A proud day! Very honoured to have been involved, alongside many others, in producing this edition. It’s a treasure trove of relatively little-known & fabulously rich life writing shedding new light on late 18thc polite society, literary culture and relationships of all sorts.

New Master in Digital and Public History at University of Luxembourg opens student applications on February 1, (Start in September 2024). #Master #Graduate #DigitalHistory #PublicHistory See the thread. C2DH_LU NCPH Public History Weekly (PHW)

Following the REF initial decisions consultation, we're announcing some updates - most importantly that the next REF will be REF 2029. This is in recognition of the complexities for HEIs in preparing for the exercise.

Honoured to have contributed to this excellent book edited by Andrew Prescott and @alisonwiggins 'Archives Power, Truth, and Fiction'. Can't wait to read the other contributions, they look amazing! global.oup.com/academic/produ…

Well, I suppose that's something to cheer those academics facing redundancy. Is that what REF mean by 'conplexities'?!

Get 30% off print and eBooks of Shaping Femininity (+ more titles!) until 10 December! bloomsbury.com/uk/shaping-fem…

What can the #Humanities bring to #AI? In this new paper Murray Shanahan & I explore the potential of #LLMs as assistive tools in #creative writing. We evaluate the results from a literary critical perspective & from the standpoint of computational creativity. arxiv.org/abs/2312.03746

I’m in Edinburgh this weekend with my own pop up shop at Maeve (45-47 Barclay Place) open 10-5.30 Saturday and 1-5 Sunday! #edinburgh #popup #knitwear #scarves #visiblemending #book #sustainablegifts

New in our CEME series - Monika Barget takes a fresh look at the political implications of 18thC uprisings from a media perspective: bloomsbury.com/uk/uprisings-i…

See this sam bilton? Perhaps Mary Eales wasn't so innovative after all!

A warrant for £70 payable at Goldsmith's Hall to Mrs Christian [Edward alias] Inglis, at Sunderland 11 April 1644 (SP 46/106 f.146), her father was Nicol Edward of the Banshee Labyrinth on Niddry Street

Thinking about John Craske, a Norfolk fisherman who started embroidering after contracting influenza while fighting in WWI. His doctor suggested he embroider to occupy himself. These are from the Dereham Heritage Trust, The Red House, and Norwich Castle Museum

Ramping up the anti-Te Haag palaver.

Department for Business and Trade Can I have Freedom of Movement instead please?

Visiting this was one of my highlights of 2023. The exhibition also focuses on the conundrums of conserving such a complex artefact, & at one point even questions whether it will be possible to preserve it for perpetuity. A great & honest admission on the part of its curators.

FUNDED PHD: Four years of AHRC funding for a project on the suppression of the underground press in Restoration England, in collaboration with the Stationers' Company. Please pass on to any interested MA students or grads. jobs.ac.uk/job/DEW494/ahr…

What gems Michael Pearce sees! The quince paste inboxes reminds me of the Ham House inventory with such boxes listed in the (still-surviving) stillroom. Was Mistress Young an upper servant, I wonder?

This is going to be an exciting discussion. Really looking forward to seeing @April_LouP Cannot put down 'Babygirl You've got this'. 🤜🏾🙏🏾👌🏿 Join us next Friday at the British Library. Uni of Greenwich ICE_greenwich Humanities & Social Sciences @UniofGreenwich UoG BAME eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-conversat…