Dr Cathryn Pearce

The aurora glowed in the sky all night. It was a fantastic show in Fairbanks, Alaska

I haven't been very good at posting content this year. It's been busy! I'll have a bit more time next term, so hopefully I can share some research!

Photo looking out to sea, with grey water and a thick, low-lying dark cloud. Above the clouds the sky is clear, with a crescent moon hanging from above.

Got a quick walk done after class. It was a race with the fading light. That cloud bank is something else, but the moon is visible about it, as are clear skies! #SussexCoast

This is a nice example of vertical wind shear: the lower level clouds are clearly going in a different direction to the upper level clouds. #Meteorology

A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006

A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....

Historical Research Lecture 2025 | Can popular history be radical? Historical research and writing for the public Historical Research Lecture 2025

I'm delighted to say that the recording my Historical Research lecture for @ihr.bsky.social (4 November, 2025) is now available to view online. I reflect on my own experience of writing a 'trade' book, and conclude with a manifesto for #radical #popular #history.
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Gentle aurora over a super still midnight seascape far north of Scottish Highlands

Why did convoys work? The answer might surprise you (sorry)

Why did convoys work?

With apologies for the Buzzfeed-style subtitle...

#navalhistory

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Seapower and The Knights of St John: Maritime Malta 3 | The Mariner's Mirror Podcast

The Mariner's Mirror Podcast of the Society for Nautical Research:

🔗https://shows.acast.com/f547f9fb-a077-4e85-b19a-beae9eb42c1f/692343659274ead23ca18474

#MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #OttomanHistory

I'm so tired of people telling me to have students critique LLM outputs. I'm just going to print this on little cards and hand them out

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
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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.

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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

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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.

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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
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