A history of death, denial and diarrhoea. Why Britain's water systems keep failing, why its an epidemiological history and what we could do to make it better. Jacob Steere-Williams and myself in The Conversation theconversation.com/britains-broke…

Britain has never managed to eradicate systemic failures when it comes to providing safe, clean and accessible drinking water to its citizens. To understand why, we took a deep dive into the history of the UK's water and sewage systems. Find out more 👉 theconversation.com/britains-broke…

🦠🦠 🦠🦠 From cholera to typhoid to crypto - why Britain's water system is broken. Jacob Steere-Williams and I took a deep dive into the stinking history of water provision in the UK. What has gone wrong (again and again) and what needs to be done #epitwitter 👇👇👇

Excellent piece by Jacob Steere-Williams and Lukas Engelmann in The Conversation on the politics of water, why Britain needs to get its shit together, and how a nation that exported hydro technologies came to this.

Today government regulator OFWAT announced that it plans to levy fines worth £168m on three English water companies for failing to manage waste water properly. The news comes after we took a deep dive, into Britains 'broken' water system last week 👉 theconversation.com/britains-broke…

One of our fantastic editors, @lmacthompson1, has a new and very timely blog post out about the Comstock laws! blog.shgape.org/anthony-comsto…

The Department of History at the College of Charleston invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in the history of the United States and the World to begin in August 2025. jobs.cofc.edu/postings/15916

Please spread word of this TT position far and wide! CofC is a splendid liberal arts university in a terrific city- our dept is vibrant and supportive- don't hesitate to reach out directly with questions, as I'm chairing the search: h-net.org/jobs/job_displ…