Matthew Roberts
@matqbritholiday.bsky.social
Matthew Roberts is on the PhD Text, Practice as Research (part-time) program at the University of Kent. He will be presenting a lunchtime lecture - Queering the British Holiday - Tue 27th January 2026 Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, London.
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Queering the British Holiday - Society of Antiquaries of London
This lecture explores queering the British holiday by intersecting the Long Eighteenth Century Grand Tour; the impact of Music Hall theatricality on the Victorian Coast by male impersonator, Vesta Til...
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Tuesday 27th January 2026 I will be presenting Queering the British Holiday @antiquaries.bsky.social Book tickets (FREE) in person or zoom. NO PASSPORT REQUIRED! 😊
Tuesday 27th January 2026 I will be presenting Queering the British Holiday @antiquaries.bsky.social Book tickets (FREE) in person or zoom. NO PASSPORT REQUIRED! 😊
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MEET THE AUTHOR EVENTS 📚
✨ 1 Dec, 7PM – Peter Tatchell & Robert Taylor
✨ 3 Dec, 7PM – Ophelia Field, interviewed by Lisa Power
✨ 6 Dec, 2PM – Sacha Coward, interviewed by Tanaka Mhishi
Book now outsavvy.com/organiser/queer-britain
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#queerbritain #lgbtq #queer #queerlondon #London
✨ 1 Dec, 7PM – Peter Tatchell & Robert Taylor
✨ 3 Dec, 7PM – Ophelia Field, interviewed by Lisa Power
✨ 6 Dec, 2PM – Sacha Coward, interviewed by Tanaka Mhishi
Book now outsavvy.com/organiser/queer-britain
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#queerbritain #lgbtq #queer #queerlondon #London
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
MEET THE AUTHOR EVENTS 📚
✨ 1 Dec, 7PM – Peter Tatchell & Robert Taylor
✨ 3 Dec, 7PM – Ophelia Field, interviewed by Lisa Power
✨ 6 Dec, 2PM – Sacha Coward, interviewed by Tanaka Mhishi
Book now outsavvy.com/organiser/queer-britain
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#queerbritain #lgbtq #queer #queerlondon #London
✨ 1 Dec, 7PM – Peter Tatchell & Robert Taylor
✨ 3 Dec, 7PM – Ophelia Field, interviewed by Lisa Power
✨ 6 Dec, 2PM – Sacha Coward, interviewed by Tanaka Mhishi
Book now outsavvy.com/organiser/queer-britain
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#queerbritain #lgbtq #queer #queerlondon #London
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Well done @seasideferry.bsky.social and @allanbrodie.bsky.social for sharing our work and some #artdeco seaside gems at this evening's webinar with @artdecosocuk.bsky.social 👍
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Well done @seasideferry.bsky.social and @allanbrodie.bsky.social for sharing our work and some #artdeco seaside gems at this evening's webinar with @artdecosocuk.bsky.social 👍
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Today, in a very short section of a two hour seminar on queer poetry, I’ll invite my students to make a #blackoutpoem using the text of #Section28 I have the sharpies at the ready. This is my favourite part of teaching this Queer Lit course.
![The print out reads:
8 Prohibition on promoting homosexuality by teaching or by publishing material
(1)The following section shall be inserted after section 2 of the [1986 c. 10.] Local Government Act 1986 (prohibition of political publicity)
*ZA Prohibition on promoting homosexuality by teaching or by publishing material
(1) A local authority shall not—
(a) intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality;
(b) promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) above shall be taken to prohibit the doing of anything for the purpose of treating or preventing the spread of disease.
(3) In any proceedings in connection with the application of this section a court shall draw such inferences as to the intention of the local authority as may reasonably be drawn from the evidence before it.
(4) In subsection (1)(b) above "maintained school" means,—
(a) in England and Wales, a county school, voluntary school, nursery school or special school, within the meaning of the Education Act 1944; and
(b) in Scotland, a public school, nursery school or special school, within the meaning of the Education (Scotland) Act
1980."
(2) This section shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:um2urgwzbwn56p742s6zwivq/bafkreignzqoxz7whkz7apfbgcw7gnadl3u3pj64nmmin2ud6ju7uxq5fo4@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Today, in a very short section of a two hour seminar on queer poetry, I’ll invite my students to make a #blackoutpoem using the text of #Section28 I have the sharpies at the ready. This is my favourite part of teaching this Queer Lit course.
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Do come and join us in Liverpool next July, we look forward to welcoming you!
The BAVS 2026 Annual Conference CfP is now live: victorianist.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c...
We hope you can join us in Liverpool next year!
We hope you can join us in Liverpool next year!
CFP: BAVS 2026 Conference Liverpool
BAVS Liverpool 202627 – 29 July 2026 Keynote Speakers: Dr Alison Chapman (University of Victoria, BC), others to be confirmed. The Centre for Modern and Contemporary History (CMCH) at Liverpool Joh…
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November 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Do come and join us in Liverpool next July, we look forward to welcoming you!
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LAST CHANCE!
See We Are Queer Britain before our galleries close 1 Dec - Feb for redevelopment.
The museum will be closed over December & January, but our gift shop stays open for festive queer goodies 🎁
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Images From Queer Britain
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#queerbritain #lgbtq #queer
See We Are Queer Britain before our galleries close 1 Dec - Feb for redevelopment.
The museum will be closed over December & January, but our gift shop stays open for festive queer goodies 🎁
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Images From Queer Britain
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#queerbritain #lgbtq #queer
October 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
LAST CHANCE!
See We Are Queer Britain before our galleries close 1 Dec - Feb for redevelopment.
The museum will be closed over December & January, but our gift shop stays open for festive queer goodies 🎁
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Images From Queer Britain
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#queerbritain #lgbtq #queer
See We Are Queer Britain before our galleries close 1 Dec - Feb for redevelopment.
The museum will be closed over December & January, but our gift shop stays open for festive queer goodies 🎁
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Images From Queer Britain
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#queerbritain #lgbtq #queer
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Well... this is fabulous news!
The (unofficial) relaunch of 'Queer As Folklore' will be at the incredible @queerbritain.bsky.social on December 6th!!!!
Tickets here:
www.outsavvy.com/event/31166/...
The (unofficial) relaunch of 'Queer As Folklore' will be at the incredible @queerbritain.bsky.social on December 6th!!!!
Tickets here:
www.outsavvy.com/event/31166/...
November 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Well... this is fabulous news!
The (unofficial) relaunch of 'Queer As Folklore' will be at the incredible @queerbritain.bsky.social on December 6th!!!!
Tickets here:
www.outsavvy.com/event/31166/...
The (unofficial) relaunch of 'Queer As Folklore' will be at the incredible @queerbritain.bsky.social on December 6th!!!!
Tickets here:
www.outsavvy.com/event/31166/...
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Until February, we have a display available to all those coming to our building as either members or attending an event. Inked in Memory examines how artists and Antiquaries created visual records of objects and places before the invention of photography.
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Until February, we have a display available to all those coming to our building as either members or attending an event. Inked in Memory examines how artists and Antiquaries created visual records of objects and places before the invention of photography.
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Our next event in collaboration with @artdecosocuk.bsky.social
Join us for this special collaborative event with the Seaside Heritage Network, that brings together four speakers with distinctive insights into preservation, design, and place.
November 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Our next event in collaboration with @artdecosocuk.bsky.social
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Fun to be quoted in Cosmopolitan about the newest iteration of so-called 'lavender marriages'. As in the past, even this TikTok phenomenon reveals that looking at precarity, economic security and pragmatism are all important for understanding what's going on.
www.cosmopolitan.com/relationship...
www.cosmopolitan.com/relationship...
Are Lavender Marriages Making a Comeback?
An old-fashioned ruse is having a renaissance—but with a uniquely 2020s twist.
www.cosmopolitan.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Fun to be quoted in Cosmopolitan about the newest iteration of so-called 'lavender marriages'. As in the past, even this TikTok phenomenon reveals that looking at precarity, economic security and pragmatism are all important for understanding what's going on.
www.cosmopolitan.com/relationship...
www.cosmopolitan.com/relationship...
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The BAVS 2026 Annual Conference CfP is now live: victorianist.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c...
We hope you can join us in Liverpool next year!
We hope you can join us in Liverpool next year!
CFP: BAVS 2026 Conference Liverpool
BAVS Liverpool 202627 – 29 July 2026 Keynote Speakers: Dr Alison Chapman (University of Victoria, BC), others to be confirmed. The Centre for Modern and Contemporary History (CMCH) at Liverpool Joh…
victorianist.wordpress.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The BAVS 2026 Annual Conference CfP is now live: victorianist.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c...
We hope you can join us in Liverpool next year!
We hope you can join us in Liverpool next year!
