Dr Alex Mortimore
@alexmortimore3.bsky.social
DPhil in Medieval and Modern Languages. Thesis on Goethe's response to the French Revolution. Interested in eighteenth-century Britain and Germany.
Views around Mary Tavy, and of Brentor Church
December 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Views around Mary Tavy, and of Brentor Church
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Excellent review of my ‘Goethe: A Life in Ideas’ by Daniel Johnson in The Critic thecritic.co.uk/issues/novem... “Bell’s brilliant biography does full justice to this greatest of German Dichter und Denker”
Goethe, a man of ideas | Daniel Johnson | The Critic Magazine
Goethe seemed to have lived many lives, for no man in history has shown glimpses of genius across such a wide range of human endeavour.
thecritic.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Excellent review of my ‘Goethe: A Life in Ideas’ by Daniel Johnson in The Critic thecritic.co.uk/issues/novem... “Bell’s brilliant biography does full justice to this greatest of German Dichter und Denker”
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My series ‘Intimate Histories’ about how history is not some abstract thing that happened to someone else, but personal to all of us is now available on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
BBC Sounds - Intimate Histories by Hallie Rubenhold - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Intimate Histories by Hallie Rubenhold on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My series ‘Intimate Histories’ about how history is not some abstract thing that happened to someone else, but personal to all of us is now available on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
Film: A conversation on Goethe with A.N. Wilson
www.history.org.uk/primary/reso...
www.history.org.uk/primary/reso...
Film: A conversation on Goethe with A.N. Wilson
www.history.org.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Film: A conversation on Goethe with A.N. Wilson
www.history.org.uk/primary/reso...
www.history.org.uk/primary/reso...
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SMLC research seminars are in full swing! After Kate Astbury's fascinating talk on Napoleonic theatre @100days1815.bsky.social, this last week has seen @stefanoserafini.bsky.social on the gothic in Italy and as we speak the first 'Falling Skies' seminar! Watch this space for more events coming soon!
October 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
SMLC research seminars are in full swing! After Kate Astbury's fascinating talk on Napoleonic theatre @100days1815.bsky.social, this last week has seen @stefanoserafini.bsky.social on the gothic in Italy and as we speak the first 'Falling Skies' seminar! Watch this space for more events coming soon!
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If anyone is in Berlin next week, come along to my book presentation (or stream in): www.max-lingner-stiftung.de/programm-mlh...
October 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If anyone is in Berlin next week, come along to my book presentation (or stream in): www.max-lingner-stiftung.de/programm-mlh...
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Seen as we are 'battling for souls' again, I still think this (that I wrote in 2021) holds up pretty well www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
The battle for the soul of conservatism
Edmund Fawcett’s book traces the evolution of an often-contested ideology.
www.newstatesman.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Seen as we are 'battling for souls' again, I still think this (that I wrote in 2021) holds up pretty well www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
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It exists! Still pondering the cover but... it exists! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
The Disraeli Myth
Tracing the multifaceted construction and deployment of the Disraeli myth and its legacy in Conservative (and conservative) politics
press.princeton.edu
October 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It exists! Still pondering the cover but... it exists! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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On 20 November, I'm giving a lunchtime lecture at the V&A about my book Shoes and the Georgian Man. It's free, do come along!
#skystorians @bloomsburyfashion.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
www.vam.ac.uk/event/xd9XBD...
#skystorians @bloomsburyfashion.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
www.vam.ac.uk/event/xd9XBD...
Lunchtime Lectures: Shoes and the Georgian Man - V&A Academy Talk at
V&A South Kensington · V&A
This talk is part of the free Lunchtime Lecture programme. No booking is required.
www.vam.ac.uk
October 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
On 20 November, I'm giving a lunchtime lecture at the V&A about my book Shoes and the Georgian Man. It's free, do come along!
#skystorians @bloomsburyfashion.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
www.vam.ac.uk/event/xd9XBD...
#skystorians @bloomsburyfashion.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social
www.vam.ac.uk/event/xd9XBD...
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V. exciting to see new Marie Antoinette research by
@catrionaseth.bsky.social in the news: hugely looking forward to reading the new book about her portraits
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@catrionaseth.bsky.social in the news: hugely looking forward to reading the new book about her portraits
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Marie Antoinette portrait really her sister, Oxford study finds
Oxford researchers believe the painting is actually of the last queen of France's older sibling.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
V. exciting to see new Marie Antoinette research by
@catrionaseth.bsky.social in the news: hugely looking forward to reading the new book about her portraits
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@catrionaseth.bsky.social in the news: hugely looking forward to reading the new book about her portraits
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The building in which Sir Thomas Bodley, founder of the Bodleian Library, was born.
October 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The building in which Sir Thomas Bodley, founder of the Bodleian Library, was born.
St Sidwell's Community Centre in Exeter - four churches once stood on this site just outside the old East Gate of the city. A former village in its own right on an important trading route into/out of the city
October 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
St Sidwell's Community Centre in Exeter - four churches once stood on this site just outside the old East Gate of the city. A former village in its own right on an important trading route into/out of the city
St Sidwell's Community Centre in Exeter - four churches once stood on this site just outside the old East Gate of the city. A former village in its own right on an important trading route into/out of the city
October 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
St Sidwell's Community Centre in Exeter - four churches once stood on this site just outside the old East Gate of the city. A former village in its own right on an important trading route into/out of the city
Exeter Cathedral in the October sun (early evening)
October 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Exeter Cathedral in the October sun (early evening)
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Only 8 days to wait until the publication of this baby
September 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Only 8 days to wait until the publication of this baby
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In 1700, France was the powerhouse of Europe: 25 million people, one in five Europeans, and almost 1 in 25 people on Earth were French. Its armies, culture and language shaped the world. 🇫🇷 1/5
September 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
In 1700, France was the powerhouse of Europe: 25 million people, one in five Europeans, and almost 1 in 25 people on Earth were French. Its armies, culture and language shaped the world. 🇫🇷 1/5
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Today in 1715 one of the towering figures of history, Louis XIV, died.
