Turnpike Roads, by Pam Smith. For historians, turnpikes reveal how people, goods and information moved across the landscape before the arrival of modern transport. how-to-history.com/2026/05/27/t...
You may be aware of the Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 - there is a new map-based interface by @docuracy.co.uk available alongside the original (archived) version @bho.bsky.social - take a look!
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Pam Smith Turnpike roads were a system of road management used in England. They were first established in the seventeenth century but not used extensively until the eighteenth. The first turnpike w…
THIS GAZETTEER OF MARKETS AND FAIRS HAS BEEN SUPERCEDED.We recommend that you use the archived version of the original website, which includes updates not present in the original print publication or ...
Tomorrow I'm leading a tour of London's historic pubs. There will be drinking, stories, & walking. Thank goodness it will be a little cooler. If you do find yourself free in the afternoon & want to join last minute, please do. Ping me a message here & I'll let you know the meeting spot. Cost, £12.
Looks like we've passed peak academia.
www.ft.com/content/8097... via @data.ft.com
A decline in the number of 18 year olds has major implications for the overall recruitment of students to university & also for *inequalities* in participation, as @dkernohan.bsky.social highlights in @wonkhe.bsky.social
Between 2015-18, around 14% of children were eligible for FSM; now it's 26.5%
It’s impossible to see how our current ‘problems could be tackled without the skills that the arts and humanities offer: rigorous critical reflection, creative problem solving, the capacity to dwell in complexity and ambiguity, and the historical long-view’.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
Do you want to learn to read old documents? Do you need to learn some Latin? The 49th Palaeography Summer School is for you! 👇 Tell all your friends. #palaeography #Skystorians #MedievalSky
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The biggest story of our time that we're not talking about nearly enough www.chronicle.com/article/my-s...
Coding and accountancy were once trumpeted as secure careers, but AI is showing otherwise
The School, formerly the Keele Latin and Palaeography Summer School, returns for its 49th year. In 2025 The Ranulf Higden Society took over the organisation of the Latin and Palaeography Summer Sch…
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The generational collapse in literacy is measurable, persistent, and likely to get worse.
We are stronger, and better historians, together.
Historical societies abound in the UK, and we've listed 150 with BlueSky accounts in this updated Starter Pack. go.bsky.app/AZaYQDd
Other societies appear on a new listing of subject societies on the RHS website bit.ly/4ebwP9r #Skystorians
We are pleased to announce that we now run events and tours, including a series of Spring/Summer tours of London. For more information see here: how-to-history.com/events/
Super cool go give AI tech companies your data instead of social media tech companies
Tours Historic London Pubs Tour London, England Tickets Great Fire of London Walking Tour London, England Tickets London’s Lost Execution Sites London, England Tickets London’s Food His…
