cover for the book "British First World War Propaganda: From A to Z"
William Mulligan & Troy Paddock present new reviews on the 1914 outbreak and British propaganda.
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cover for the book "British First World War Propaganda: From A to Z"
William Mulligan & Troy Paddock present new reviews on the 1914 outbreak and British propaganda.
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...Economic historican @mwpalen.bsky.social gives some important insight into this connection
Right wing authoritarians are often afraid of free trade, much as they dislike ethnic diversity, seeing both as signs of weak dependence on threatening inferiors...
Churchill: The Finest Half Hour
In the latest episode we chart the beginnings of the wartime alliance between the United States and Great Britain and the birth of the "special relationship".
And answer the question: Did Roosevelt really see Churchill in the nude?
open.spotify.com/show/7BwF62E...
Did a great Redcoast History Podcast on Sat on London Pride, the book I edited with Charles Fair and @parhistory.bsky.social. The book examines the London Territorial Force before and during the GW. YouTube stream - www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkRb...
Audio is here: open.spotify.com/episode/5kSZ...
Opening page of new Transactions article: 'Lord Palmerston and Tiverton: Politics, Celebrity and Memory in Victorian Britain', by Fredericl William Hyde. Full abstract: 'Henry John Temple, third Viscount Palmerston, the ebullient Victorian foreign secretary and prime minister, is no stranger to historians; few stones in his life have been left unturned. One exception is Palmerston’s relationship with the Devonshire borough of Tiverton, which he represented in Parliament for thirty years. Palmerston’s biographers have traditionally downplayed the significance of the Tivertonians and this article offers a more sophisticated approach, by relating popular politics to the nascent historiographical subfields of celebrity and memory. It finds that, during Palmerston’s lifetime, the celebrity status that he used Tiverton to cultivate became a source of civic pride and a pillar of the borough’s identity. Then, after Palmerston’s death, the politics of celebrity became intertwined with the politics of memory. Control of the political space that Palmerston’s legacy occupied became a prerequisite for electoral success, as political debates mutated into bitter arguments over which faction had the better claim to his legacy. This article therefore seeks to illuminate new ways of reading Palmerston and to contribute to the growing body of work on Victorian celebrities and the political uses of the Victorian past.'
New article in the Society's journal, 'Transactions':
‘Lord Palmerston and Tiverton: Politics, Celebrity and Memory in Victorian Britain’, by Frederick William Hyde bit.ly/4aHDoPo
What can a study of local politics contribute to work on Victorian celebrity and the political uses of the past? 1/2
On YouTube, Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Looking to kick off your new year’s reading? Here’s 3 novels set in WW1 that I couldn’t put down:
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A surprising, given the mood at the time, cartoon from the #DailyMirror (6 May 1915,p.5) #cartoonhistory #ww1 #fww
10.02.2026 10:33 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The homepage for the Canadian letters and images project. It shows soldiers posing for a photograph and there is a search bar in the centre. In the about section below, which cannot be seen in this image, it provides this information: The Canadian Letters and Images Project, created in 2000, is an online digital archive of the Canadian war experience, both home front and battlefront, from any conflict in which Canadians have participated. The focus of the project is on the personal materials of participants, such as letters and photographs, which permit us to experience the war through their eyes and their words. These are very often the stories of ordinary Canadians, largely forgotten and overlooked. Our mission is to digitally preserve and continue to make freely accessible this important part of Canada’s heritage for this generation and future generations. The vision of the project is to continue to expand this repository of Canadian archival materials by collaborating with Canadians to preserve and share the individual and collective stories that have shaped our past Accessibility to the past is key to understanding who we are as a nation. We are committed to free access for everyone to the materials of the project.
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The Canadian Letters & Images Project is an online digital archive of Canadians’ experience during wartime at home & in battle. It contains thousands of personal letters & photos that reveal people’s experience through their own words & eyes.
www.canadianletters.ca/content/abou...
Marc Bloch to be inducted into French Panthéon. 🗃️
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New exhibition explores the profound influence of Egyptian culture on cinema https://ow.ly/VkiS50Ya24S
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ON OUR RADAR // Exeter History Book Festival 📜📚🗣️
One-day event with talks from four Devon historians and stalls from local heritage organisations.
🗓️ Sat 21 February
📍 Mint Methodist Church Centre
exeterobserver.org/2026/01/28/e...
A poster for my inaugural lecture at 16.00 on 4th Feb.
Very much looking forward to this #charterrific event tomorrow! If you want a copy of the Teams link, just let me know. (Formal sign-up is now passed, but I have permission to circulate the link.)
03.02.2026 14:13 — 👍 19 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1Happy new episode day everyone! This moneht we watched Jean Pierre Jeunet’s 2004 French film 'A Very Long Engagement' and had a great time!
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How does the #FWW look when the story is driven by loss, hope and unanswered questions?
