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Neil Stewart

@neilstewart.bsky.social

Head of Library & Digital @ihrlibrary.bsky.social at the Institute of Historical Research, London, UK @ihr.bsky.social. Libraries, history, books, music, film, current affairs, the odd bit of politics- you know, the good stuff.

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β€œHe came dancing across the water” doesn’t sound too realistic to me!!!

07.08.2025 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

there's some Neil Young at his most reflective too. I saw Plush at one of those ATPs, way back in the day!

06.08.2025 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely! Got a copy of this for my brother recently who is a convert

06.08.2025 07:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Return of the Obra Dinn and The Case of the Golden Idol are both puzzlers with RPG elements and are both brilliantly if quirkily evocative of their periods

04.08.2025 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You’re just built different I guess

02.08.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Damn RIP Ozzy, confirmation here news.sky.com/story/ozzy-o...

22.07.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lecturer in Historic Environment:London Senate House

#JobAlert! Come and join us for 12 months in our lovely
@chppc.bsky.social team @ihr.bsky.social.

We're seeking a fixed-term #Lecturer in Historic Environment, who'll work on our projects, including research, publishing and digitisation.

Closing date 29 August. Please share! #Skystorians

21.07.2025 09:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Touched… by an angel

18.07.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Shook Ones acapella is over the Wu‐Tang Clan Ain’t Nuthing ta F’ Wit beat

18.07.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Funkmaster Flex: The Mix Tape Volume 1 LP cover

Funkmaster Flex: The Mix Tape Volume 1 LP cover

Track list of side B of Funkmaster Flex: the Mix Tape Volume 1. It features a lot of great hip hop tracks.

Track list of side B of Funkmaster Flex: the Mix Tape Volume 1. It features a lot of great hip hop tracks.

Shook Ones Pt. II into Incarcerated Scarfaces is all time, and the Erick Sermon freestyle is πŸ”₯ too.

18.07.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Historian's Life In a new podcast IHR Fellow Lisa Pine talks to historians about their lives in history and the history of their own lives..

New one from us at the IHR is autobiographical but interviewees talk about historiography and historical methods www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

18.07.2025 09:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

the whole sequence where the narrator clears up the meagre detritus of Uncle Giles' life is a masterpiece of comedic melancholy

15.07.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Dramatic chipmunk with a caption β€œIt was Widmerpool”

Dramatic chipmunk with a caption β€œIt was Widmerpool”

13.07.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The essence of the all is the godhead of the true

13.07.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely to see β€œthe Great Beast” Alastair Crowley in the Royal Box today, he is of course an old friend of Princess Anne

13.07.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic anime video too!

07.07.2025 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Daytona 500 is πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

07.07.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

RZA’s β€œlong 1992” was quite something: 36 Chambers, Cuban Linx, Liquid Swords, Tical, Return to the 36 Chambers, Ironman, first Gravediggaz album all in the space of a few years!

07.07.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Though Liquid Swords is right up there

07.07.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 4 Lyfe

07.07.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I would warrant it is some kind of fungi

07.07.2025 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He has β€œbeen on a journey” (to lucrative trans-Atlantic speaking gigs)

06.07.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Retro viewing set-up, showing a clip from one of the newly digitised interviews

Retro viewing set-up, showing a clip from one of the newly digitised interviews

The exhibition, showing some of the table-top installation

The exhibition, showing some of the table-top installation

I highly recommend the 'Interviews with Historians' exhibition @ihr.bsky.social, launching the wonderful resource www.history.ac.uk/library-digi.... Fascinating insights into how #historians do #history + some gorgeous media archaeology! Congrats to @ihrlibrary.bsky.social colleagues & all involved.

28.06.2025 10:26 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
At a time of crisis for the profession, a unique collection of interviews demonstrates the importance of history. - History & Policy At a time of crisis for the History departments across the UK, the Institute of Historical Research has made available a unique archive of interviews with some of the profession's leading post-war Bri...

At a time of crisis for the History departments across the UK @ihr.bsky.social has made available a unique archive of interviews with leading post-war British historians. They point to the importance of history & the urgent need to defend the profession. historyandpolicy.org/opinion-arti...

30.06.2025 08:31 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The videos’ aesthetics are quite something!

27.06.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Solid choice!

27.06.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jesus Lizard

27.06.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@bho.bsky.social we are not alone!

27.06.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The end of a long digitisation project! It’s great to get these interviews out into the world once again

26.06.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
stylised drawing of an hour glass attached to a microphone with A Historian's Life written underneath. Below is the logo of the Institute of Historical Research School of Advanced Study University of London

stylised drawing of an hour glass attached to a microphone with A Historian's Life written underneath. Below is the logo of the Institute of Historical Research School of Advanced Study University of London

Even historians have a history. @lisapine.bsky.social launches her new @ihr.bsky.social podcast A Historian's Life, where historians talk about the histories they’ve explored and the lives they’ve lived. Listen to series 1 now.
www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/a-h...

25.06.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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