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Ann Laura Hughes

@annlaurahughes.bsky.social

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Historian of the English Revolution; Labour Councillor Lichfield City and Lichfield District Councils. Deputy leader of Lichfield City Council 2025-. Professor Emerita Keele University, UK.

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Ann Laura Hughes @annlaurahughes.bsky.social · 13h

Great to see it in print!

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Jackie Eales @jackieeales.bsky.social · 17h

www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/product/the-... published today, a fantastic teaching resource and a super Xmas present. With contributions from @annlaurahughes.bsky.social @isminipells.bsky.social @waseemahmed98.bsky.social @denisegreany.bsky.social Richard Cust, Andy Hopper (Ed.) Oh, and me.

The civil wars in 100 objects - The World Turned Upside Down

The civil wars that took place between 1638 and 1651, and their aftermath, were the most destabilising conflicts that the British and Irish peoples have ever endured. During these times everyday peop...

www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk

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History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · 15d

In a guest article for #HistParl, Dr Sophie Aldred explores the library of Lord Robartes and what it tells us of his political position during the revolutionary years of the 1640s. 📚 historyofparliament.com/2025/10/27/j...

John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes of Truro (later earl of Radnor): reading in the revolution - The History of Parliament

Variously described as of an ‘unsociable nature and impetuous disposition’, ‘sour’, ‘surly’, and a ‘destroyer of every body’s business’, John Robartes, 2nd

historyofparliament.com

Ann Laura Hughes @annlaurahughes.bsky.social · 27d

Wonderful tour of Iceland with intrepid.
A foss everyday for a week

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Mary Fissell @maryfissell.bsky.social · Jul 10

Hey! Want to get my book with FREE SHIPPING? And not from The Behemoth? For the next 31 hours, you can get it from Bookshop.org !! And any any other book they carry!
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Pushback: The 2,500-Year Fight to Thwart Women by Restricting Abortion

The 2,500-Year Fight to Thwart Women by Restricting Abortion

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christywang.bsky.social @christywang.bsky.social · Jun 13

CfP due 15 July! On 4–6 September, @kyamamoto.bsky.social and I will co-host "Providence, Propaganda, and Profit in the Early Modern English World" at UTokyo. Keynote speakers: @annlaurahughes.bsky.social, Shusaku Kanazawa, Keiko Kawawake, and Peter Lake. See poetsutokyo.wixsite.com/conference20...

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Justine Pick @justinepick.bsky.social · May 25

🎙️More podcasts 🎙️ added to the The World Turned Upside Down

A unique free open access resource for everyone interested in the people, events and ideas of the British Civil Wars - explored and explained by leading historians
Take a look👇

Programmes - The World Turned Upside Down

Educational Series Join our mailing list to be notified when new programmes are released Register now REGISTER NOW Stephen K. Roberts Royalist

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Ann Laura Hughes @annlaurahughes.bsky.social · May 20

Very excited to be involved with this!

Ann Laura Hughes @annlaurahughes.bsky.social · Apr 12

Lichfield City FC winning the league!!

Ann Laura Hughes @annlaurahughes.bsky.social · Apr 9

Brilliant night launching our Camden volume. Thanks to @royalhistsoc.org and Warwick Castle

Ann Laura Hughes @annlaurahughes.bsky.social · Apr 9

Fantastic evening. Thankyou

Ann Laura Hughes @annlaurahughes.bsky.social · Mar 25

Come and see your local Labour councillors

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Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust @lhcrt.org.uk · Mar 22

We had a lovely time at @sandfieldsps.bsky.social - very appropriate for #WorldWaterDay

Lots of people came to talk to us, and a lot of them joined as members to support us. 👍

#Lichfield #WeDigCanals #Staffordshire

Volunteers pointing at a display, the display has a map of the Lichfield Canal route and other details.

The equipment of the pumping station: pistons and other engine parts.

The equipment of the pumping station: pistons, pipes and other engine parts.

Ann Laura Hughes @annlaurahughes.bsky.social · Mar 18

Wonderful to hear @maryfissell.bsky.social on woman’s hour

Ann Laura Hughes @annlaurahughes.bsky.social · Mar 15

A timely piece from Alice Cust Hughes in latest edition of Impact journal @collegeofteaching.bsky.social
Very proud!

Ann Laura Hughes @annlaurahughes.bsky.social · Jan 31

A book launch!

Ann Laura Hughes @annlaurahughes.bsky.social · Jan 14

Wow! A Camden volume. Such a pleasure to be involved

Cover of latest volume in Camden Society. Household accounts of Lord and Lady Brooke. Edited by Stewart Beale, Andrew Hopper and me

Ann Laura Hughes @annlaurahughes.bsky.social · Jan 12

After 50 years my Kenwood mixer has finally given up - catching fire after mixing too heavy a batter. RIP

Ann Laura Hughes @annlaurahughes.bsky.social · Jan 10

Blue skies and ducks enjoying the ice. #Lichfield #DarwinPark

Ann Laura Hughes @annlaurahughes.bsky.social · Dec 25

Brilliant present!!!

Ann Laura Hughes @annlaurahughes.bsky.social · Dec 22

Tree from places of welcome

Ann Laura Hughes @annlaurahughes.bsky.social · Dec 22

Wonderful light show at @lichfieldcathedral.bsky.social and inside trees decorated by schools, businesses and charities

Ann Laura Hughes @annlaurahughes.bsky.social · Nov 28

Looking forward to seeing this in print - great fun contributing to it

Ann Laura Hughes @annlaurahughes.bsky.social · Nov 25

Storm Bert couldn’t stop us campaigning in Stowe!

Ann Laura Hughes @annlaurahughes.bsky.social · Nov 22

Add me if you’ve room please

Ann Laura Hughes @annlaurahughes.bsky.social · Nov 21

Fabulous paper by @angelamcshane.bsky.social on the wonderful 100 ballads website

Ann Laura Hughes @annlaurahughes.bsky.social · Nov 20

Well worth braving the cold night for launch of excellent volume from Bucks Record Society - first of series edited by Rosemary O’Day

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Nov 20

Launched today, this British Academy's pilot project maps changes in provision of UK undergraduate courses in Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences. 'Cold spots in SHAPE subject access matter. These subjects play a vital and vibrant role in university life, developing critical thinking'. 1/3 #UKHE

There are cold spots in arts, humanities, and social sciences provision

New British Academy interactive maps reveal cold spots in social sciences, humanities and arts in UK higher education – especially affecting disadvantaged students. Ruairi Cullen explains

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Nov 19

If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.

If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds

Ann Laura Hughes @annlaurahughes.bsky.social · Nov 17

I won an Italian food hamper at the fundraiser for Dr Milleys’s hospital Lichfield! Great night with the rock choir

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