors: 2026's Best Books on the Founding Era | George Washington's Mount Vernon share.google/nF16EVXbbUlg...share.googleMeet the Authors: 2026's Best Books on the Founding EraMeet the Authors: 2026's Best Books on the Founding Era 152
Reposted by Steve SarsonChristina Carrick @crcarrick3.bsky.social · 04/03/2026For 2026, my project (the Jefferson Papers) put together a new exhibit on the drafting of the Declaration of Independence and its connections to some earlier documents. Check it out! jeffersonpapers.princeton.edu/declaration-...jeffersonpapers.princeton.eduDeclaration of Independence - The Papers of Thomas JeffersonThis exhibit invites exploration of two elements of the Declaration’s creation. Drafting the Declaration illuminates the successive stages of the text. Building Blocks traces the paths by which some p... 22410
Reposted by Steve SarsonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I try not to overdo this bit but ... my man is begging for it. Let's go. 2366117152525
Reposted by Steve SarsonUVA Press @uvapress.bsky.social · 20/07/2026. #SHEAR2026 may be over, but the 40% discount code still lives . . . until August 15! Good to see you @stevesarson.bsky.social, @adamxmcneil.bsky.social@frankcogliano.bsky.social, @matthewmason.bsky.social, Christopher Pearl, Susan Stearns (And many more)! www.upress.virginia.edu/exhibits/she... 1126
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Reading @rparkinson.bsky.social on my (long) journey back from Philadelphia to Lyon after #SHEAR2026. Understanding the Declaration's grievances through those associated with them is a brilliant, innovative, and truly enlightening approach--even if he's wrong about the number of grievances :) 140
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Another highlight of #SHEAR2026 was seeing and posing for a photo with the amazing Nadine Zimmerli of @uvapress.bsky.social, who did so much to help bring my book (The Course of Human Events: The Declaration of Independence and the Historical Origins of the United States) into being. 010
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Second all this. #SHEAR2026 was a terrific conference and our panel on the DoI was possibly the best and most fun I've ever been on. Thanks to @frankcogliano.bsky.social, @michaelhattem.bsky.social, @rparkinson.bsky.social, and especially @emilysneff.bsky.social for the idea and organizing it! 081
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Extremely happy to share the news that my book, The Course of Human Events, is one of five finalists for this year's George Washington Book Prize. Final results announced on 5 October. Link to all the finalists below--honoured to be in such company! share.google/H32xlNDVgSPj...share.googleNominees Announced for the 2026 George Washington Prize, One of America’s Most Prestigious Book AwardsNominees Announced for the 2026 George Washington Prize, One of America’s Most Prestigious Book Awards 271
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Damn. Don't know if France just didn't show up or Spain knew how to play them, but Spain were the easily the best team today so well done them. But damn. 030
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Allez les bleus ⚽️, joyeux 14 juillet 🎆, et vive la république 🇫🇷, and so forth! 010
Reposted by Steve SarsonEmily Sneff @emilysneff.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Hey @shearites.bsky.social, stick around until Sunday morning, you won't want to miss this roundtable conversation featuring authors of recent books related to the Declaration of Independence! @michaelhattem.bsky.social @rparkinson.bsky.social @frankcogliano.bsky.social @stevesarson.bsky.social 12417
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Ex-centre-back here. Eze should have been red-carded for that. 010
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 11/07/2026I'll just stick with the Butter Pecan, thank you very much. 020
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 10/07/2026These days, if you say you're a Viking, the Police will arrest you and put you in prison. 100
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Anthea Hartig, Rob Parkinson, Virginia Scharff, and me talking about the Declaration of Independence on Ben Franklin's World :) Episode 446: The Declaration of Independence at 250 - Ben Franklin's World share.google/h0HReuh0ed64...share.googleEpisode 446: The Declaration of Independence at 250 - Ben Franklin's WorldFour historians explore the Declaration of Independence at its 250th anniversary--its grievances and what equality meant in 1776. 0115
Reposted by Steve SarsonRob Parkinson @rparkinson.bsky.social · 07/07/2026@vscharff.bsky.social @lizcovart.bsky.social @stevesarson.bsky.social 141
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Happy July 2, one and all--the 250th anniversary of the day the Continental Congress voted for Independence. Two days later they approved a declaration "to the effect of the said resolution." I done wrote a book about it :) The Course of Human Events - UVA Press share.google/theIS44Q7PIs...share.googleThe Course of Human Events<b>How reading the Declaration of Independence as a document of history explains its intended meaning</b><br/><br/> Thomas Jefferson chose his words c 042
