Michael Taylor
@mhtaylor.bsky.social
Historian, cat-guardian, legal consultant, and diminishing cricketer
This is a cat who does not care about the wreckage of fur on the sheets, or the fact that I cannot reach the book without risking terrible injury
October 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This is a cat who does not care about the wreckage of fur on the sheets, or the fact that I cannot reach the book without risking terrible injury
How does an Allen Lane paperback by a Wolfson Prize winner get the name of a prime minister wrong?
September 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
How does an Allen Lane paperback by a Wolfson Prize winner get the name of a prime minister wrong?
Plotting the chapters for the final section of the book I'm writing and, out of context, it looks like I've finally cracked:
August 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Plotting the chapters for the final section of the book I'm writing and, out of context, it looks like I've finally cracked:
Truly the worst day of the year as I attempt to wrestle this creature to the vet for her checkup
July 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Truly the worst day of the year as I attempt to wrestle this creature to the vet for her checkup
Alcaraz dedicating his victory to the Code of Justinian
June 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Alcaraz dedicating his victory to the Code of Justinian
Such a magnificent book
April 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Such a magnificent book
Men!
What’s stopping you from drinking under the watchful eye of the German imperial eagle?
What’s stopping you from drinking under the watchful eye of the German imperial eagle?
April 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Men!
What’s stopping you from drinking under the watchful eye of the German imperial eagle?
What’s stopping you from drinking under the watchful eye of the German imperial eagle?
Holidays are all well and good until you start missing your cat
April 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Holidays are all well and good until you start missing your cat
It is a source of endless delight that when the (real) Illuminati collapsed from 1784-87, they were essentially brought down by the Dowager Duchess of Bavaria.
A formidable, acerbic matriarch ...
A formidable, acerbic matriarch ...
March 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It is a source of endless delight that when the (real) Illuminati collapsed from 1784-87, they were essentially brought down by the Dowager Duchess of Bavaria.
A formidable, acerbic matriarch ...
A formidable, acerbic matriarch ...
“Was ist Eurovision?”
March 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
“Was ist Eurovision?”
Shortlisted for the @duffcooperprize.bsky.social
A book of the year in @thetls.bsky.social, @economist.com & @bloomberg.com
Described as “marvellous” @theguardian.com, “beautifully written” @historyextra.bsky.social & “everything that popular history should be” (Lit Rev) …
And now in paperback!
A book of the year in @thetls.bsky.social, @economist.com & @bloomberg.com
Described as “marvellous” @theguardian.com, “beautifully written” @historyextra.bsky.social & “everything that popular history should be” (Lit Rev) …
And now in paperback!
February 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Shortlisted for the @duffcooperprize.bsky.social
A book of the year in @thetls.bsky.social, @economist.com & @bloomberg.com
Described as “marvellous” @theguardian.com, “beautifully written” @historyextra.bsky.social & “everything that popular history should be” (Lit Rev) …
And now in paperback!
A book of the year in @thetls.bsky.social, @economist.com & @bloomberg.com
Described as “marvellous” @theguardian.com, “beautifully written” @historyextra.bsky.social & “everything that popular history should be” (Lit Rev) …
And now in paperback!
Can we please draw up a list of places that a cat who is taking flea medication should not be?
February 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Can we please draw up a list of places that a cat who is taking flea medication should not be?
January 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Checking the proofs of my next book - coming soon with @camhistory.bsky.social as part of @royalhistsoc.bsky.social’s Camden Series - and I have called for expert assistance
January 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Checking the proofs of my next book - coming soon with @camhistory.bsky.social as part of @royalhistsoc.bsky.social’s Camden Series - and I have called for expert assistance
Immensely honoured to be shortlisted for this year’s @duffcooperprize.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Immensely honoured to be shortlisted for this year’s @duffcooperprize.bsky.social
The Harrowing of the North? The Hammer of the Scots?
Eat your heart out …
Eat your heart out …
January 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The Harrowing of the North? The Hammer of the Scots?
Eat your heart out …
Eat your heart out …
Absolute scenes at Ingolstadt in 1785 as one of the Illuminati’s allies is banished for the crimes of “wearing his habit in a gallant style” and “saying Mass in seven minutes at most”
January 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Absolute scenes at Ingolstadt in 1785 as one of the Illuminati’s allies is banished for the crimes of “wearing his habit in a gallant style” and “saying Mass in seven minutes at most”
Really looking forward to Nigel Biggar’s maiden speech in the House of Lords
December 22, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Really looking forward to Nigel Biggar’s maiden speech in the House of Lords
Start your Christmas with a comparative history of education in C18th Germany!
December 21, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Start your Christmas with a comparative history of education in C18th Germany!
This interview remains peerless. Shame it never happened.
December 6, 2024 at 3:25 PM
This interview remains peerless. Shame it never happened.
This is ridiculous.
Jeremy Black in one breath despising historians who load judgments “with moral overtones”, and in the next he demands praise for Britain’s “benign” institutions and “national greatness” and insisting that “we should feel pride” in British history.
Jeremy Black in one breath despising historians who load judgments “with moral overtones”, and in the next he demands praise for Britain’s “benign” institutions and “national greatness” and insisting that “we should feel pride” in British history.
November 21, 2024 at 5:16 PM
This is ridiculous.
Jeremy Black in one breath despising historians who load judgments “with moral overtones”, and in the next he demands praise for Britain’s “benign” institutions and “national greatness” and insisting that “we should feel pride” in British history.
Jeremy Black in one breath despising historians who load judgments “with moral overtones”, and in the next he demands praise for Britain’s “benign” institutions and “national greatness” and insisting that “we should feel pride” in British history.
This cat is no respecter of work calls
November 18, 2024 at 1:24 PM
This cat is no respecter of work calls
Unacceptable that I haven’t yet posted a cat photo on this platform, so here you go:
November 14, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Unacceptable that I haven’t yet posted a cat photo on this platform, so here you go:
This has arrived in the post and it seems to contain a lot of discussion of tax policy, and I’m more excited about that than I should be
November 11, 2024 at 12:37 PM
This has arrived in the post and it seems to contain a lot of discussion of tax policy, and I’m more excited about that than I should be