#19thc

Looking over some recent work on history of #tourism and #travelwriting I’m once again struck by the question: can you really write about 19thC tourism without thinking seriously about empire

Dr Bob Nicholson

Here's something that might surprise you: early issues of @voguemagazine often featured jokes on their front page! (1894) [Enlarged caption, in case you can't read the original small print] They

A thread on the influences on women's mourning fashion during the 19thC - my dissertation topic *Disclaimer: This will be a very short overview of my dissertation, I am not

East Lothian Voices - a different person each week

I thought before bed on #NationalUnicornDay I might do a wee thread on the remarkable Prestonpans Mercat Cross.It actually stands in the former village of Preston, long since engulfed by

Zinn Ed Project

U.S. Postal Service is often in center of fights for democracy. For exp., the American Anti-Slavery Society launched postal campaign in 1835 to flood South with abolitionist literature. White supremacists

smaller hawk than you

okay I’ve started the Battersby JFJ bio and am, simply, losing my entire mind for context I spent the last like decade in British history of war academia for my

TalesoftheBritishIsles

It's #DraculaDay day. An excuse to explain how I JUST CAN'T GET OVER the #SesameStreet Count's counting compulsion and actual vampire folklore (bear with me here). A threadIt's a great

When it comes to attracting the top scientists, engineers and inventors, the UK takes the approach of build-it-and-they-will-come. It lowers barriers to entry or makes the country more attractive to

Iona Italia, PhD

I woke to a follower writing to tell me that, if the British had never colonised the world, slavery would never have ended because the Brits are the only ones

Alison Pennington

As predicted the wage subsidy has become manufactured terrain by govt & biz to drive a sledgehammer through wages & labour protections. I have some serious concerns w FWAct changes

Badger North is a spooky badger 👻🦡

The disruption of our meticulously observed natural order of the world, and the enveloping darkness associated with a solar eclipse, is a rich source of folklore and belief in many

Irene Kopanska 💙

How do you fancy a step back into #Hull’s #railway past? #Trains and railway architecture are cool. So come on, to the Wilmington Railway Station cafė. New to me, too.

DisabilityHistory

DisabilityHistr

Thread:1/nToday is #NationalDogDay!Time to re-examine the roles dogs have played in #DisHist!For centuries, artists have shown dogs accompanying blind subjects, performers & beggars across the world, suggesting that dogs lived/worked

In class today, I was teaching the inscription on the Ardabil Carpet - it is this text which makes it the earliest dated carpet to survive. Seeing as there should

*THREAD*Good morningToday is the first day of our#VirtualMexicanRoadTrip I will add to this thread as the trip progressesWe landed in Mexico City last night & are starting the day with

What's the one organisation that has had Adam Smith, Edmund Burke, *and* Karl Marx, all as members?Well, let me tell you about the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures