Hannah Booth
@hannahbooth.bsky.social
Northumbrian in the Netherlands | Writes about connections between Britain and its North Sea neighbours
Substack: https://northseanexus.substack.com
Website: https://hannahmarybooth.com
Substack: https://northseanexus.substack.com
Website: https://hannahmarybooth.com
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Hannah Booth
@hannahbooth.bsky.social
· Jun 8
Navigating North Sea Nexus
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northseanexus.substack.com
Introducing North Sea Nexus, a Substack exploring Britain’s ties with our North Sea neighbours, past and present.
Click the link to browse by theme:
🖌️ Art, Words & Music
🌊 Coastal Lives & Livelihoods
🪵 Materials, Makers & Merchants
🌱 Nature & Landscape
🧳 Religion & Exile
🕊️ War, Peace & Diplomacy
Click the link to browse by theme:
🖌️ Art, Words & Music
🌊 Coastal Lives & Livelihoods
🪵 Materials, Makers & Merchants
🌱 Nature & Landscape
🧳 Religion & Exile
🕊️ War, Peace & Diplomacy
This week's post on the invisible boundaries in the sea we rarely think about, and how they came to be.
northseanexus.substack.com/p/drawing-th...
northseanexus.substack.com/p/drawing-th...
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
This week's post on the invisible boundaries in the sea we rarely think about, and how they came to be.
northseanexus.substack.com/p/drawing-th...
northseanexus.substack.com/p/drawing-th...
Reposted by Hannah Booth
Excellent blog post on the territorialisation of the North Sea #MaritimeHistory
This week's North Sea Nexus post on the invisible boundaries in the sea most of us rarely think about, and how they came to be.
Drawing the lines
Shifting boundaries and legal ambiguities in the North Sea
northseanexus.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Excellent blog post on the territorialisation of the North Sea #MaritimeHistory
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The Shrimp Girl, c. 1740, vivid portrayal of London street seller of shrimps & mussels, her basket on her head with pewter measure, by William Hogarth, innovative English painter, engraver, satirist, born #OTD 1697; the spontaneity & loose brushwork foreshadow Impressionism.
National Gallery London
National Gallery London
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
The Shrimp Girl, c. 1740, vivid portrayal of London street seller of shrimps & mussels, her basket on her head with pewter measure, by William Hogarth, innovative English painter, engraver, satirist, born #OTD 1697; the spontaneity & loose brushwork foreshadow Impressionism.
National Gallery London
National Gallery London
This week's North Sea Nexus post on the invisible boundaries in the sea most of us rarely think about, and how they came to be.
Drawing the lines
Shifting boundaries and legal ambiguities in the North Sea
northseanexus.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This week's North Sea Nexus post on the invisible boundaries in the sea most of us rarely think about, and how they came to be.
Reposted by Hannah Booth
Remembering St Martin in this weekend of remembrance
Martinmas, peace and remembrance in the Low Countries
This coming Monday morning, the 11th of November, the city centre of Ypres (or Ieper as it is known to the Flemish-speaking locals) will fall silent once more in commemoration of the Armistice of 1918...
northseanexus.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Remembering St Martin in this weekend of remembrance
Remembering St Martin in this weekend of remembrance
Martinmas, peace and remembrance in the Low Countries
This coming Monday morning, the 11th of November, the city centre of Ypres (or Ieper as it is known to the Flemish-speaking locals) will fall silent once more in commemoration of the Armistice of 1918...
northseanexus.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Remembering St Martin in this weekend of remembrance
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Aerial view over the tidal saltmarshes near Shotley on the River Orwell in Suffolk.
Mudflats, channels and tiny islets trace delicate natural patterns shaped by the ebb and flow of the tide.
#Suffolk #Aerial #image #RiverOrwell
Mudflats, channels and tiny islets trace delicate natural patterns shaped by the ebb and flow of the tide.
#Suffolk #Aerial #image #RiverOrwell
November 8, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Aerial view over the tidal saltmarshes near Shotley on the River Orwell in Suffolk.
Mudflats, channels and tiny islets trace delicate natural patterns shaped by the ebb and flow of the tide.
#Suffolk #Aerial #image #RiverOrwell
Mudflats, channels and tiny islets trace delicate natural patterns shaped by the ebb and flow of the tide.
