Jerry Brotton
@jerrybrotton.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, broadcaster, curator, Londoner. Podcast: What’s Your Map? Book: Four Points of the Compass.
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The ever-excellent John Harris on navigation in the smartphone age (drawing on @jerrybrotton.bsky.social's wonderful cultural history of the compass)
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We now leave navigation to our phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost | John Harris
The blue dot of GPS has cut us off from a basic human skill. It’s no wonder mountain rescuers are being called out so often, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
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April 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The ever-excellent John Harris on navigation in the smartphone age (drawing on @jerrybrotton.bsky.social's wonderful cultural history of the compass)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🗺️ Fascinating article & podcast featuring @jerrybrotton.bsky.social and photographer Michael Yamashita exploring Fra Mauro's world map of c. 1459 based on Marco Polo's Book of Marvels.
🗃️ #medievalsky #renaissance #history #podcast
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🗃️ #medievalsky #renaissance #history #podcast
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Whats Your Map S2E5, Michael Yamashita, Photography, Travel
Jerry Brotton speaks to influential National Geographic photographer Michael Yamashita
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April 11, 2025 at 7:38 AM
🗺️ Fascinating article & podcast featuring @jerrybrotton.bsky.social and photographer Michael Yamashita exploring Fra Mauro's world map of c. 1459 based on Marco Polo's Book of Marvels.
🗃️ #medievalsky #renaissance #history #podcast
oculi-mundi.com/michael-yama...
🗃️ #medievalsky #renaissance #history #podcast
oculi-mundi.com/michael-yama...
Fabulous interview!
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Whats Your Map S2E6, Margo Neale, Songlines
Jerry Brotton speaks to Australian author, historian and curator, Adjunct Professor Margo Neale about Aboriginal Songlines
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April 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Fabulous interview!
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I mean, HELLO? So Oxbridge has several dozen applicants for every position. Well, guess what, SO DOES EVERYONE ELSE, BECAUSE THERE’S HARDLY ANY JOBS GOING.
'According to Cambridge’s equality and diversity report, a total of 4,874 people applied for 137 academic positions in 2023-24 – almost 36 applicants for every position, equivalent to a success rate of 2.8 per cent.' 1/3
Oxbridge hiring rates revealed, with dozens chasing every vacancy
Recently published jobs data shows difficulties of securing Oxbridge role, plus characteristics of those most likely to be successful
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I mean, HELLO? So Oxbridge has several dozen applicants for every position. Well, guess what, SO DOES EVERYONE ELSE, BECAUSE THERE’S HARDLY ANY JOBS GOING.
So happy to be speaking at the wonderful Seaport Museum @seaportsouth.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
So happy to be speaking at the wonderful Seaport Museum @seaportsouth.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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So happy to be talking maps tomorrow at the Newberry Library in Chicago!
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Upcoming Events
Date: Thursday, March 27th, 2025Location: The Newberry Library | 60 West Walton St | Chicago IL | Google MapsTime: 6:00 – 7:00 pm CT (Presentation)Title: Four Points: A Cartographic History o…
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March 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
So happy to be talking maps tomorrow at the Newberry Library in Chicago!
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www.chicagomapsociety.org/upcoming-eve...
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What do you call humans being kidnapped and sent to another country to be imprisoned in shackles and forced to perform intense physical labor while living in horrid conditions under the threat of daily physical violence and rape?
Open a history book. You can do it. I believe in you.
Open a history book. You can do it. I believe in you.
March 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
What do you call humans being kidnapped and sent to another country to be imprisoned in shackles and forced to perform intense physical labor while living in horrid conditions under the threat of daily physical violence and rape?
Open a history book. You can do it. I believe in you.
Open a history book. You can do it. I believe in you.
What autocratic rulers demand from academics: we have been here before.
www.chronicle.com/article/what...
www.chronicle.com/article/what...
Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility
In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?
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March 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
What autocratic rulers demand from academics: we have been here before.
www.chronicle.com/article/what...
www.chronicle.com/article/what...
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Instead of slashing welfare and disability benefits — forcing more disabled people and children into poverty — the government could introduce a 2% tax on assets over £10 million.
It would raise £24 billion — five times the savings from these cuts.
This is austerity 2.0
It would raise £24 billion — five times the savings from these cuts.
This is austerity 2.0
March 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Instead of slashing welfare and disability benefits — forcing more disabled people and children into poverty — the government could introduce a 2% tax on assets over £10 million.
It would raise £24 billion — five times the savings from these cuts.
This is austerity 2.0
It would raise £24 billion — five times the savings from these cuts.
This is austerity 2.0
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March 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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New York City Views from the @empirestatebldng.bsky.social last night ❤️ #ESB
March 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
New York City Views from the @empirestatebldng.bsky.social last night ❤️ #ESB
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Lord Salisbury used to warn against politicians using maps: 'A great deal of misunderstanding is caused by speakers having made use of maps drawn up on a small scale'.
Trump: "To be honest with you, Canada only works as a state. We don't need anything they have. As a state it would be one of the great states. This would be the most incredible country visually. If you look at a map, they drew an artificial line right through it."
March 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Lord Salisbury used to warn against politicians using maps: 'A great deal of misunderstanding is caused by speakers having made use of maps drawn up on a small scale'.
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Cracking the Magafacists code
March 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Cracking the Magafacists code
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Trump (idiotically) objects to maps w "artificial lines drawn through them."
Bad news for 49 US states plus DC. All except Hawaii (plus other islands) have straight-lines as some part of their border.
And spare a thought for Colorado and Wyoming!
Bonus: would you hire someone who said this?
Bad news for 49 US states plus DC. All except Hawaii (plus other islands) have straight-lines as some part of their border.
And spare a thought for Colorado and Wyoming!
Bonus: would you hire someone who said this?
March 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Trump (idiotically) objects to maps w "artificial lines drawn through them."
Bad news for 49 US states plus DC. All except Hawaii (plus other islands) have straight-lines as some part of their border.
And spare a thought for Colorado and Wyoming!
Bonus: would you hire someone who said this?
Bad news for 49 US states plus DC. All except Hawaii (plus other islands) have straight-lines as some part of their border.
And spare a thought for Colorado and Wyoming!
Bonus: would you hire someone who said this?
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I'm guessing that many research institutions outside the U.S. will recruit talented scientists currently based in the U.S.
Is anyone aware of organized recruitment efforts? The only one I've seen was this one from a French university.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
Is anyone aware of organized recruitment efforts? The only one I've seen was this one from a French university.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille University ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université
In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...
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March 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I'm guessing that many research institutions outside the U.S. will recruit talented scientists currently based in the U.S.
Is anyone aware of organized recruitment efforts? The only one I've seen was this one from a French university.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
Is anyone aware of organized recruitment efforts? The only one I've seen was this one from a French university.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
March 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Very excited to be talking at the Newberry Library in Chicago, a dream since starting a PhD on maps over thirty years ago!
March 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Very excited to be talking at the Newberry Library in Chicago, a dream since starting a PhD on maps over thirty years ago!
www.newberry.org/calendar/fou... for Renaissance Studies
March 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
www.newberry.org/calendar/fou... for Renaissance Studies
Goodness! Thank you
And that's one of the most beautiful websites I've seen in quite a while.
March 4, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Goodness! Thank you