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Adam Chapman
@adamchapman.bsky.social
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Medieval historian interested in Wales, Somerset exile, inept cricketer, General Editor of the longest-running and largest local history project yet devised, the Victoria County History of England. Probably drinking tea.
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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · Nov 11
Good morning (UK time), to new followers.

I’m a medieval historian working on Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (personally), and using the lens of place, working on the histories of England from way back to right now, editing the amazing @vchlondon.bsky.social.

Also, place, landscapes, cricket (sorry), fuelled by tea.
Shallow curved steps with treads decorated with mosaics in shades of white and grey, mingled with plants. The lowest step has ‘croeso’ (Welsh, meaning ‘welcome’ inscribed on it.
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mappingthemarch.bsky.social
Double book launch 📚

Celebrating new books by @latemedievalist.bsky.social and @mattlampitt.bsky.social, with introductions by Professor Christian Liddy & Professor Miranda Griffin.

Food and drinks provided.

🗓 26 Jan 2026, 5–7pm
📍 The Mount Without, The Crypt, Bristol

All welcome to attend!
Poster showing the details of the book launch event with a gradient green background, with each book cover featured in the centre of the page
January 7, 2026 at 9:43 AM
adamchapman.bsky.social
Interesting listening to Jacob Bethell - not for what he says, because at this stage of his career he's not an especially interesting interviewee - but the weird combination of Barbados and public school (Rugby) in his accent tells an understated story that can only be called colonial. #TheAshes
January 7, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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typejunky.bsky.social
Thing you can watch that were filmed in Norfolk.
The Goob
The Go Between
Memoirs of a Survivor*
Stardust*
45 Years
Glorious 39
Dad’s Army*
A warning to the curious.
And so on.
January 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
adamchapman.bsky.social
Happy new year from @vch-home.bsky.social and @hobnobpress.bsky.social!

This new book by @dralexcraven.bsky.social expands on some of the very earliest work of the VCH using a massive estate archive - beyond scope/not available back at the beginning of the 20th century. #Skystorians
January 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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gregjenner.bsky.social
Our fun BBC history podcast for kids & families 👇
scriblit.bsky.social GHC Has Gorra Lorra Fings On (the radio) @scriblit.bsky.social · 1d
KS2 teachers! Are you doing any of the following topics?
Roman Britain
Aztec Empire
Indus Civilisation
Kingdom of Benin
WW2 or the US Civil Rights Movement
Magna Carta
If so - TA DA! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand... (We also cover a load of other topics but I think those are the main KS2 ones)
BBC Sounds - You're Dead to Me - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of You're Dead to Me on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 1:47 PM
adamchapman.bsky.social
I fear the rather random nature of image association that's a (actually quite pleasing), feature of this account has been tweaked to try to make the pictures match the news linked.

While less potentially confusing, it's also a bit less fun.
January 6, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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ihr.bsky.social
Job alert! Interested in a career in libraries? We're looking for our next Graduate Trainee Library Assistant to start in September 2026. A great introduction to the profession and a fascinating and friendly place to work.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPZ835/g...
Graduate Trainee Library Assistant at University of London
Recruiting now: Graduate Trainee Library Assistant on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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amiesphilip.bsky.social
Superb work to make accessible the data from this long-term experiment. What impact do conifer plantations have on a water catchment

www.ceh.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
Part of catchment planted with conifers, part remained grassland. screenshot of introduction text from linked in post pdf
January 6, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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oddthisday.bsky.social
Wodehouse does gothic
Book extract: MEET MR MULLINER Externally, ffinch Hall was one of those gloomy, sombre country-houses which seem to exist only for the purpose of having horrid crimes committed in them. Even in his brief visit to the grounds, Wilfred had noticed fully half a dozen places which seemed incomplete without a cross indicating spot where body was found by the police. It was the sort of house where ravens croak in the front garden just before the death of the heir, and shrieks ring out from behind barred windows in the night. Nor was its interior more cheerful. And, as for the personnel of the domestic staff, that was less exhilarating than anything else about the place. It consisted of an aged cook who, as she bent over her cauldrons, looked like something out of a travelling company of Macbeth, touring the smaller towns of the North, and Murgatroyd, the butler, a huge, sinister man with a cast in one eye and an evil light in the other.
January 6, 2026 at 10:50 AM
adamchapman.bsky.social
Proper Ashes cricket in Australia: England haven‘t scored enough runs, Australia look good for 700 in reply, and right now it’s -8 outside.

