Emily Cole

Colour photograph showing a person with their back to stading on moorland scrub looking out across a valley towards green pasture fields. The sky is bright blue and the far fields show remnants of prehistoric field banks within the modern plots. The person is wearing a pink coat, black trousers and a knited hat. They are holding a 1m red-and-white pole.

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Vacancy for an Archaeological Investigator with #LandscapeArchaeology experience.

Full time, fixed-term contract until 31 March 2026, based in Cambridge with hybrid working. Apply by 26th Aug 👉 app.beapplied.com/apply/pbdaw6...

A visit to a new place! Llanidloes, Powys, not far from Newtown. Very interesting as it seems so little changed architecturally. An amazing number of shops still trading - which was so wonderful to see!

Applications are open to become the new Graduate Trainee at HES - after seeing how much fun our most recent trainee had I’m quite jealous! Please share widely: ekov.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Call for Papers! VAG Winter Conference at University of Nottingham, 10 and 11 January 2026. Theme: 'Vernacular buildings in urban contexts: The study of urban building types and integration with urban studies'. Papers invited - full details in the CFP at www.vag.org.uk.

It was wonderful to see friends, #HistoricEngland colleagues, stakeholders and so many others at the launch of our book on the Woolwich Rotunda earlier this week. For details, see: bsky.app/profile/livu...

Book cover image of The Woolwich Rotunda above Historic England and LUP logos in white. To the right is a larger image of the image on the book cover which features a drawing of the Woolwich Rotunda with several men in military dress, a cannon, and a tree in the foreground. The text above this image reads 'Tells the story of a remarkable building, the Woolwich Rotunda, and its unique landscape.'

The Woolwich Rotunda: From waltzes to wargames by @emilyvcole.bsky.social,‬ Sarah Newsome, and Verena McCaig is now available in Historic England's Informed Conservation series. This book highlights the building's innovation, placing the Rotunda in its historical context. bit.ly/HERotunda

Some interesting sights from Bridgnorth, Shrops. The house where the great Thomas Telford lived in 1792 and some shopfronts. Beaman’s butchers sadly closed for good just last month, but hopefully another butcher will take it on!

'Doing history for climate action'. Text and images of magazine. Images include people viewing exhibition and a 17th century drawing of Hull.

We are looking for 1.500 word articles for our 'Doing History' feature of The Historian (magazine of The Historical Association). Please get in touch if you might like to share an aspect of historical practice with our members. 🗃️ @histassoc.bsky.social

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great feature on Bulmer Brick & Tile Company in Suffolk bit.ly/4hGLjwD, join us in June on a rare visit to see the process when the Victorian Society go to Victorian Sudbury. Buy tickets for the trip here: bit.ly/4iXplGM
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I’m sure this has been posted before, but it’s worthy of another mention - Travel in Times Campop - a historic journey planner which you can use to see how long it took to get from place to place in times gone by
#OnePlaceWednesday

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Historic wills saved for the nation as plans to destroy old records are cancelled Government heeds uproar from historians who claimed that to digitise would be to ‘delete history’

Fantastic news!! My thoughts in today's Telegraph on the government's decision to reverse plans to destroy millions of historic wills! "Historic wills saved for the nation as plans to destroy old records are cancelled" 👇 #history #archives www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01...

Colchester - a town with many and varied architectural highlights! Here are just a few. I was especially fascinated by the metal rings marking/commemorating the gun shots to the Siege House.

YouTube video by British Pathé Somerset House (1937)

Just stumbled upon this great 1937 film showing how one used to get birth certs. Well before my time, but do remember lugging those massive index volumes off the shelves at St Catherine’s House & Family Records Centre. #Geneaology #FamilyHistory @agragenealogy.bsky.social youtu.be/Q-B8DqKNq-4?...

On this day, 27 December, in 1932, Radio City Music Hall was completed as part of the larger development of Rockefeller Center. We’re sometimes asked if the Isokon is art deco (it’s not). Radio City Music Hall is, however, an excellent example of art deco.
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Are you in the East Midlands? Make your nomination for our Top Ten Endangered Buildings list 2025! Email us about your local threatened and neglected Victorian & Edwardian buildings built between 1837 & 1914.

Here's how bit.ly/3YzRjk

#EastMidlands

Do you live in YORKSHIRE and HUMBERSIDE? We need your nominations for our Top Ten Endangered Buildings list 2025! Email us about your local threatened, dilapidated and neglected Victorian and Edwardian buildings built between 1837 & 1914. Here's how bit.ly/3YzRjk

#Yorkshire

A History of Arndale Centres Arndale Shopping Centres were amongst the best-known post-war developments in Britain, symbolic of progress and economic rebirth. However, they were routinely scorned by architectural critics and d…

The History of Arndale Centres (classic British shopping centres!). A new post (illustrated with a few of my rather ropey old photos):

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Libraries and the Academic Book Cambridge Core - Printing and Publishing History - Libraries and the Academic Book

My little book about books (and libraries). Now free to read until 31 Dec www.cambridge.org/core/element...