UK-St Helena Heritage Trust
@ukshheritage.bsky.social
The UK-St Helena Heritage Trust exists to raise awareness of and funds for the built and cultural heritage of the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic, one of the UK's Overseas Territories.
https://www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/
https://www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/
Tonight! Wed, 12 Nov, 6pm UK time. A British military architect in the time of Napoleon. On a remote island in the South Atlantic. We love history! #StHelena
British military architects in the time of #Napoleon.
Historian Peter Hicks explores the career of Royal Engineer Anthony Emmett on #StHelena during Napoleon's exile.
When: Tomorrow, Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT.
Where: online at bit.ly/StH1211
£: FREE
Historian Peter Hicks explores the career of Royal Engineer Anthony Emmett on #StHelena during Napoleon's exile.
When: Tomorrow, Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT.
Where: online at bit.ly/StH1211
£: FREE
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Tonight! Wed, 12 Nov, 6pm UK time. A British military architect in the time of Napoleon. On a remote island in the South Atlantic. We love history! #StHelena
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British military architects in the time of #Napoleon.
Historian Peter Hicks explores the career of Royal Engineer Anthony Emmett on #StHelena during Napoleon's exile.
When: Tomorrow, Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT.
Where: online at bit.ly/StH1211
£: FREE
Historian Peter Hicks explores the career of Royal Engineer Anthony Emmett on #StHelena during Napoleon's exile.
When: Tomorrow, Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT.
Where: online at bit.ly/StH1211
£: FREE
November 11, 2025 at 9:33 AM
British military architects in the time of #Napoleon.
Historian Peter Hicks explores the career of Royal Engineer Anthony Emmett on #StHelena during Napoleon's exile.
When: Tomorrow, Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT.
Where: online at bit.ly/StH1211
£: FREE
Historian Peter Hicks explores the career of Royal Engineer Anthony Emmett on #StHelena during Napoleon's exile.
When: Tomorrow, Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT.
Where: online at bit.ly/StH1211
£: FREE
British military architects in the time of #Napoleon.
Historian Peter Hicks explores the career of Royal Engineer Anthony Emmett on #StHelena during Napoleon's exile.
When: Tomorrow, Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT.
Where: online at bit.ly/StH1211
£: FREE
Historian Peter Hicks explores the career of Royal Engineer Anthony Emmett on #StHelena during Napoleon's exile.
When: Tomorrow, Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT.
Where: online at bit.ly/StH1211
£: FREE
November 11, 2025 at 9:33 AM
British military architects in the time of #Napoleon.
Historian Peter Hicks explores the career of Royal Engineer Anthony Emmett on #StHelena during Napoleon's exile.
When: Tomorrow, Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT.
Where: online at bit.ly/StH1211
£: FREE
Historian Peter Hicks explores the career of Royal Engineer Anthony Emmett on #StHelena during Napoleon's exile.
When: Tomorrow, Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT.
Where: online at bit.ly/StH1211
£: FREE
How did #StHelena shift from a reliance on enslaved to free labour? Author Colin Fox explores St Helena's journey from slavery to freedom, 1792-1840, in our free online history talk, Wed, 3 December, 6pm GMT. bit.ly/StH0312
November 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
How did #StHelena shift from a reliance on enslaved to free labour? Author Colin Fox explores St Helena's journey from slavery to freedom, 1792-1840, in our free online history talk, Wed, 3 December, 6pm GMT. bit.ly/StH0312
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What do pirates in Madagascar, a red knitted jumper, the sunken warship Vasa, captivity and colonialism, and the Prize Papers have in common? They're all part of our new online lecture series "Ships & Seafaring 1500–1800". Join us weekly on Mondays, 1pm CET, on Zoom #earlymodern #maritimehistory 🗃️
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 AM
What do pirates in Madagascar, a red knitted jumper, the sunken warship Vasa, captivity and colonialism, and the Prize Papers have in common? They're all part of our new online lecture series "Ships & Seafaring 1500–1800". Join us weekly on Mondays, 1pm CET, on Zoom #earlymodern #maritimehistory 🗃️
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@davidandress.bsky.social is the academic expert in the chair this evening talking about the French Revolution, the people, the events and the legacy. Its not too late to join the course.
www.history.org.uk/historian/ca...
www.history.org.uk/historian/ca...
