Elizabeth Tingle

Spanish PM Sánchez responds to Trump:

"Spain is against this disaster... Govts are here to improve people's lives... It is absolutely unacceptable that those leaders who are unable to fulfill that mission use the smoke of war to hide their failure, and in the process, fill the pockets of a few."

Special titles must be considered carefully. It is an honour but it also brings vulnerability. It’s easier for management to shed Lord of the Ring studies when it is really one prof who can be made redundant. Common or garden Profs of History makes it more difficult to be picked off one by one.

St Helena journal day 3. Rain most of the day. St James Church, oldest Anglican Church in the S hemisphere, has many monuments to those who died travelling and who rest for eternity in the island. Great font adaption….

Appeal to save Bronze Age torc found in Leicestershire It is hoped the golden torc can be kept in a Leicestershire museum rather than being sold.

A fundraising appeal has been launched to keep a 3,000-year-old golden torc found near Market Harborough in the county.

I'm waiting for York
To claim our torc.

Jamestown town centre which is empty of people

A large Victorian gothic style church with a belfry and tin roofs

A gravestone to Stephen Johnson Ellis, vicar of St James’s church and canon of St Helena cathedral. Born at Newton, Leics, 1857, died and buried in St Helena 1896.

St Helena journal day 2. Jamestown on a Sunday morning. Evensong at St Paul’s cathedral in the hills. Found some tombstones for Leicestershire born folks who decided to stay for eternity. @churchmonuments.bsky.social

Walvis Bay airfield - blue sky, flat desert with a row of tall palm trees in the middle distance.

A view down a lush, tropical deep valley, towards the ocean.

St Helena journal day 1. We arrived, via Walvis Bay. The Saints are very friendly, hospitable folk. It is very warm.

Deadline: 28 Feb

The Society is now running its annual #bookprize, primarily aimed at early career researchers.

The prize will be awarded for the best first monograph on the history of Christianity published during the previous calendar year.

ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/2026-book-pr... #ECR

Tonight!!! Hope to see you there.

Phenomenology….. bring back Chris Tilley! His works on phenomenology and landscape are very interesting as a starting point for debate.

Then there’s its ghostly companion (in the 15 C use of the term) psycho geography.

It’s all good fun.

LAHS is delighted to welcome Ulla to the Transactions!

The #CfP for our Summer Conference 2026 on the theme 'The Church and Race' is open now. You can find more information on the theme, how to apply, and bursaries here:

ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26summer/ #historians

Deadline: 15 April 2026

Deadline to apply for our Conference Secretary role is on 30 January. Applications, comprising a CV and cover letter outlining relevant experience should be made to the EHS President, Professor Sara Parvis (s.parvis@ed.ac.uk).

ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/vacancies/

Exterior of church with tomb chest and plinth covering family vault

New blog post: the lavish funeral procession and ceremony of Joanna Jones of Fonmon (d. 1812). Black horses and ostrich plumes all the way from London, grey beaver gloves for ALL the labourers and tenants' wives at the funeral. Grateful thanks to @glamarchives.bsky.social for permission to publish.

TONIGHT!!!

Situated amongst the rolling hills and verdant fields of South Devon is the picturesque medieval ruin of St Andrew's, South Huish.

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Are you an author of a new #history book published in 2025? Consider applying for our #BookPrize!

The deadline for the receipt of the nominated monographs is 28 February 2026.

ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/2026-book-pr...

There are now known to be lots… Leicester produced an excellent one, following the theft of a cloak, suspecting all the enslaved people in a household….

CFP for this splendid conference on Pugin and Wymeswold

www.wymeswold.com/conference-t...

Want to be a part of the Ecclesiastical History Society? Apply to be our new Conference Secretary!

Details here: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/vacancies/

It’s not funny, it’s outrageous.
I recommend Roman curse tablets as a remedy.

Save the date and cfp.
A grand day out at the beautiful, grade 1 listed Wymeswold
Church, Leics (UK).
@eccleshistsoc.bsky.social
@leicsvcht.bsky.social
@leicsarchhissoc.bsky.social
@churchmonuments.bsky.social

We are delighted to kick off our Winter Meeting 2026 with an introduction from President Sara Parvis (Edinburgh)! We're looking forward to an informative and enjoyable day #Skystorians

The countdown is on for our Winter Meeting 2026!

You can check out the speaker lineup on our website: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me...

#HistoryConference #EHSWinter26

Come and hear me (@lincolnmedieval.bsky.social and @ochjs.bsky.social) and Judith Olszowy-Schlanger (both @ochjs.bsky.social) talk about the Jews of medieval England @britishlibrary.bsky.social on 2 March! jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/events/jewis...

Associate Professor in Creative Writing at University of Plymouth Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Associate Professor in Creative Writing on jobs.ac.uk!

We are advertising for an Associate Professor in Creative Writing in Plymouth- deadline is 1 February for applications - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV708/a...

Save the date and cfp.
A grand day out at the beautiful, grade 1 listed Wymeswold
Church, Leics (UK).
@eccleshistsoc.bsky.social
@leicsvcht.bsky.social
@leicsarchhissoc.bsky.social
@churchmonuments.bsky.social

30 Years of British Comedy - LAHS

💙 Escape the January blues with our next free lecture! 7.30pm Thursday 22 January 💙

30 Years of British Comedy

Geoff Rowe, Founder of the Leicester Comedy Festival.

Visit lahs.org.uk/events/30-ye...

Image: Jo Brand. @Leicester Comedy Festival Archive

Out now! Open access in current issue of Renaissance Quarterly thanks to @ucdlibrary.bsky.social my thanks to everyone who helped me with this - but a special mention of the late Bríd McGrath for her wisdom, generosity and dedication to all the things that matter.

If you'd like to join our Committee, we're looking for a new Conference Secretary.

Applications, comprising a CV and cover letter outlining relevant experience should be made by 30 January 2026 to the EHS President, Professor Sara Parvis (s.parvis@ed.ac.uk).

I’ll raise you a Brussels sprout omelette. While a poor PhD student living in French hostels (which were brilliant) and cooking cheap, one dish wonders - tinned sprouts and 2 eggs made a fine, balanced, quick and tasty dinner. With bread.