Sophie Waring
@atinybitwaring.bsky.social
Director of The Old Operating Theatre Museum. Previous: Science Museum, HSMOxford, Cambridge HPS & STS UCL. Material Culture, History of Science and Medicine. Easily distracted. Tea-drinker. Muma-bear. Own views.
🌆 Amberspire is OUT NOW 🌖 A dice driven science-fantasy city builder. Grow your city atop a mausoleum moon, interact with strange weather and ecology, gain influence and make deals with powerful off-world factions. Experience the history of a future city. PC, Mac, Steam Deck s.team/a/3350750
1/ COVER REVEAL 🧵 I'm thrilled to share the US and UK covers for SLEUTH-HOUND: THE CASE OF THE REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES, the untold story of Dr. Joseph Bell—the Victorian surgeon who inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to create the world's greatest detective. Pre-order here: shorturl.at/fdGnV
Good Lord, the difference in every aspect of this, the intelligence, the communication, the compassion, the humour… How far left to fall?
Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽@joshuaeakle.com · 9mo agoRemember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath? Character isn't something you tell people about. It's something you live.
Look out for this later #histSTM (And on Franklin, about whom lots of myths are circulating today, read this: www.nature.com/articles/d41...)
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
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Nathaniel Comfort@nccomfort.bsky.social · 9mo agoJames D. Watson is dead. Stay tuned for some thoughts, based on my research on his biography, to be published soon. While I write that up, y'all can throw tomatoes at this if you like. But I will offer a more nuanced take. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
PUBLICATION DAY! My new book, ‘Margaret Beaufort: Survivor, rebel, kingmaker’ is out today. “An epic journey”, “a powerful new biography”, “highly readable”, “vivid portrait”. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/margaret-... @headofzeus.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social #History #WomensHistory
Margaret Beaufort
Survivor. Rebel. Conspirator. Mother and grandmother of kings. Margaret Beaufort was one of the most remarkable and influential women of the Middle Ages.Margare…
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I’m honoured that my book, MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY has been shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize. Hugely grateful to the judges and the many people who have supported this work along the way @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...
2025 Wolfson History Prize shortlist announced
The Wolfson History Prize has revealed its 2025 shortlist, with six books in contention for the UK's most prestigious history writing prize.
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My new book 📕 The Story of Tudor Art 🌹 comes out on 25th September. It’s the first book ever (!!) to look at art from across the whole sixteenth century in England and I can’t wait to share it with you.
Opens random cupboard in museum Closes random cupboard* *decides that’s a job for next week 🐊☠️
Ring of Fire is out now! It’s like the Guns of August for a new generation: the opening weeks of WW1 through the eyes of ordinary men, women and children. And not just in Western Europe, but across the globe. It was bloody, terrifying and neutrality was a sham… geni.us/RingOfFire
Come and work with me - I AM DELIGHTFUL… But, really, this is an incredible opportunity to work with a brilliant team, to innovate and make an impact on an incredible museum.
The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret@oldoptheatre.bsky.social · 11mo agoThe Old Operating Theatre Museum is looking for a Marketing Officer and a Retail Officer. If you’re creative and passionate about medical history, we’d love to hear from you! More details here: oldoperatingtheatre.com/vacancies/
The Old Operating Theatre Museum is looking for a Marketing Officer and a Retail Officer. If you’re creative and passionate about medical history, we’d love to hear from you! More details here: oldoperatingtheatre.com/vacancies/
Grab a incredible bargain will you can!
Maurice J. Casey@mauricejcasey.com · last yr.Friends, my book HOTEL LUX is currently available for £0.99 on the Kindle Store. An intimate view of the revolution that changed the world, based on 7 years of research in archives across the globe. Please do check it out! www.amazon.co.uk/Hotel-Lux-In...
Friends, my book HOTEL LUX is currently available for £0.99 on the Kindle Store. An intimate view of the revolution that changed the world, based on 7 years of research in archives across the globe. Please do check it out! www.amazon.co.uk/Hotel-Lux-In...
Job alert! Come and join us for 12 months in our lovely @chppc.bsky.social team. We're seeking a fixed-term Lecturer in Historic Environment, who'll work on our projects, including research, publishing and digitisation. Closing date 29 August. Please share! www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Lecturer in Historic Environment:London Senate House
The University of London
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An excellent opportunity to join the curatorial team at the Science Museum has come up! Please spread the word. 🌍Curator of Climate & Earth Sciences ⚗️Part of the excellent Team Science in London Curatorial ⌛ Permanent, Full-Time 💲 £41k p/a bit.ly/4m3uQFp
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I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
CfP for maritimebritain.org Maritime Britain Project c.1550-1750 (led by Prof Craig Lambert, University of Southampton) end of project conference is live. See poster below & register your interest on Eventbrite in attending and/or giving a paper: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maritime-b... #maritimehistory
Happy #PublicationDay to @gregjenner.bsky.social @rikinparekh.bsky.social and… me! This has been the most fun I have ever had writing a book, hands down — exactly the way archaeology ought to be ;) (otherwise I’d get a real job, wouldn’t I) www.walker.co.uk/978152952249...
I expect you're wondering whether other leading politicians have shed tears in the House of Commons before - and more generally about the history of crying in British culture, and what it means. Good news - there is a book all about it! bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is a very good essay, & touches on one of the most important convergences between tech-utopianism & fascism, namely the pursuit of homogeneity. Homogeneity in literature dulls the mind & sharpens the fear by which people become stupid & obedient. Homogeneity is a gateway to fascism.
Sara McDougall@sarannmcd.bsky.social · last yr.slate.com/life/2025/06... write in your own words or risk going the way of a Romeo
Are you working in #VisualMedicalHumanities with a specific focus on art, anatomy and medicine? The BMJ Medical Humanities has just released this CFP for articles on "visuality in medical practice and history". Looking forward to seeing how this moves the field forward! mh.bmj.com/pages/topic-...
Topic Collection: Visual Medical Humanities | Medical Humanities
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Unfortunately, due to the heat, we are having to close the museum earlier than usual tomorrow, at 15:00 (last entry at 14:15). We will be open as usual on Sunday as the weather is set to cool down a little. Keep an eye on our website and socials for any further updates!
Strange men on golf courses distributing tariffs is no basis for a system of government. Bring back the women lying in ponds.
Imagine if Biden… … actually, I think we’re too far gone for that now. This is beyond a joke.
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · last yr.Now he’s flogging phones.
I had the privilege of speaking at the @oldoptheatre.bsky.social this past week, and I left behind some signed copies of THE BUTCHERING ART. Check out this amazing museum - it's one of my favourite #histmed spaces in London - and pick up a book while you're there!
I have a joke about Cassandra, but no one will believe me.
Bennett McKenna@bennettmckenna.bsky.social · last yr.I have a joke about Polyphemus that Nobody wants to hear.