#Suffolk #Aerial #image #RiverOrwell
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Cool: a medieval 14th c. wooden road was discovered in Antwerp. Photo: Stad Antwerpen
November 8, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Cool: a medieval 14th c. wooden road was discovered in Antwerp. Photo: Stad Antwerpen
The light sculptures are ready for tomorrow night’s St Martin parade in Utrecht — a celebration of the city’s patron saint and the values of peace and sharing.
The parade revives the local lantern-walking tradition long associated with the festival of Martinmas in this part of the world.
The parade revives the local lantern-walking tradition long associated with the festival of Martinmas in this part of the world.
November 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The light sculptures are ready for tomorrow night’s St Martin parade in Utrecht — a celebration of the city’s patron saint and the values of peace and sharing.
The parade revives the local lantern-walking tradition long associated with the festival of Martinmas in this part of the world.
The parade revives the local lantern-walking tradition long associated with the festival of Martinmas in this part of the world.
Rare find: Young sea turtle found on a beach on the island of Sylt
Seltener Fund: Junge Meeresschildkröte auf Sylt entdeckt
Am Strand von Kampen auf Sylt ist ein ungewöhnlicher Gast angespült worden: vermutlich eine Unechte Karettschildkröte. Nun soll das junge Tier ärztlich untersucht werden.
www.spiegel.de
November 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Rare find: Young sea turtle found on a beach on the island of Sylt
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Ling (Lota molva). The Piscatorial Atlas. Compiled and published by O. T. Olsen. Hanhart Litho. London. (to accompany) The Piscatorial Atlas of the North Sea, English and St. George's channels. 1883. Published in 1883.https://www.davidrumsey […]
[Original post on stefanbohacek.online]
[Original post on stefanbohacek.online]
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Ling (Lota molva). The Piscatorial Atlas. Compiled and published by O. T. Olsen. Hanhart Litho. London. (to accompany) The Piscatorial Atlas of the North Sea, English and St. George's channels. 1883. Published in 1883.https://www.davidrumsey […]
[Original post on stefanbohacek.online]
[Original post on stefanbohacek.online]
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Remember, remember, the 5th of November,
FLANDERS, treason and plot.
Re-sharing this piece from last year on the Flemish connection to the Gunpowder Plot — and the Dutch enthusiasm for fireworks.
FLANDERS, treason and plot.
Re-sharing this piece from last year on the Flemish connection to the Gunpowder Plot — and the Dutch enthusiasm for fireworks.
Guy Fawkes, faith and Flanders
Plus the inevitable fireworks (though not where you'd necessarily expect them)
northseanexus.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Remember, remember, the 5th of November,
FLANDERS, treason and plot.
Re-sharing this piece from last year on the Flemish connection to the Gunpowder Plot — and the Dutch enthusiasm for fireworks.
FLANDERS, treason and plot.
Re-sharing this piece from last year on the Flemish connection to the Gunpowder Plot — and the Dutch enthusiasm for fireworks.
Reposted by Hannah Booth
Four out of six ships called HMS Invincible sank (one of them really quite assertively). Proving that they were actually pretty vincible...
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Four out of six ships called HMS Invincible sank (one of them really quite assertively). Proving that they were actually pretty vincible...
Reposted by Hannah Booth
New blog post alert!
Christine Keiner writes about how a chance find in Panama inspired her recent research on the so-called "Panatomic Canal".
Christine Keiner writes about how a chance find in Panama inspired her recent research on the so-called "Panatomic Canal".
From Chance Encounters to Fresh Insights: Serendipity at Work in Historical Research
Christine Keiner on how a chance purchase from Panama inspired her latest research on the unrealised “Panatomic Canal”.
blog.journalhistoryknowledge.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
New blog post alert!
Christine Keiner writes about how a chance find in Panama inspired her recent research on the so-called "Panatomic Canal".
Christine Keiner writes about how a chance find in Panama inspired her recent research on the so-called "Panatomic Canal".
Remember, remember, the 5th of November,
FLANDERS, treason and plot.
Re-sharing this piece from last year on the Flemish connection to the Gunpowder Plot — and the Dutch enthusiasm for fireworks.
FLANDERS, treason and plot.
Re-sharing this piece from last year on the Flemish connection to the Gunpowder Plot — and the Dutch enthusiasm for fireworks.
Guy Fawkes, faith and Flanders
Plus the inevitable fireworks (though not where you'd necessarily expect them)
northseanexus.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Remember, remember, the 5th of November,
FLANDERS, treason and plot.
Re-sharing this piece from last year on the Flemish connection to the Gunpowder Plot — and the Dutch enthusiasm for fireworks.
FLANDERS, treason and plot.
Re-sharing this piece from last year on the Flemish connection to the Gunpowder Plot — and the Dutch enthusiasm for fireworks.
Reposted by Hannah Booth
Pendant in the Form of Neptune and a Sea Monster early 17th century, probably Netherlandish. The artist has cleverly gone with the natural shape of the pearl to create this composition. (Met Museum)
November 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Pendant in the Form of Neptune and a Sea Monster early 17th century, probably Netherlandish. The artist has cleverly gone with the natural shape of the pearl to create this composition. (Met Museum)
Reposted by Hannah Booth
Oysters making a comeback in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Mark Cocker.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: Pearls of the ocean that might just return to British shores | Mark Cocker
Holkham, Norfolk: A local company is attempting to revive not just European flat oysters, but a whole wealth of species on a nearby seabed
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Oysters making a comeback in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Mark Cocker.
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Reposted by Hannah Booth
Reposted by Hannah Booth
Lancashire was accepted as a county only when a royal exchequer official, in the audit for 1181-2, wrote out a separate parchment under the heading Lancastra quia non erat ei locus in Northumberland: ‘Lancaster, because there is no place for it in Northumberland.’
November 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Lancashire was accepted as a county only when a royal exchequer official, in the audit for 1181-2, wrote out a separate parchment under the heading Lancastra quia non erat ei locus in Northumberland: ‘Lancaster, because there is no place for it in Northumberland.’
Reposted by Hannah Booth
Stronsay's Kelp Riots theorkneynews.scot/2025/11/01/s...
Stronsay’s Kelp Riots
By Bill Miller and first published in The Stronsay Limpet. Republished here with kind permission. Stronsay has been associated with kelp making for centuries, and in fact James Fea of Whitehall , S…
theorkneynews.scot
November 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Stronsay's Kelp Riots theorkneynews.scot/2025/11/01/s...
Catching the last of the light over Amsterdam this evening
October 31, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Catching the last of the light over Amsterdam this evening
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'Fetching in the lines', fisherwoman Lizzie Alice Hawksfield, Whitby, late 19th century, photo by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (1853-1941).
October 30, 2025 at 8:23 AM
'Fetching in the lines', fisherwoman Lizzie Alice Hawksfield, Whitby, late 19th century, photo by Frank Meadow Sutcliffe (1853-1941).
Reposted by Hannah Booth
The SS Rohilla Disaster 🧵
30 October 1914 – Grounded off Whitby
By 3.30 a.m., the Rohilla was unknowingly steering straight for the coast. On duty at Whitby’s lookout was Coastguard Albert Jefferies, who saw the ship’s lights and realised with horror she was heading full speed 1/4
30 October 1914 – Grounded off Whitby
By 3.30 a.m., the Rohilla was unknowingly steering straight for the coast. On duty at Whitby’s lookout was Coastguard Albert Jefferies, who saw the ship’s lights and realised with horror she was heading full speed 1/4
October 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The SS Rohilla Disaster 🧵
30 October 1914 – Grounded off Whitby
By 3.30 a.m., the Rohilla was unknowingly steering straight for the coast. On duty at Whitby’s lookout was Coastguard Albert Jefferies, who saw the ship’s lights and realised with horror she was heading full speed 1/4
30 October 1914 – Grounded off Whitby
By 3.30 a.m., the Rohilla was unknowingly steering straight for the coast. On duty at Whitby’s lookout was Coastguard Albert Jefferies, who saw the ship’s lights and realised with horror she was heading full speed 1/4
Reposted by Hannah Booth
Episode 3 is OUT NOW!
In this episode Johanna Dale (UCL) explores how the head of a seventh century English king became so important to people living in twelfth century Germany.
youtu.be/7xI6PzW6R-o
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In this episode Johanna Dale (UCL) explores how the head of a seventh century English king became so important to people living in twelfth century Germany.
youtu.be/7xI6PzW6R-o
1/2
October 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Episode 3 is OUT NOW!
In this episode Johanna Dale (UCL) explores how the head of a seventh century English king became so important to people living in twelfth century Germany.
youtu.be/7xI6PzW6R-o
1/2
In this episode Johanna Dale (UCL) explores how the head of a seventh century English king became so important to people living in twelfth century Germany.
youtu.be/7xI6PzW6R-o
1/2
Reposted by Hannah Booth
