Join us for our Heritage Open Days when you can meet the experts & explore the History Centre. 🗓️ 16 & 17 Sept. 🎫 Free tours, drop-in sessions & history walk. #history #archives #heritage #archaeology www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e...

A fascinating read from both an historical and #AI perspective. #history #historians

Dr Sophie Michell@sophiemhistory.bsky.social · 7d ago

As promised, a blog that talks about human error, children (not) being transported and why AI can't do what historians do (because it can't think) sophiemhistory.substack.com/p/historians...

More a dog person but have a beautiful cat sculpture & many #cat friends. So happy #internationalcatday #caturday #dachshunds #dachshund

Looking for something to do over the summer? My co-curated exhibition on #JohnAubrey runs until 19 September @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social, Wilts. www.chippenham.gov.uk/exhibition-w...

Satellite imagery so important in assessing damage to archaeological sites where access restricted by conflict. So too are #archives which often have fantastic collections of #historic #photographs recording archaeological sites. Visit @heritagewshc.bsky.social for C19/20th photos of #MiddleEast

Roopika Risam@roopikarisam.bsky.social · 4w ago

Really interesting work from my colleague Jesse Casana, using satellite imagery to assess damage to Syrian archaeological sites from the civil war home.dartmouth.edu/news/2026/07...

Please share! A rare PhD studentship @kingshistory.bsky.social *fully* funded by @slaveryinwar.bsky.social to work with myself and Maeve Ryan, supported by a broader community of experts in Caribbean history, transatlantic slavery, and the history of war. www.kcl.ac.uk/study/fundin... 🗃️

AHRC Studentship: Slavery and the Seven Years’ War within and across the Caribbean Archipelago | King's College London

The Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War (CRSW) is pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded AHRC doctoral studentship, to be jointly supervised across History and War Studies

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Not a great photo, but this parent #crow had mouths to feed. I was waiting to put air in tyres & watched as this #corvid paced back & forth at the exit to a busy car wash. Eventually timed it so they could dunk dry crusts in a pool of water to feed offspring. Obviously a tried & tested routine.

Fascinating podcast. Found myself cheering out loud as @roopikarisam.bsky.social championed #archives & #libraries (as well as community organisations & #education systems) as key to building a data & #AI literate world. #AILiteracy #dataliteracy

Roopika Risam@roopikarisam.bsky.social · last mo.

Had a blast doing this interview about DATA EMPIRE for Prospect Magazine's podcast. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro...

Read the @financialtimes.com article accompanying the post from @catherinefletcher.info Fascinating, concerning, if not alarming. Are #AI companies really *throwing a lifeline* to #museums & #galleries?

Catherine Fletcher@catherinefletcher.info · last mo.

not so much throwing museums a lifeline as massively exaggerating the biases in the sources, if the cited case at Leighton House is anything to go by

This #WorkExperienceMonth, discover the wide range of geographical careers out there for Year 11-12 students to explore by watching our free Choose Geography careers talks! 💼 🔗 Learn more about the skills that real geography professionals use in their roles: https://ow.ly/Mct150Zl2EF

Woke to the usual dawn chorus & later enjoyed the extended song of a wren + chatter of goldfinches, blackbirds & jackdaws with whom we share our neighbourhood. Then heard insistent chirp of sparrows & watched as parents fed their offspring in my #insect friendly #messygarden. #birdsong #nature

It's #workexperience season with students discovering the world of working with #archives & #localstudies collections. Had fun digging out docs relating to #4thJuly + US presidents nos 4 & 6. #history #heritagejobs

Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre@heritagewshc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Week 3 of 5 of our #workexperience programme hosting Y10s & 12s from local schools. #Archives looked at this week inc 2 passports signed by James Madison & John Quincy Adams before they became respectively the 4th & 6th presidents of the United States. #4thJuly #ExploreYourArchive

Just started listening to new podcast series on #history of US inspired by Neil MacGregor's *A History of the World in 100 Objects*. Not a copy/rehash. Definitely quirky. Not thought about importance of thread angle of a screw, or it's impact on #WWII. #history www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A History of the United States in 100 Objects - 100 Objects #1: The Century Safe - BBC Sounds

A locked iron safe, sealed for 100 years. What objects did Americans choose to remember?

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Visitors all gone @salisburycathedral.bsky.social ahead of this afternoon's ordination service. A moment of quiet & stillness. Congrats to all those priested today in this most beautiful of #medieval cathedrals. #history #heritage

Made a brief visit to @thelondonarchives.bsky.social today & delighted to encounter a secondary #school visit to the #archives + another school group on the tube alighting at Leicester Square. So great to see animated & excited kids on school outings. #schooltrips #heritage #culture #education

At a loose end today? Why not head to @heritagewshc.bsky.social for a free talk about the fascinating life & times of John Aubrey - Wiltshire-born writer, antiquarian & scientist #history #localhistory #Chippenham

Still time to book your place on a journey through the amazing world of Wiltshire-born scientist, writer & antiquarian #JohnAubrey with historian & author @lrylandepton.bsky.social Saturday, 6 June at 2pm. 👉Reserve your place by email - archives@wiltshire.gov.uk 🎟️Tickets £10, payable on the day.

