A few weeks ago I bought this vintage camera in a local charity shop. After opening it when I got home I found a film inside. Had the film developed and these photos arrived today

Remember the president of ⁦Columbia University⁩ canceled graduation after arresting 200 of her own students? Today those same students stood strong by holding a beautiful alternative graduation ceremony at St. John the Divine near campus.

Major display of student power.👊⤵️

'brilliantly recounts the events ... perpetrated by Latvian anarchists' - the generous verdict of the weekly paper of the year Camden New Journal on my book about the 1911 siege of Sidney Street. And yes, that is Winston Churchill in the photo!
has given a
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Today I have no meetings, no urgent commitments, nothing.

You will find me in the garden ☀️reading this…

Some dick on earth opening the ark of the covenant despite being expressly told not to

I like maps seen from unusual angles. These are my people: those who inhabit the landscape of Beowulf; the herring eaters and the whale-chasers; the north sea folk who grew up with the seagulls' call in their ears and the icy wind blowing around their cloth-capped heads.

Lifetime achievement mansplain alert: Arrived to give a speech. Holding slide had me down as Carry Beaton, so I said I was Cally, if they could change it. The guy said he’d been told it’s definitely Carry. I said no, it’s me - I’m Cally so it does need changing. He showed me an

Ludgate Larry 🥲 A local loss ..

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Just found out about donkey nannies, which are donkeys used to carry newborn lambs down the mountains for seasonal grazing.

These poignant little girls – one in boots, the other barefoot – standing on the front step of the soon-to-be-demolished London Lodging House (offering 'good clean beds') on Kensington Street, Chippendale, in 1912 (City of Sydney Archives)

Charlotte Brontë, on the 19th century Luddite revolts:
“Certain inventions in machinery were introduced into the staple manufacturers of the north, which, greatly reducing the numbers of hands necessary to be employed, threw thousands out of work, and left them without legitimate

It's been a little dusty here in Jezero Crater lately, but that's to be expected... we're in the heart of Martian dust season!

How is it going for you, Curiosity Rover?

Dominic Sandbrook, in the Sunday Times, dismissed my whole book as the nagging of an inconveniently female historian. But if you can tell the difference between historical analysis and “telling people off”, the paperback comes out today.

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'All my life I've been stealing other people's suffering with my camera and it's brought me a certain amount of recognition which I feel deeply uncomfortable about.' On stage with Sir Don McCullin, one of the greatest living photographers of our time at Truth Tellers.

This is going to be an excellent talk by Sarah Wise, see you there!

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If Starmer told me it was sunny, I would take my umbrella. Who in their right mind would trust this lying charlatan?

I hate it when mummy and daddy centrist are fighting. Make it stop!

Calling early career #historians 📢

The RHS is holding an online workshop on publishing monographs next month. Join us on 14 June at 2pm BST if you'd like to learn more about the publishing process.

Register for free here:
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