A reminder that you can book your FREE ticket to join us on 19 Nov at ThePlatformLCC to hear from Prof Sir Christopher Frayling talk about his experience in the film industry. This is part of The Bay International Film Festival trybooking.com/uk/DVKE Lancaster University LICA Arts and Social Sciences at Lancaster

New Book - available to order for February! Naomi Pullin Elaine Murphy

I'm going to close my account on this morally bankrupt cesspit in a few days. Prof Joanne Begiato She/Her & I have one more announcement to make tomorrow about a job opportunity on the Victorian Hand project but, after that, if you want to stay in touch, you can follow me at medhistoryman.bsky.social.

I'm closing my X account too, because this space is now unbearable. My professional posts can be found jbhist.bsky.social No regrets 🫡

📢 Prof Joanne Begiato She/Her and I are pleased to announce that we are seeking a f/t 2-year Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History to join our major Arts and Humanities Research Council funded research project on the Victorian Hand. Closes 6 December. Spread the word!!! hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

📢 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT!!! 📢Calling all Victorianists!!! Spread the word!!!

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What a dream role. That’s going to be one lucky ECR!

The advert for our Research Associate post in Victorian Cultural and Material History is now on jobs.ac.uk - jobs.ac.uk/job/DKS158/res… Please spread the word!!!

IMPORTANT The campaign for a GCSE in Natural History has stalled. Labour see it as a "Conservative initiative" and won't progress it. It is not a political football, every child has the right to learn about the wonder of the natural world. Plse ask you MP to lobby for it now. 🙏

Thanks to Chiltern Railways my weekly commute up north has been seriously delayed or cancelled for the 3rd week in a row. Travelling by rail in this country has become such a dispiriting grind, esp with TOCs like Chiltern running stock from the 1990s that constantly breaks down.

Anna Atkins is, along with Edith Nesbit, the most famous person to have lived in the Kentish village in which I was raised ...

Adverts for my funded PhD with Cumbria's Mil Museum on 'Emotions, Objects, and "Affective Curatorship" in the British Regimental Museum' are now available on the usual sites. Please spread the word through your channels! jobs.ac.uk/job/DLM249/p... findaphd.com/phds/project...

Michael Brown LancasterUniHistory This may be of interest British Commission for Military History (BCMH) @HistoryWelfare Military History Society of NSW SMH Historians Committee of Military Archives Society for Army Historical Research Early Career Researchers network - BCMH

Our @InheritingtheFamily volume is now out and open access! With entries from family historians and academics, there is something for everyone. library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.…

What could make a journey on Avanti West Coast even more pleasant when it is already scheduled to get into London an hour later than normal? How about an additional hour's delay and a lack of A/C in the only unreserved carriage on a packed train? What joy!