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Alice Hunt

@alicehunt.bsky.social

Professor at the University of Southampton. Author of Republic: Britain's Revolutionary Decade (Faber, 2024). Co-I on 'The Visible Crown: Elizabeth II and the Caribbean'. Represented by Felicity Bryan Associates. Reviews for the LRB and The Times.

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London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · 3w ago

‘Underneath the rustling silks and behind the sexual confidence was the unavoidable truth that monarchy was no longer assured. Commonwealths and republics were still being dreamed up in London’s coffee houses.’ Alice Hunt on Catherine of Braganza, Charles II’s wife. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Alice Hunt · Honourable Chains: Catherine of Braganza

Despite not securing the succession, despite being Catholic, Catherine, queen of Great Britain from 1662 until Charles...

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London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · last mo.

‘Despite not securing the succession, despite being Catholic, Catherine managed to be perceived as an ideal consort. Royal wives were – and are – loved or loathed according to values that remain spectacularly unchanged.’ @alicehunt.bsky.social on Charles II’s wife. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Alice Hunt · Honourable Chains: Catherine of Braganza

Despite not securing the succession, despite being Catholic, Catherine, queen of Great Britain from 1662 until Charles...

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London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · 7mo ago

‘Historians have done much to challenge the homophobia and xenophobia that skewed interpretations of James. But the caricature of a weak king drooling over his favourites has proved hard to expunge from the public imagination.’ @alicehunt.bsky.social on James VI and I: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Alice Hunt · Out of Rehab: Two Kings or One?

The 400th anniversary of James VI and I’s death has been marked by several new approaches to the reign that gave us...

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Jon Fitzgibbons@jrrfitzgibbons.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The ‘puritan’ MP Bulstrode Whitelocke went home on 24 December 1651 to be ‘merry’ with family and friends ‘in this time of Christmas’. It’s not clear if he broke off his celebrations to attend the House of Commons on 25 Dec.

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Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 8mo ago

"In an era where the authentic written word is under threat....English isn't just about reading the past--it's about understanding the power of words and narratives in the present and future and giving our students the skills to successfully navigate the world". True of all UK English programmes.

Jennie Batchelor@jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Today the Sunday Times discusses the decline in students studying A-level and beyond. I believe this is reversible. I believe it is necessary. And I’m glad to have some of my words on the importance of the discipline and the vibrancy of our degrees in English at York in the article.

London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · 8mo ago

... Jo Applin on Louise Bourgeois’s latex Nick Richardson on alchemy Helen Pfeifer on Suleyman the Great @alicehunt.bsky.social on James VI and I Clare Bucknell on Byron in Ravenna a poem by Anne Carson and a cover by Anne Rothenstein. Read online now at www.lrb.co.uk

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Alice Hunt@alicehunt.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Thank YOU @mrsamin.bsky.social. Inspirtational and thought-provoking few days meeting this wonderful group of history teachers as part of the @histassoc.bsky.social teacher fellowship with The Visible Crown colleagues @profannawhitelock.bsky.social @gracemc971.bsky.social and Kate Quinn.

Sitara A@mrsamin.bsky.social · 11mo ago

My head and heart are enriched and excited! Thank you @histassoc.bsky.social and the Visible Crown project for the most wonderful few days.

London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · last yr.

‘The republic was a great age for English satire. Royalist laughs had been generated by rejecting certain social norms and annoying Puritans with wilful impurity – fart jokes, heavy drinking and a celebration of sex and dancing.’ Jonathan Healey on England’s republic: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Jonathan Healey · Blood and Confusion: England’s Republic

The English republic isn’t recalled with much fondness by anyone. It is known as a fun-sapping entity that cancelled...

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London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · last yr.

‘As the old order creaked, new ideas flourished, particularly in religion: radical sects emerged not only from the London streets but from country towns and the ranks of the parliamentary army.’ Jonathan Healey on the English Commonwealth: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Jonathan Healey · Blood and Confusion: England’s Republic

The English republic isn’t recalled with much fondness by anyone. It is known as a fun-sapping entity that cancelled...

lrb.co.uk

Alice Hunt@alicehunt.bsky.social · last yr.

'Until recently,​ trade publishers have avoided England’s republic – as too dowdy, perhaps, and too complex. But now it’s all the rage.' It is, it is! V pleased with @jonathanhealey.bsky.social's review of my book REPUBLIC in the latest @lrb.co.uk @faberbooks.bsky.social

London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · last yr.

‘Families were torn apart and individuals changed sides. These coat-turns show how intricate the ideological fissuring had become, along lines of religion, constitutional law, localism, loyalism, culture and nationality.’ Jonathan Healey on the English Commonwealth: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...