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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS

@stuartbj.bsky.social
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Early Modern Historian, Academic advisor to the National Civil War Centre. FRHistS. Author of five books Methodist Minister (retd) Alzheimers Advocate & Hon Vice President of Alzheimer’s Society, UK stuartbjennings.wixsite.com/stuart-…

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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In 1986 Carol Jennings answered a newsletter appeal with a letter about her family. Forty years later, Dr Clíona Farrell reports from a UCL panel on what that letter started and what is still missing. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-forty-y...
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Forty Years of Dementia Progress: Carol Jennings' Legacy
Dr Clíona Farrell reports from a UCL200 screening of the Carol Jennings documentary: forty years of progress, and the gaps in diagnosis, care and funding left.
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#Welcome Centre Researching for my next book ‘Disease, Pestilence and Medical care during the English Civil Wars’ Unbelievable resource and all free 💙
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Attending the annual conference of the #Alzheimer’s society networking with scientists, politicians, health workers, carers and those living with Alzheimer’s #ASAC26
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Pre publication for my next book www.helion.co.uk/military-his...
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Does a pint of #cider and a piece of #carrotcake count towards my five a day? Asking for a friend #Healthyliving
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Well I’m about to start my final week as the Free Church chaplain at Warwick University (second stint) and will begin my next period of retirement 🤔 My work with the Alzheimer’s Society and dementia advocacy will continue, and book commissions to be met, I shall miss the students though 👋
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The rallying call to become involved in #Dementia research #Alzheimers
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Carol Jennings: A Legacy of Hope in the Fight Against Alzheimer's (2026)
In the realm of medical research, few stories are as inspiring and impactful as that of Carol Jennings. Her unwavering determination to understand and combat Alzheimer's disease, a condition that rava...
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Absolutely unbelievable how solar power has taken off worldwide during the Hormuz oil crisis. You don't have to hand it to him, but Trump may have done more to finally kick off a global civilization of effete librul solar users than anyone else in the West
Chart showing solar panel exports from China (the main solar panel maker by a long shot) growing steadily & mightily from 2018 through 2026, then spiking by almost 2x in March 2026.
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Two political parties obsessed with getting something for nothing. They expect top bucks (£5 million springs to mind) for anything they have to do. 😡 www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Tories and Reform UK tell Burnham they will fight any plan to reform adult social care involving tax rises – UK politics live
Defence secretary Wes Streeting says the country will see a prime minister that ‘runs towards big and difficult issues’
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Heartbreakingly, those who believe only those who believe and look like them here on Earth deserve the best also believe that way about heaven.
Heartbreakingly, those who believe only those who believe and look like them here on Earth deserve the best also believe that way about heaven. 

This, then, is how you should pray:

“‘Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come,

your will be done,

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts,

as we also have forgiven our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from the evil one.”

