Max Long
@maxlong.bsky.social
Historian of the environment, science, and popular culture in Britain.
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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Little Owl of the day.
Colour photograph by Skoflek István (1960s-1970s), from the collections of the Museum of Kuny Domokos (Tata, Hungary)
Colour photograph by Skoflek István (1960s-1970s), from the collections of the Museum of Kuny Domokos (Tata, Hungary)
November 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Little Owl of the day.
Colour photograph by Skoflek István (1960s-1970s), from the collections of the Museum of Kuny Domokos (Tata, Hungary)
Colour photograph by Skoflek István (1960s-1970s), from the collections of the Museum of Kuny Domokos (Tata, Hungary)
Little Owl of the day: ‘I think you will consider this proof enough of the mischief it does’.
The Field, 1919
The Field, 1919
October 31, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Little Owl of the day: ‘I think you will consider this proof enough of the mischief it does’.
The Field, 1919
The Field, 1919
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It is amusing to me that some people were speculating that The Times had been taken in by a deepfake as part of some shadowy political interference campaign.
Nope. They just emailed and then interviewed the wrong Bill DeBlasio.
Nope. They just emailed and then interviewed the wrong Bill DeBlasio.
October 30, 2025 at 7:55 AM
It is amusing to me that some people were speculating that The Times had been taken in by a deepfake as part of some shadowy political interference campaign.
Nope. They just emailed and then interviewed the wrong Bill DeBlasio.
Nope. They just emailed and then interviewed the wrong Bill DeBlasio.
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My book UP IN THE AIR: A HISTORY OF HIGH-RISE BRITAIN is out today!
October 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
My book UP IN THE AIR: A HISTORY OF HIGH-RISE BRITAIN is out today!
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Teaching the histories of slavery and keen to inform your students with insights from the most recent research?
Just a month to go before @uclpress.bsky.social publishes this open access (free to download) expert volume. uclpress.co.uk/book/teachin...
Just a month to go before @uclpress.bsky.social publishes this open access (free to download) expert volume. uclpress.co.uk/book/teachin...
Teaching Slavery
This groundbreaking book brings together the latest academic research on Britain’s involvement in transatlantic slavery, with innovative thinking on the teaching of such challenging histories in the c...
uclpress.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Teaching the histories of slavery and keen to inform your students with insights from the most recent research?
Just a month to go before @uclpress.bsky.social publishes this open access (free to download) expert volume. uclpress.co.uk/book/teachin...
Just a month to go before @uclpress.bsky.social publishes this open access (free to download) expert volume. uclpress.co.uk/book/teachin...
Little Owl of the day, 1938
Photograph by G. A. L. Bisseling & F. Kooymans, published in the Illustrated London News
Photograph by G. A. L. Bisseling & F. Kooymans, published in the Illustrated London News
October 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Little Owl of the day, 1938
Photograph by G. A. L. Bisseling & F. Kooymans, published in the Illustrated London News
Photograph by G. A. L. Bisseling & F. Kooymans, published in the Illustrated London News
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MUST READ! In the latest CST blog about the damaging changes going on at the BBC Written Archives Centre, @marklewisohn.bsky.social delivers his cri de cœur squarely at those who came up with or are signing-off on this policy shift. Please read and share widely.
cstonline.net/defending-th...
cstonline.net/defending-th...
DEFENDING THE WAC: MARK LEWISOHN LOOKS AT WHY RENEWED APPRECIATION IS URGENTLY REQUIRED
I was asked to write an op-ed piece saying why I think the BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is a unique and brilliant resource, which I can do because it’s both – and why, therefore…
cstonline.net
October 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
MUST READ! In the latest CST blog about the damaging changes going on at the BBC Written Archives Centre, @marklewisohn.bsky.social delivers his cri de cœur squarely at those who came up with or are signing-off on this policy shift. Please read and share widely.
cstonline.net/defending-th...
cstonline.net/defending-th...
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Thrilled to say I'm a judge for the first ever Inspiring History Teaching Awards, in association with Historic Royal Palaces. Do you know a great history teacher in the UK who deserves to go down in history? Nominate them here 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...
bit.ly
October 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Thrilled to say I'm a judge for the first ever Inspiring History Teaching Awards, in association with Historic Royal Palaces. Do you know a great history teacher in the UK who deserves to go down in history? Nominate them here bit.ly/42yhGZP
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We’re thrilled to celebrate our colleague @lottelydia.bsky.social, whose book Imperial Island (Harvard University Press, 2024) has just been awarded the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize by the American Historical Association! This prestigious award acknowledges Charlotte’s thought-provoking work.
American Historical Association Announces 2025 Prize Winners – AHA
The American Historical Association is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 prizes.
www.historians.org
October 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Most people who use it say it’s amazing at every field other than the one they’re experts in. This seems to be a trend among AI boosters.
October 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Most people who use it say it’s amazing at every field other than the one they’re experts in. This seems to be a trend among AI boosters.
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During this period of open peer review of the Living w/Machines book, 2 new chapters are available:
1. MapReader - a deep cut on the epistemological shift it offers for computational map studies
2. Environmental Scan - a method for digital source criticism at scale
#skystorians #dh #maps #histstm
1. MapReader - a deep cut on the epistemological shift it offers for computational map studies
2. Environmental Scan - a method for digital source criticism at scale
#skystorians #dh #maps #histstm
Hey! We have two new draft chapters of the Living with Machines book up online for your delectation! One on Mapreader and one on the Environmental Scan. read.uolpress.co.uk/projects/liv...
