Dr Julie Holder

Cover of 'A Collector Collected: the Journals of William Upcott, 1803-1823', edited by Mark Philp, Aysuda Aykan and Cuertis Leung

New publication: 'A Collector Collected: The Journals of William Upcott, 1803-1829' bit.ly/4rpwoNE

The latest volume in the RHS Camden Series of primary sources charts the life of a self-made collector and cataloguer, and offers a detailed, non-elite account of a London life

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A doll of Stick Man from the Julia Donaldson book Stick Man

This guy was left in the library yesterday. 🪵

We don't know much about him but he keeps telling us

1) that he's Stick Man

and

2) that he's trying to get back to the family tree

If you left Stick Man behind you can collect him from reception.

Applications invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships, 2026-27 - RHS Applications are now invited for the Royal Historical Society’s Centenary PhD Fellowships to support postgraduate historians to complete a doctorate. Two Fellowships, of six months each, are offered f...

Applications are now invited for the Society's 2026-27 Centenary PhD Fellowships for early career historians completing a doctorate bit.ly/48pWB72

Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians

Souvenirs of service: Mementoes from the First and Second World Wars | National Museums Scotland We all collect souvenirs throughout our lives connected to different people, places and events. Whether this is items from our childhood, holidays and trav

New Discover page I wrote looking at momentoes of the First and Second World Wars to accompany our current exhibition "Maps: Memories from the Second World War" at the National War Museum, Edinburgh www.nms.ac.uk/discover-cat...

Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ... 6,794 likes, 536 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at th...

May my friend @sfdirewolf.bsky.social rest in power. I will especially miss texting with her about Star Trek.

We were lucky, all of us, to have Alice and her warmth and enthusiasm.

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DARK CALL Disability & Eugenics Seeking volunteers to write 350 word pieces on the current and historical intersection of disability and eugenics. Get in contact for more information: richardamm(at)gmail.com The Disability Action Research Kollective makes free disability research zines.Find them and subscribe free here:linktr.ee/disabilityark

Seeking volunteers to write 350 word pieces on the current and historical intersection of disability and eugenics. Get in contact for more information: richardamm(at)gmail.com

Horror & Disability. Help us write disabled takes on horror movies for a free zine. We are looking for volunteers who are interested in writing 300-350 words, (about 1-2 paragraphs) on how disability is portrayed in horror movies. Please feel free to reach out for more information. Contact Richardamm(at)gmail.com Find our free disability zines: https://linktr.ee/disabilityark

View of a path beside a cobbled river with palm trees and a wooden replica of a 16th century boat moored at the bank and blue skies above

My husband Jamea leaning over a railing and looking for fish in the river. There are green trees along the bank and blue sunny skies above

Weekend away in Seville with the hubby and we've already spent hours wandering around looking at cool buildings, dondered along the river and got caught up in an evening religious procession after dinner #WinterHoliday #Seville

New programme of 'Applied History Fellowships': launch and introductory event - RHS In 2025-26 the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), Royal Historical Society and DC Thomson will launch a new Applied History Fellowship partnership. Join us at this online session -- 2.30pm on Wed...

Join us on Weds 19 November for the launch of our new co-hosted Applied History Fellowships for postdoc historians, with
@ihr.bsky.social and DC Thomson bit.ly/4ofWArN

Fellowships will develop historical skills for use in workplaces beyond higher education: 2.30pm, 19 November, online #Skystorians

Our #Lego display cases have been overflowing with Lego models for our SOMETHING SPOOKTACULAR #OrkneyLibraryLego theme! 👻🎃🦇🧛‍♂️

All made by library users using our #Lego collection. Thanks to everyone who made us a #Halloween model! ❤️

Our next theme is HARVEST! 🚜🍂🍃

Stone houses lit up with fireworks exploding above in the night sky

Multicoloured lit up fairground rides with a large bonfire on the right surrounded by hundreds of people staring at the fire

Impressive show again for #Burntisland fireworks display. Love the atmosphere of hundreds of people staring at a big fire and explosions in the sky. #Fireworks #Fife #LoveWhereYouLive

Apricot and black pug lying asleep on a grey sofa. A book is next to him with an orange cover and the title "Prophet of Blood" by Peter Tremayne

Finally snuggled up with Puggo and my latest Sister Fidelma mystery from the library. Spent the morning at my first university open day as a parent with my eldest. How am I doing that already!! #PugsOfBluesky #Reading #University

A plastic skeleton slumps at a wooden picnic table. There are som decorative gourds in the table and a fence and field behind.

Getting warning signs that the service here is really slow

New programme of 'Applied History Fellowships': launch and introductory event - RHS In 2025-26 the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), Royal Historical Society and DC Thomson will launch a new Applied History Fellowship partnership. Join us at this online session -- 2.30pm on Wed...

This week we also announced plans for a new Applied History Fellowship for postdoc historians, with @ihr.bsky.social and publisher DC Thomson bit.ly/4ofWArN

Fellowships will develop historical skills for use in workplaces beyond higher education. Launch event: 2.30pm, 19 Nov, online #Skystorians

Apricot and black pug and white cat sprawled in the sunshine on top of a brown tartan blanket on the top of a cream sofa, with sun coming through a bay window

Pets got some serious sunbathing in this weekend, lol #PugsOfBluesky #CatsOfBluesky

The Secret Diary of Tré Isaac Age 29 ¾ The Secret Diary of Tré Isaac Age 29 ¾

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Peers derail government plans to hand some DWP staff powers to use force against benefit claimants Government plans under controversial new legislation to give some Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) staff “morally dubious” powers to use force against benefit claimants have been derailed by …

"“This would make it lawful for a DWP officer – not a police officer, but a civil servant – to enter your home, seize your belongings and forcibly hold you down while doing so.”" www.disabilitynewsservice.com/peers-derail...

London museum identifies black Waterloo veteran in rare 1821 painting ‘Honourable’ bandsman Thomas James will feature in display at National Army Museum highlighting service of black soldiers in Napoleonic wars

Now going on display www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Gillian Tindall obituary Writer, historian and biographer who wove archaeology, social history, myth and religion into her work

Guardian obituary of the historian Gillian Tindall (1938-2025) whose histories of place - London, Paris, Chassignolles, Bombay - were created from the lives of their forgotten residents.

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o... #Skystorians

Collecting and Studying Rural Protest Moments of rural unrest can be long-simmering or very short-lived. So, how do we begin to grapple with these histories in museums?

How can museums collect, document and study rural protest? That’s the question our next seminar will seek to answer, exploring the topic of rural protest and what the role of museums can be.

Thursday 6th November 3pm – 4:15pm online

👉For details and to book:
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Art Extraordinary display showing sculptures and flat art created by artists experiencing mental health difficulties. Pink lit heads hang above and the display is surrounded by beige stonework with a skylight above

Three sculptures of black ceramic. One is like a tree with moons and hands, one is heart-shaped and has what looks like two figures hugging, a bird and heart on the front, and the third is an anchor shape with human figures on each part of the anchor

Great visit to Kelvingrove Museum to see the Art Extraordinary display. My favourite was definitely the ceramic sculptures by Kenneth Annat #Museums #Art #Scotland #DisabilityHistories

A display of wild swimming books. At the bottom of the display, under all the other books is a copy of JAWS by Peter Benchley.

okay who did this?

Horror & Disability. Help us write disabled takes on horror movies for a free zine. We are looking for volunteers who are interested in writing 300-350 words, (about 1-2 paragraphs) on how disability is portrayed in horror movies. Please feel free to reach out for more information. Deadline 24th October 2025 Contact Richardamm(at)gmail.com Find our free disability zines: https://linktr.ee/disabilityark

We are looking for volunteers who are interested in writing 300-350 words, (about 1-2 paragraphs) on how disability is portrayed in horror movies. Deadline 24th October 2025
Contact Richardamm(at)gmail.com
Find our free disability zines: linktr.ee/disabilityark

This is #BookyMcBookface sailing back from Rousay this afternoon. 💨🌊 #Orkney

horror & disability

Free Halloween Zine : Disability perspectives on horror movies : files.libcom.org/files/2025-0...

We've joined the blue sky! Just as the skies darken for winter too

Please let your followers know that the Scottish History Society has arrived!

Find out more about memberships, the society, and events at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com

Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History

Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.

scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...

Film Launch: £12.40 an hour for a shower The story of Disabled people’s struggle to abolish home care charging in Hammersmith & Fulham-10th anniversary of H&F Coalition Against Cuts

The story of Disabled people’s struggle to abolish home care charging in Hammersmith & Fulham-10th anniversary of H&F Coalition Against Cuts www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-launc...

#DisabilityDialogues Esraa Rehan writes about designing for disability and why architecture needs to engage with critical disability studies. sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/our-w...