I’m delighted to share that I have received an Early Career Fellowship Grant from the Royal Historical Society! This support will allow me to finalise the book proposal for my project: 'Creeds of Kinship: Anna Kingsford, Henry Salt, and the Animals that Shaped Modern Ethics'.

Great to see this published! Huge thanks to all the authors — it was a pleasure to help edit some of the pieces. Issue 8 also marks the end of my time on the RRR board. It’s been a wonderful three years working with such brilliant colleagues.

Romance, Revolution & Reform@rrrjournal.bsky.social · 7mo ago

It's here! We are delighted to announce that Issue 8 of the RRR Journal, Play in the Long Nineteenth Century, is available to read now at the link below. We can't wait to hear your thoughts on these brilliant articles! www.rrrjournal.com/issue/8

Some recent news...

Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History@irph.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Huge congratulations to IRPH's Dr Dan Breeze (@danielbreeze.com), who this week passed his PhD viva with no corrections. His thesis, Creeds of Kinship: An Animal-Human History of the Lives and Ideas of Anna Kingsford and Henry Salt, was examined by @janehamlett.bsky.social and @msadams.bsky.social.

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight www.cityam.com/the-british-...

The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?

The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity

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📢 Just a few weeks left to submit your abstracts for our exciting conference at the University of Stirling in January! 🗓 Deadline: 22 Sept 📩 Email: rrr@soton.ac.uk

Harvest time 🌶

Today is the 145th deathday of Rufus the guinea pig, one of Anna Kingsford's animal companions. In my thesis, I argue that her grief over his death contributed to her growing turn towards an esoteric mysticism and her belief in the immortality of animal souls.

Fig. 1 illustrates a novel approach to research supervision focussed on practical space-based methodologies in history, drawing on insights from peripatetic philosophy. Sadly, @peteryeandle.bsky.social, @danielbreeze.com, and I won’t win awards, as it just looks like some guys on a hike.

We're delighted to announce that the CfP for our 2026 conference @stir.ac.uk, 'Sex in the Long C19', is now LIVE! We are grateful to have received generous funding from @bavs-uk.bsky.social, allowing us to award travel bursaries to some delegates. Abstracts due 22 September 2025. Share widely!

Delighted to see this project come to life! I first heard about it from Cezary when we met at a conference last year, and it’s fantastic to now see his collection of Henry Salt translations published.

Cezary Błaszczyk@cezaryblaszczyk.bsky.social · last yr.

1/4 W Wydawnictwach Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego ukazał sie właśnie mój wybór, przekład i opracowanie pism Henry’ego Salta. www.wuw.pl/product-pol-...

📰 The latest issue of Post Print, the newsletter of @rrrjournal.bsky.social, is out now! I'm excited to have contributed to the Researcher Insights series, where I share a summary of my PhD research. Check it out: 📖 Read here: www.rrrjournal.com/_files/ugd/d...

White ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda) - ethereal!

Early morning at Bradford Dale. Dippers, Mandarins, and Marsh Marigold resplendent. Sunny afternoon by the pond.

I was honoured to present a paper this morning at the British Society for the History of Philosophy conference at Cambridge. The theme — Animals and the Environment in the History of Philosophy — is generating rich and timely discussions. Grateful to be taking part.

📣Exciting news! ✨ Romance, Revolution & Reform is now on Bluesky! Follow us to stay updated on journal news, opportunities, and all things nineteenth-century literature and culture.

Romance, Revolution & Reform@rrrjournal.bsky.social · last yr.

Absolutely delighted about the publication of GLOBALIZING EUROPE: A HISTORY (Cambridge University Press): www.cambridge.org/.../globaliz... via @cambridgeup.bsky.social

Deadline: 18th April! CFS on the topic of Play in the Long Nineteenth Century.

British Association for Romantic Studies@bars.bsky.social · 2y ago

Now on the BARS Blog: Romance, Revolution and Reform Issue 8: Call for Submissions! See the full call and all the info you need to submit at the link here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5784 And please don't forget to repost/share widely!

RRR is hiring 4 new PGR Editors! Please share within your nineteenth century PGR circles. RRR is unique in its ability to offer PGRs the opportunity to be part of the editorial board of a journal. I only have great things to say about my time on the board! www.rrrjournal.com/editorial-bo...

Issue 7 of Romance, Revolution & Reform, 'Labour in the Long Nineteenth Century', was published at the end of last week. It has some great articles and is well worth a browse: www.rrrjournal.com/issue/7.

Issue 7: Labour in the Long Nineteenth Century

Issue 7 of Romance, Revolution and Reform.

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Do any fellow 19th-cent historians or Victorianists know if Bradlaugh's National Reformer (1860-93) is digitised anywhere online?

Our patch of the woods.

My review of Jeremy Burchardt's "Lifescapes" (CUP) for @socialhistsoc.bsky.social is now available online. An exemplary historical study of the emotional and physical experience of landscape. It's a wondrous book, contemplative and empathetic throughout. doi.org/10.1080/1478...

Good find this morning in Bakewell at Hawkridge Books. It's funny, the owner said, sometimes you have books for years and sometimes you only have them for a week. He had only had this one for a week. I told him I was writing about Carpenter in my PhD. Best of luck, he said.

Sunday snow in Derbyshire.