A piece by me just published in Critical Quarterly on the 'hidden history of unhappiness', from a GP's surgery in the Forest of Dean in 1966 to the present day - should be open access onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/NITYRJ...

@indyhistnetwork.bsky.social The Modern British Studies Association is seeking a representative for independent scholars on our Steering Committee - please do consider joining us. Further details via this link: modbritstud.org.uk/join/

Lucy Delap@lucydelap.bsky.social · yesterday

Great discussion at the 'crisis in UK history' meeting hosted by @ihr.bsky.social, @royalhistsoc.org, @histassoc.bsky.social and History UK. Horror stories of closures and redundancies, balanced by new resources. Check out for ex. the new Independent Historians Network independenthistorians.org

U.S. publication day for A History of England in Twenty-Five Poems, with Pegasus Books. 🎉🎉 They picked a different author photo - looking suitably studious... www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Hist...

What can photographs tell us about anti-racist activism in twentieth-century London? Julian Ehsan on recording community histories through the Bengali Photo Archive and the extraordinary work of Lloyd Gee.

Activism, Identity, and the Bengali Photo Archive

What can photographs tell us about anti-racist activism in twentieth-century London? Julian Ehsan on the Bengali Photo Archive.

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“‘Manchester’ has been a metonym at least twice in the last two hundred years, escaping the orbit of a more generalised ‘North’.” I explore the achievements and failures of the current Manchester model.

London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · 2d ago

‘Between 2015 and 2024, nearly a billion pounds of public money was lent on favourable terms to developers who built almost no affordable housing – almost two-thirds of it to one company.’ @harrystopes.bsky.social on Manchester, new on the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/au...

On advance access "The Political Crisis of British Keynesianism, 1973–1983" by @colmpm.bsky.social (‪@qmpoliticsir.bsky.social‬) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/past...

In late 2023, the Society spent a day with Hertfordshire’s historians. We saw the quality, creativity and distinctiveness of teaching, research and engagement. We were told by a (now departed) senior manager that History was ‘a portfolio the university will guard very carefully’. bit.ly/4hLediN

Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 3d ago

So it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2)

🥳 Happy to report our co-ed collection, me + @ruthdav.bsky.social & @evecolpus.bsky.social, now has 40k+ hits & is being cited a lot 🥳. Fully #OA & incl: @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social @chrismillard83.bsky.social @sarahcrook.bsky.social @jennycrane.bsky.social ++. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

"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

📢New article in JBS! 📗"Killer Dust in the Classroom: Asbestos in Schools and the Urban-Environmental Politics of Risk in 1980s London" by Adam Page Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

"And I’ve thought about this, and the answer is yes. I will still be a historian. Because being a historian is about how you engage with the world, it’s about being curious about the people and the environment around you, and asking questions about it'. 3/

This is a gentle reminder that the magnificent William Whyte will be giving this year's Modern British History Pimlott Memorial Lecture on 6 October at KCL. Do reserve a place here and join us for the wine reception that follows www.tickettailor.com/events/kings...

My new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, is coming out in October. You can preorder it from Waterstones with a 25% discount today and tomorrow! Place your order here ⬇️ www.waterstones.com/book/an-inju...

Why 7 prime ministers in 10 years is nothing new for the UK🔎 History Faculty Chair @lucydelap.bsky.social speaks to Kiran Moodley on Channel 4 News’ FourSight as they explore 3 forces that have helped drive Britain's revolving door at No.10 for two centuries. Also with @robertsaunders.bsky.social ⬇️

Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social · 2w ago

What UK history really tells us about changing prime ministers Andy Burnham is set to become the UK’s seventh prime minister in 10 years. But there have been other periods when leaders changed frequently, writes Kiran Moodley. Read the full newsletter:

We're delighted to announce that Somak Biswas has won the MBSA Early Career Prize for best presentation at #MBS2026, for a paper entitled ‘AIDS & the Racialisation of Mobility: Britain, 1985-1995’. The judges also highly commended Rebecca Orr & Naomi Samake-Bäckert modbritstud.org.uk/events-awards/

EVENT: Join C20 and author Hazel Atashroo as she introduces her new book ‘London’s Ours! Images From The Greater London Council 1981–1986’, in conversation with Rosamund Lily West. 🗓️ Wed 2 Sep 2026, 6.30pm 📍 Cowcross St Gallery, London + Online 🎟️ tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

Lovely lecture by my fab colleague Adam Chapman on the VCH: ‘Part of the project’s role should be to advocate for archives that speak to their places and communities.’

