Matthew Grant
@mgrnt.bsky.social
Historian - University of Essex (currently Head of School, Philosophical, Historical, and Interdisciplinary Studies)
My favourite is a collection of roads named after Churchill, Roosevelt, Montgomery, and - yes, still - Stalin, in Colchester.
July 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
My favourite is a collection of roads named after Churchill, Roosevelt, Montgomery, and - yes, still - Stalin, in Colchester.
The best Bee Gees tribute act in the world, bar none
July 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The best Bee Gees tribute act in the world, bar none
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At the risk of sounding sentimental, it's a bit of a dream come true to get to give this lecture. If family history, generational analysis or the ageing society is your thing, do consider signing up!
🗓️ Save the date: Tues 25 November
Join @mbhjournal.bsky.social at KCL for the 2025 Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture, given by Prof Helen McCarthy on “Family Stories: Retirement, Old Age & Generational Thinking in Britain since the 1970s”
🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-bri...
Join @mbhjournal.bsky.social at KCL for the 2025 Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture, given by Prof Helen McCarthy on “Family Stories: Retirement, Old Age & Generational Thinking in Britain since the 1970s”
🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/modern-bri...
Modern British History Ben Pimlott Memorial Lecture 2025: Helen McCarthy
Family Stories: Retirement, Old Age and Generational Thinking in Britain since the 1970s
www.eventbrite.com
July 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
At the risk of sounding sentimental, it's a bit of a dream come true to get to give this lecture. If family history, generational analysis or the ageing society is your thing, do consider signing up!
Lots of parallels being drawn with 2003, but the 1998 air strikes on Iraq might be a more relevant reference point
June 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Lots of parallels being drawn with 2003, but the 1998 air strikes on Iraq might be a more relevant reference point
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If you’ve ever wondered why Britain got a nuclear deterrent and why aren’t ever going to let it go, this episode of More Jam Tomorrow is for you.
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/trid...
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/trid...
Trident
Seventy years ago, on an island off Australia, we started something we couldn’t finish. This is the story of Britain’s nuclear deterrent, Trident — why we have...
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June 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
If you’ve ever wondered why Britain got a nuclear deterrent and why aren’t ever going to let it go, this episode of More Jam Tomorrow is for you.
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/trid...
morejamtomorrow.com/episode/trid...
Thanks! I ended up getting it through ILL…..
May 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Thanks! I ended up getting it through ILL…..
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New article!
'Seeing Women in the Early English and Dutch East India Companies' is now available as an Advance Article with Historical Research.
It's been years of work, but I'm proud of this one. I hope #earlymodern #skystorians enjoy it!
Some context below:
academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
'Seeing Women in the Early English and Dutch East India Companies' is now available as an Advance Article with Historical Research.
It's been years of work, but I'm proud of this one. I hope #earlymodern #skystorians enjoy it!
Some context below:
academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
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May 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
New article!
'Seeing Women in the Early English and Dutch East India Companies' is now available as an Advance Article with Historical Research.
It's been years of work, but I'm proud of this one. I hope #earlymodern #skystorians enjoy it!
Some context below:
academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
'Seeing Women in the Early English and Dutch East India Companies' is now available as an Advance Article with Historical Research.
It's been years of work, but I'm proud of this one. I hope #earlymodern #skystorians enjoy it!
Some context below:
academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
Sacrilege! What would you want to do when you got of jail? You’d want to have some fun…
March 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Sacrilege! What would you want to do when you got of jail? You’d want to have some fun…
Niche political history question: Does anyone know if it’s possible to get the Tory policy statement ‘Britain Strong and Free’ from 1951 online. All I seem to be able to get is the piddly manifesto statement from Churchill….
March 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Niche political history question: Does anyone know if it’s possible to get the Tory policy statement ‘Britain Strong and Free’ from 1951 online. All I seem to be able to get is the piddly manifesto statement from Churchill….
Publication day!
National Service Life Stories is available via Oxford Scholarship Online NOW!
Print edition to follow in February.
National Service Life Stories is available via Oxford Scholarship Online NOW!
Print edition to follow in February.
January 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Publication day!
National Service Life Stories is available via Oxford Scholarship Online NOW!
Print edition to follow in February.
National Service Life Stories is available via Oxford Scholarship Online NOW!
Print edition to follow in February.
I haven’t migrated as such, more wondering whether I might actually re-engage here….
November 16, 2024 at 9:09 AM
I haven’t migrated as such, more wondering whether I might actually re-engage here….
'Personal' is fluid here, in a joint household with books spilling across rooms... We have fiction in an interrupted seam across our two studies; I have a flow of books between work and home that can never be anything than slightly off kilter.
October 12, 2023 at 10:28 AM
'Personal' is fluid here, in a joint household with books spilling across rooms... We have fiction in an interrupted seam across our two studies; I have a flow of books between work and home that can never be anything than slightly off kilter.
Previously unknown cat in my garden
October 9, 2023 at 4:38 PM
Previously unknown cat in my garden
From Deborah Levy’s August Blue
October 9, 2023 at 4:31 PM
From Deborah Levy’s August Blue
Knackered and ill after one of the most enjoyable welcome weeks I’ve ever had - I’m not sure I’m even up to a glass of fizz
October 6, 2023 at 6:53 PM
Knackered and ill after one of the most enjoyable welcome weeks I’ve ever had - I’m not sure I’m even up to a glass of fizz