The 1789 French Revolution – not just a revolution in France
www.history.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
@davidandress.bsky.social is the academic expert in the chair this evening talking about the French Revolution, the people, the events and the legacy. Its not too late to join the course.
www.history.org.uk/historian/ca...
www.history.org.uk/historian/ca...
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Today’s #AutumnArrivalSpotlight shines on the Starling!
Forget fireworks...Autumn’s skies come alive with magnificent murmurations: vast, swirling clouds of Starlings dancing at dusk.
One of nature's greatest spectacles. 😍
Forget fireworks...Autumn’s skies come alive with magnificent murmurations: vast, swirling clouds of Starlings dancing at dusk.
One of nature's greatest spectacles. 😍
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Today’s #AutumnArrivalSpotlight shines on the Starling!
Forget fireworks...Autumn’s skies come alive with magnificent murmurations: vast, swirling clouds of Starlings dancing at dusk.
One of nature's greatest spectacles. 😍
Forget fireworks...Autumn’s skies come alive with magnificent murmurations: vast, swirling clouds of Starlings dancing at dusk.
One of nature's greatest spectacles. 😍
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Yay! We're nearing our fundraising target to get a conservation engineer to St Helena to devise stabilisation repairs for the magnificent High Knoll Fort. Please donate if you can. This is British heritage and world heritage. We need to save it!
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/a-conse...
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/a-conse...
A Conservation Engineer for St Helena's High Knoll Fort
Help us get a conservation engineer to St Helena. Some of St Helena's most important historic monuments need urgent repair and protection. We are fundraising to send a conservation-accredited structur...
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Yay! We're nearing our fundraising target to get a conservation engineer to St Helena to devise stabilisation repairs for the magnificent High Knoll Fort. Please donate if you can. This is British heritage and world heritage. We need to save it!
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/a-conse...
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/a-conse...
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In 1815, aged 25, already battle-hardened, Napoleon fanboy Anthony Emmett secured his dream job as commanding royal engineer on St Helena during the exile of his hero. Historian Peter Hicks uncovers his intriguing life: Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT.
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/a-cosmp...
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/a-cosmp...
A Cosmopolitan Military Architect and Napoleon fan on St Helena
Anthony Emmett of the Royal Engineers was only about 25, but already much battle-scarred, when he was appointed commanding royal engineer on St Helena during Napoléon's exile. It may have been his dre...
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
In 1815, aged 25, already battle-hardened, Napoleon fanboy Anthony Emmett secured his dream job as commanding royal engineer on St Helena during the exile of his hero. Historian Peter Hicks uncovers his intriguing life: Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT.
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/a-cosmp...
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/a-cosmp...
In 1815, aged 25, already battle-hardened, Napoleon fanboy Anthony Emmett secured his dream job as commanding royal engineer on St Helena during the exile of his hero. Historian Peter Hicks uncovers his intriguing life: Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT.
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/a-cosmp...
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/a-cosmp...
A Cosmopolitan Military Architect and Napoleon fan on St Helena
Anthony Emmett of the Royal Engineers was only about 25, but already much battle-scarred, when he was appointed commanding royal engineer on St Helena during Napoléon's exile. It may have been his dre...
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
In 1815, aged 25, already battle-hardened, Napoleon fanboy Anthony Emmett secured his dream job as commanding royal engineer on St Helena during the exile of his hero. Historian Peter Hicks uncovers his intriguing life: Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT.
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/a-cosmp...
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/a-cosmp...
Yay! We're nearing our fundraising target to get a conservation engineer to St Helena to devise stabilisation repairs for the magnificent High Knoll Fort. Please donate if you can. This is British heritage and world heritage. We need to save it!
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/a-conse...
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/a-conse...
A Conservation Engineer for St Helena's High Knoll Fort
Help us get a conservation engineer to St Helena. Some of St Helena's most important historic monuments need urgent repair and protection. We are fundraising to send a conservation-accredited structur...
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Yay! We're nearing our fundraising target to get a conservation engineer to St Helena to devise stabilisation repairs for the magnificent High Knoll Fort. Please donate if you can. This is British heritage and world heritage. We need to save it!
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/a-conse...
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/a-conse...
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📣'Reporting Heritage Destruction' just published by Endangered Cultural Heritage of the Global South (ECHGS) Hub. Exploring how cultural heritage destruction is reported - asking who reports, what is reported, how, and with what consequences.
#openaccess
www.archaeopress.com/.../missingP...
#openaccess
www.archaeopress.com/.../missingP...
October 30, 2025 at 9:31 AM
📣'Reporting Heritage Destruction' just published by Endangered Cultural Heritage of the Global South (ECHGS) Hub. Exploring how cultural heritage destruction is reported - asking who reports, what is reported, how, and with what consequences.
#openaccess
www.archaeopress.com/.../missingP...
#openaccess
www.archaeopress.com/.../missingP...
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Exploring monarchy and empire. Our Caribbean Teacher Fellowship launched this term with leading academics; find out more about this fully-funded programme and how it supports teachers. shorturl.at/OQXwH
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Exploring monarchy and empire. Our Caribbean Teacher Fellowship launched this term with leading academics; find out more about this fully-funded programme and how it supports teachers. shorturl.at/OQXwH
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We are very pleased to be working with @ihr.bsky.social and @findmypast.bsky.social on this new Applied History Fellowship programme.
The launch event on Weds 19 November bit.ly/49vcgCS provides further details of the scheme and how to apply #Skystorians
The launch event on Weds 19 November bit.ly/49vcgCS provides further details of the scheme and how to apply #Skystorians
October 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
We are very pleased to be working with @ihr.bsky.social and @findmypast.bsky.social on this new Applied History Fellowship programme.
The launch event on Weds 19 November bit.ly/49vcgCS provides further details of the scheme and how to apply #Skystorians
The launch event on Weds 19 November bit.ly/49vcgCS provides further details of the scheme and how to apply #Skystorians
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In 1815, aged 25, already battle-hardened, Napoleon fanboy Anthony Emmett secured his dream job as commanding royal engineer on St Helena during the exile of his hero. Join historian Peter Hicks to discover his intriguing life in a free online history talk: Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT. bit.ly/StH1211
October 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
In 1815, aged 25, already battle-hardened, Napoleon fanboy Anthony Emmett secured his dream job as commanding royal engineer on St Helena during the exile of his hero. Join historian Peter Hicks to discover his intriguing life in a free online history talk: Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT. bit.ly/StH1211
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Bonhams are selling a fragment of wallpaper reputed to come from the room in Longwood House on St Helena where #Napoleon died. It's a super excuse to publish the Wellcome Collection's anonymous painting of the deathbed scene. www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/napoleo...
Napoleon's Wallpaper Resurfaces
Bonhams are selling a fragment of wallpaper reputed to have come from the room in Longwood House in which the Emperor Napoleon died in 1821. It is labelled on the reverse: 'Part of the paper of the ro...
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Bonhams are selling a fragment of wallpaper reputed to come from the room in Longwood House on St Helena where #Napoleon died. It's a super excuse to publish the Wellcome Collection's anonymous painting of the deathbed scene. www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/napoleo...
Bonhams are selling a fragment of wallpaper reputed to come from the room in Longwood House on St Helena where #Napoleon died. It's a super excuse to publish the Wellcome Collection's anonymous painting of the deathbed scene. www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/napoleo...
Napoleon's Wallpaper Resurfaces
Bonhams are selling a fragment of wallpaper reputed to have come from the room in Longwood House in which the Emperor Napoleon died in 1821. It is labelled on the reverse: 'Part of the paper of the ro...
www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Bonhams are selling a fragment of wallpaper reputed to come from the room in Longwood House on St Helena where #Napoleon died. It's a super excuse to publish the Wellcome Collection's anonymous painting of the deathbed scene. www.uk-sthelenaheritagetrust.org/post/napoleo...