Liverpool University Press@livunipress.bsky.social · 2w ago

Archives | Most Read 'The Maurice Bond Lecture 2024. Placing Archives: The Victoria County History and Archival Landscapes' by @adamchapman.bsky.social ➡️ Read it online: bit.ly/Archives-Chapman @internetarchiveca.bsky.social @araukie.bsky.social @humanitiesall.bsky.social @britrecs.bsky.social

This is a brilliant new book by @ejonesimhotep.bsky.social

Edward Jones-Imhotep@ejonesimhotep.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It's publication day for The Broken Machine (@mitpress.bsky.social)! The book explores the intertwined histories of breaking machines, social order, and the self in the modern Atlantic, revealing how failing technologies have also shaped our world. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255334... #sts #histtech

I write about Britain treating migrants as ‘familiar strangers’ in this week’s @newstatesman1913.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

Strangers in our midst

Colin Grant once more brings us the voices of the British migrant experience too often ignored

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I'm delighted & proud that this article, based on my Historical Research Lecture 2025, is now published in its final form in the @ihr.bsky.social journal Historical Research. It's the 'Editor's Choice' (thanks, @saracharles.bsky.social!), so open access for 6 months. academic.oup.com/histres/arti...

Can popular history be radical? Historical research and writing for the public with a manifesto for radical popular history

Abstract. This article, a transcript of the 2025 Historical Research Lecture, re-visits the question of what makes history radical, asking what kind of rad

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I wrote a book about how Liverpool’s modern history helps us think differently about Britain’s twentieth century - how it demands histories of wagelessness, environment ruin, obsolescence and new forms of resistance. It’s out in paperback today!

Wonderful to see this in print. A perceptive and generous review of what was a true labor of love for all of us.

Susan Pedersen · Worker, Hipster, Banker: Modern British Cities

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So we thank @britishacademy.bsky.social for highlighting this, not only for history (as @royalhistsoc.org ably does, too), but the Humanities as a whole. To conclude, we draw attention to this blog from @ihr.bsky.social Director, @clairelanghamer.bsky.social. Advocacy is part of what we do. 5/5 🗃️

Advocating for History by Doing History - On History

This blog was written by Claire Langhamer, Director of the IHR Historians are very good at crafting arguments and in recent times very many people have advanced very many arguments about why history m...

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Guardian obituary of Juliet Gardiner (1943-2026), historian, author and former editor of 'History Today', written by David Kynaston www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j... #Skystorians

Juliet Gardiner obituary

Historian and author known for three major books – about Britain during the second world war, life in the 1930s and the place of the blitz in national mythology

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Friends across the Atlantic! The U.S. edition of my new #history #book A HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN TWENTY-FIVE POEMS is published with Pegasus Books on 4 August, 2026! I'd be forever grateful if you could spread the word and perhaps consider a pre-order 🙏 www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Hist...

A Guardian book of the day - my history of the kiss! www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

The Kiss by Katie Barclay review – on passion, power and puckering up

From Desiderius Erasmus to Luis Rubiales, a cultural history of this most intimate of gestures

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Thank you to the @royalhistsoc.org for sharing @mbhjournal.bsky.social's forthcoming Pimlott memorial lecture, given this year by Prof. William Whyte on 6 October at KCL - join us! royalhistsoc.org/calendar/the...

The Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture 2026 - William Whyte: The Future of National Biography - LECTURE - RHS

The Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture 2026 - William Whyte: The Future of National Biography Tuesday 6 October 2026, 6pm The Ben Pimlott Lecture is hosted by the journal Modern British History, Oxford Univ...

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'This book will change the way we think about the history of modern Britain' @emilybaughan.bsky.social #Liverpool by @samwetherell.bsky.social a story of rise and decline Pre-order now: https://geni.us/LiverPBorgsoc

An interactive atlas of the British Empire's civil service: ~16,000 Colonial & India Office careers (1820–1966), every move an arc across the map. Rebuilt from the digitized Indian and Colonial Office Lists with a knowledge graph. WIP, feedback welcome: jimclifford.ca/col_matching/

Beauty and Destruction: Wartime London in Art, Imperial War Museum. A great, small, free and under-promoted exhibition - I had it almost to myself - predominantly featuring work commissioned by the War Artists’ Advisory Committee. 1/10. 1. Henry Carr, Familiar Silhouettes, 1942.