Coachella is trying to wipe all of the footage of The Strokes protest set so I’m gonna post it here. The last images on the screen made me cry.

Shoemakers, Trawsfynydd, north-west Wales, 1885, photo by John Thomas (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru/National Library of Wales).

An extremely handsome seagull sitting on a notice board in a short jetty under a blue sky. A red life ring is hung at the end of the jetty in grey metal railings. The sea is out exposing brown sands.

Behold please this magnificent beast. If this were romantasy and not Aberystwyth, he would be called Vork. I am in love! Oh no my eyeballs are melting in the face of his beauty

What do you get if you cross an angry sheep with a angry cow?

One animal in a baaaaaaaad moooooooood.

I'm going to have a little credit to spend at Bloomsbury Academic, probably enough for two or three books - hit me up with your recommendations from the history lists. Doesn't have to have anything to do with my work. Feel free to recommend your own book!

Briony Neilson Briony Neilson Editorial and Manuscript Services – assisting writers and academic researchers through all stages of the writing and publishing process

I've been working as a freelance professional academic editor for over 15 years and have finally got around to creating a website. If you're an academic writer seeking experienced editorial help on a writing project (e.g. book, chapter, journal article), get in touch! And please spread the word ✏️📖

Exploring the Prize Papers, a global early modern archive Using language skills, examine previously unknown records from the Prize Papers collection and produce descriptions to support digitisation.

Dream positions: 3 (!!) PhD placements at the Prize Papers with emphasis on finding students with the following language skills: French, Spanish, Dutch, and Scandinavian languages. (Of course, I emphasize the Dutch language!)
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Van Gogh's painting of cows in a field. The sky is a weird yellowy green colour, there is a crow in the distance and five cows in the field.

Hire me to edit for you! I provide fast, professional, and personalised proofreading, copy editing, and developmental editing services. wellreadherring.com/editing

Image unrelated, I just really like Van Gogh's painting of cows

And here’s another freelance history job.

I believe Warwick Uni publishes a journal dedicated to undergraduate research.

GET OFF THE PRICE CAP IF YOU CAN. DON'T IGNORE THIS. There is a window of opportunity to lock in prices now below the current price cap, meaning you'll avoid the huge hike coming in July. My full briefing & top deals list here... www.moneysavingexpert.com/latesttip/?a...

Helen Glew Historical Research and Writing

If you're in need of historical research (in archives or more generally), indexing, editing or copyediting, I have some capacity for freelance work over the coming months. Do take a look at my website and be in touch - I'm happy to chat about how I might be able to help.

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After a slew of stormy days Aber is calm and golden again

“Woman yelling at a cat” is an Internet meme. It juxtaposes two images: on the left, a screen capture of "Malibu Beach Party from Hell", an episode from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, depicting cast member Taylor Armstrong crying and pointing (held back by Kyle Richards); and on the right, a picture uploaded to Tumblr in June 2018, depicting a white cat from Ottawa, Ontario, Smudge, sitting at a dinner table behind a salad with a seemingly bemused expression. This version has been edited to superimpose trumps angry screaming face over Taylor’s and the cat has been given a white pope mitre with a gold cross design.

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Frederic Leighton's 1895 painting "Flaming June" with the words "Belonging to the Victorians? Community, Collections, and Care" and "A One Day Conference 4 September 2026" superimposed on it.

CFP: Belonging to the Victorians? Community, Collections, and Care - 4 September 2026 - Keynote Address @janehamlett.bsky.social 🌟This conference examines how the 19th century shaped ideas of belonging through its landscapes, laws and collections, and how its legacies still shape heritage today 1/7

Refusal to Review I wrote the below email, when invited to review a paper that was partially processed by ChatGPT. As I imagine the email could be useful inspiration for others, I decided to make it available. Feel …

“Feel free to adapt and reuse. No attribution needed (…) If you make an adaption that you also want to share, I’d love to know about it, too.”

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who has a book coming out that people can preorder so they have something to look forward to and then be pleasantly surprised when the book just shows up on their doorstep

White cherry blossom, one reaching spire highlighted by sunshine, against a deep blue sky. Brick and stone buildings to left

A cup of chai latte decorated with a palm leaf pattern in a white china cup on a grey table

The Fitzwilliam Museum portico bathed in sunshine seen from across the road and down the street. People walking along, cafe table with latte in foreground left

Dreaming spires of blossom in Cambridge this morning. Fortifying myself with a chai latte before plunging into the Fitzwilliam Museum. Have never been before so am v excited :-)

Getting ready to blather on about PRINS JØRGEN AF DANMARK all day long at an exciting conference about the late Stuart court at Christ’s College Cambridge. Looking forward to hearing many amazing papers

Step by Step Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen traces the lives of mothers and daughters from a dancing school in North Shields, North East England

I have no connection to this except for being a fan and living in/loving North Shields, but fabulous photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen currently has a Kickstarter for a new edition of her 1989 book Step by Step, which traces the lives of mothers & daughters from a dance school in North Shields.

You are not too much. You are ‘baroque ceiling with extra cherubs’ levels of drama.

au secours!

does someone out there have library access to BLOOMSBURY MUSIC & SOUND?

puhleeeeeze?

If you’re a student who’d love to see the You’re Dead To Me tour show in either Cardiff, Edinburgh or Manchester — and you don’t *already* have a ticket — DM me on here or on Instagram for a sneaky student discount code

Cover of book with text in yellow reading: The Firearm Revolution: From Renaissance Italy to the European Empires, overlaid on an image of an angel in seventeenth-century dress with wings and a long gun.

Hello Bluesky! My new book, THE FIREARM REVOLUTION, is out on 14 April. It’s about how a new technology changed society, and how hard it was to control. Here’s a little thread of what’s inside:

A child’s drawing of a hand and cat. Above is written ¡Porque mi siento mal por estar aquí! Mal porque no porque no puedo ver a mi mascota Willi y no puedo comer lo que quiera y no poder ver an mis amigos de la escuela y en casa (“Why I feel bad being here! Bad because I can’t because I can’t see my pet willi and I can’t eat what I want and I can’t see my friends from school and at home.”) Source: ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/dilley-detention-center-kids-art-removal

For months, I've been trying to send letters and cards to children in Dilley Family Detention Center. I have artists and designers ready to help! I met many kind clergy, journalists, and staffers, but it seems lawyers are the best shot. Do you know a lawyer who has advice or ideas? DMs open #lawsky

An aerial view of part of the Uni of Liverpool campus in the 1960s, showing demolitions and new buildings.

Do you know of someone who might be interested in doing a #PhD on the urban, architectural and environmental history of the University of Liverpool?

If so could you point them in my direction?

Early modernists! I just want to check the truth of horses being banned from the playhouse stage as per Lawrence (1927), Levin (1946), Watson (1983)... Any revisions to this history? @callanjd.bsky.social, @andykesson.bsky.social eg?

So, historian here looking for more freelance work over the next few months. I’m a very experienced RA and have done lots of things, including numerous oral history interviews, editing, co-authoring a book, public history journalism, archive work…

If you’re a woman or scholar of color, we want to help you too! Please don’t be afraid to pitch us. You can ask your press to email us too. Liz at benfranklinsworld dot com.

The podcast is focused on the American Revolution this year because it’s 2026. But we also have other publications. 3/