Elaine Mitchell

In person early modern metals event in London next month with me, @laurenworking.bsky.social, and Lubaaba Al-Azami. Please repost and share widely! And register here -- forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Beauty and Destruction: Wartime London in Art A free exhibition that tells the story of London during the Second World War, as seen by artists. Families can enjoy a child-friendly ‘stamper’ trail and activity sheet that encourages children to spo...

As bombs rained down in 1940s London, artists responded. See art that presents a city both familiar and strange in over 45 paintings and drawings alongside photographs, film, objects and oral histories.

IWM London
20 March to 1 November 2026

Education Manager post @linneansociety.bsky.social.

I hope the footnotes are awesome/ fulsome! Full of the scholars and writers who have been researching, writing, lifting these early American women's histories for a long time.

Because it is true that despite that work, too few people know enough history --and how "history" comes to us as it does.

Call out for place-based history from @vch-home.bsky.social.

Nicklin’s record is such a great source for the changing face of the city.

Job Opportunity!

... AND: @WarwickHistory also offers a Teaching Fellowship in Medieval and Early Modern History on a full-time basis for a fixed-term period of 36 months from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2029. For full details, please see warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

From Observation to Conservation | The Role of Birdwatching in Society By watching birds, we begin to care for the ecosystems that sustain all life, including our own.

How can birdwatching help protect our planet? Join us on 11 March (12:30–1:30pm) for our next online lunchtime lecture with Dr Debankur Saha. Learn simple bird ID tips, discover citizen science tools, and see how watching birds can make a real conservation impact:

*love* of course!

Live a good trade directory and Bisset’s one of my favourites.

Community Archaeologist - Lost Waterways - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: Salary of £42,631- £43,500 per annum, depending on experienceClosing Date: 12/03/26Location: London Area

Another archaeology and nature job. Looks like a great opportunity www.bajr.org/job-ad/proje...

Gone one further and had breakfast in bed!

Love it although I did expect ‘motor’ down until I clocked it was 1960s.

Farewell Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust. First site visit I made when began my MA in West Midlands History.

Gum arabic. Been looking at its importance for fixing colours in the eighteenth century. Still shaping the world.

Ok, so I’m finding this recuperation business tedious now. However, as grateful as last time that there are people who come from around the globe to operate on me, nurse me, care for me and help me along the way. Especially the no-nonsense women!

How appalling that there might even be degrees of it.

Errm, not sure comparison helpful. I visited apartheid South Africa. It was bad. Etched on my soul.

Poster for the 45th West London Local History Conference. Features a picture of a grand-looking staircase in what appears to be a large store selling textiles. Text: Shopping is Never Done: West London streets down the decades. Saturday 11 April 2026. Questors Theatre: Down our High Street. David Shailes: Goddards. James Marshall: Feltham and Hounslow High Streets. Neil Robson: Arding and Hobbs. Carolynne Cotton: Bentalls of Kingston. Val Bott: Shopping in Georgian Brentford. A one-day conference at Duke Street Church, Duke Street, Richmond. Tickets, £15, on sale at www.ticketsource.co.uk/west-london-local-history-conference/ Conference sponsored by the local history societies for Acton, Barnes & Mortlake, Brentford & Chiswick, Fulham & Hammersmith, Richmond, Twickenham and Wandsworth, and the West Middlesex Family History Society.

A #OnePlaceWednesday reminder that Shopping is Never Done, a #LocalHistory conference focused on West London High Streets, takes place on Saturday 11th April at Duke Street Church in Richmond. Tickets £15. Sure to be of interest to #OnePlaceStudies researchers!

The Queen Elizabeth steam ship dominating the foreground of the photograph. Both funnels emitting plumes of steam. The New York skyline in the background. Skyscrapers, smoking chimneys. The Empire State Building in the mid background of the photograph.

#BirminghamHistory 2026 is the centenary of ICI. The Metals Division (IMI) was based at the Kynoch Works, Witton. Amongst many things, the company made boiler tubes for the Queen Elizabeth steam ship. Ref: MS 1422/28/7/4/4 #LibraryofBham

NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! My new book The Secrets of Painting is out this spring. Have you ever wondered how you paint a masterpiece? I tell the hidden story of 20 masterpieces, unveiling the material magic lying beneath the surface of history's greatest paintings @thamesandhudson.bsky.social l

Just look at these fabulous seedlings from @pepperpotherbs.bsky.social.

‘Mop’, ‘impishness’, he almost sounds cuddly.😕

My strong reaction to the idea of display surprised me!

My immediate response is one of revulsion.

Freelance Work Transcription, scholarly editing, archival visits Joanne is available for freelance work: transcriptions and editions of late medieval and early modern Latin, English and Anglo-Norman manuscript te…

A reminder that I do freelance work: transcription, archival visits and more. My rates are here (subject to surcharges or discounts):

joanneedge.co.uk/freelance-wo...

A bit of a long shot, but I’m looking to pay someone to photograph some archival documents for me in Amsterdam in the next 6 months. If you know any PhD students based there etc who might be interested pls do send me a message. #historians #paidresearcher

The Edward Worth Library, Dublin, is offering two short-term research fellowships of between 1 week and 1 month between Jun and Nov 2026 to encourage research relevant to its collection of c. 4,300 books, left to Dr Steevens’ Hospital by Dublin physician Edward Worth (1676-1733).
#histmed

Beer Ghosts The little-known story of the young women who played a vital role in the rise of America’s great breweries.Water, malt, yeast, and hops: these are essential ingredients of beer. Hops, specifically, pl...

No cover yet, but my new book, Beer Ghosts: In Search of Lost Hops and the Women Who Grew Them, has appeared on the @uchicagopress.bsky.social website! Out in October…👻 press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...