The bear vs man controversy:

#OnThisDay in 1536, Anne Boleyn was arrested and sent to the Tower of London on charges of adultery, incest and high treason. 2 weeks later, she was found guilty of her supposed crimes and sentenced to death.

Best name on a thesis, ever

Will leave this to the Gardening Hoes to confirm or deny. 🤓

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Plato’s final hours recounted in scroll found in Vesuvius ash theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

Happy anniversary!

Well, that’s terrifying…

Revisiting my PhD thoughts on sailors & their spiritual views in light of my current research on the East India Company. I think I agree with Younger Me on the basics although I hope to have a few more insights to add in this conference paper.

Today marks 79 years since the liberation of Ravensbrück concentration camp. Please listen to the words of Holocaust survivor Mala Tribich MBE, who was one of many Jewish women who were deported to Ravensbrück, for a video we made to mark International Women's Day.

The professor being tempted to take on another book review

No.

Delighted to say that my latest article has just been published in the Mariner's Mirror Society for Nautical Research.
It's about pirates, fish, and seafarers - and how they all fit together as part of a wider Atlantic 'political ecology' in the early 17th century.
doi.org/10.1080/002533…

Archeologists search for remnants of Halifax's 250-year-old wall that surrounded the city ctvnews.ca/canada/archeol…