His 72 year reign remains the longest verified reign in world history, beating our Elizabeth II by under 2 years.
He enlarged France ...... and broke it.
His last few years were marked by personal & dynastic tragedy 👇
His 72 year reign remains the longest verified reign in world history, beating our Elizabeth II by under 2 years.
He enlarged France ...... and broke it.
His last few years were marked by personal & dynastic tragedy 👇
September 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Today in 1715 one of the towering figures of history, Louis XIV, died.
His 72 year reign remains the longest verified reign in world history, beating our Elizabeth II by under 2 years.
He enlarged France ...... and broke it.
His last few years were marked by personal & dynastic tragedy 👇
His 72 year reign remains the longest verified reign in world history, beating our Elizabeth II by under 2 years.
He enlarged France ...... and broke it.
His last few years were marked by personal & dynastic tragedy 👇
Discussion and some close reading of Rilke's poetry via
@oxfordgermannet.bsky.social. Featuring Prof Charlie Louth, @joannaraisbeck.bsky.social , @karen-leeder.bsky.social, Prof Katrin Kohl, among others:
youtube.com/@OxGerNet
Linked to sixth-form essay competition: ogn.ox.ac.uk/ogn.ox.ac.uk...
@oxfordgermannet.bsky.social. Featuring Prof Charlie Louth, @joannaraisbeck.bsky.social , @karen-leeder.bsky.social, Prof Katrin Kohl, among others:
youtube.com/@OxGerNet
Linked to sixth-form essay competition: ogn.ox.ac.uk/ogn.ox.ac.uk...
Oxford German Network | A German Classic 2025 - Rilke
ogn.ox.ac.uk
August 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Discussion and some close reading of Rilke's poetry via
@oxfordgermannet.bsky.social. Featuring Prof Charlie Louth, @joannaraisbeck.bsky.social , @karen-leeder.bsky.social, Prof Katrin Kohl, among others:
youtube.com/@OxGerNet
Linked to sixth-form essay competition: ogn.ox.ac.uk/ogn.ox.ac.uk...
@oxfordgermannet.bsky.social. Featuring Prof Charlie Louth, @joannaraisbeck.bsky.social , @karen-leeder.bsky.social, Prof Katrin Kohl, among others:
youtube.com/@OxGerNet
Linked to sixth-form essay competition: ogn.ox.ac.uk/ogn.ox.ac.uk...
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Dare you join us this autumn and come face to face with terror in Darkness & Light?
August 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Dare you join us this autumn and come face to face with terror in Darkness & Light?
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Lucky enough to have a peek at some letters from one of Marie Antoinette’s elder sisters this week: Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples, or ‘Charlotte’ in her personal life
These letters were written in autumn 1793, shortly before she found out that Marie Antoinette had been guillotined #18c
These letters were written in autumn 1793, shortly before she found out that Marie Antoinette had been guillotined #18c
August 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Lucky enough to have a peek at some letters from one of Marie Antoinette’s elder sisters this week: Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples, or ‘Charlotte’ in her personal life
These letters were written in autumn 1793, shortly before she found out that Marie Antoinette had been guillotined #18c
These letters were written in autumn 1793, shortly before she found out that Marie Antoinette had been guillotined #18c
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Postgraduate researchers at the University of Exeter are among the most satisfied in the UK, according to the latest Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES). The University is ranked 11th overall in UK, with an overall satisfaction score of 86.3%.
August 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Postgraduate researchers at the University of Exeter are among the most satisfied in the UK, according to the latest Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES). The University is ranked 11th overall in UK, with an overall satisfaction score of 86.3%.
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Thomas More: A Life is out in Canada and the US on the 1 July. You can pre-order now!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Thomas... Thomas More | Book by Joanne Paul | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Thomas... Thomas More | Book by Joanne Paul | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster
June 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Thomas More: A Life is out in Canada and the US on the 1 July. You can pre-order now!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Thomas... Thomas More | Book by Joanne Paul | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Thomas... Thomas More | Book by Joanne Paul | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster
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New Blog
Read the final blog in our 'Democratic Identity' series | Anne Heyer, 'Searching for “Demokratin”? The Curious Case of Women Democrats in Early Nineteenth-Century Germany'
You can now read all the posts in this series on our website ⬇️
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/article/sear...
Read the final blog in our 'Democratic Identity' series | Anne Heyer, 'Searching for “Demokratin”? The Curious Case of Women Democrats in Early Nineteenth-Century Germany'
You can now read all the posts in this series on our website ⬇️
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/article/sear...
Searching for “Demokratin”? The Curious Case of Women Democrats in Early Nineteenth-Century Germany
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk
June 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
New Blog
Read the final blog in our 'Democratic Identity' series | Anne Heyer, 'Searching for “Demokratin”? The Curious Case of Women Democrats in Early Nineteenth-Century Germany'
You can now read all the posts in this series on our website ⬇️
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/article/sear...
Read the final blog in our 'Democratic Identity' series | Anne Heyer, 'Searching for “Demokratin”? The Curious Case of Women Democrats in Early Nineteenth-Century Germany'
You can now read all the posts in this series on our website ⬇️
intellectualhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/article/sear...