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Tomorrow, July 1, I'll be taking about the Declaration of Independence, Lige Gould about the Treaty of Paris, and Linda Monk about the Constitution for Encyclopedia Virginia. Live at noon EST, 5pm British Summer Time, 6pm European Central Time. Registration is here and is free :) lnkd.in/eJWB2EsQlnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 032
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026The Man in Black getting red, white, and blue about the bicentennial Freedom Train in 1976. www.facebook.com/share/r/1Dz3...facebook.com 000
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Marc Bloch, premier historien à entrer au Panthéon share.google/oVlmug3G0iRW...share.googleMarc Bloch, premier historien à entrer au Panthéon - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTELes panthéonisations auront été nombreuses, sous les deux mandats d’Emmanuel Macron, en comparaison de ses prédécesseurs de la Ve République. La Seconde Guerre mondiale est particulièrement représenté... 052
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Very honored to be among the favorites of one of today's greatest historians of the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution! 040
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 11/06/2026On the Road Again. Not quite as happy as Willie Nelson about it, but going to the Science Museum in London to record a video for their forthcoming exhibition on the Declaration of Independence. Which is pretty nice :) 020
Reposted by Steve SarsonRob Parkinson @rparkinson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Yesterday was my birthday, today is the birthday for Tyrants and Rogues! The first book to interrogate the Declaration’s 27 grievances. On sale now! 66317
Reposted by Steve SarsonGautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5) @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Check out the latest from @rparkinson.bsky.social, a supremely talented historian of the violent context and legacy of the American Revolution! And happy birthday Rob! 1135
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Visited Independence Hall this morning. The 250th anniversary of the Lee Resolution proposing American independence. 0124
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Plenary panel at the American Philosophal Society conference on "America's 1776." Me, Bertrand Van Ruymbeke, and Annette Gordon-Reed being interviewed by APS CEO Patrick Spero. Which is nice. 1100
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026It has started. You can register and attend online if you wish. www.amphilsoc.org/americas-177...amphilsoc.org“America’s 1776: Independence and its Enduring Legacies,” June 4–6, 2026 | American Philosophical SocietyJuly 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. This central moment in American history has shaped our national self-perception for 250 years even as writers and scholars hav... 010
Reposted by Steve SarsonIke Makos @ikemakos.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Memorial Day travel reading: @stevesarson.bsky.social is going to tell me all about the Declaration of Independence 143
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026I keep seeing people saying that political language has shifted to the right and even far right since Brexit or at most since the Cameron-Clegg government from 2010. 130
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Such fun* to watch neutral** journalist Chris Mason walk into Labour HQ carrying a bees' nest, smashing open said bees' nest in the lobby, then asking passing MPs how the electorate can possibly trust a political party that is so utterly incompetent in the management of bees. 140
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026It's true, though; it never has been circumcised. 020
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Oh dear. I seem to have voted for the neo-Nazis. I think I'll have a lie down and a piece of cake. #VeryBritishProblems 010
Reposted by Steve SarsonThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/05/2026As Labour heads for a wipeout, a lesson: never fall for the 'adults in the room’ line again | Aditya Chakraborttytheguardian.comAs Labour heads for a wipeout, a lesson: never fall for the 'adults in the room’ line again | Aditya ChakraborttyPresenting himself as a serious, sensible ‘grownup’ was essential to Starmer’s rise to power. His premiership has revealed how hollow that message is, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty 3217955
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 06/05/2026How can supposedly serious people do this? English Language, English Literature, Philosophy, History & Creative Writing.... 1171
Reposted by Steve SarsonGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Exactly what I talk about in my @isrfoundation.bsky.social piece this week. Increasingly Arts and Humanities will be limited to so-called 'top' universities, with large cold spots across the country which mean that students from lower income backgrounds simply cannot access them. Do you want that? 🤷♂️ 45435
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 02/05/2026At first I thought this was just another home-town moment, but as I read through I realised that it's actually a rather brilliant piece of avant garde poetry. 011
Steve Sarson @stevesarson.bsky.social · 19/04/2026I very much know it's not the main point here, but it tells us something that whoever made these mugs can't spell Sandford. 000