Dr Cathryn Pearce

A call for editors for a new edited volume on the Working Ladies Guild. The volume is expected to focus on the late-Victorian period, with the case-histories of women based in London who approached the Guild for relief providing the bulk of the material. The records of the Guild’s Chelsea group, covering the period 1884 to 1897, will provide the core of the material to be transcribed and edited. Readers who are interested in potentially taking on this task should contact Dr Anne Summers (chair@friendsofthewomenslibrary.org.uk) or Prof Jerry White, Honorary General Editor (Modern Records) of the LRS (jerry.white@bbk.ac.uk) to discuss the project further.

New publishing opportunity!

The London Record Society are looking for someone to edit a volume based on the archive of the Working Ladies' Guild, which supported impoverished women in late nineteenth-century Britain.

Further information and contact details in the text below.

A dramatic scene in moonlight as the birds take flight against the dark sky and flat landscape

Other work by the Ladybird artists.
Mallards over the Marshes
Artist: Roland Green

Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...

Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...

The Royal Historical Society has published a very helpful guide to its various membership categories, including the Fellowship. If you're engaged in History study, research or teaching (including in public history, journalism & GLAM) & keen to support the discipline, do have a look. #Skystorians

On the salt marsh

Our arch/anth first year class went from 175ish to 330 this year. Wild scenes.

See my thread above as to why this is a bad idea
bsky.app/profile/sgfm...

I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer

"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."

My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.

Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

A white wolf looking out at the viewer, set against a blue forest background

Happiest of birthdays to Wolf, and to
@annelouiseavery.bsky.social, who brings us tales Wolf, Old Fox and their world of quiet kindness, compassion, companionship, love and gentle magic.

Today is a very good day to join Anne's patreon.

[White Wolf by Patrice Murciano]

Thirty Days of Alaska Native Books: Day 22 On this twenty second day of Alaska Native Heritage Month and we’re highlighting “Bekk’aatugh Ts’uhuney: Stories We Live By” from Koyukon Athabascan storyteller Catherine Attla. These a…

On this 22nd day of #AlaskaNativeHeritageMonth we’re highlighting Koyukon #Athabascan storyteller Catherine Attla’s “Bekk'aatugh Ts'uhuney: Stories We Live By.”

#nativeamericanheritagemonth #indigenous #dine #books #booksky #authors #womenwriters #alaskanative

verastarbard.com/2025/11/22/t...

Wow! Gorgeous!

the multi-year lack of a truly functional manuscripts catalog at the BL is finally over!!!!

Insane things happening with the sunrise on the Sussex coast this morning. (Sorry for the blurry picture)

#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #neurosky #neuroCovid #publichealth Common #longCOVID symptoms include memory disturbances and headaches, with neurophysiological methods potentially illuminating the mechanisms behind both central & peripheral components of these symptoms.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content Mark Zuckerberg says company will ‘dramatically reduce censorship’ across Facebook, Instagram and Threads

Learning About Propaganda and Disinformation Is More Critical Than Ever... Did you know... On Facebook, Insta and Threads this year Meta removed fact-checkers, dramatically reducing content moderation, and promising to recommend more political content www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Northumberland

Morning breeze

DIY Search: do it yourself!
#HigherEd

I forgot to add, you can follow this artist here on Bluesky!

👉 @jcurtisart.bsky.social

Less than Greggs? Public have no idea of value of top universities, study finds Belief that snack chain’s revenues exceed those of Oxford’s one of many misconceptions about UK’s HE sector

"Higher education generated £24bn in export earnings for the UK in 2022-23, far above aircraft manufacturing with £12bn, legal services with £9.5bn and telecoms with £8.8bn."
#HigherEd
www.theguardian.com/education/20...

First screen adaptation of 'Two Old Women' told in severely endangered Athabascan language The new film premiered in Hawai'i last month, with homecoming showings scheduled in Alaska in December.

In the screen adaptation, the title characters, Ch’idzigyaak and Sa’, speak to each other in Gwich’in. In fact, the film is entirely in the Athabascan language, which is considered severely endangered.

(From KUAC - Fairbanks)

‘Chaotic and indecisive’: key findings of report on UK’s Covid response under Tories Second pandemic report focuses on decision-making, organisation and messaging by senior politicians including Boris Johnson

My thoughts are with all who lost loved ones or still struggle with effects of #Covid. Tho we knew it at the time, confirmation of the “toxic & chaotic culture” at heart of Govt; that they did “too little, too late” & that faster action could have saved over 20K lives is still horrifying

And who could not then believe in sea gods and portals to the other world (thanks @dgplacenames.bsky.social for sharing)

Now there's a soundscape!

Image shows Langstone harbour at low under a clear sky. The sun is just above the horizon

Good morning #Portsmouth
Sunrise
#FridayMotivation #FridayFeeling

Cormorant from front left below, first in series, climbing, and not as sharp as first two.

Cormorant in flight 3, Portishead.

#Birds #Cormorant #Flight #Photography #Portishead

‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent

'Students at the University of Staffordshire have said they feel “robbed of knowledge and enjoyment” after a course they hoped would launch their digital careers turned out to be taught in large part by AI.' 1/3

FYI: turning off "Smart features" also turns off spell check and the promotions and social tabs. And more.

In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.

The Covid enquiry has concluded that the reality we all witnessed *was* the actual reality, and the version which Johnson, Cummings et al insisted was happening was a total fabrication.

It’s incredible that we have to have lengthy enquiries after the event to establish consensus reality now.

#DisabilityHistoryMonth starts today!

The Railway Work, Life & Death project is an important resource for understanding occupational disability in the past, via the railways.

Read more about just a few of the people whose life stories we've explored:

www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk?s=disability

'Research-only staff face “acute insecurity”, the survey found, with 64 per cent on fixed-term contracts, and nearly two-thirds feeling insecure about their future.' 2/2