Today l learnt that Regent Court, a block of flats in Hillsborough, Sheffield, is thought to be the first example of workers’ housing of the modern movement in the UK (ahead of Kensal House in London)

*sigh* Historians of medicine and psychiatry have so much to contribute to these public conversations, and yet, judging by the description of this new documentary, are still not being included. www.channel4.com/press/news/n...

I started Liliana’s Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza last night. Finding the passages on grief, memory and institutional archives particularly moving

Why is Julian Casablancas now obsessed with autotune

Annual leave is almost up, and it’s been in many ways not at all restful… But all the while, the apples on the tree we planted for my brother, Dan, have continued to grow. Despite constant heatwaves and with regular water. Life goes on

The @britishacademy.bsky.social resource also shows significant and v. concerning trends in recruitment of academic historians. The period 2018/19 to 2024/25 has seen a 25% fall (435 FPE) of staff with the contract type 'early career'. This compares to a 4% rise for senior staff #Skystorians 3/3

Combination of close, humid, hot conditions and the last day before I go off on my holidays (yay!) means that I am not capable of much coherent thought today

Where are we publishing conference papers/short think pieces/vague thoughts that are too long for Bluesky these days? Are personal websites still worth it or a waste of time?? Thoughts please!

Come join our friendly team to do radical history online. History Workshop is recruiting one editorial fellowship this year, with specialism in pre-1800 history in any part of the globe.

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📣 Call for Applications 📣 History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe. This is a part-time, paid role. Application deadline: 7 August 2026. Please share widely!

Sitting and looking at my tagless suitcase, reminded now of when just over a year ago, I accidentally swapped with someone and ended up having to go across the country to get it back… just before my holiday… I haven’t learnt but now you can

If anyone will be at #SSHM next week and would like this, let me know and I will pop it in my bag!

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#histpsych friends, anyone fancy a copy of this? I bought one (forgetting that my eager self had already done this two years ago, when planning my current project). Perhaps of particular interest to anyone working on #histpsych in Sheffield or Manchester, where I believe Lawton Tonge worked…

Revisions are all fun and games until you can’t remember which of the documents named ‘final’, ‘FINAL final’ or ‘FINAL FINAL FINAL’ you actually ended up submitting all those months ago

What are the random sounds that make you think of summer? One of mine is the sound of a spoon clinking on the side of a bowl, as my neighbours eat their breakfast outside

#histpsych friends, anyone fancy a copy of this? I bought one (forgetting that my eager self had already done this two years ago, when planning my current project). Perhaps of particular interest to anyone working on #histpsych in Sheffield or Manchester, where I believe Lawton Tonge worked…

Incredible opportunity to work with Dr Hannah Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social on a funded PhD project exploring unorthodox forms of health activism in postwar Britain. Full details here, do share widely! www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

Today I wore a turtleneck to work

Nervous Sweating Anime Character

ALT: Nervous Sweating Anime Character

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Thinking about what defines an academic career nowadays and keep coming back to one word… admin

Final week to register for #SSHM2026! Registration Closes 15 June The Society’s biennial conference takes place 30 June - 3 July at University of Leeds The theme is In/Out

SSHM 2026: In/Out University of Leeds 30 June – 3 July 2026

Conference Co-Convenors: Dr Alexia Moncrieff & Dr Katherine Rawling and Conference Committee: Dr Alex Bamji, Professor Shane Doyle, Megan Graham, Professor Robert Hornsby, Dr Will Jackson, Dr J…

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We're down to the last handful of tickets for my workshop on 'Medicine and the Senses' in Leeds on 10 July. Please share! www.eventbrite.com/e/medicine-a...

Many years ago when I finished my GCSEs, I vowed to never have in my life a job where I have to do maths. Today I find myself trying to figure out how many platters of sandwiches I need for a workshop of c.15 people and wonder where it all went wrong

One of the really nice bits about going back time and again to the same relatively small archive is you get to know the staff and to some extent, the other regulars. It’s a nice bit of community in what can often be quite a solitary thing

Favourite passage of the day, from the minutes of the welfare committee of a local steel manufacturer: “several complaints were made as to the food… the chips were abominable”

Not saying that I’m tired, but I did just spend a good few minutes unable to understand the point being made in something I’m reading, all because I was reading the word ‘views’ as ‘wives’

Today I face the enduring problem of what to wear to the archive on a day when it is 30 degrees outside

Is this advert supposed to be funny?

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On the tube

The result of normalising Reform’s ideas? Neighbour is turned against neighbour | Nesrine Malik

The result of normalising Reform’s ideas? Neighbour is turned against neighbour | Nesrine Malik

‘Concern’ about immigration has now morphed into policing how ethnic minorities exist in our communities, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Anyone know of any histories of tabes dorsalis (specifically its evolution as a diagnostic category?). They don’t have to be specifically focused, even those which touch on that history would be super helpful!

Spent the day reading the accident books for local collieries. One man got injured (and compensated) because he was pushing a tub *with his head*

Anyone know of any histories of tabes dorsalis (specifically its evolution as a diagnostic category?). They don’t have to be specifically focused, even those which touch on that history would be super helpful!

Last night, I spent a while trying to unfurl these screwed up bits of newspaper which we found stuffed between the bricks of our hallway wall… one is from August 1928(!)