The London Journal
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The London Journal
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A journal embracing all aspects of metropolitan society past & present | Published by Taylor & Francis for London Journal Trust | Articles & Special Issue proposals welcome | thelondonjournal.org
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Applications are now open for the Curriers Prize, awarded by the Worshipful Company of Curriers in association with ourselves and the @ihr.bsky.social for the best entered essay on any aspect of London's history from Roman times to the present.
The Curriers’ Prize
The Worshipful Company of Curriers, has established an essay prize on the history of London, in association with The London Journal Trust and the IHR.
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Our third and final issue of 2025 has now been published! A 🧵 on its contents...
The London Journal
Volume 50, Issue 3 of The London Journal
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November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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It’s St Andrew’s day, which is a tenuous enough excuse to share my article on the early C16th rebuilding of the church of St Andrew Undershaft in #London, published in @thelondonjournal.bsky.social 😇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #Skystorians #medievalSky #church
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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I am very excited for this workshop: please do submit an EOI or get in touch if you have any queries.

Publishing a journal article doesn’t have to be a daunting experience, and we are very proud of our support for ECRs.
We are running a free workshop at @tandfresearch.bsky.social's office in South London on 30 January 2026 to support early career scholars in developing their work into a publishable journal article. Expressions of interest due by 16 January. See here for more details (and please share widely!)
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December 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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We hope to see you there! 👋
We are running a free workshop at @tandfresearch.bsky.social's office in South London on 30 January 2026 to support early career scholars in developing their work into a publishable journal article. Expressions of interest due by 16 January. See here for more details (and please share widely!)
thelondonjournal.org
November 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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If you would like to know more about how Romani in history in Britain, how they had their own distinct cultural spaces and their relationship with the capital - @thelondonjournal.bsky.social have published the just the article.
Followed by 'A Romani Capital? Romanies and London in the Eighteenth Century', by @jamesepeate.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Such a great article!
And last but not least, the 2024 Curriers Prize winning 'Stories from Smithfield: Markets and the Narration of London', by @jackhanlon.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Our third and final issue of 2025 has now been published! A 🧵 on its contents...
The London Journal
Volume 50, Issue 3 of The London Journal
www.tandfonline.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We are running a free workshop at @tandfresearch.bsky.social's office in South London on 30 January 2026 to support early career scholars in developing their work into a publishable journal article. Expressions of interest due by 16 January. See here for more details (and please share widely!)
thelondonjournal.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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It was a complete joy to work with my friend Andy on our special issue of @thelondonjournal.bsky.social in 2022, and I am very proud of the introductory essay we co-authored: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Rest in power, dear friend
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November 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Call for papers for our new special issue on 'Nocturnal London', edited by Maurizio Cinquegrani, Yihong Zhu, and @mcmccluskey.bsky.social. Abstracts due in by 31 March 2026.

All submissions and reposts much appreciated.
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
New research article: 'Capital Entertainment: The London Pantomimes of Nelson Lee, c.1830–1870', by Stephen Ridgwell: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Compiling an ongoing thread of threads that we have produced about the Viewpoint articles the journal has published this calendar year in conjunction with its 50th anniversary celebrations, for which we also published this special issue on 'London's Past Today'. 🧵
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50th Anniversary Special Issue: London’s Past Today. Volume 50, Issue 1 of The London Journal
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November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We've published another new Viewpoint article: 'The Survey of London Today: Reconciling the Granular with the Global' by Sarah A. Dowding, Emily Mann and Aileen Reid, which @tandfresearch.bsky.social are making freely available for all to read for a limited time period.