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If you fancy a cheery listen my podcast Monstrosities Mon Amour explores places that bring joy which usually get a bad press. The Radio Times said it’s ’a breath of fresh air.’ Contains whimsical asides and geekery podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
Monstrosities Mon Amour
Places & Travel Podcast · 4 Episodes · Monthly
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March 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
If you fancy a cheery listen my podcast Monstrosities Mon Amour explores places that bring joy which usually get a bad press. The Radio Times said it’s ’a breath of fresh air.’ Contains whimsical asides and geekery podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
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On my way back from North Wales after a flying visit to Clough Williams-Ellis home, Plas Brondanw. 14 hours on trains over 2 days but worth it! Looks beautiful even under grey skies
October 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
On my way back from North Wales after a flying visit to Clough Williams-Ellis home, Plas Brondanw. 14 hours on trains over 2 days but worth it! Looks beautiful even under grey skies
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‘There’s a place for us, goes Stephen Sondheim’s opening lyric from that evergreen LGBTQ+ anthem “Somewhere”. But with the best will in the world, I don’t think he meant Milton Keynes.'
Introducing Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains by @grindrod.bsky.social, out 12 March 2026.
Introducing Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains by @grindrod.bsky.social, out 12 March 2026.
October 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
‘There’s a place for us, goes Stephen Sondheim’s opening lyric from that evergreen LGBTQ+ anthem “Somewhere”. But with the best will in the world, I don’t think he meant Milton Keynes.'
Introducing Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains by @grindrod.bsky.social, out 12 March 2026.
Introducing Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains by @grindrod.bsky.social, out 12 March 2026.
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This is what publication day looked like.
I am buzzing but broken this morning. Thank you to everyone who made time to talk to me or came out to hear me talk about Songs of Seven Dials: An intimate history of 1920s and 1930s London.
The book is out now with @manchesterup.bsky.social
I am buzzing but broken this morning. Thank you to everyone who made time to talk to me or came out to hear me talk about Songs of Seven Dials: An intimate history of 1920s and 1930s London.
The book is out now with @manchesterup.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This is what publication day looked like.
I am buzzing but broken this morning. Thank you to everyone who made time to talk to me or came out to hear me talk about Songs of Seven Dials: An intimate history of 1920s and 1930s London.
The book is out now with @manchesterup.bsky.social
I am buzzing but broken this morning. Thank you to everyone who made time to talk to me or came out to hear me talk about Songs of Seven Dials: An intimate history of 1920s and 1930s London.
The book is out now with @manchesterup.bsky.social
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Book your trip today at www.snowdonrailway.co.uk
#snowdonmountainrailway #yrwyddfa #snowdon #snowdonia #VisitWales #WalesAdventure #Easter2025 #SchoolHolidays
#snowdonmountainrailway #yrwyddfa #snowdon #snowdonia #VisitWales #WalesAdventure #Easter2025 #SchoolHolidays
April 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Today’s view from the top 😎
#SnowdonMountainRailway #YrWyddfa #Snowdon #Snowdonia #VisitWales #WalesAdventure #Easter2025 #Sunshine #WeatherUpdate #Spring #BlueSky
#SnowdonMountainRailway #YrWyddfa #Snowdon #Snowdonia #VisitWales #WalesAdventure #Easter2025 #Sunshine #WeatherUpdate #Spring #BlueSky
April 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Today’s view from the top 😎
#SnowdonMountainRailway #YrWyddfa #Snowdon #Snowdonia #VisitWales #WalesAdventure #Easter2025 #Sunshine #WeatherUpdate #Spring #BlueSky
#SnowdonMountainRailway #YrWyddfa #Snowdon #Snowdonia #VisitWales #WalesAdventure #Easter2025 #Sunshine #WeatherUpdate #Spring #BlueSky
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Very excited to see our new book: A Queer Scrapbook: Britain and Ireland Since 1945 (with FAB co-editors Matt Cook, Rebecca Jennings, and E-J Scott) now available for pre-order.
www.waterstones.com/book/a-queer...
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A Queer Scrapbook by Justin Bengry, Matt Cook | Waterstones
Buy A Queer Scrapbook by Justin Bengry, Matt Cook from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Very excited to see our new book: A Queer Scrapbook: Britain and Ireland Since 1945 (with FAB co-editors Matt Cook, Rebecca Jennings, and E-J Scott) now available for pre-order.
www.waterstones.com/book/a-queer...
www.waterstones.com/book/a-queer...
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*New Publication!*
Lovely end to the week - 'John Gielgud on Air: 65 Years of Performing Shakespeare on Radio' out now in Shakespeare Survey. It shows that not only was he a leading stage actor, but he was an audio drama pioneer too.
