👋 Thinking of standing for MHK in September's #IsleofMan election? Join us on Wednesday (in person or online) to find out what being an MHK involves and to get some tips about running for election.
👋Calling all #IsleofMan first-time voters! Join us this Wednesday at 3:30pm to find out what they need to know about voting in an Isle of Man election. We’ll cover what MHKs do, why young people should vote, how to pick who to vote for, and what happens at the polling station.
I’ll never forget watching The Wicker Man with my outer Hebridean mum. “I just don’t know where there got all that wicker from”
1st time voters event - contact pwedge@brookes.ac.uk
Prospective MHK event - contact pwedge@brookes.ac.uk
Famous last words, but @cmackie.bsky.social and I seem to have both of these events sorted - written, tech side sorted, special guests arranged ... Just need to do them!
Thinking about standing for the House of Keys in September’s General Election? Want to find out more about it? Join us on Wednesday 22 April at 6:30pm (in person or online) to find out what being an MHK involves and get some tips about running for election. Details👇and at edgelawblog.com
A woman wearing a red dress sits in a reading room consulting an open book laid out on a cushion and writes down notes with a pencil.
We’re welcoming applicants for a fully funded history PhD project researching the first 100 years of the UK's Public Record Office, ahead of its bicentenary in 2038.
Find out more and apply here by Friday 8 May: phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2475... (1/2)
There’s an event for first-time voters at Ballakermeen Studio Theatre at 3:30pm on Wednesday 22 April. We’ll be discussing why young people should vote, and how the process works. Attend in person or online! #isleofman #manxelection
I never thought I’d see an early modern woodcut of women prophets on a ‘girls’ night out’ card.
Poster advertising conference on Exeter's buildings on 25 April 2026.
A one-day conference on Exeter's buildings coming up soon ...
#ICYMI, the History of Parliament is excited to be hosting an 8-week internship for postgraduate-level researchers this summer, working with the House of Lords 1640-60 section.
Applications are open now!
Follow the link below for more details on the role and how to apply:
🚨Job klaxon 🚨
Come and be my colleague at York! We're looking for an Associate Lecturer in Modern British History and Public History. Two year post - apply by 19 March. 🗃️
More details here www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQO971/a...
I'm really looking forward to talking folklore at this online event on 2 April. I've found an understanding of folk tradition hugely enriches the study of ancient buildings because it informs us about how people thought about them.
Bookings here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-folklo...
📣 Applications open! Women’s History Scotland Research Bursary
Up to £500 is available for Masters students, doctoral researchers, ECRs, and independent historians researching women’s and gender history
🗓 Deadline 31 May 2026
Details on how to apply 🔗 womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...
BBC Radio 4’s The Long View - Cottingley Fairies mentioned! 🧚 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… #CottingleyTruther #FrancesWasRight #TheFifthPhotoIsReal https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002s4cv
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We are advertising 4 jobs at York for historians (1 year medieval, 2 years modern Britain and public history, 3 years modern China, and open ended modern Middle Eastern) features.york.ac.uk/history-jobs/
Archaeology often challenges assumptions about listed buildings. This Leicestershire house was thought to be 17th century until a survey revealed evidence that it was mediaeval.
On 26 Feb I'll be speaking online about Reinterpreting Listed Buildings:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reinterpre...
Kindle edition currently 99p. www.amazon.co.uk/Anglo-Saxons...
I’m sharing this in recognition of Gladys Mae West’s work on GPS because it’s been a transformational technology for archaeology and that lady deserves to be lauded.
I love it when a plan comes together. Together with @cmackie.bsky.social in April I will be running two on-Island public facing events in the run up to the 2026 General Election - one aimed at voters aged 16-18, and one aimed at people considering standing for the Keys.
A mud and stud cottage with lovely daubed walls, thatched roof and brick plinth. It looks really inviting and makes you want to go in through the door and explore.
I'm absolutely delighted to share that I have just been appointed Project Officer for Lincolnshire County Council's new Mud and Stud project. Really looking forward to getting stuck into the first proper county-wide study of its indigenous building technique!
This is thought to be the earliest photograph of a snowman in the world ⛄ ❄
It was taken at Penllergare by Mary Dillwyn in c.1853 🏴
Mary is thought to be one of the earliest female photographers in the world 📷
museum.wales/articles/972...
#Wales #History
Elephant and Castle pub on Westgate
Historic England is seeking memories and stories of listed pubs. Wakefield has a number of listed pubs, for instance the Elephant and Castle on Westgate, or the Black Swan on Silver Street. Can you help?
More information: www.wakefieldhistoricalsociety.org.uk/historic-eng...
Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.
This happens to me ALL. THE. TIME. Pleased to hear I’m not the only one …
Two students look at objects in the reading room at The Museum of English Rural Life.
Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
Now this is how to start a history book. A Wiltshire story teller 1890s.
"There were a time, 'tweren't in my time, neither in your time, nit (nor yet) in anybody else's time; 'twere when magpies builded in old men's beards and turkey-cocks chewed bacca”.
An interesting paper of an under researched topic which invites further discussion. It brought to mind family stories of a Grandmother who worked in a steel foundry during WW2. While that wasn't exceptional but her refusal to leave at the end of the war was & more so, the management's capitulation!