In 1815, aged 25, already battle-hardened, Napoleon fanboy Anthony Emmett secured his dream job as commanding royal engineer on St Helena during the exile of his hero. Join historian Peter Hicks to discover his intriguing life in a free online history talk: Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT. bit.ly/StH1211
October 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
In 1815, aged 25, already battle-hardened, Napoleon fanboy Anthony Emmett secured his dream job as commanding royal engineer on St Helena during the exile of his hero. Join historian Peter Hicks to discover his intriguing life in a free online history talk: Wed 12 Nov, 6pm GMT. bit.ly/StH1211
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Spent a really interesting and enjoyable hour at the Institute in Ankara this morning for an informal session during which all @thebiaankara.bsky.social research staff and fellows gave 5 minute presentations on their research and interests. Great to see such a vibrant and active research community!
October 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Spent a really interesting and enjoyable hour at the Institute in Ankara this morning for an informal session during which all @thebiaankara.bsky.social research staff and fellows gave 5 minute presentations on their research and interests. Great to see such a vibrant and active research community!
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National Army Museum identifies portrait of Black Waterloo veteran:
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
#Hstory #BlackHistory 🗃️
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
#Hstory #BlackHistory 🗃️
London museum identifies black Waterloo veteran in rare 1821 painting
‘Honourable’ bandsman Thomas James will feature in display at National Army Museum highlighting service of black soldiers in Napoleonic wars
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:39 AM
National Army Museum identifies portrait of Black Waterloo veteran:
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
#Hstory #BlackHistory 🗃️
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
#Hstory #BlackHistory 🗃️
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Announcing IHR Discovery Courses: Historic Maps, Townscape & Architecture, and Archaeology for Historians. Suitable for historians working in all contexts, or anyone looking for new learning experiences, and inspiration. www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...
October 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Announcing IHR Discovery Courses: Historic Maps, Townscape & Architecture, and Archaeology for Historians. Suitable for historians working in all contexts, or anyone looking for new learning experiences, and inspiration. www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...
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AUTUMN 2025 TERM CARD:
We have an exciting range of speakers for the remainder of this term - covering a range of topics relating to Britain in the #18th!
As always, all our seminars take place in person and online. Make sure to register with the following link!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
We have an exciting range of speakers for the remainder of this term - covering a range of topics relating to Britain in the #18th!
As always, all our seminars take place in person and online. Make sure to register with the following link!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
October 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
AUTUMN 2025 TERM CARD:
We have an exciting range of speakers for the remainder of this term - covering a range of topics relating to Britain in the #18th!
As always, all our seminars take place in person and online. Make sure to register with the following link!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
We have an exciting range of speakers for the remainder of this term - covering a range of topics relating to Britain in the #18th!
As always, all our seminars take place in person and online. Make sure to register with the following link!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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We are delighted to be Associate Partner with Historic Royal Palaces to celebrate brilliant history teaching across the country. Do you know a teacher who deserves to be remembered in history? Nominate them now, link in bio/comments bit.ly/42yhGZP
Inspiring History Teaching Awards
Created by Historic Royal Palaces, these awards celebrate teachers who make history exciting, inclusive and meaningful. We want to recognise the impact that great teachers can make by bringing the pas...
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October 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We are delighted to be Associate Partner with Historic Royal Palaces to celebrate brilliant history teaching across the country. Do you know a teacher who deserves to be remembered in history? Nominate them now, link in bio/comments bit.ly/42yhGZP
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Great 12-month opportunity for an historian. Salary: £36,799 (Grade 5: Development Worker grade). Edinburgh/hybrid. Closing date 21 October.
Vacancy: Legacy of Slavery Research Project Officer - The Scottish Episcopal Church
Salary: £36,799 (Grade 5: Development Worker grade)Contract: Fixed term for 12 months Hours: Fulltime, 35 hours a week (.8 FTE or 28 hours will also be considered). Some occasional evening or weekend ...
www.scotland.anglican.org
October 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Great 12-month opportunity for an historian. Salary: £36,799 (Grade 5: Development Worker grade). Edinburgh/hybrid. Closing date 21 October.
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I’ll be at the Birmingham Conservatoire tomorrow to present my new book “Searching for My Slave Roots” with Kehinde Andrews. Tickets here…
www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...
www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...
October 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I’ll be at the Birmingham Conservatoire tomorrow to present my new book “Searching for My Slave Roots” with Kehinde Andrews. Tickets here…
www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...
www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoir...