I've just written a blog about how historians - environmental historians in particular - can support the work of the National Archives User Advisory Group Institute of Historical Research @UKNatArchives @UKNatArcRes blog.history.ac.uk/2025/02/the-na…

My talk 'Prepared to Make a Fine Fuss' about British environmental organisations in the Second World War, coming up on Wednesday 26 February, at the Institute of Historical Research, London, 5.30 to 7pm in person and online War, Media & Society The Museum of English Rural Life history.ac.uk/events/prepare…

The next War, Society and Culture seminar takes place tomorrow (26/02) at 5.30pm. 📃 Dr. Gary Willis, ‘Prepared To Make a Fine Fuss’: Civil Society’s Contestation of the Environmental Impact of Britain’s Long Second World War, 1936–46 Details: history.ac.uk/events/prepare… #envhist

Delighted that my latest journal article is just out: 'Where Amenity and Modernity Collided: the Lake District National Park and West Cumberland's Atomic Coast' UoBris Centre for Environmental Humanities Historians @ Bristol Nigel J.Hetherington 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 Journal of Historical Geography Rural Modernism doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.…

5.30 to 7pm, Tuesday 4 March in-person at IHR, London and online, David Matless talking about his book, 'England's Green': history.ac.uk/events/england…

A plug for 'Forgotten: searching for Palestine's hidden places and lost memorials' by Raja Shehadeh & Penny Johnson, about the cultural erasure practised by the Israeli State and its illegal settlers. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/forgot…

Looking forward to chairing the 'Redefining Physical and Interdisciplinary Frontiers' session at 1030 on Friday 11 April at the American Society for Environmental History's annual conference in Pittsburgh American Society for Environmental History

Looking forward to hearing Marianna Dudley and Matthew Kelly at Queen Mary University's 'British History Today' Thursday/Friday 1 & 2 May: projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/british-….

Delighted that my abstract's been accepted for the RAF Museum's conference on 4/5 September. Am presenting a paper showing Operation Chastise/Dambusters' Raid) to be an act of environmental warfare as well as the established narratives of technical boffinry and dashing heroism.

Will be speaking on the Dambusters' Raid as an act of environmental warfare on the second day of the RAF's annual conference in September; RAF Museum rafmuseum.org.uk/midlands/whats…

Really enjoying Michael Lobel's book, 'Van Gogh and the End of Nature' on Van Gogh's documentation through his art of growing industrialisation of rural and peri-urban landscapes: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/van-go…

Delighted to have been accepted on to The National Archives' Independent Researcher List, with a focus on C20th UK History, general research, British Army and the RAF; The National Archives; nationalarchives.gov.uk/irlist/default…

With my National Archives User Advisory Group member hat on, here's a plug for TNA's Government Web Archive: nationalarchives.gov.uk/webarchive/

Investigation into environmental pollution by British military bases: theguardian.com/environment/20…

Sycamore Gap: 4 years 3 months for destroying a national landmark? A laughable punishment. And to add insult to injury they'll be out in two years on parole. Should have been twice as long a sentence, at least.

The carbon footprint of the Israeli State and Israeli Attack Force's war on Gaza: theguardian.com/world/2025/may…

My latest blog is up, on CPRE's activities during the Second World War; based on a paper I gave at the Institute of Historical Research in February. War, Media & Society Katrina Navickas 🇱🇹🇺🇦 Marianna Dudley blogs.kent.ac.uk/munitions-of-t…

Next up on the WMS 'Munitions of the Mind' blog, we have a new post from Dr. Gary Willis all about the Council for the Preservation of Rural England and its work in the era of the Second World War. Check it out at the link below 👇 blogs.kent.ac.uk/munitions-of-t…

Interesting article I'm currently reading on the future of environmental history: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Looking forward to presenting my paper on The Dambusters' Raid as an act of environmental warfare at the RAF Museum's conference on 4th and 5th September Nigel J.Hetherington 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 rafmuseum.org.uk/london/whats-g…