A restorative day on the Northumberland coast. Myself and my dad did two and a half hours of rock pooling, which we used to do when I was little!

Remember @hbuxton.bsky.social new book 'Disabled Empire: The Colonial Body in Girst World War Britain' has dropped with Uni of Chicago Press. You can get 30% off the book through the end of the year with the code UCPNEW press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... #milwelfhist #histmed #disabilityhist

Disabled Empire

Explores the minute interactions between military servicemen and medical caregivers during World War I to tell a broader story about race, colonialism, labor, and global health.  Disabled Empire exami...

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Joe's article also features in selection of recent 'Transactions' articles which consider 'The Historian's Craft and Practice: new writing on history teaching and historical research' bit.ly/4bPGJvW All 15 articles are published Open Access and free to read #Skystorians 2/2

The Historian's Craft and Practice: new writing on history teaching and historical research - RHS

The Society's academic journal, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, publishes a wide range of content from historians of all disciplinary backgrounds and career stages, worldwide. This inclu...

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New journal article on working-class women telling stories of economic and social change. Gillian Murray, Janet Greenlees and I recorded interviews with women in deindustrialising Lanarkshire who had diverging narratives of survival 'getting by' and social mobility - 'getting on'.

"Details, in their singularity and idiosyncrasy, point to the capaciousness of human experience." New today in the Society's journal 'Transactions': Joe Moran 'On Detail in Historical Writing': bit.ly/44UMi8C Now available OA @joemoransblog.bsky.social @massobsarchive.bsky.social #Skystorians 1/2

Started writing the penultimate chapter of my PhD thesis today! This means I get to watch cool videos, like the one below, for further research. One of my weekly highlights is now watching Telephone Tuesdays: #histsci #telephone #gpo #postoffice #telephony #telecommunications

The Strowger Step By Step Telephone Exchange

YouTube video by THIS MUSEUM IS (NOT) OBSOLETE

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What on earth is going on? I’m genuinely gutted, a great manager who was given relentless grief from our fans all last season, though there’s clearly deeper cracks behind the scenes. Howe has done amazing things with player development & winning us our first trophy in decades. Really sad. #NUFC

As a historian of Jodrell Bank, I agree! And the reason it is important is that it has been made to mean different things to different people at different times. Who's up for a mega thread on how and why? (I'm off for lunch now, but I'll do it after. I'll need the energy...)

John Grindrod@grindrod.bsky.social · last wk.

Really one of the most important postwar sites in Britain

Important read. At least 859 infants and 19 women are estimated to have died in the Bessborough mother and baby institution. It is likely their remains were buried on the grounds. Planning permission has been upheld for building apartments on this site. [1/2] www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...

'Do not bury our history beneath concrete', mother of last baby to die at Bessborough tells Government

Bessborough survivor Cindi Bonny says her daughter was the last baby to die at the Cork institution and urges the Government to halt redevelopment

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📣CFPs - deadline 31 July📣 Symposium: Global Childhood(s) and Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine 📆16-18 November 2026 🏛️The Centre for History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds (UK) In-person with online presentation option #histmed #histSTM

History of Medicines CFPs

If you wish to share your CFPs on the SSHM website please contact the Exec Sec, Dr Justine Pick admin@sshm.org Symposium: Global Childhood(s) and Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine Keyn…

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First time in 3 years we’ve won anything in the ballot! A special game too, first one at home and Keegan’s memorial. I was at Keegan’s first game back when he returned as manager in 2008, I ended up on MoTD in my King Kev hat! An emotionally charged game for sure, but lucky to be there. #NUFC

🏆 Congratulations to Lucy Jameson (Durham) and Michelle Pfeffer (Oxford), winners of the 2026 BSHS Singer Prize! Read about their award-winning essays, the special commendations and the panel's comments here: bshs.org.uk/singer-prize... More on the authors coming soon!

I’m really delighted to have been awarded the Singer Prize by the British Society for the History of Science! My essay blends histories of disability, technology and the applied sciences to show how disabled people facilitated the diffusion of scientific management during the interwar period.

Durham History@durhamhistory.bsky.social · 2w ago

Congratulations to Lucy Jameson who has won the Singer Prize from the British Society for the History of Science for an essay based on a chapter of her PhD – ‘Pass the Parcel: Disabled Expertise, Prosthetics of Productivity, and Scientific Management in the British Post Office, 1918–1921’

I kicked off the ESHS-HSS conference with an evening run around Arthur’s Seat! Looking forward to attending as many panels as I can. I’m presenting about disabled ex-servicemen, Post Office prosthetics and scientific management on Wednesday!