-Jesus Matthew 6:9-13
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
#Dementia Awareness
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
So England snatched defeat from the jaws of victory 🤦‍♂️
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Some cheerful reading for a summer day #EnglishCivilWar #1643 #prisoners
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
1 July 1916 110 years today was the first day of the Battle of the Somme. On the first day of the Battle, British forces suffered 19,240 fatalities. Many of these served in Pals Battalions, leaving many British communities were devastated We shall remember them.
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
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Carol Jennings, former Alzheimer’s Society Vice President who changed the course of Alzheimer’s research, receives rare posthumous Honorary Doctorate - London Post
Carol Jennings, a former teacher and Alzheimer’s campaigner has received a rare posthumous Honorary Doctorate, DSc (Med) from University College London (Queen Square Institute of Neurology) this week,...
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Posthumous recognition for my wife’s 40 years of #Dementia advocacy and contribution to research www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ma...
ucl.ac.uk
Alzheimer’s campaigner awarded honorary doctorate for “immeasurable” contributions
Carol Jennings, who by volunteering as a research participant led to the groundbreaking discovery of the hallmark protein of Alzheimer’s disease, has been awarded a posthumous UCL honorary doctorate t...
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Forth-coming #EnglishCivilWar conference
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Knowing she had inherited a familial #Dementia gene, my wife began slowly to engage with fears that she had. She hated getting her face under water and never learnt to swim. First step was to ask me to take her out on a rowing boat. - courage is not about the absence of fear but mastery of it #trust
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
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Carol Jennings: A Catalyst in Alzheimer’s Research
When we think of scientific breakthroughs, we often picture researchers, laboratories, and Nobel laureates. Yet many advances are shaped by collaboration between scientists and those living the condit...
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Approaching the second Anniversary of Carol’s death but her fight against Alzheimer’s continues from the grave 💙
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Carol Jennings Fellow for 2025/26 announced   – Dementia Community
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
This weekend the final draft of my Fiennes #manuscript and images file have been transferred to my commissions editor. 📖 Big sigh of relief
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Newark Siege coins. As coins became scarce during the third siege of Newark(1645-1646) silver plate was cut into weighed lozenge shapes worth 2s.6d; 1s.; 9d. and 6d.
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Seem to be on a bit of a roll at the moment. With other academic colleagues and friends, I’ve contributed a couple on commentaries in the book published this week
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Just signed a contract with my publisher for my fifth book which the working title is 'Colonel Nathaniel Fiennes (1608-1669): Soldier, Politician and aide to Lord Protector Cromwell.' Looking to be published at the end of 2026
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
A day to remember those who struggle to recall
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
#Westminster Abbey Having had the humbling experience of walking the #battlefields of #Flanders and the #Somme I had one more place to visit. Often come to London but today I made time for this
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
World #Alzheimer’s Month
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
#Historian colleagues How likely is it in 1669 when an inventory lists in a store room there was ‘a case of pistols and headpiece’ that the headpeece is a helmet, given the late individual was an officer who fought for Parliament? I find it hard to believe it’s a wig
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Edgehill Hard to imagine 1000 dead soldiers on these fields in 1642
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Autumn talk
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
@alicehunt.bsky.social just to say congratulations on your book Republic. A brilliant and addictive read, under-pinned by much research. I’m well into researching and writing a biography of Nathaniel Fiennes and your book has opening many new avenues for my research 👌
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Now that’s what you would call an excellent pair of #incontinence #pants. Even have additional ties for each leg 😂😂😂😂 #History
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Warwick Castle The #War of the #Roses If only it had been settled with a joust
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
End of life care initiative for people in the late stages of #Alzheimers. Proud to be supporting this collaboration www.lbc.co.uk/news/health/...
lbc.co.uk
New £1 million initiative aims to transform end-of-life care for dementia patients
Five new research projects aimed at transforming end-of-life care for people living with dementia have been announced as part of a £1 million partnership between charities the Alzheimer’s Society and ...
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
A terrible fate awaits future #archaeologists 😜
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
This #DementiaActionWeek, I'm joining @alzheimerssoc in raising awareness of common dementia symptoms. We all need to #KnowTheSigns of dementia so that we can seek an early and accurate diagnosis if we need it. For more info, visit: alzheimers.org.uk/checklist
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Dementia symptoms checklist
A checklist to help you make a note of symptoms before you talk to your GP.
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Another Conference paper delivered and at my old alma mater.
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
#VE day party 1945 on Latimer Street #Leicester My father is the young boy in the dark shirt - second on the left on the front row 🇬🇧🇬🇧
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
My latest blog as a former carer for the #Alzheimers Society
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Stuart and Carol Jennings: Reflections from a carer
Stuart and Carol Jennings have contributed a vast amount to the field of dementia research. Following the first anniversary of his wife’s death, Stuart reflects on the experience of the 12 years he sp...
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Ashby de la Zouch Castle ‘I told you to make a breach in the back wall of the Keep, not blow the bloody thing to pieces’ With due respects to Michael Caine
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Middleton Hall, Warwickshire
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Charlecote House, Warwickshire. Have the walk through the avenue of trees all to myself. After spending the morning wrestling with the seventeenth century Parliamentary archives, it’s nice to be brought back to the present. 👍🏻
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
A day at #Broughton Castle, the ancient moated ancestral home of the #Fiennes family
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Miniature of Oliver #Cromwell At Compton Varney
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
British Association of Numismatic Societies Congress of 2025, University of Nottingham
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
A busy weekend ahead at a National Conference in Nottingham
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Delivering a lecture this weekend at a conference being held at my old alma mater (Nottingham university). Campus has changed considerably since my day. Speaking at the annual conference of British coin collectors about civil war siege pieces. Hope they realise I’m a historian, not a Numismatist.
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Dr Stuart B Jennings, FRHisS @stuartbj.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
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