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I’m giving a public talk about bins! And not just one bin. Oh no, it’s a history of Leeds in five bins - from the Victorian ash pit to these wheelies. It’s on 11 April at 1pm at Leeds Central Library. You can book using the link here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/dr-henry-irv…

When people see how much food they’re wasting, by putting it in a separate bin, they want to do something to reduce it. Weekly #FoodWaste collections will give recycling in England a boost and help reduce the impact of food waste on climate change. bit.ly/3VAwSCS

I am told that there are still some tickets available for this talk about Leeds’s bins. It will be a whistle stop tour of everything from old landfill sites to the Leeds Bin App - so there really will be something for everyone with an interest in the things we throw away.

I’ve written a short blog about green wheelie bins for Leeds Libraries. It’s connected to my recent talk on the longer history of bins, but focuses on the 1990s - which I’m told is bang on trend: secretlibraryleeds.net/2024/04/22/lee…

In the first of our #LBUPolicyWeek24 blog series, Henry Irving shares his fascinating work with WRAP 🔗 bit.ly/4aV2lnM Henry is applying his research into #recycling schemes in the Second World War to show how we can improve policies today. #LBUresearch

As part of our recycling workshop, Sea Holly organised a Teams meeting with historian Henry Irving. Thank you for sharing your knowledge of an ex pupil, Melba, who wrote an essay may years ago about recycling as part of a national campaign to recycle during WWII. #tuphumanities

I was really pleased to be able to speak to the children treuchafprimary about recycling again this morning. Year 6 are going to put me out of a job!

Do you remember when Leeds had a life-sized owl giving out recycling advice?🦉💚Here's a bin-tastic story about how Leeds got its first green bins ♻️🗑️in the 1990s, courtesy of a Leeds Libraries blog about a talk from Leeds Beckett 's Henry Irving secretlibraryleeds.net/2024/04/22/lee…

Big news in my ward, and hard not to feel sorry for Al - who was the Lord Mayor!

Lecturer in Film Studies job! Come and work at Keele! jobs.ac.uk/job/DHN466/lec…

New contextual essay relating to our recent collection release: Censorship: Policy and Practice During the Second World War. Henry Irving examines the role of postal and telegraph censorship in the British war effort. Read the essay here buff.ly/4ckJGST

Have you heard the news?📢From 1st August you can now recycle bottles and jars in your #leeds green bin!♻️🗑️ This includes all colours of glass and we're keeping the bottle banks for those who prefer to use them. Keep an eye out for more details coming soon👀💚

Reporting on a workshop on Environmental Humanities hosted by H&P Institute of Historical Research School of Advanced Study, University of London in March, Andrew McTominey Pennine Heritage University of Huddersfield suggests historians can help open up urgent and difficult conversations about responses to the #ClimateCrisis. historyandpolicy.org/opinion-articl…

I’m really excited be playing a part in supporting the extension of glass recycling in Leeds. This film shows what happens to the glass - and features a few historical clips for good measure. Bonus marks for anyone who knows where they were shot!

#homefront article of the week: New Year’s Eve, 1940: The Ministry of Information’s Cyril Radcliffe tells UK listeners that the “People’s War” justifies censoring air raid details. Jessica Hammett & Henry Irving detail the debate over the #WWII phrase. doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ce…

Good to see work starting so quickly on the Leeds tram network.