Applications are open for the 2026/27 BSECS-Northumbria Fellowship, offering expenses up to the value of £4000 to support a visiting scholar undertaking research into the long eighteenth century. More information and apply at bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a... @bsecs.bsky.social
I was at Siccar Point in Berwickshire earlier today for the launch of the ‘Deep Time Trail’ marking the site of James Hutton’s unconformity - the geological feature that transformed our understanding of the history of the Earth. james-hutton.org/deep-time-tr...
Some news in my local paper, The Northumberland Gazette. “one of UK’s last tea leaf readers fears ancient art could die out”. But why “fears”? Surely she knows?
Tristan da Cunha has some wonderful place names like “Down Where the Minister Land His Things” and “Ridge Where the Goat Jump Off”. They’ll now need to add “Where The Paratroopers Rescue The Hantavirus Victims”.
Last time I stayed up late to watch a moon launch, I was about six years old. Not sure why I waited so long to do it again.
The final figures are yet to come in but so far, in England, the three main progressive parties combined have done slightly better than the two conservative parties combined. More evidence, if more evidence was needed, of the need for a Progressive Alliance.
Out Now! The Cambridge Companion to Ignatius Sancho, edited by Nicole Aljoe and Kristina Huang with 14 original essays. My chapter revisits Joseph Jekyll's 'Life of Ignatius Sancho' and offers a new theory on how Sancho got from Cartagena to Blackheath.
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I’m giving a talk at St Olave’s Church in London this evening about Tudor botanist William Turner, who is buried there. So is Samuel Pepys, who lived next door, saved the church from the Great Fire, and buried his parmesan cheese in the garden. @literarybritain.bsky.social
Applications are now open for the 2026/27 BSECS-Northumbria Fellowship, offering expenses up to the value of £4000 to support a visiting scholar undertaking research into the long eighteenth century. More information and apply at www.bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a...
So far, Just 18,557 of the 69.86 million people in the UK have donated to help save the Rothbury Estate in #Northumberland. If £13.5 million can be raised by September, this will become the largest new nature reserve in the UK in a generation. Please donate!
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Stretching over 3,800 hectares, the Rothbury Estate in Northumberland is abundant with opportunity. It’s the largest continuous area of land to appear on the market in 50 years. Its sale creates a uni...