Still, at least this one has made day 4…
January 6, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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joxley.jmoxley.co.uk
I have a hunch that if you or I were running a website doing this the "urgent contact" would involve door rams and handcuffs so I struggle to see why it can't be slightly more pugnacious than this.
lizziedearden.bsky.social Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 1d
Ofcom, which enforces the UK's Online Safety Act, says it is aware of "serious concerns" about Grok undressing people including children on X

“We have made urgent contact with X and xAI to understand what steps they have taken to comply with their legal duties to protect users in the UK," it says
January 5, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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stevepeers.bsky.social
free speech news
brandonfriedman.bsky.social Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?

Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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alvesduarte.bsky.social
I'm hiring 2 postdocs on my Wellcome project "How Did Infectious Diseases Become Wild?: Plague, Yellow Fever, and Disease Ecology in the Brazilian Hinterland (1920-1975)"

Department of Global Health and Social Medicine
King's College
3 years 01/10/26- 30/09/29
Deadline: 01/02/26
shorturl.at/KZ6Vh
Postdoctoral Research Associate | King's College London
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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rwldproject.bsky.social
If you're looking to find out more about the Railway Work, Life & Death project, why not read our latest article?

#RailwayHistory #Railway200

Free, from the @sciencemuseum.org.uk Group Journal:
Collaborative working with challenging histories: the Railway Work, Life & Death project - Science Museum Group Journal
This paper reflects upon notions of value for research collaborations with differing stakeholder agendas and suggests modes of working that could be useful to other academic/Galleries, Libraries,…
journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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garius.bsky.social
Not even the prompts. If you are a Twitter user in the UK and Twitter sticks a Grok CSAM image in your feed for WHATEVER reason, well congrats your device just downloaded child porn. And you are legally responsible for that.
fornbirkibeinn.bsky.social Edward @fornbirkibeinn.bsky.social · 1d
Even if nobody wants to take action against Musk for building a CSAM generator, there are people using it who are based in the UK and those prompts are absolutely something that would get you on the sex offender's register. Absolutely no justification not to try to identify and prosecute users.
January 5, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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mrcwarwick.bsky.social
20 days to go to send us your abstracts on coal, community, health and welfare!

Join us in June for a one day event at the University of Warwick, including NUM archive content.

#CfP
mrcwarwick.bsky.social Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · Nov 20
Call for papers #CFP

Blood is the Price of Coal: Coal Communities, Health and Welfare in Britain and Beyond from the 19th Century to the Present

18 June 2026: 1 day conference + NUM archive exhibition

Submit abstracts / express interest at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

