Claire Holliss
@citoyenneclaire.bsky.social
Lecturer in History Education at UCL's Institute of Education/History teacher/PhD student researching the representation of LGBTQ+ history in the KS5 curriculum. She/Her
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Lovely to find the 200th edition of TH in my postbox today, including an article by me and @jcarrollhistory.bsky.social. Hopefully it will contribute to the journal's tradition of starting conversations amongst history teachers! @histassoc.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Lovely to find the 200th edition of TH in my postbox today, including an article by me and @jcarrollhistory.bsky.social. Hopefully it will contribute to the journal's tradition of starting conversations amongst history teachers! @histassoc.bsky.social
I'm sure nothing untoward will take place during this gig at the town church.
August 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I'm sure nothing untoward will take place during this gig at the town church.
It really does pay to read the signs when you're in Bungay.
August 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It really does pay to read the signs when you're in Bungay.
You can always rely on the people carving the choir stalls to deliver.
August 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
You can always rely on the people carving the choir stalls to deliver.
Yes ok guys, we get that you made a lot of money in the wool trade...
August 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Yes ok guys, we get that you made a lot of money in the wool trade...
We've reached the 'eerie East-Anglian road trip' stage of the summer holiday. Obviously that has to begin with a nose around a church, this time it's St Peter and St Paul, Lavenham.
August 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We've reached the 'eerie East-Anglian road trip' stage of the summer holiday. Obviously that has to begin with a nose around a church, this time it's St Peter and St Paul, Lavenham.
I don't want to romanticise the rural past, but every year I spend the months of August to October shaking down every hedgerow I can find and no-one ever gives me a badge!
@themerl.bsky.social
@themerl.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I don't want to romanticise the rural past, but every year I spend the months of August to October shaking down every hedgerow I can find and no-one ever gives me a badge!
@themerl.bsky.social
@themerl.bsky.social
Goblin Band at @butserancientfarm.co.uk! A great gig, and probably one of the better ways I have started the summer holiday.
July 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Goblin Band at @butserancientfarm.co.uk! A great gig, and probably one of the better ways I have started the summer holiday.
And that was Nightjar Infanticide with their new single, 'Murder on #Springwatch'.
June 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
And that was Nightjar Infanticide with their new single, 'Murder on #Springwatch'.
Workshopping a new interpretations enquiry on why the Pembrokeshire cider company chose to designate Henry VII as 'medium dry'.
May 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Workshopping a new interpretations enquiry on why the Pembrokeshire cider company chose to designate Henry VII as 'medium dry'.
As I am currently putting together my slides for the first session, I'm going to plug for this webinar series on A-level teaching that I will be running in June with @histassoc.bsky.social - the course can be booked via this link www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...
May 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
As I am currently putting together my slides for the first session, I'm going to plug for this webinar series on A-level teaching that I will be running in June with @histassoc.bsky.social - the course can be booked via this link www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...
Everyone who shouted at me during my walk this morning. 🐦⬛
May 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Everyone who shouted at me during my walk this morning. 🐦⬛
Ready to go at #haconf25! (Obviously I had to make sure I set all my resource sheets out a good 20mins ahead of the start of the workshop.)
May 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Ready to go at #haconf25! (Obviously I had to make sure I set all my resource sheets out a good 20mins ahead of the start of the workshop.)
Anyone coming to my workshop at the @histassoc.bsky.social conference will see a key legacy of my PGCE subject studies sessions in action.
May 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Anyone coming to my workshop at the @histassoc.bsky.social conference will see a key legacy of my PGCE subject studies sessions in action.
Experimental archaeology is a top tier weekend activity - especially when you get to make a Neolithic sewing kit.
April 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Experimental archaeology is a top tier weekend activity - especially when you get to make a Neolithic sewing kit.
There were loads of great placards, but this was probably my favourite.
April 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
There were loads of great placards, but this was probably my favourite.
A good crowd at the London demo! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
April 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A good crowd at the London demo! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
All right, De Stijl, now you're just showing off.
April 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
All right, De Stijl, now you're just showing off.
Do you reckon they'd notice if I tried to move into the Kunstmuseum?
April 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Do you reckon they'd notice if I tried to move into the Kunstmuseum?
Nine hours and three trains later, I've finally made it to the Hague.
April 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Nine hours and three trains later, I've finally made it to the Hague.
I'm going to have to see if that all pays off when we start thinking about evidence more systematically after Easter - I did, however, get immediate results when I used the site to give them a sense of how some of the abstract socio-economic forces they have studied affected people's lives.
April 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I'm going to have to see if that all pays off when we start thinking about evidence more systematically after Easter - I did, however, get immediate results when I used the site to give them a sense of how some of the abstract socio-economic forces they have studied affected people's lives.
On a related note, I also wanted to get them thinking about evidence ahead of their depth-study course. Places like the W&D are particularly good for introducing different types of evidence - for instance, I was able to use the market hall to talk about combining documents with dendrochronology.
April 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
On a related note, I also wanted to get them thinking about evidence ahead of their depth-study course. Places like the W&D are particularly good for introducing different types of evidence - for instance, I was able to use the market hall to talk about combining documents with dendrochronology.
On reason I picked the W&D because it's interesting as an institution - constructed as a response to demolitions during the post-war building boom. I started by getting them thinking about what this means for the evidence-base for social hist (I'll see if this sticks when we come to the NEA course.)
April 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
On reason I picked the W&D because it's interesting as an institution - constructed as a response to demolitions during the post-war building boom. I started by getting them thinking about what this means for the evidence-base for social hist (I'll see if this sticks when we come to the NEA course.)
I'd been waiting all week to see the first violets out in Clapham woods, and I was not disappointed.
March 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I'd been waiting all week to see the first violets out in Clapham woods, and I was not disappointed.
Just finished this fascinating book - ranging from the economies of beguinages, via the trade in second-hand goods to systems of popular credit in medieval towns. Definitely one where I'll be digging through the bibliography to find out more!
March 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Just finished this fascinating book - ranging from the economies of beguinages, via the trade in second-hand goods to systems of popular credit in medieval towns. Definitely one where I'll be digging through the bibliography to find out more!