I particularly like it when the catalogue seems to say you have access up to the latest volume but in fact it's only up to last year.

Richard Fallon@richardfallon.bsky.social · 19h ago

I like how many different and outwardly promising stages of login you can go through before finding out you actually don't have institutional access to a book or article.

The joy of posting an online resource (@oldbaileyonline.bsky.social in 2008!) and your news strategy is so successful it grinds to a halt within a couple of hours. Oh we LOLed.

Adam Chapman@adamchapman.bsky.social · yesterday

Many, many years ago, I was part of a project that built a massive database of soldier names from English armies 1369-1453 (it was then about 250,000 names, now 300,000 or so). We launched it at a conference in the summer of 2009. Obviously a slow news day as the press release went global.

Unknown artist, Brown Cat, published by George Routledge and Sons, c.1872. #Caturday

Perhaps he'll have a word with the England & Wales Cricket Board about its concept of the word "average". www.wisden.com/series/county-…

Counties Face Losing All Points For 'Below Average' Pitch Ratings As ECB Double Penalty For 2026 Season

The ECB have increased the number of points teams can be docked for 'below average' County Championship pitches, with sides now faced with scoring zero points for surfaces deemed to be sub-par.

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Gavin Freeguard@gavinfreeguard.com · last wk.

Behold! A national statistician! www.gov.uk/government/n...

Our collection of essays is now available to preorder. While it will be #OpenAccess, recommendations to libraries of a hard copy are appreciated! #EarlyModern 📚 www.routledge.com/Alice-Thornt...

Alice Thornton’s Books: Reassessing the Life Writings of a Seventeenth-Century Woman

This book is the first dedicated study of Alice Thornton (1626–1707) and her life writings, offering unprecedented insights into how one early modern woman revised and reshaped her life story over 40 ...

routledge.com

New paper on swearing online! "Findings demonstrate that while it remains important to examine who swears online, it is also critical to examine other dimensions of variability, including where, when, how, and with whom swear words are used." academic.oup.com/dsh/article/...

Swearing online: exploring dimensions of variability in born-digital data

Abstract. Swearing involves the use of words interpreted as obscene, derogatory, or offensive, and so can have a significant societal impact in the digital

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Born on this day 1734, in Derby, Joseph Wright (of Derby). Here, self-portrait of the artist as a young man, handsome and pensive.

Today's the day! 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers: a True Crime History of Georgian Britain' is officially out in the UK with @calonbooks.bsky.social! Thanks @k8lister.bsky.social for the endorsement! #history #newbook #skystorians #book

“I’m also going to quadruple the number of endnotes because endnotes are really fun to write” 😂 www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep…

Emily Wilson to retranslate the Odyssey from scratch

Wilson, whose 2017 English translation of Homer’s epic poem inspired Christopher Nolan’s box office hit, is revisiting it after criticising the film adaptation

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Let’s try again: I’d like to hear about new research from Scottish historians. Especially ECRs whose work may not get much attention. This is because I have a newspaper column where I publicise new work by Scottish historians! Tell me about your research!

I love Joseph Wright's work and I love even more that you can wander into an unassuming, pleasingly random provincial gallery and see a whole room full of his paintings. (And an orrery!) Maybe I'll go and visit again.

@cmillerartlife.bsky.social · 3w ago

Joseph Wright died #OTD 1797 Perfect day to visit Derby to see wonderful collection of his work & currently 'From the Shadows' exh previously at NG. I saw it there but wish I'd waited (have to go again!) Review: cmillerartlife.blogspot.com/2026/01/wrig... derbymuseums.org/event/wright...

I like it! I just looked in the County field (for the quick wins) and this is digging into the description texts.

World Historical Gazetteer@whgazetteer.org · 3w ago

Inspired by @sharonhoward.bsky.social's beautiful mapping of @thegozfather.bsky.social's catalogue of pleadings in the Court of Requests, we're building a new Workbench tool to help identify place names from the descriptions. worldhistoricalgazetteer.github.io/workbench-de...