Only on near-London suburban routes - if you think the new electric Arterio rolling stock is an improvement. Not so sure after checking out the train specs. But what of the rest of the non-electrified #SouthWesternRailway network? When will we see investment & improvements? @theguardian.com

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3mo ago

A year after nationalisation, is South Western Railway delivering?

Fascinating. Add this to my check list of things to look out for in our #archive & #map collections @heritagewshc.bsky.social (when I have a spare moment!) #exploreyourarchives #geography #history #archives

Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)@rgs.org · 3mo ago

Why did place names on a map of Canada matter to geographers in London? In the 1880s, a new railroad connected eastern Canada to British Columbia. As the railway expanded, Indigenous place names were added to official maps - including this 1886 map - which became a point of contention at the RGS.

Popped into my #messygarden & chose to look skywards... Beautiful evening with wispy, high cirrus clouds & a partial #circumzenithalarc Along with a crescent moon & soaring seagull! #clouds #cloudscape #bluesky #stormhour

I am so proud to have co-curated this exhibition for @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social with the incredible @anecdotalksb.bsky.social Discover John Aubrey as you’ve never seen him before!!

Chippenham Museum@chippenhammuseum.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨 COMING SOON - Wiltshire & The World: John Aubrey & The Quest for Knowledge 📅 Sat 13 Jun - Sat 19 Sep 🕒 Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm 🎟️ Free entry © The Trustees of the British Museum. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence.

Really looking forward to this talk. Reserve your tickets now to hear @lrylandepton.bsky.social Aubrey talk. And then head to @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social from 13 June for the Aubrey exhibition co-curated by Louise, contributing editor @vch-home.bsky.social @wiltshistory.bsky.social

Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre@heritagewshc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Join us 6th June, 2pm when Dr Louise Ryland-Epton @lrylandepton.bsky.social takes us on a journey through the amazing world of Wiltshire-born scientist, writer & antiquarian John Aubrey. 👉Reserve your place by email - archives@wiltshire.gov.uk 🎟️Tickets £10, payable on the day. #science #history

Check out our recent blogs including this from the Moulton #archive which includes notes & sketches by Alex Moulton on Germany's devastating V1 flying bomb known as the doodlebug. The collection also includes an official diagram of the weapon market SECRET. #WWII wshc.org.uk/doodling-the...

Doodling the Doodlebug - Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

The personal papers of engineer Alex Moulton reveal he was involved, tangentially at least, with early investigations into the V-1.

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My #messygarden, a mix of the intended & the accidental... #wildlifegarden #yellowpeonies #pentaglottis #aquilegia #blueflowers

I've been embracing the messy garden in recent years, increasingly so as I watch neighbours lay waste to trees & vegetation, replacing them with extensions, hard landscaping & ever larger "garden rooms" (sheds).

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4mo ago

A messy garden is a glorious garden. We need to stop tidying, titivating and paving them over | Emma Beddington

My kinda #datacentre but don't forget #archives. #exploreyourarchives

United Humanists@unitedhumanists.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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A resource for all #history #teachers @localhistoryhub.bsky.social Check out the Wiltshire HER via the #archaeology pages @heritagewshc.bsky.social website.

Marion Page@marionpage.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📢New film explaining what Historic Environment Records (HERs) are📢 If you ever wondered what HERs do, please watch and you will see why they matter so much for the heritage around us….. 🎥 historicengland.org.uk/advice/techn... 🎥

On 7 March 1226 William Longespee died. Husband of Lady Ela (who brought title & wealth to the marriage), illegitimate son of Henry II, half brother to kings Richard & John, named in 1215 #MagnaCarta, he was the first person buried @salisburycathedral.bsky.social #medievalhistory #history

As always, a lovely afternoon guiding with Saturday p.m. team @salisburycathedral.bsky.social Took time before & after to snap a few photos, making the most of the sunlight streaming into the cathedral. Inspired by #exhibition of #PeterMarlow photos of English cathedrals. #photography #reflections

Really looking forward to hosting bestselling #author #medievalist & #printmaker Amy Jeffs when we'll be chatting with her about mythology, medieval saints & early folk ballads. 📆1st April ⌚7.30pm 🏛️Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre 🎟️Tickets £10. Email archives@wiltshire.gov.uk More info👇