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Just found this in my pigeonhole! Perfect timing to accompany this month’s blogpost. rachelhammersley.com/new-blog/2024/…

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As the General Election approaches, this month's blogpost explores C18 methods for engaging people in politics. rachelhammersley.com/new-blog/2024/…

Bittersweet concert this morning NTMEH. The standard was incredible. Just sad our connection with the hub is coming to an end as my son moves on to the next stage in life. A huge thank you to all the amazing staff who have supported his music-making over the years.

What do the books on your shelves say about you? This month’s blogpost asks this question of two seventeenth century brothers whose library, now held at the University of York, was the subject of a recent workshop. rachelhammersley.com/new-blog/2024/… UoY Borthwick Institute for Archives Hannah Jeans Anouska Lester

Galloway’s equivalent of Marsden Rock at South Shields and its sometime resident ‘Jack the Blaster’. William Purvis lived in Sheep Rink Cave at Ardwell Bay in the late C19th and welcomed visitors to his home.

'Just keep putting one foot in front of the other.' In the spirit of the summer break, this month’s blogpost is a bit different. It celebrates an important personal anniversary and explores how walking helped my family to cope with bereavement. rachelhammersley.com/new-blog/2024/…

The Geordie Double begins! We set off on our Hadrian’s Wall Walk today by walking from Bowness-on-Solway to Carlisle. Raising money for Maggie's Centres and walking in memory of John Gurney. Thanks to everyone who has sponsored us and to Maggie's Newcastle for their support.

After walking two days from the west coast we find some wall! ⁦⁦⁦Maggie's Newcastle⁩

A sad picture, and a symbol of the things - and people - missing from our lives.

First part of Team Gurney’s Geordie Double challenge completed! Only the GNR to go. We’ve pretty much walked a half marathon - or more - every day for 6 days so how hard can it be? Thanks to Maggie's Newcastle Dr Katie East & other family & friends who supported us along the way.

As we prepare for Tuesday's workshop on Memories of the British Revolutions, this month's blogpost reflects on a workshop held in July that explored a similar theme via the lens of Edmund Ludlow's memoirs. @thehistorywoman Claire Gheeraert-Graffeuille Dr Katie East rachelhammersley.com/new-blog/2024/…

Yesterday Team Gurney completed the Geordie Double challenge (walking Hadrian’s Wall + running the Great North Run within the space of a few weeks). We also doubled our target for Maggie's Newcastle So proud of the Team and grateful to all who donated and/or supported us along the way.

Do the British Revolutions still matter today? This month's blogpost explores the later memories and memorialisation of the seventeenth-century crises. rachelhammersley.com/new-blog/2024/… Claire Gheeraert-Graffeuille Waseem Ahmed Dr Gaby Mahlberg

In 2020 we lost one of the greats: Justin Champion. I was lucky enough to be supervised by him. There are many things I could say about what made him so remarkable, but one thing I'll note here was that he was an unrelenting champion of women scholars in the field of intellectual

From placemen to pop concert tickets. This month's blogpost explores the history of corruption in British politics and why perks are a problem. rachelhammersley.com/new-blog/2024/…

This month’s blog post marks the 10th anniversary since my husband’s death and draws a perhaps surprising conclusion from reflecting on our experience of the NHS at that time.

This new year's blogpost opens with a coincidence involving a new year's gift and offers reflections on a recent symposium celebrating the life and work of Malcolm Chase. Dr Vic Clarke Northern History SocialHistorySociety rachelhammersley.com/new-blog/2024/…

This month’s blogpost claims that Thomas Spence’s methods of disseminating political information are still being used today. rachelhammersley.com/new-blog/2025/…

What did the Greeks do for us? March’s blogpost reflects on 20 years since the publication of ‘The Greek Tradition in Republican Thought’. rachelhammersley.com/new-blog/2025/… Ariane Fichtl