Back home from a lovely trip to Munich - looked beautiful in the spring sunshine.

‘Baldricks tell us a story of beards’ Alun Withey Don’t miss Cunningcast: A Fan-tash-tic History of Facial Hair Hosted by Tony Robinson Follow the show👇 podfollow.com/1676254046 Zinc Media Group Great British Podcasts

Thank you - it was lovely to chat. Amory is my Exeter base!

‘Baldricks tell us a story of beards’ #cunningcast #podcast #Baldrick #Beards youtu.be/jbVUTKI9VYM?si… via YouTube

Having a bit of a tidy up at home and have three hardback copies of my book, “Concerning Beards”. £15 each inc postage, and I’ll even sign it for you! First come first served - DM me if you are interested.

Great to hear Alun Withey from Exeter History on The World at One speaking about the British Army and #beards (at 1:40pm) bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Great to see that this fab Wellcome short film about personal grooming in the 19thc has been nominated for a webby award. Proud to have had a v small part in this as a script advisor. Please do take a look, and perhaps consider a vote: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/…

Can anyone recommend any good ‘state of the field’/survey articles on the history of travel? Ideally I’m looking for something that picks up key themes for students to discuss.

It seems weird, & I’m probably missing something obvious. but I can’t find any survey articles on the historiography/main themes in recent travel history at a meta level. There are some on travel writing , and tourism, but not more generally. Dr Eva Johanna Holmberg Gábor Gelléri now also on BlSk?

A new post about some of the supposed benefits of travel in the early modern period - dralun.wordpress.com/2024/06/11/sho… #twitterstorians #travelhistory #histmed

Back doing some work on my favourite sources - Georgian newspaper ads. I love the little stories you come across by accident...like Titus Penny, Shoemaker of Leeds, who appeared in the Leeds Intelligencer in 1787 under the headline 'A Run Away Husband'

Does anyone know of any academic articles/books dealing with how people planned journeys/transport/accommodation before travel agencies?

For some reason I have lost about 1200 followers in about 2 weeks. Is there something I should know?!

5 new counties just added to the list (now totalling 11) of biographies of early modern medical practitioners on our University of Exeter @ExeterClio @WellcomeTrust project website - practitioners.exeter.ac.uk. A fantastic resource for #medhist

Any suggestions for articles/books relating to the physical/sensual experience of coach travel or more generally of motion in the long 18thc?

This is a longshot, but does anybody have access to an article called “packing for touristic performances“ in the annals of tourism research journal, 38:3 July 2011? For some reason, I can’t seem to get uni access .

Looking for some good holiday listening? Enjoy two seasons of ⁦Tony Robinson⁩’s Cunningcast - brilliantly cunning history pods to feast your ears on with ⁦Prof Alice Roberts💙⁩ #DavidMitchell #BenElton and many more. Listen here 🔗 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ton…

The Prince of Wales sparked debate with his new facial hair this week. Alun Withey from Exeter History spoke to BBC Radio Ulster about the history of Royal beards! 🧔 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Yet another request for suggestions on travel literature: Can anyone recommend articles/books exploring the sensory experience of 'new' places in the 18th/19thc - specifically looking for work on how it felt to be somewhere new/different, & effects on the senses