A short piece for @thegentleauthor.bsky.social. Based on research I've been doing about education, skill and the transmission of knowledge in the meat industry. Pleased to have found a home for this picture! concentration, admiration, and knife sharpening spitalfieldslife.com/2026/07/18/a...

www.thelondonjournal.org/blog.html#Ha... A new piece up on the @thelondonjournal.bsky.social blog including some unpublished bits from my PhD; a few of my photos; and some reflections on Smithfield's long life/slow death prompted by Justinien Tribillon's @vittles.bsky.social article about Rungis

New post for our new blog! 'Smithfield is Dead, Long Live Smithfield' by @jackhanlon.bsky.social, in which he reflects both on his historical research on Smithfield Market, and the market's uncertain future. All reads and reposts much appreciated.

Excited to be helping out at this workshop in January @aidannorrie.bsky.social For PhD students or ECR's working on London (any period or discipline) it will be great oppurtunity to think about publishing and get a chance to start developing an article for submmission EOI's due by 16th Jan

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We are running a free workshop at @tandfresearch.bsky.social's office in South London on 30 January 2026 to support early career scholars in developing their work into a publishable journal article. Expressions of interest due by 16 January. See here for more details (and please share widely!)

In the latest issue of History Workshop Journal, Jack Hanlon (@jackhanlon.bsky.social) examines the Smithfield meat porter as a contested symbol of working-class racism. Available to read Open Access in HWJ 99 🗃️

The Meat Porter: Metropolitan Labour, ‘Rivers of Blood’, and the White Working Class

Abstract. At the turn of the twentieth century the Smithfield meat porter entered the public imagination as a distinct ‘London Type’, a frequently caricatu

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Some excellent articles in The London Journal's 50th issue. Particularly enjoyed Nur Sobers-Khan and Shahed Saleem's article on the vernacular architecture of London mosques. Some fascinating reflections on the thought proccess behind Saleem's co-curated V&A pavillion at the Venice Bienalle, 2021

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It's here. Our 50th anniversary special issue, on 'London's Past Today', edited by @aidannorrie.bsky.social and Robert Shoemaker: www.tandfonline.com/toc/yldn20/c.... 🧵

Since starting my PhD I've been trying to make sesne of a difficult moment in Smithfield's history- the porters' march for Powell in '68. This article is the result. So excited to see it out in the world- couldn't have hoped for a better place for publication @historywo.bsky.social

Venturing outside the world of academia to collaborate with a good friend and chef on a substack. Do sign up ! thecopperpot.substack.com/p/welcome-to...

Welcome to The Copper Pot

A scrapbook of recipes and stories about everyday kitchen objects, with Jack Hanlon and Angelos Angelides (illustrations by Lena)

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Delighted to have passed by PhD viva with no corrections. Many thanks to my examiners Lynda Nead and @timcresswell.bsky.social for such a productive discussion. Thanks to @alastairhackney.bsky.social, Regan, Will, Dom, Alex and @londonmuseum.bsky.social for support and supervision along the way

Thoroughly enjoyed the @vittles.bsky.social cookbook sunday suppliment www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/too-many-c... Ruby Tandoh's whistlestop history of influential british cookbooks is fab. And great to see Jonathon Meades up to his miserable old tricks again... 'Meades Eats Fast Food,' BBC, 2003

Hello Bluesky ! I'm a historian and a cook Here's something I wrote recently for @thelondonjournal.bsky.social about Smithfield Market www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Stories from Smithfield: Markets and the Narration of London

Throughout London’s history, marketplaces have not only been integral to its economy but also to how the city was imagined. Drawing on a diverse range of archives and sources—from tabloid journalis...

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