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A flyer for a PhD studentship; image shows BT tower in front of a red phonebox on a Bloomsbury street from the mid-20th century.

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ICYMI: 11 days left to apply for this fully funded PhD at UCL with me and @jameselder.bsky.social working on BT's extraordinary film collection – which records the birth of the information society. For details and how to apply: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Society launches new funding programme for International Fellows and Associate Fellows - RHS The Royal Historical Society is pleased to launch a new programme, from today, to support the work of International Fellows and Associate Fellows. Recipients will be members of the Society, resident o...

We also have a new funding programme for RHS Fellows & Associate Fellows of the Society resident outside the UK & Ireland bit.ly/3PtDQZu

Grants support research in UK / Irish archives for our international historians. Deadline 8 May to enable research from summer 2026 #Skystorians 1/2

My university: "Copilot is Microsoft's AI-powered productivity service that uses large language models (LLMs) to help you create content, analyze information, summarize documents, and complete tasks more efficiently."

Microsoft: LOL

Job klaxon! Come and be an Early Modernist at UCL: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

'Moving the Frame': a fully-funded PhD Studentship at UCL. Film, 20th century history of technology, computational methods and more... Fabulous!

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flyer for a fully-funded PhD project at UCL and BT Archives: includes QR code for this link: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanities/news/ahrc-collaborative-doctoral-partnership-cdp-studentship-0. Deadline 24 April. A 20th century London scene with BT Tower towering.

Come and do a PhD with me and colleagues at UCL! Fully funded thanks to the @ukri.org : computational approaches to a UNESCO-accredited moving-image archive at British Telecom. #dh

The biggest target of any crackdown has to be the: ‘Haven’t used it yet but ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️’ variety. Brings the whole system into disrepute.

Let’s take the core thing we offer and trash the very process through which it has any value

TFW when you come home to find the official journals of @londoncycling.bsky.social and @camraofficial.bsky.social have both arrived and you know you must be a beardyman🍺🚲

Lowering speed limits among contingency plans to curb UK oil demand International Energy Agency recommends emergency measures, including working from home, as Iran war hits fuel supply

Global polycrisis so extreme, people may have to drive at sensible speeds.

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Letters page in this weeks LRB

Sydenham’s Mike Gavin take a bow for this letter in @lrb.co.uk, after which Chas n Dave will forever be Chestertonian in my mind. And who could disagree? Gertcha!

Gordon Square, London. Sun-deprived students.

Smidgen of sunshine and Bloomsbury turns Glastonbury

Great men don’t think they just do…

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High octane and urgent discussion of ‘Muskism’ at UCL @iipp-ucl.bsky.social with @bentarnoff.com and @quinnslobodian.com taking in political economy, STS and histories/futures...

SUV drivers could face extra charges for driving in London TfL are also poised to increase 20mph zones and cut speed limits on the capital’s fastest roads later this year

Could? Should.
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🎙️ The Library of Lost Maps

Listen to James Cheshire, Britain’s only Professor of Cartography and Director of UCL Social Data Institute, talk about the role of maps in our histories and why they still matter.

🔗 tinyurl.com/iwejtwe

@ucl.ac.uk #maps #podcasts #libraries

Although doing this to the dead is awful, ghoulish and probably illegal, it’s the living who arguably have more at stake. For now…

This term we have launched Books and Book History at UCL Special Collections, a new MA module collaboratively designed and delivered by us and @uclhistory.bsky.social.

This thread is the first in the series of student-produced posts highlighting our book history adventures!

Post: Sabrina Wiggins

Call for applications!

We are looking for a small press to take up a temporary residency at UCL!

£5,000 to spend flexibly, an opportunity to work with outstanding collections & collaborate with brilliant students and staff!

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Maybe *Your Party* could host the multilateral talks?

Will we see a troops build-up?

Laurent Binet's 'The Seventh Function of Language' is outstanding in this regard; linguistics & theory, high farce, intrigue & '70s-'80s celebrity academics. The English translation by Sam Taylor is also excellent.

She is indeed fantastic; sorry I can't get up there...

Yep, this friction is really unhelpful

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Does @djbduncan.bsky.social know about this trend?

What's the 'public' in public space? Fantastic discussion with @katrinanavickas.bsky.social

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Thanks to all who came and discussed censorship and 'The Librarians' at UCL East Community Cinema. This powerful film is now on BBC's Storyville...

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