Historian of 18th century London; Professor Emeritus of Digital History at the University of Sussex. Just coughing in the ink to the end of time.
Tim Hitchcock
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John Satia and the 1731 ban on Black urban citizenship
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'The UK’s 18-year-old population peaks in 2030–31 and then falls sharply, returning to 2016 levels by 2040. Immigration is declining by deliberate policy choice, fertility has been falling since 2012, and healthy life expectancy is at its lowest point since 2011.'
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Out today! 🥳 The King's Dinner: Family, nation, and identity on the British table, 1760-1820: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin.... My book with Rachel Rich, @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social & @adamcrymble.bsky.social. It is #openaccess so come take a look! cc @uclpress.bsky.social #skystorians #foodhistory
Happy weekend!
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago! 🐙❤️
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
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'The number of university students who view their course as “value for money” has risen to the highest level in a decade, reflecting widespread positivity among current undergraduates despite public concern around graduate debt and jobs.' 1/3
Don' miss Prof. Lucy Delap's paper on Disabled Women, the Labour State, and Enterprise In Twentieth Century Britain this Friday 12 June at 5:30 pm in person at the IHR, London and on Zoom. #Skystorians
'Across China, a marked rise in people driving electric vehicles has led to a drop in air pollution in many cities. As a result, fewer people are dying from pollution-related diseases.'
Join us on Wednesday 10 June at 5:30pm for Jamie Gemmell (KCL) speaking on 'John Satia and the 1731 ban on Black apprenticeship'. Free and open to the public in person at the IHR in Bloomsbury or online on Zoom. Please register (link below). #Skystorians
'The bathing ponds at Hampstead Heath in north-west London will remain trans-inclusive after a public consultation overwhelmingly favoured its existing rules.'
Good news. 86% of 38,000 respondents in favour of retaining trans-inclusive policies.
The King’s Dinner is about what it meant to be British at the end of the eighteenth century. Drawing on the vast kitchen ledgers of two royal households made newly available to research through digiti...
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Steep rise in UK students’ happiness with programmes despite job cuts, fee rises and negativity over student loans
