Edge of Darkness, TV drama Troy Kennedy Martin, Bob Peck. BBC Four. Last two episodes showing now.

Image of badges with logo 'I know the value of history' and text 'The value and provision of history and the humanities: it's time for a political response.'

This week, the Society's President Lucy Noakes wrote in response to Bridget Phillipson's Labour conference speech - and its implications for history and the humanities in UK higher education bit.ly/3KBX7Fw

#Skystorians

We are hiring a tenure track poet! I’m so excited / spread the word… wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...

'Unprecedented' Melsonby Iron Age hoard found by archaeologists Archaeologists say they have found more than 800 items dating back about 2,000 years.

An absolutely massive hoard! #ironage www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Contemporary Cultures of Writing This seminar series looks at the ways in which neurodivergence intersects with creative writing, providing an opportunity for researchers, practitioners, and teachers to explore linkages, disconnects ...

The Open University/Institute of English Studies are delivering a series of 3 Seminars on Creative Writing and Neurodivergence
Tue 18 Feb 2025 to Tue 4 Mar 2025. The seminars are free, but booking is essential.

Details in the link.

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We live in an amazing community who are falling deeper in love with this tree with every day that passes. Our resolve is strong. We are determined not to give up.

Our tree (and the two others and hedge we now seek to enfold in our love and protect too) has not yet been felled. We understand a tree surgeon is booked in, perhaps already postponed once. We don't know when. So tree protectors have taken to 24/7 watch to protect the tree and enjoy its company.

Portsmouth Area Railway Pasts - Railway Work, Life & Death Introducing our work with the Havant Local History Group, to find out more about Portsmouth area railway staff & their accidents.

#OnThisDay 1921 LBSCR signalman Alfred Edwin Mafeking Stanford, 20, injured his knee.

Member of the NUR (now @rmtunion.bsky.social) #Havant branch, he received £4.19.2 compensation.

Just 1 of the people we're researching in our new collaboration:

www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/portsmouth-a...

Crowd gathers to protest against cutting down of 180-year-old King George oak A council is set to cut down a 180-year-old King George oak tree on Monday because of fears over subsidence

www.eadt.co.uk/news/2485069... read about the campaign to save the tree in the East Anglian Daily Times

Resident protectors of the tree. All is cheery and community are providing sustenance. No dramas on site, all very civilised and peaceful.

Print Matters summer school: Thin Ice Press — Thin Ice Press What does it mean to think about matter and materiality through the medium of letterpress printing?  We invite scholars of matter, materiality and/or material culture (broadly conceived) in any ...

So this is very exciting! We have 16 places on our AHRC-funded Print Matters Summer School. There is no course fee, and applicants get 4 nights B&B accommodation and a travel bursary of up to £100. The Summer School is open to all disciplines and career stages.

www.thinicepress.org/events/print...

Image of paper documents in archive with header text: "Ministry of Justice abandons plans to digitise and destroy print copies of post-1858 wills The Royal Historical Society is very pleased to learn that the UK Ministry of Justice has abandoned a proposal, made by the previous government, to destroy print copies of post-1858 wills following their digitisation."

We are very pleased to learn that the UK Ministry of Justice has dropped a proposal, made by the previous govt, to destroy print copies of post-1858 wills following their digitisation: bit.ly/3WaXud8

This follows submissions from 100s of historians, and others, opposing the proposal. #Skystorians

Thank you for your resilience and dignified stance. Your voice is powerful. Those not worthy of being named (who have been so abusive) are scared and ridiculous, boring, pathetic, and in a long line of similar ridiculous folk through history. They look more pathetic as time goes on.

We wish all our followers a happy festive period. This account will be taking a break into the New Year. See you in 2025 for more #FamilyHistory fun!

Miranda Raison to join Ralph Fiennes in new David Hare play Grace Pervades at Theatre Royal Bath | West End Theatre The Theatre Royal Bath has announced further casting for Grace Pervades by David Hare.

Miranda Raison to join Ralph Fiennes in new David Hare play Grace Pervades at Theatre Royal Bath

Read more: www.westendtheatre.com/262787/

Tells the extraordinary story of Victorian acting legends Henry Irving & Ellen Terry

Directed by Jeremy Herrin

Theatre Royal Bath from 27 June - 19 July 2025

Miranda Raison to join Ralph Fiennes in new David Hare play Grace Pervades at Theatre Royal Bath | West End Theatre The Theatre Royal Bath has announced further casting for Grace Pervades by David Hare.

Friends of Bath! or indeed further afield, this will be wonderful:

Miranda Raison to join Ralph Fiennes in new David Hare play Grace Pervades at Theatre Royal Bath | West End Theatre

www.westendtheatre.com/262787/news/...

#Genealogy Taking a peek at X to see if anyone is still over there for #AncestryHour, leaving a signal for people to join us for #GenHour on Thursdays 8 PM GMT.

The state of the subject: an EA report (2024) | The English Association We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.

Important assessment of the state of the field from the English Association. Learned societies and subject associations increasingly vital as many university leaders abdicate from advocating for their institutions' disciplines.

Purple gloved hands placing a wooden printing block into a packing box of similar blocks bedded in white tissue paper.

Come and work with us! Pitt Rivers is looking for a Curatorial Assistant to join our busy Collections team, working across all collections areas, including objects, photographs, manuscripts, sound & film. Full-time, permanent post. Grade 4: £27,838.00 inc OUW. Closing date: 2 Jan 2025 bit.ly/4fQoy94

5 Top Data Protection Tips for Archivists — Archives & Records Association A guest blog by Naomi Korn Associates It has been over five years since the General Data Protection Regulation was introduced by the EU and later adopted by the UK as the UK General Data Protection ...

5 Top data protection tips for archivists - our guest blog from Naomi Korn Associates is now live here: www.archives.org.uk/news/5-top-d...
Plus: ARA and Naomi Korn Associates webinar: What is Personal Data? Online - Monday 13th January 2025 - 12.00pm to 13.00pm info at archives.org.uk/training