This month we watch 'A Very Long Engagement'. It centres on Mathilde, who refuses to accept her fiancé has died after being condemned by a French military tribunal. 🗃️
ohwhatalovelypodcast.co.uk/podcast/a-ve...
A poster advertising the Joyce Youings Memorial Lecture, the details are the same as in the post itself.
📢TODAY 3pm: Joyce Youings Lecture📢
Prof. Jane Whittle, Work & gender, status & power: the surprising history of everyday chores in early modern England.
Stuck in floods? Join on Zoom!
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/1979987772... #EarlyModern 🗃️ @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social @uoearchhist.bsky.social
First page of Transactions article, 'Remembering Rebellion in the Tudor South West', by Mark Stoyle. Full abstract: "This article explores how the five major rebellions which took place in Devon and Cornwall between 1485 and 1603 were subsequently remembered by the region’s inhabitants. It begins by demonstrating that – although early modern elites generally preferred to say as little as possible about episodes of popular protest once they had been safely suppressed – the revolts which had occurred under the Tudor monarchs went on to be officially memorialised in several South Western communities. The article then moves on to discuss how local gentlefolk looked back on the rebellions, and argues that such individuals tended, in their retrospective accounts, to exaggerate the degree of social radicalism which had been exhibited by the insurgents. Next, the article considers the few scraps of evidence which have survived about popular memories of the protests, and suggests that, while the specific grievances which had motivated the rebels may well have been quite quickly forgotten, the desperate courage with which they had fought – particularly during the Western Rising of 1549 – had continued to be remembered by the ordinary people of the region for decades to come. The fourth and last part of the article looks at ‘modern’ commemoration of the revolts and draws out some general conclusions."
Between 1485 & 1603 Devon and Cornwall experienced 5 major rebellions: how were they remembered regionally, over time and across social divisions? And how are they being commemorated today?
'Remembering Rebellion in the Tudor South West': bit.ly/3YXxbbz: a new TRHS article by Prof Mark Stoyle 1/2
The press release for our book:
Writing Politics in Modern Britain: Genre and Cultures of Publishing since 1900, is edited by Professor Gary Love, from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Professor Richard Toye, from the University of Exeter. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
A poster advertising details of the Joyce Youings Memorial Lecture 2025-6 on Wednesday 28 January 2026 at 3pm
We are delighted to share details of the Joyce Youings Memorial Lecture 2025-6 on Wednesday 28 January at 3pm.
The lecture will be delivered by Professor Jane Whittle who will speak on ‘Work and gender, status and power: the surprising history of everyday chores in early modern England’. (1/3)
Applications for a Gerda Henkel bursary for doctoral research for into the FWW from @cr-historial.bsky.social close on 26 February. The maximum age to apply is 35. More info: 1418.hypotheses.org/bourses
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A very detailed embroidering depicting men and women undertaking various work tasks. These include spinning, harvesting wheat, picking fruit, sheering sheep, carrying water and so on. Each task is labelled with the name of the month. Credit: The Labours of the Months, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
📢JOYCE YOUINGS MEMORIAL LECTURE📢
Prof. Jane Whittle: Work & gender, status & power: the surprising history of everyday chores in early modern England
🗓️ 28 January, 3pm
📍 Uni of Exeter & Zoom
All welcome at this public 🗃️ lecture, register for your place: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-joyce-...
It’s not long now until the official publication of the Hardback and Paperback versions of our new edited volume (29 Jan) entitled ‘Writing Politics in Modern Britain’. In anticipation of publication day a blog has been produced and is now live on the CUP website:
cambridgeblog.org/2026/01/what...
"So the next time a political book appears it is worth asking not just what it says, but what it is trying to do."
Excellent (and very teaching friendly) blog from @garylove.bsky.social and @richardtoye.bsky.social, teeing up their new edited collection.
cambridgeblog.org/2026/01/what...
I cant say its an absolute bargain, but the 40% MUP sale does being the price down to £57 and make it a bit more of an affordable investment. Sale lasts until end of January: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526176851/
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Colour illustration of rock formations with wheat growing on them, entitled 'View in the Great Chasm of Axmouth Landslip.' Looking Westward. Reaping the Wheat 25th August 1840.' The illustration includes depictions of people in 19th century clothing.
This beautiful colour plate shows rock formations on the East Devon coast caused by landslips between December 1839 & February 1840. Corn grew on the rocks that had fallen from the fields above, attracting fascinated visitors.
📷 Reserve 554.235 DAW/XX (1840)
#OldRockDay #Geology #RareBooks #Devon
My book is a bargain right now, especially as printed in colour! MUP sale runs to end of the month ("discount will apply automatically at checkout, unless based in North America. North American customers, please enter discount code JAN40 at checkout"): manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526168511/
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Delighted to get my hands on Volume 1 of London Pride!
I am excited to delve into the chapters and learn more about the London Territorials.
Of course I am also excited for Volume 2 later this year to see my own contribution in print!
#fwwhist
