Karen Witt

This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.

You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

Purdy's fundraiser for The Baton of Hope UK Help Purdy Jones raise money to support The Baton of Hope UK

A friend of mine is raising money for The Baton of Hope, a charity aimed at suicide prevention. Please consider donating, it's such an important cause. Thanks www.justgiving.com/page/purdy-j...

What times we live in. Anyhow, here’s another time- Medieval America: Montezuma’s Castle’ in Camp Verde, Arizona. The defensible (and flood-proof) cliff dwelling was home to generations of ‘Sinagua’ people, from c.1050-1400. Pics 3 and 4 show a model. A marvel.

I lost my mum to suicide and my dad's death was in that grey area between intent and recklessness. I've also been fighting against it my whole life (and it has me on the ropes at the moment). That is TMI I know but I just want to express solidarity with anyone who finds this time of year a struggle

It's a beautiful environment to work in. I'm lucky enough to live close by. Glad you enjoyed it

Just started listening to this fascinating #podcast series about India’s long struggle for independence from the British Empire - hosted by Dr Samuel Hume, and with expert interviewees, it’s well worth your time

📢 New Episode 📢

The fifth episode of The Shropshire Witches Podcast is now live. In this episode, we explore the history and enduring legacy of The Workhouse. The human aspect of this episode made this difficult to record, but we believe it is so important.

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#Shropshire

Manuscript page dating from about 1440, with lovely decorated capitals in blue with red filigree pattern; this is a table of contents for the rest of the manuscript. A twentieth-century hand has added, quite messily, pencil notations of which folios the specific entries can be found below.

Maybe I'm easily shocked (OK, so I am), but I can't get over how early 20th-c archivists wrote notes right onto medieval manuscripts: this is Westminster Abbey Muniments Bk 5; the hand here is the same as recorded a collation of the manuscript on the endpaper, dated 1915. #medievalsky #MedievalMSS

Great idea from @garius.bsky.social
It's December! So let's have a Great Present Ideas thread!
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And I will promote you.
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Oh yes, I'll take that. Pigsy was always my favourite!

Woke early to the majestic sight of the native trampolines heading south for the winter

Congratulations

Event poster. The text reads: Medieval Fest! Saturday 7 December - British Library and Online www.histfest.org. The background is black and the eight speaker headshots are striped across the middle (Janina Ramirez, Michael Wood, Raksha Dave, Helen Castor, Nathen Amin, Lubaaba Al-Azami, Heather O' Donaghue and Charlie Higson).

LAST CHANCE! Don’t forget to grab your online tickets to tomorrow’s Medieval Fest!

A full day of exciting talks, with Michael Wood, Janina Ramirez, Raksha Dave, Helen Castor & many more!

Book now www.seetickets.com/event/mediev...

Photograph of a 17th-century manuscript petition, including the signatures of 14 men from Whitby.

In 1695, the local officers of Whitby petitioned the county magistrates to stop the relief paid to William Guderick, claiming his lameness was cured and he could now provide for himself and his family.

The #PowerOfPetitioning or the #EarlyModern DWP?

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This feels like a time to bring out my favourite fact, which is that there was a Nando's (coffeehouse) in early-18th-century London. Pope and Swift could go for a cheeky Nando's.

Historians of bsky... I'm looking forward to helping put together this exciting new conference at the new Queen Mary Centre for British Studies. Call for papers deadline is 24th January! ⌛

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Members' Event: The Civil War at Old Wardour Castle Julian Humphrys will start our exploration of this fascinating site with a talk on the Civil War before taking us round the castle, telling the story of the two sieges and showing how they've left the...

Some places are still left on my last English Heritage members' event of the year. It's at Old Wardour Castle in Wiltshire on Friday 6 December and I'll be discussing the story of its two Civil War sieges.

www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-...

Better to fail in originality than succeed in imitation

SHS Annual Conference 2025 Our next annual conference will be held in person at the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley. Our call for papers is open now. What to Expect Our next annual conference will take place at the Bla…

📢The call for papers for our 2025 conference is now ✨LIVE✨

We are the biggest gathering of social and cultural historians in the UK and will be at the @bclivingmuseum.bsky.social from 7-9 July 2025!

Call is open until 17 January 2025🌟🗃️

Please share widely!

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Bluesky Starter Packs - Bluesky Directory Browse a list of Bluesky Starter Packs. Discover and connect with your community on Bluesky

There's a Bluesky starter pack directory @ blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack... 😀

Bluesky Starter Packs - Bluesky Directory Browse a list of Bluesky Starter Packs. Discover and connect with your community on Bluesky

Did you know there’s a site to search for starter packs of people to follow? Built by @mubashariqbal.com

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The “Great Freeze of London” in 1947.

Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀

What are other academics / PhDs doing to promote their work. What are your fave tips for a newbie #phd student? For those further along, what do you wish you’d started from the very beginning? #phdlife #phdsky

I'm working on a starter pack of archive collections in the UK. If you see any archives join Bluesky, could you tag them in the comments below so that I can add them? Ta muchly.

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Not sure those outside the university sector in the UK know how bad things have gotten and how much worse they promise to get. So far no indication from the government that they have any interest in halting the collapse.

O’Connell Tower at Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin: a tall circular stone tower photographed against a blue sky.

Our partners at Dublin Cemeteries Trust are looking for a Historian and Archives Manager. www.dctrust.ie/careers/Hist...