Will Garbett
@willgarbett.bsky.social
Cultural History | PhD Candidate, Lancaster University | Blog: http://contemporaryhistory.substack.com | Editor at @chalk-magazine.bsky.social | Formerly at @epoch-history.bsky.social 2022-2024.
I should not have posted this at lunchtime.
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Guano was once thought to be one of the most useful substances on the planet - so where did it all go? This is the true (and horrible) story of the Victorian addiction to bird poo.
#history #birds #nature #sail
Guano was once thought to be one of the most useful substances on the planet - so where did it all go? This is the true (and horrible) story of the Victorian addiction to bird poo.
#history #birds #nature #sail
The Guano Trade — Chalk
Once as valuable as solid gold, bird poo defined the fortunes of empires – and ecosystems.
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May 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I should not have posted this at lunchtime.
Reposted by Will Garbett
A new print magazine is out called @chalk-magazine.bsky.social & Im honoured to be in the first issue! I talk abt the periodic table & the limits in discovering elements- what does this mean about chemical discovery? 🙏 @willgarbett.bsky.social & Amy Louise!!!
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The Limits of the Periodic Table — Chalk
In the quest for new chemical elements, scientists have pushed physics to its breaking point. Their efforts may take us beyond the bounds of the periodic table. Vanessa Seifert
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May 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A new print magazine is out called @chalk-magazine.bsky.social & Im honoured to be in the first issue! I talk abt the periodic table & the limits in discovering elements- what does this mean about chemical discovery? 🙏 @willgarbett.bsky.social & Amy Louise!!!
www.chalk-magazine.com/articles/the...
www.chalk-magazine.com/articles/the...
Alex put me in this article for some reason. It's very good. And free to read!
What do big cat sightings say about our psyche? Are they fact, fiction - or something stranger? www.chalk-magazine.com/articles/big...
Are there big cats in Scotland? — Chalk
Myth, conspiracy, or guerilla rewilding? Alex Rome Griffin went on the hunt for Scotland’s big cats, and he thinks he found them.
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May 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Alex put me in this article for some reason. It's very good. And free to read!
Amy and I made a magazine, and we're really proud of it.
May 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Amy and I made a magazine, and we're really proud of it.
I wondered why I hadn’t heard anything about teenage pregnancy in a while. My latest blog post investigates – and reflects on growing up in England in the 2000s.
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Teenage Pregnancy: A Moral Panic
The media and class in noughties Britain.
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January 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I wondered why I hadn’t heard anything about teenage pregnancy in a while. My latest blog post investigates – and reflects on growing up in England in the 2000s.
open.substack.com/pub/contempo...
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December 6, 2024 at 7:28 PM
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Many cultures around the world bind flesh and foliage in flour to make snacks.
Advent calendar #3
Chalk wants to be a cartographer when it grows up.
Chalk wants to be a cartographer when it grows up.
December 3, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Many cultures around the world bind flesh and foliage in flour to make snacks.
The home of English shoecraft.
December 2, 2024 at 9:47 PM
The home of English shoecraft.
Chalk will grow like the humien from Alien Romulus, but will be much more handsome.
Advent calendar #1
Chalk was born at 2.16pm on Sunday 1 December 2024.
It weighed 50lb at birth.
We will keep you abreast of its preadolescence.
Chalk was born at 2.16pm on Sunday 1 December 2024.
It weighed 50lb at birth.
We will keep you abreast of its preadolescence.
December 2, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Chalk will grow like the humien from Alien Romulus, but will be much more handsome.
The story of how @epoch-history.bsky.social, the best history magazine by postgraduates for postgraduates, was founded.
I wrote a blog about @epoch-history.bsky.social, how the magazine got started, some of the cool stuff we did, and all the amazing people who made it work. Read it here: www.lancaster.ac.uk/history/phd/...
Research student blog - Lancaster University
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November 30, 2024 at 3:02 PM
The story of how @epoch-history.bsky.social, the best history magazine by postgraduates for postgraduates, was founded.
Last week, I wrote about podcasters, the emotions they stir, the laughter they elicit, and the companionship they bring.
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contemporaryhistory.substack.com/p/what-do-po...
What do podcasts do?
Dreams; friends; hoaxes.
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November 26, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Last week, I wrote about podcasters, the emotions they stir, the laughter they elicit, and the companionship they bring.
contemporaryhistory.substack.com/p/what-do-po...
contemporaryhistory.substack.com/p/what-do-po...
I wanted to keep practicing trade history after leaving EPOCH, so I started a blog.
contemporaryhistory.substack.com
contemporaryhistory.substack.com
Contemporary History | Will Garbett | Substack
Histories of Contemporary Culture. Click to read Contemporary History, by Will Garbett, a Substack publication. Launched 15 days ago.
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November 20, 2024 at 4:42 PM
I wanted to keep practicing trade history after leaving EPOCH, so I started a blog.
contemporaryhistory.substack.com
contemporaryhistory.substack.com