If you have access, here's the link: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Lovely end to the week - 'John Gielgud on Air: 65 Years of Performing Shakespeare on Radio' out now in Shakespeare Survey. It shows that not only was he a leading stage actor, but he was an audio drama pioneer too.
If you have access, here's the link: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
October 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
*New Publication!*
Lovely end to the week - 'John Gielgud on Air: 65 Years of Performing Shakespeare on Radio' out now in Shakespeare Survey. It shows that not only was he a leading stage actor, but he was an audio drama pioneer too.
If you have access, here's the link: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Lovely end to the week - 'John Gielgud on Air: 65 Years of Performing Shakespeare on Radio' out now in Shakespeare Survey. It shows that not only was he a leading stage actor, but he was an audio drama pioneer too.
If you have access, here's the link: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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If you are around London, or online, on 10 December I’m talking to the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society about the #southwark deep shelter
www.lamas.org.uk/lectures.html
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www.lamas.org.uk/lectures.html
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Lectures
LAMAS - London And Middlesex Archaeological Society
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October 7, 2024 at 8:02 PM
If you are around London, or online, on 10 December I’m talking to the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society about the #southwark deep shelter
www.lamas.org.uk/lectures.html
🏺
www.lamas.org.uk/lectures.html
🏺
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Are you coming along to #HistDay25 on Tuesday 4 November 2025? Why not stay at Senate House for my #lecture in the evening, on 'Can popular #history be radical? Historical research and writing for the public'. Book your free place: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
October 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Are you coming along to #HistDay25 on Tuesday 4 November 2025? Why not stay at Senate House for my #lecture in the evening, on 'Can popular #history be radical? Historical research and writing for the public'. Book your free place: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Coming Home comic 2, sharing LGBTQ+ veterans' stories is on permanent display at Imperial War Museums London & Manchester.
Made with @fightingwithpride.bsky.social Supported by Armed Forces Cov Fund Trust, Veterans Foundation @cgf-uk.bsky.social Arts Council of Wales
Cover by @edfirth.bsky.social
Made with @fightingwithpride.bsky.social Supported by Armed Forces Cov Fund Trust, Veterans Foundation @cgf-uk.bsky.social Arts Council of Wales
Cover by @edfirth.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Coming Home comic 2, sharing LGBTQ+ veterans' stories is on permanent display at Imperial War Museums London & Manchester.
Made with @fightingwithpride.bsky.social Supported by Armed Forces Cov Fund Trust, Veterans Foundation @cgf-uk.bsky.social Arts Council of Wales
Cover by @edfirth.bsky.social
Made with @fightingwithpride.bsky.social Supported by Armed Forces Cov Fund Trust, Veterans Foundation @cgf-uk.bsky.social Arts Council of Wales
Cover by @edfirth.bsky.social
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Very excited to be doing this at the Imperial War Museum London.
Don’t forget to buy your tickets for the IWM Podcast Live Festival on Saturday 1 November. Jack and guest host Lucy Betteridge Dyson will be doing a live episode of the Forgotten War Podcast.
Tickets available now in the link 👇
www.iwm.org.uk/events/podca...
Tickets available now in the link 👇
www.iwm.org.uk/events/podca...
September 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Very excited to be doing this at the Imperial War Museum London.
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We are happy to announce the publication of the sixth issue of our online journal, IRECS, on “The Science of Taste”. It is now available on the ISECS website:
oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/portail/gscw...
oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/portail/gscw...
October 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
We are happy to announce the publication of the sixth issue of our online journal, IRECS, on “The Science of Taste”. It is now available on the ISECS website:
oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/portail/gscw...
oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/portail/gscw...
csecs2025.ca Excited to present on Thur 16th October. TITLE: “Queer Mr Coupler (1696) and Trans Mrs
Coupler (1777)” exploring the cuts from Vanbrugh to Sheridan #queerbritain #restoration #LGBTQ+ #playwrighting
Coupler (1777)” exploring the cuts from Vanbrugh to Sheridan #queerbritain #restoration #LGBTQ+ #playwrighting
CSECS 2025
Trans/Formations: Crossing Borders, Blurring Boundaries / Trans/Formations: franchir les limites, estomper les frontières
csecs2025.ca
October 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
csecs2025.ca Excited to present on Thur 16th October. TITLE: “Queer Mr Coupler (1696) and Trans Mrs
Coupler (1777)” exploring the cuts from Vanbrugh to Sheridan #queerbritain #restoration #LGBTQ+ #playwrighting
Coupler (1777)” exploring the cuts from Vanbrugh to Sheridan #queerbritain #restoration #LGBTQ+ #playwrighting