@srwride
Historian of culture & ideas | hows whys & effects of writing & making c18th+ | now: political activism's role in framing practice; ethics of reimagining historical homicides | @york.ac.uk, @ihr.bsky.social, & in the wild | shop window 👉 sarahwride.co.uk
A fireplace mantel with a horse sculpture in the middle, and ceramic pots at either end, each containing a cactus. The cacti both have a number of low ‘knuckles’ with one tall ‘finger’ sticking up…
The cacti are just starting to feel a *smidge* aggressive now…
New exhibition @senatehouselib.bsky.social!
Aardman's The Wicker Man.
Overheard from a #WorldBookDay crowd outside the local school just now: [small boy, already with a slight edge of frustration/anxiety in his voice]: 'I'm NOT a butler I'm JAMES BOND!'
I have an edited primary source collection coming out on disability and deformity in c19th Britain. My hope is that you find it useful for teaching (apologies for the abstract, I did not write it! and the cost) #histmed #dishist www.routledge.com/Physical-Dis...
I say this every time the question comes up, but I want a period-appropriate adaptation of Edgeworth’s “Belinda”…but filmed and edited like a reality tv show…complete with talking head confessionals.
Sign saying ‘our bartenders are so light fingered they could be concert pianists’ Why, are they going to rob me?
I feel they have misunderstood this expression:
A man I met high in the Peak District who, due to crimes he would not disclose to me, had been turned into two conjoined Sycamore trees by a coven of witches and condemned to spend eternity waving his useless branch hands at the cold, cruel sky.
The next @ihr.bsky.social 'Parliaments, Politics & People' seminar looks like a corker.
Sarah Wride (@york.ac.uk & IHR) 'Re-Membering the Medieval Parliament, 1769-1886'
📆 17 March ⏰ 17:30-19:00 @ IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU & online
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Meanwhile, at the Cage aux Folles Bar & Grille…
The text reads "FREE EXHIBITION", "RAG: A HISTORY OF BLOOD", "27 February to 16 October 2026", with the logo and address of the Physicians' Gallery; pink shades in the background, with an image of a bloody rag.
📣 Please do what I cannot & take in @physiciansgallery.bsky.social's forthcoming exhibition.
For details & to register for the launch on 26 February, w/ talks from the (bloody) excellent @helenking.bsky.social & Prof. Marc Turner👉 shorturl.at/fnH5m
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The side of a white van, with "JUST-WILLIAMS" (in the style of the dust covers used for the original Just William series), "REMOVALS LEWES", and the company's contact details.
Surround yourself with the kind of people who find the Oxford comma to be illuminative, beautiful, and necessary.
Happy publication anniversary to Northanger Abbey! Celebrate by accusing your crush’s dad of murder.
Why on earth are Americans interested in concrete?
Is this true, American people on BlueSky?
It turns out that it takes upwards of ONE HOUR for me to recognise that I've accidentally left repeat-one on and have been listening to one song on a loop. Even when that song is 'Back to the Start'.
Happy birthday Lord Byron!
Mary Shelley after reading Thomas Moore's edition of his Letters and Journals:
Wikipedia sections of an article. 1: early life and career as a pirate. 2: archbishop of York.
If you're looking for a sign to switch careers: this is the sign.
Some lovely #LordByron -ish news, in case anybody else missed it: a statue of Ada Lovelace will be unveiled on Lower Bond Street in #Hinckley, Leicestershire, 2-4pm on 31 January 👇
@bars.bsky.social
@bavs-uk.bsky.social
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📣3 days to go until the deadline - we can't wait to see you for our 50th anniversary in Lancaster!
📣 The Figure of the Politician in Modern & Contemporary Europe from @berghahnbooks.bsky.social, edited by Pasi Ihalainen, @rosariolopez.bsky.social, Kari Palonen, & Henk te Velde, launches online on 6 February 👇
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I take no leave of you, 2025. I send no compliments to your mother. You deserve no such attention. I am most seriously displeased.
Two uniformed policement are in the foreground of this mid-century photograph, one has his hands behind his back. They are both looking out at Trafalgar Square's epic Christmas tree, with lights and a star on top. Night is falling and it is foggy.
I'm finally clocking (& logging) off for Christmas: Happy Holidays one & all!
Discipline and Nourish.
The author was dead: to begin with.
🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨
📣Join us @lancasteruni.bsky.social 1-3 July 2026 as we return to our original home to celebrate our 50th anniversary!
We welcome proposals from historians at all career stages across 8 thematic strands.
📅 CfP deadline: 16/01/26
🔗 socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
#CFP 🗃️
Tales of Health: Illness, Disability, and Citizenship in the Romantic National Tale is now available for preorder from @livunipress.bsky.social. It revises our understanding of this political genre through medical humanities
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
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Thank you so much in advance for any help that you can give us with getting the word out!
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