Lloyd Bowen

If Bilbo had Chat GPT

It’s official: the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man will no longer sit in Tynwald (Manx Parliament) with automatic voting rights. Next: removing the automatic voting rights of the 26 Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords. humanists.uk/2026/01/28/v...

Screengrab of the old man from Box of Delights saying "You're a good and kind boy, and you may see something of the Box"

me sexting

Some parking spaces with ‘DOCTORS ONLY’ written in paint in front of them. Parked in one of the spaces is a van from ‘DrainDoctor’

Science Christmas
The Upturned Microscope

Incredibly honored to see Old Age and American Slavery listed as a finalist alongside such important scholarship in the Slaveryarchive book prize. Very grateful indeed. www.slaveryarchive.com/slaveryarchi...

Cover of Gender and Modern Welsh History which shows a dark illustration of people working collecting in baskets.

'These essays provide fascinating insights into the diversity of gender identities and the operation of gender as an intersectional category in the construction of Welsh identity.'

A brilliant review by Kirsti Bohata of 'Gender in Modern Welsh History' in the latest issue of ‘History’.

If you're not old enough to know what microfiche is, here's some lofi love...

This is all well cool!!

I didn’t know this!!

Definitely read more fiction. Although the non-fiction quotient has been creeping up in recent years.

Tremendous 👏

CFP: Workshop on 'Crime and Conjugality in Europe, pre-1800' to be held in Oxford, 6 July 2026; deadline for expressions of interest is 15 Sept 2025. Please help spread the word! #history #SkyStorians www.bristol.ac.uk/law/events/2...

I don't think this is really the key narrative question raised by the text

YouTube video by JHew Cheers | S08E14 cold open | "They've even changed the panelling"

This is the best George Wendt joke on cheers by an absolute mile, and its so well done

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FNH...

😂

Three Months Into Cardiff University's Death Spiral - An Anonymous Academic Reports - Reading Time: 4 minutesAfter Cardiff University announced unprecedented cuts to jobs and courses, threatening the very nature of…

The current state of life at Cardiff University.

voice.cymru/three-months...

New article!

'Seeing Women in the Early English and Dutch East India Companies' is now available as an Advance Article with Historical Research.

It's been years of work, but I'm proud of this one. I hope #earlymodern #skystorians enjoy it!

Some context below:

academic.oup.com/histres/adva...

Image of a book on a book stand in a sunny garden with a notebook and pen on the table.

I’ve had worse days.

Bumper stickers: "CLUNGE MAGNET" (pic of magnet) "LEST WE FORGET" (pic of sad soldier)

Amazing scenes in the carpark today.

Tudor & Stuart History

As the @ihr.bsky.social Tudor & Stuart seminar is not formally on Here yet, here's our programme for next term (please RT):

Mon 19 May, Paulina Kewes @paulinakewes.bsky.social and Fred Smith: ‘Excommunicating Henry VIII’ (in person and on zoom) 1/3

Eighteenth-Century Knowledge Work in the Harleian Collection

Fully funded (4 year) PhD studentship supervised across Keele Univ. and the British Library: "Eighteenth-Century Knowledge Work in the Harleian Collection". You'll generate your own project focused on how this unique collection was created and used: www.keele.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Thanks Esther. X

Thanks Jasmine. Awful bloody time.

Been there. Think you’ve made the worst decision of your life - terrifying. But it turns out brilliantly.

A picture of a Jack Russell dog with a Christmas tree in the background. His head is cocked to one side as though listening.

RIP little fella.

This is Gatsby. He was killed yesterday by a hit-and-run driver tearing through our village, which has no pavements and which, bizarrely, has not seen a reduction to 20mph like most such roads in Wales.

He was only four, a quirky bugger, and we loved him. 😢🐶

Although Trapp was a calumniating Tory himself, of course …

“Nothing is more remarkable in the Whigs than their unparallel’d impudence in lying. They will positively affirm the most unheard of absurdities in reason, and the most notorious falsehoods in fact; especially in matters of calumny and slander” (Joseph Trapp, 1712).

Remind you of anyone?

Scribes and Inky Fingerprints Collaborative and Mediated Authorship in Early Modern English Manuscripts

Don't miss out! My @erc.europa.eu Consolidator project #FEATHERS 🪶🪶 is organising a 3-day international conference on early modern scribal culture & manuscript production at @unileiden.bsky.social on 7-9 May 2025. www.universiteitleiden.nl/feathers-con... Registration closes tomorrow!

This should be excellent fun. Looking forward to learning a lot.