Annoyingly, the map has suddenly acquired a load of "API KEY REQUIRED" warnings which were not there before! I'll investigate.

The Statutes Project@statutes.bsky.social · 3w ago

Really good map interface to Elizabethan Court of Requests cases, based on the National Archives catalogue, from @sharonhoward.bsky.social : inhermindseye.github.io/mindseye/pos... #History #LegalHistory

Puppy playing with a Pheasant Feather Yi Am 16th / 17th century Philadelphia Museum of Art #InternationalDogDay

Happy #InternationalDogDay 🐶 Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange celebrates all the good boys and girls with a dog theme. Discover portraits of dogs 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/art-gone-to-the-dogs-canine-portraiture-in-modern-britain 🧑‍🎨 Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899) 📷 Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery

Just remembered the Dolly Parton bus.

Rhinoceros. Unlike Durer, George Stubbs had actually seen this animal when he painted it in 1790! He was born on this day in 1724.

Embroidered textile with Animals, Birds, and Flowers Eastern Central Asia late 12th–14th century (Met Museum)

I know Simon Jenkins is a twat, and I don't want to go and read the actual article because twat, but I'm really struggling to work out how traffic laws force him to cycle through red lights.

So cute!

Victoria Haddock@vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 4w ago

This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is ready for a day in the sun! This two-piece ivory silk pair of beach pyjamas features a vibrant Art Deco border print of orange, blue and black flowers. I particularly love the matching bag! Sold by Augusta Auctions. #fashionhistory

Also thinking about possibly maybe doing a STAC 5 post at some point. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C136…

Sharon Howard@sharonhoward.bsky.social · 4w ago

And to mark the move to a new url, a new #EarlyModern blog post! I liked @thegozfather.bsky.social 's newly completed Court of Requests (TNA REQ2) catalogue data so much I made a map of it. inhermindseye.github.io/mindseye/posts…

And to mark the move to a new url, a new #EarlyModern blog post! I liked @thegozfather.bsky.social 's newly completed Court of Requests (TNA REQ2) catalogue data so much I made a map of it. inhermindseye.github.io/mindseye/posts…

And to mark the move to a new url, a new #EarlyModern blog post! I liked @thegozfather.bsky.social 's newly completed Court of Requests (TNA REQ2) catalogue data so much I made a map of it. inhermindseye.github.io/mindseye/posts…

A bit of news: I've moved my data blog to github (to make upkeep easier); if you have anything bookmarked redirects should work, but rss will need updating. inhermindseye.github.io/mindseye/

Working on #MedievalWales or the March but don't how your research fits with the #IMC2027 communities theme? Worry not! We would like to hear from you regardless of the topic so that we can highlight the latest exiting research. #MedievalSky #Medieval #Medievalist #MedievalHistory #MedievalStudies

Dr Caroline Bourne@carolinebourne.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Call for papers Communities in Medieval Wales & the March, @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2027, sponsored by the Mortimer History Society. If you are researching any aspect of Medieval Wales & the March, please consider submitting a paper proposal for our strand at next year's IMC. #MedievalSky #Skystorians

I'm incredibly proud that I'm releasing the first tranche of research into 19th century inquests today. Our website now features the names of over 500 individuals who died in questionable circumstances over 39 years, many of them children and women, in Newcastle.

A merganser duck, n.d., by #MariaSibyllaMerian (German, 1647-1717). Held at the Fitzwilliam Museum, data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/4828 #artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory

Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day to all the ghoulies celebrating! Illustration from a 13th-century Bestiary, now @bodleian.ox.ac.uk MS Bodl. 533, f. 13r 🐈‍⬛🖤

Supermarket trolley 1 train 0 is not a scoreline you expect to see.

Southeastern@serailway.bsky.social · 4w ago

⚠️ NEW: Because of a train striking a supermarket trolley in the #Plumstead area, the line towards central London is blocked. Power to the line has been switched off for safety reasons. Response staff are en route. More to follow.

Since we got a little black kitten I've started noticing how many great black cats there are in art history