Deadline: 25 Jan 2026
Blood is the Price of Coal: Coal Communities, Health and Welfare in Britain and Beyond from the 19th Century to the Present When and where: University of Warwick, Coventry, on Thursday 18 June 2026. Conference summary: This free one day conference aims to bring together researchers from higher education, community and campaign groups to explore the history of health and welfare in Britain’s coal mining industry. Held jointly by the University of Warwick's Centre for the History of Medicine, Science and Technology, and Modern Records Centre, the event will run alongside an exhibition which will explore some of the themes covered by the speakers through the National Union of Mineworkers' archives. We welcome contributions from new and established researchers, working inside and outside higher education. Confirmed participants include: - Jörg Arnold (University of Augsburg / Institute for Contemporary History Munich - Berlin), author of The British Miner in the Age of DeIndustrialization - Keith Gildart (University of Wolverhampton), Principal Investigator on research project On Behalf of the People: Work, Community and Class in the British Coal Industry 1947-1994 and former miner - Quentin Outram (University of Leeds), Secretary of the Society for the Study of Labour History and co-editor of Coal in Victorian Britain Conference themes: Subjects that could be addressed include but are not limited to: The human cost of coal, including: - Mining disasters, their contemporary impacts and later memorialisation. - Industrial accidents, industrial diseases and workers’ compensation. - Mine safety and the improvement of conditions. - Mining and mental health. Industrial health and welfare, including: - Pre-nationalisation provision in and beyond the colliery. - National Coal Board provision, including the NCB Medical Service, housing and the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation. - Trade union campaigns and benefit schemes. - Sport and social provision as mining welfare. Coal and community, including: - Environmental impact. - Mining families and the intergenerational effects of the mining industry. - Impacts of the industry with particular reference to gender, race and ethnicity. - Coalfield communities after coal: the effects of deindustrialisation. Submission guidelines We wish to make space for dialogue between academic and community-based researchers, and welcome involvement from mining heritage and local history groups / researchers from former coalfield communities. We welcome and encourage alternative presentational styles. Possible formats for contributions could include: - 15-20 minute papers. - 5 minute lightning papers (for example showcasing a particular object or archival source, or highlighting a particular place, event, individual or experience). - Round table discussions. - Posters or displays. Submission deadline: 25 January 2026. Limited funding for travel support will be available, with priority given to early career researchers or participants who cannot draw upon institutional funding. For additional enquiries, please contact the conference organisers at archives@warwick.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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richardiiisociety.bsky.social
3 March 2026 - our Online Schools Conference. Register Now! So many good speakers with analysis of key documents for the Wars of the Roses. @teachmedwomen.bsky.social @htenuk.bsky.social @kriiicentre.bsky.social @danlyndon.bsky.social @1972shp.bsky.social @histassoc.bsky.social #HistoryEducation
Poster with a list of the speakers and subjects for the Richard III Society's online conference for schools and colleges teaching a 15th C history A Level module. AQA/OCR/Edexcel
January 5, 2026 at 12:41 PM
adamchapman.bsky.social
Now, what are those figures for cars taken or damaged in station car parks?

I would be very interested to know how many are stolen from Bromley South: the racks for the station are opposite the front door of Bromley's police station...
January 5, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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planningtransport.co.uk
Some actual good news. Failure to futureproof the site for a potential full HS2 service would be unforgivable.
January 5, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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sebfalk.com
JOB ALERT!

3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.

PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January

www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
Here's what it looked like on my return to work this morning - beautiful red brick gabled building of Girton's Hall, with a dusting of snow on the grass in front.
January 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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mrcwarwick.bsky.social
We're back, rested and ready for more archive exploration in 2026!

As we balance precariously on the metaphorical penny farthing of time, here's hoping for a healthy, happy and peaceful New Year for us all - wobbling slightly but still upright and speeding onwards (fitted sportsing shorts optional)
19th century New Year's card with the caption 'A bright New Year'. It includes a picture of a man in sports gear (red fitted shorts and a stripy top) bent double on a penny farthing bicycle, speeding along a country road. A flattish green field is in the background with a town or city with smoky chimneys far in the distance. The precariously hurtling cyclist is described as 'Making the Pace'. This card is one of a series of cycling postcards and greetings cards in the archives of the Cyclists' Touring Club / Cycling UK (document reference: MSS.328/C/5/5/2).
January 2, 2026 at 11:11 AM
adamchapman.bsky.social
Just seen the Jamie Smith dismissal.

What. The. Blazes. Was. That? #AusVEng
January 5, 2026 at 7:23 AM
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emilymayo.bsky.social
Been a good day of cricket today. With good being, like you know, test cricket like cricket.
January 5, 2026 at 5:53 AM
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saocousins.bsky.social
Snorri's 12 Days Of Christmas
#dailydrawing #ArtDD2026

On the 11th day of Christmas
My true love sent to me:
Eleven pipers piping...

#LetThereBeDragons
#12DaysOfChristmas

@drrjwarren.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @johnpleeds.bsky.social
@holnicotenh.bsky.social
@stevecobbin.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 9:50 PM
adamchapman.bsky.social
And this is why Harry Brook flashing lazily to slip is a problem. The Aussies will usually find a way to take another (as here). #TheAshes
January 4, 2026 at 11:33 PM