Abbi Flint

Hello environmental historians - what are your book recommends on the histories of communal access to water? For me, 'cause I'm interested 💧

Thanks Fay!

Hello environmental historians - what are your book recommends on the histories of communal access to water? For me, 'cause I'm interested 💧

The Eloquence A poem by Jorie Graham

“The prime minister was watching a disaster movie / when we found him. We are the /
media we cried. Run.”

Read “The Eloquence,” a poem by Jorie Graham.

RSPB: PeacePlus Nature Peatland Conservation Scientist advertised with CJS Salary: £39,205.00 - £41,856.00 Per Annum Terms: Fixed-Term, until 31st July 2029, Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week Location: Flexible in Northern Ireland We are looking for a peatland scientist to…

@rspb.bsky.social is also seeking a PeacePlus Nature Peatland Conservation Scientist. Fixed-term, until 31st July 2029, full-time, 37.5 hours per week. Location: Flexible in Northern Ireland @rspbni.bsky.social c-js.uk/4agNMwf

Dead as a Dodo: The Haunted Heritage of Extinction’ In the halls of natural history museums all over the world, you can peer through the glass and come face-to-face with the ghosts of extinction.

Coming up this evening : my final talk this week on Ghosts Behind Glass happening in Oxford. Come over if you are in the area!
oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/dead-a...

And how it creates space for serendipity in the conversations with archivists, or the evocative and inspiring privilege of viewing/holding the original material and how that sparks the historical imagination!

It was an absolute joy to have been a poet on the MossWorlds project and re-story moss in collaboration with such inspiring folks.
Embrace the mossibilities!

👀 Post Doctoral Researcher - Osteoarchaeology (18mths/PT)

"This post is part of a Historic Environment Scotland-funded project to collate, record and disseminate the archive of a 1970s excavation of an important Pictish/Norse cemetery at Newark, Orkney ..."

www.uhi.ac.uk/en/staff/vac...

Last call today for the OFFICIAL PUBLICATION DAY of my book on the Blair era, 'New Labour, New Britain?' I think it's a judicious look at the whole topic, but you must be the judge: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526146328/

For young poets!
The Inspiring Voices Poetry Festival invites young people across England (ages 11-25) to respond to England's inspiring heritage sites through poetry
Hosted by English Heritage & @torchoxford.bsky.social
Submissions close 15 March 2026
www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/inspir...

For young poets!
The Inspiring Voices Poetry Festival invites young people across England (ages 11-25) to respond to England's inspiring heritage sites through poetry
Hosted by English Heritage & @torchoxford.bsky.social
Submissions close 15 March 2026
www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/inspir...

My new book, exploring folk tales in Lincolnshire, is now available for pre-order! Publication: April 2026.

fiveleaves.co.uk/product/devi...

Broadside Day 2026 Organised by the Traditional Song Forum with the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, the Broadside Day is a conference for people interested in street literature in all its fascinating aspects, held at...

Next week! Get your tickets for the #Broadside Day 2026 conference on 14 Feb at @sheffielduni.bsky.social with the Traditional Song Forum, Vaughan Williams Memorial Library
@efdss.bsky.social and @cfrc-folklore.bsky.social www.efdss.org/whats-on/61-...

Thanks Stephe 🙏

Exciting to see the hard copies of this too!! 🤩 @draflint.bsky.social

For anyone interested in our 18-month post in British Studies please follow the link below. @ihr.bsky.social

www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Mine's only delayed...but after 12 hours of trains today I could do without it!

It's taken me a little longer than hoped to find time to get stuck into 'Ghosts Behind Glass' (by @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social), but it is worth the wait - a cracking holiday read! And it's informing a bumper list of Natural History museums I still need to visit 😁

Can anyone identify what type of creature this was meant to depict? I believe it's Native American

🚨History Job: Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History (Permanent) 🗃️

Come work with us at Warwick! You will join a group of excellent early-modernists and one of the nicest bunches of historians around!
👇👇👇

@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social

warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

We are now accepting proposals from scholars interested in applying for the EU's Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships program in 2026. This is a great program for early career (<8 yrs from PhD) scholars to be with @greenhouseuis.net for 2 years on own project.

www.uis.no/en/research/...

Poem by Lemm Sissay - some things I like

This, from Lemm Sissay’s collection ‘Listener’, is a masterclass in pace and rhythm and rhyme.

It is a read it out loud kind of poem.

It is playful, funny, poignant, and deep all at the same time.

#poetry
#poemoftheday

Front cover of the book 'Ethel' by Helen Mort. On a pale green background is a black and white photo of a woman with short curly hair, wearing a woolly hat.

New in our #LocalStudies library, ‘Ethel’ explores the life of Ethel Haythornwaite, a countryside pioneer from Sheffield. Her tireless campaigning contributed towards the founding of the Peak District National Park and the creation of the first green belt in the UK.

If you're around in Bristol today, I'm giving a lecture on my New Labour book at the University! I'll be kicking off in the Arts Faculty about 1pm... Come along! www.bristol.ac.uk/history/even...

And if you're interested in intersections between #folksong and open-air singing, there's also this #OpenAccess article I wrote, published in Folklore last year
doi.org/10.1080/0015...

Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain

How did communal open-air singing in early 20th century Britain connect with fellow-feeling, bodily experience, and ideas of the countryside?
These are topics @drhick.bsky.social and I discuss in our Element - Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain. Out now & free to read online
doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Treat yourself to a little break to read this gem of a poem today.

On 4 Feb @nfsengland.bsky.social are giving a talk at Sheffield Weston Park Museum, giving an overview of the project so far, along with emerging findings. So come on down and see what folklore is potent in England! (You'll need to book in advance: www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/lun...)

Coming up in about 20 min!
Hope to see many of you there for the live talk and discussion.