Living with Machines | University of London Press
*Living With Machines* is a data-driven history of the coming of the machine age in Britain in the long nineteenth century. Featuring an innovative open access edition enhanced with interactive maps, ...
read.uolpress.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
During this period of open peer review of the Living w/Machines book, 2 new chapters are available:
1. MapReader - a deep cut on the epistemological shift it offers for computational map studies
2. Environmental Scan - a method for digital source criticism at scale
#skystorians #dh #maps #histstm
1. MapReader - a deep cut on the epistemological shift it offers for computational map studies
2. Environmental Scan - a method for digital source criticism at scale
#skystorians #dh #maps #histstm
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As I head off in search of a branch of Caffe Nero's so I can look at the British Library Online Newspaper Archives for free, I'd like to remind people that this is something you can do.
October 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
As I head off in search of a branch of Caffe Nero's so I can look at the British Library Online Newspaper Archives for free, I'd like to remind people that this is something you can do.
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Listen now to the Bureau of Lost Culture podcast episode with me, discussing commons and common rights
bureauoflostculture.podbean.com/e/who-owns-t...
bureauoflostculture.podbean.com/e/who-owns-t...
Who Owns The Ground Beneath Our Feet? | Bureau of Lost Culture
We walk the streets every day — and through parks, across squares and pavements and along beaches, and mountains, over 'The Commons' — without much thought for who really owns them.
These apparently p...
bureauoflostculture.podbean.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Listen now to the Bureau of Lost Culture podcast episode with me, discussing commons and common rights
bureauoflostculture.podbean.com/e/who-owns-t...
bureauoflostculture.podbean.com/e/who-owns-t...
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I got my first taste of archival research when visited the BBC written Archives as a 3rd year undergrad in 2001 to research my dissertation.
I studied the papers relating to radio programme 'Ack-Ack Beer-Beer', broadcast in WWII for Anti-Aircraft and Balloon Barrage personnel.
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I studied the papers relating to radio programme 'Ack-Ack Beer-Beer', broadcast in WWII for Anti-Aircraft and Balloon Barrage personnel.
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For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.
Reposts welcomed.
Reposts welcomed.
Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...
Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research
observer.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I got my first taste of archival research when visited the BBC written Archives as a 3rd year undergrad in 2001 to research my dissertation.
I studied the papers relating to radio programme 'Ack-Ack Beer-Beer', broadcast in WWII for Anti-Aircraft and Balloon Barrage personnel.
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I studied the papers relating to radio programme 'Ack-Ack Beer-Beer', broadcast in WWII for Anti-Aircraft and Balloon Barrage personnel.
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For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.
Reposts welcomed.
Reposts welcomed.
Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...
Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research
observer.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.
Reposts welcomed.
Reposts welcomed.
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I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.
October 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.
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Join us for a roundtable on 'The Modern British City' in January at Senate House, London, with Simon Gunn, Erika Hanna, Owen Hatherley, Peter Mandler, Otto Saumarez Smith and Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, followed by wine! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Roundtable: 'The Modern British City'
www.history.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Join us for a roundtable on 'The Modern British City' in January at Senate House, London, with Simon Gunn, Erika Hanna, Owen Hatherley, Peter Mandler, Otto Saumarez Smith and Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, followed by wine! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
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Applications are open for our free Teacher CPD Conference (16-17 Dec). For state-school teachers & leaders focused on pupil progression, especially those new to Oxford, the Russell Group, or HE. Accommodation and meals included.
For more info, go to https://tinyurl.com/4ha7f8wk.
For more info, go to https://tinyurl.com/4ha7f8wk.
October 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Applications are open for our free Teacher CPD Conference (16-17 Dec). For state-school teachers & leaders focused on pupil progression, especially those new to Oxford, the Russell Group, or HE. Accommodation and meals included.
For more info, go to https://tinyurl.com/4ha7f8wk.
For more info, go to https://tinyurl.com/4ha7f8wk.
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These are Charlie Kirk’s politics; this is his legacy
Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations
Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
These are Charlie Kirk’s politics; this is his legacy
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'“The idea that universities have lost public support…comes from the media, from a cacophony of newspaper journalists who fill papers with a daily diet of anti-university stories, circulating and recirculating the same stories".' Might help if senior managers articulated the counternarrative. 2/2
September 30, 2025 at 6:17 AM
'“The idea that universities have lost public support…comes from the media, from a cacophony of newspaper journalists who fill papers with a daily diet of anti-university stories, circulating and recirculating the same stories".' Might help if senior managers articulated the counternarrative. 2/2
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interested in the history of mining, smelting, heavy industry, workplace health & safety, or company magazines in canada?the trail bc museum and bcrdh.ca have just digitized a complete run of "cominco magazine."
bcrdh.ca/islandora/ob...
thanks to @kellyblack.ca for the tip!
#bchist #cdnhist #envhist
bcrdh.ca/islandora/ob...
thanks to @kellyblack.ca for the tip!
#bchist #cdnhist #envhist
September 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
interested in the history of mining, smelting, heavy industry, workplace health & safety, or company magazines in canada?the trail bc museum and bcrdh.ca have just digitized a complete run of "cominco magazine."
bcrdh.ca/islandora/ob...
thanks to @kellyblack.ca for the tip!
#bchist #cdnhist #envhist
bcrdh.ca/islandora/ob...
thanks to @kellyblack.ca for the tip!
#bchist #cdnhist #envhist
Doing some of my favourite kind of research: surveying periodicals. The ones I'm looking at are usually bound up with other random titles, leading to some wonderful chance encounters!
September 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Doing some of my favourite kind of research: surveying periodicals. The ones I'm looking at are usually bound up with other random titles, leading to some wonderful chance encounters!