Miles Ogborn
@milesogborn.bsky.social
Historical geographer at Queen Mary University of London | writes books | reads books | working on working on the 1831-2 Uprising in Jamaica | picture from Keith Piper (2007) Lost Vitrines.
I will hear nothing further against ChatGPT. The case is closed.
July 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I will hear nothing further against ChatGPT. The case is closed.
Was Keith Haring an 11th century Welsh stone carver?
January 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Was Keith Haring an 11th century Welsh stone carver?
Coffee at a Welsh castle (coffee not shown).
December 30, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Coffee at a Welsh castle (coffee not shown).
How the Swedish deal with it
October 28, 2024 at 6:44 AM
How the Swedish deal with it
Got to love A Level Sociology. Althusserian ‘Odd one out’, and Ideological State Apparatus is so familiar it’s an abbreviation.
October 6, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Got to love A Level Sociology. Althusserian ‘Odd one out’, and Ideological State Apparatus is so familiar it’s an abbreviation.
Very pleased that this is now published open access:
“Fire in Jamaica, 1831-32” in Journal of British Studies doi.org/10.1017/jbr....
The politics of fire and habitation in the largest uprising in the British Caribbean colonies.
“Fire in Jamaica, 1831-32” in Journal of British Studies doi.org/10.1017/jbr....
The politics of fire and habitation in the largest uprising in the British Caribbean colonies.
September 23, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Very pleased that this is now published open access:
“Fire in Jamaica, 1831-32” in Journal of British Studies doi.org/10.1017/jbr....
The politics of fire and habitation in the largest uprising in the British Caribbean colonies.
“Fire in Jamaica, 1831-32” in Journal of British Studies doi.org/10.1017/jbr....
The politics of fire and habitation in the largest uprising in the British Caribbean colonies.
Now that’s a juke box.
May 11, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Now that’s a juke box.
It was fabulous. Imagine those trumpets sounding out.
November 2, 2023 at 11:44 PM
It was fabulous. Imagine those trumpets sounding out.
Going to see Calexico tonight. Thank you to @ericlaurier.bsky.social for introducing us to Feast of Wire twenty years ago! #alt-mariachi
November 2, 2023 at 2:45 PM
Going to see Calexico tonight. Thank you to @ericlaurier.bsky.social for introducing us to Feast of Wire twenty years ago! #alt-mariachi
Great to have Vincent Brown at Queen Mary this week. Excellent lecture this evening on ‘Black History’s warning to the world’.
October 17, 2023 at 10:46 PM
Great to have Vincent Brown at Queen Mary this week. Excellent lecture this evening on ‘Black History’s warning to the world’.
Lovely late summer sailing: Whitstable to Sheppey return.
October 7, 2023 at 11:57 AM
Lovely late summer sailing: Whitstable to Sheppey return.
Ok. That’s changed since I was last on London Wall.
September 22, 2023 at 12:11 PM
Ok. That’s changed since I was last on London Wall.
Dropped into the V&A to see Francis Williams. Good to see him getting some attention again.
September 19, 2023 at 1:47 PM
Dropped into the V&A to see Francis Williams. Good to see him getting some attention again.
It’s Tube time. Always loved this clock.
September 19, 2023 at 11:43 AM
It’s Tube time. Always loved this clock.
