Why did the chicken cross the road? Because it was a thoughtful chicken.

Today's #ArchiveFromHome comes from our Visual Collections Researcher Katherine Howells who uncovers the design decisions taken in this #SecondWorldWar Ministry of Information poster

If we have to have battle analogies, how about peace ones? Hope from C H Sorley: When it is peace, then we may view again With new-won eyes each other's truer form And wonder. Grown more loving-kind and warm We'll grasp firm hands and laugh at the old pain, When it is peace.

So please, please, please EDIT Wikipedia! Museum people, don't let knowledge accumulated for exhibitions get lost. Otherwise these stories we make visible temporarily have little afterlife, and those people we raise out of obscurity may fade again.

This has been a great team effort from Commonwealth War Graves colleagues in the Archive, Historian, Media & Comms and Digital Teams. Special thanks to @greet_tweets Michael Davis and Mr Ian Small, and previous teams members @jenturn_ @NotDaVinciCode Kate Doughty @laurailuca for all their hard work

Hello #twitterstorians! We are currently calling for nominations for our 2020 Jinty Nelson Award for Inspirational Teaching and Supervision in History and for our RHS Innovation in Teaching Award. Nominations close on 31 May. For more info: royalhistsoc.org/prizes/teachin….

Undergraduate historians! Just one day left to submit your entry for the Merriman Prize. If you have an essay on international &/or military history covering any period, we'd love to read it:

Look at this great PG initiative!

Attention #twitterstorians! We are accepting submissions for the first issue of #epochhistory. We are looking for pieces across all periods written for non-specialists. You can find the guidelines at epoch-magazine.com and email your submissions to [email protected].

The Difference Between Emergency Remote Teaching and Online Learning | EDUCAUSE er.educause.edu/articles/2020/…

Dr Jo Taylor is entirely correct. The cake on campus is more than passable. 🍰🥧

With thanks to all our fabulous contributors, look what's out: routledge.com/Approaching-Hi… LancasterUniHistory E-inspection copies are on offer there!

Any community projects who would like to map their research on servicemen of WWI? All welcome! wp.lancs.ac.uk/greatwar/

No. It. Is. Not.

Our full response to the cuts announced today is here👇 6/6

For colleagues in universities facing redundancies / closure please share this English Association toolkit, which we put together with colleagues in at-risk departments in 2021: englishassociation.ac.uk/toolkit-for-un… We stand with you.

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