📢 We're now on LinkedIn! Follow the British Society for the History of Science for longer items on news, prizes, grants, publications, events and opportunities from across the HistSTM community. 👉 www.linkedin.com/company/bshs

Too much to put here but brilliant to hear about the women in mining communities and pit head baths from @lucyjameson.bsky.social #BloodIsThePriceOfCoal Conference

Just one of a fantastic series of panels from our 'Blood is the Price of Coal' conference yesterday - a moving day in many ways, with great potential to spark more conversations and collaborative projects in the future

Lucy Jameson@lucyanne.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A great day so far at the University of Warwick for the ‘Blood is the Price of Coal’ Conference in collab with @mrcwarwick.bsky.social. We’ve heard about a huge variety of subjects, from a broad range of disciplines and backgrounds, which has been really nice! Onto the afternoon panels now.

Last time we were in this conference space, it was to mark the @mrcwarwick.bsky.social's 50th anniversary. That led to this Railway Work, Life & Death project publication, co-authored with @rmtunion.bsky.social & other colleagues! exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/ex...

OldRailwayAccidents@rwldproject.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Off to the @mrcwarwick.bsky.social for today's 'Blood is the price of coal' conference. Should be really interesting! More here:

A great day so far at the University of Warwick for the ‘Blood is the Price of Coal’ Conference in collab with @mrcwarwick.bsky.social. We’ve heard about a huge variety of subjects, from a broad range of disciplines and backgrounds, which has been really nice! Onto the afternoon panels now.

Had a great week this week: PhD funder’s Summer School, on Thursday I helped co-host @durhamimh.bsky.social Postgraduate Showcase, yesterday I had my completion review, and I started the weekend with Durham parkrun! Now to do a bit of conference prep before I head to watch my dad play cricket 🏏

My 500 year history of disabled people's political activism is out now! Thanks to The Independent for making it their non-fiction book of the month! www.penguin.co.uk/books/455782... #disabilityhistory

Disability

A ground-breaking history of modern Britain that puts the experiences of disabled people to the fore for the first time. Despite there being more than 16 million disabled people in the UK today, disa...

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Rethinking Lipstick - Free online event 12th June 2026, 12pm EST/5pm GMT Join us for a session as three expert speakers debunk some of the lipstick myths and legends that often circulate online and in print media.

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...

As a disabled kid of the 90s, I’ll always be pro-inclusion and put the duty on society to make mainstream education more accessible. But specialist schools are absolutely essential for some kids and must be protected too - as @johnharris1969.bsky.social sets out. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Labour doesn't seem to like Send schools for kids like mine – but here's what we'll lose if these precious places are forgotten | John Harris

An autism school in Wiltshire exemplifies what’s so different about education in a tailored environment, and the outcomes for children speak for themselves, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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22km kayaked down the Dordogne today, with some pretty spectacular views to accompany lunch! Plenty of castles and gorgeous villages built into the rock face

Final spaces available for our ‘Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces’ conference next week @unioflimerick.bsky.social - 27 May. Free, all welcome (booking required) - we have a wonderful line-up of speakers on the day - www.irishhumanities.ie/news-events/...

Irish Humanities Alliance | Locating Loss

Locating Loss: Histories of Infertility in Landscapes and Spaces conference, University of Limerick on 27 May 2026.<br /> <br /> The aim of the Locating Loss project is to explore the spaces…

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Southampton being kicked out the play off final has made my day and I’m not even a Boro fan 😂 An important day for integrity in football, we need more of this robustness through the whole FA

Workshop at Lancaster Museum on 27 May! We'll explore the history of touch through talks & interactive activities, in collaboration with the brilliant @victorianhand.bsky.social project! Open to all, but registration required - sign up here! www.eventbrite.com/e/histories-...

Histories of Touch: Hands-on Workshop

An interactive workshop exploring the sensory past.

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What an excellent site and project, sign up and get photographing/locating those postboxes! postboxmap.co.uk #postbox #post #royalmail

UK Postbox Map – Find Your Nearest Postbox & Log by Location or Reign

Find your nearest UK postbox by postcode or location. Map and log postboxes you've visited, add new finds. Free for postbox spotters, enthusiasts and historians.

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Back in January I wasn’t able to attend the launch party for Issue 100, but behind the scenes I was busy preparing a new series of digital articles and podcasts to celebrate this HWJ milestone 🎉 It turns out doing what you love can pull you through dark times and help you navigate grief...

History Workshop@historyworkshop.org.uk · 6mo ago

The latest issue of History Workshop Journal is out now, and it marks two exciting milestones: 50 years and 100 issues of innovative radical history. You can read the journal on the HWJ website through the link below! academic.oup.com/hwj...