A short 🧵on its contents...
The Survey of London Today: Reconciling the Granular with the Global
Published in The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and Present (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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November 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Now open to PhD students and ECR folk outside the UK too ⬇️
Applications are now open for the Curriers Prize, awarded by the Worshipful Company of Curriers in association with ourselves and the @ihr.bsky.social for the best entered essay on any aspect of London's history from Roman times to the present.
The Curriers’ Prize
The Worshipful Company of Curriers, has established an essay prize on the history of London, in association with The London Journal Trust and the IHR.
www.history.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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If you're a PG student or an ECR working on any aspect of London's history, do consider submitting! And if you're not but you know of, or maybe even supervise, someone who does, encourage them to submit!
Applications are now open for the Curriers Prize, awarded by the Worshipful Company of Curriers in association with ourselves and the @ihr.bsky.social for the best entered essay on any aspect of London's history from Roman times to the present.
The Curriers’ Prize
The Worshipful Company of Curriers, has established an essay prize on the history of London, in association with The London Journal Trust and the IHR.
www.history.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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My livery company! Please do apply
Applications are now open for the Curriers Prize, awarded by the Worshipful Company of Curriers in association with ourselves and the @ihr.bsky.social for the best entered essay on any aspect of London's history from Roman times to the present.
The Curriers’ Prize
The Worshipful Company of Curriers, has established an essay prize on the history of London, in association with The London Journal Trust and the IHR.
www.history.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:52 AM
A new viewpoint article, by the journal board's very own @mcmccluskey.bsky.social, entitled 'The City of Dreadful Night?' has been published online (and will soon be freely available to read for the next three months).

A short 🧵on what it covers...
The City of Dreadful Night?
Published in The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and Present (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Applications are now open for the Curriers Prize, awarded by the Worshipful Company of Curriers in association with ourselves and the @ihr.bsky.social for the best entered essay on any aspect of London's history from Roman times to the present.
The Curriers’ Prize
The Worshipful Company of Curriers, has established an essay prize on the history of London, in association with The London Journal Trust and the IHR.
www.history.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The second in our series of threads on the wonderful articles comprising our 50th anniversary special issue, 'London's Past Today', is on Sam Waterman and Charlotte Grant's 'Teaching London’s Past Today: An Experiential Approach to a Global City' (available open access).
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Teaching London’s Past Today: An Experiential Approach to a Global City*
This article provides an account of teaching London’s cultural history on a semester-long, first-year undergraduate study-abroad course at Northeastern University London (NUL) using a multi-authore...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
New book review: Global London on Screen: Visitors, Cosmopolitans and Migratory Cinematic Visions of a Superdiverse City, edited by Keith B. Wagner and the late Roland-François Lack, as reviewed by Melissa Oliver-Powell.
Global London on Screen: Visitors, Cosmopolitans and Migratory Cinematic Visions of a Superdiverse City
Published in The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and Present (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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November 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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As a previous prize winner, I can hardly recommend this enough: it’s a force for good in the study of #London history, and publishing with @thelondonjournal.bsky.social (with the gentle support/encouragement of @aidannorrie.bsky.social!) was a delight. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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The Curriers' Prize is now open! Submit your best unpublished essay on any aspect of London's history, and you could get a £1,000 award!

Full details: 👇 w ww.history.ac.uk/funding/awards-bursaries-prizes/curriers-prize
The Curriers’ Prize
The Worshipful Company of Curriers, has established an essay prize on the history of London, in association with The London Journal Trust and the IHR.
www.history.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
New book review: Queer Premises: LGBTQ+ Venues in London Since the 1980s by @bencampkin.bsky.social, reviewed by Marisa Müsing.
Queer Premises: LGBTQ+ Venues in London Since the 1980s
Published in The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and Present (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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October 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Our latest Viewpoint article is out: 'Guilds and Companies in London, 1200–1700: Contexts and Comparisons' by @mpdavies.bsky.social.

A 🧵 on the insights provided by this article into the history and historiography of these key metropolitan institutions in the medieval and early modern periods.
Guilds and Companies in London, 1200–1700: Contexts and Comparisons
Published in The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and Present (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Pleased to see my ‘viewpoint’ looking at the historiography of London’s crafts and guilds now available @thelondonjournal.bsky.social as part of the journal’s 50th birthday celebrations!
Our latest Viewpoint article is out: 'Guilds and Companies in London, 1200–1700: Contexts and Comparisons' by @mpdavies.bsky.social.

A 🧵 on the insights provided by this article into the history and historiography of these key metropolitan institutions in the medieval and early modern periods.
Guilds and Companies in London, 1200–1700: Contexts and Comparisons
Published in The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and Present (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM