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Prof. Elaine Chalus
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Historian of 18C/19C women, politics, sociability and cosmopolitanism. Frequently infuriated by politics. Reposting not necessarily a statement of personal beliefs.
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My father in 1945. In Naval Intelligence, he was in charge of the French coast, locking the D-Day invasion plans up the night before, had survived a plane crash in the Libyan desert, being bombed out of a Cairo hospital & was the first person Ian Fleming asked to join the Commandos. #remembranceday
My father, Ronnie, in the Netherlands in 1945. Ronnie in Cairo A letter to Naval Intelligence officers thanking them for their work on D-Day.
November 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Wolf was splashing happily in a very hot mustard bath in front of the parlour fire. Old Fox had installed a lovely bathroom upstairs a number of years ago, but Wolf much preferred an old-fashioned affair where one's wallowing was by candlelight and the peaceful hiss and crackle of the hearth.
Wolf A very cosy hearth-side scene from Dennis Severs' House in London.
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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#cfp Explore Austen's first-sold and last-composed novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, with the Jane Austen Society of North America. CFP closes November 30. #c18 #18thc #18thcentury #austen #janeausten
lindas1775.bsky.social LindaS @lindas1775.bsky.social · 17d
PLEASE SHARE: The Call for Papers for the 2026 JASNA AGM is open through Nov 30. The conference will be in Tucson, AZ, Oct 29-Nov 1, 2026, focusing on Jane Austen's Bath Novels: Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. 1/4
Logo for the 2026 Jane Austen Society of North America conference, with the theme Jane Austen's Bath Novels: Northanger Abbey and Persuasion
November 8, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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I’ll be speaking about the very object featured below - the Le Vacher machine - and how mothers in Georgian England used devices like it to 'straighten' children’s bodies. #HistMed #MaterialCulture #MedicalHumanities #18thCentury
annafranjam.bsky.social Dr Anna Jamieson @annafranjam.bsky.social · 9d
Less than a month to go until our free online workshop *Object Stories in Health and Medicine, 1700-1900*. Friday 5 December from 10am GMT. Tickets available through this link! 
www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/objec...
November 8, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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MINUTES COURT MARTIAL ADMIRAL LORD GAMBIER 1809 ROYAL NAVY Battle Basque Roads

#books #antiquarian #19thcentury #RoyalNavy #law #trial #courtmartial #navalhistory #battle #war #bookauction
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November 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Schumer offers Republicans a deal to extend health care subsidies, end shutdown

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Schumer offers Republicans a deal to extend health care subsidies, end shutdown
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is making a new offer to reopen the government on Friday as Republicans have refused to negotiate on their demands to extend health care subsidies.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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The loss of Pokrovsk, though long anticipated, would be a significant blow for Ukraine. Worse could come later: the city is a crossroads that offers Russia a base for further advances
Ukraine’s valiant defence of Pokrovsk is nearing its end
Russia suffers huge casualties, but its new drone-powered assault is working
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November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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dell.bsky.social
if we could only harness the power of try-hard, a single hegseth would keep even the largest of our cities lit for weeks
pbump.com Philip Bump @pbump.com · 8d
OK, one, there is a reason to go to wartime footing, and that is war. I get that he is excited about war but that doesn't mean there is one.

Two, we get it: you heard someone say FAFO and thought it was cool. It is not actually cool. Maybe you should say we will get 67 drones or something?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d
Hegseth: "We are not building for peacetime. We are pivoting the Pentagon and our industrial base to a wartime footing. Building for victory should our adversaries FAFO."
November 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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georgianlords.bsky.social
July 1739: the General Evening Post reports the death of Mr Kent, holder of the office of chimney sweeper to the king's palaces 'a place of considerable profit'. He is succeeded in the post by a Mr Fatt. Both are described as being Black, so presumably of African heritage.
November 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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#OnThisDay 1794 the king made the formal announcement of the Prince of Wales's engagement to Princess Caroline of Brunswick...
5 November may have been deemed an auspicious day, but it didn't work out well.
#HistParl
painting of a man in late 18th century clothing. He has curled grey hair and wears a double-breasted dark coat with a white cravat underneath. On his breast is a silver star. painting of a young woman in late 18th-century clothing. She wears a light coloured dress with a dark shawl and a bonnet on top of her curled brown hair.
November 5, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Here at the House of Lords (1715-90) section of the History of Parliament, we are currently working on William Montagu, 2nd duke of Manchester, who was Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (1737-39), so would have been very familiar with this exercise.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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annelouiseavery.bsky.social
All Souls' Day, and in the blue dusk light, carrying a lantern, Old Fox walked down to the churchyard. A barn owl called down from the tower, and was answered somewhere in the trees.
Robert Bateman, Barn Owl in the Churchyard Old Fox Benjamin Haughton, Woman in a Churchyard.
November 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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itbodes.bsky.social
One of my favorite winter traditions. 🎄❄️ Buy Anne a coffee and you might receive your own Advent calendar story. I’ve cherished mine over the years.

Hurry, these 24 calendar windows sell out quickly.
#stories #holidays
annelouiseavery.bsky.social Anne Louise Avery @annelouiseavery.bsky.social · 16d
❄️It's time for Old Fox to plan his Advent Calendar! Throughout December, I will be writing one frozen fragment each day, blown in by the North Wind. Join my patreon or buy me a chocolate on Ko-fi (ko-fi.com/annelouiseav...) & write Christmas in the message & I will add you to my list of 24 windows❄️
Illustration of a hare lighting candles on an Advent wreath by DD McInnes
November 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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annelouiseavery.bsky.social
The Fox of Greenwich Village leapt out of bed that morning and rushed to buy three different newspapers. "Keep the change!" he beamed at the seller, and as he jay-walked across to his usual coffee shop, he whistled a merry tune. Inside was steamy and smoky and very busy with a hum of conversation & breakfast orders. His professor friend from NYU, an elderly badger with waxed whiskers, was sitting by the window and he waved at him and squeezed in opposite. "What a morning! What a morning!" said the Fox. "What a morning, indeed!" said the Professor, "The beacon is lit and it is blazing! It gleams o'er sea and land, my friend, o'er sea and land!"
November 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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What a fabulously curated and presented site this is. Clean & clear to navigate, lots of fascinating data & artifacts. And to hear newly recorded political songs from the era! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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Eighteenth-Century Political Participation & Electoral Culture
18th-century Britain is notorious for corrupt and restrictive politics, when few could vote, bribery and debauchery were commonplace. But it was also an age when modern democracy was being shaped.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP) nwssdtp.ac.uk/how-to-apply/ Economic and Social History at University of Liverpool #skystorians 🗃️
November 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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PhD Studentship: Announcing 3 PhD Studentships within Royal Holloway funded by the AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards
Royal Holloway, University of London - Doctoral School #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH439/p...
PhD Studentship: Announcing 3 PhD Studentships within Royal Holloway funded by the AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards at Royal Holloway, University of London
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November 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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Postdoctoral Researcher Position in “Conflict Archaeology”
Kiel University - The Cluster of Excellence ROOTS #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI056/p...
Postdoctoral Researcher Position in “Conflict Archaeology” at Kiel University
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November 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Postdoctoral Researcher Position in “History of Knowledge of the Ancient World”- Kiel University - The Cluster of Excellence ROOTS #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI059/p...
Postdoctoral Researcher Position in “History of Knowledge of the Ancient World” at Kiel University
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November 7, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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The Scott Opler Fellowship in Architectural History for the Period 2026-2028
University of Oxford - Worcester College HR - Research Fellows #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH476/t...
The Scott Opler Fellowship in Architectural History for the Period 2026-2028 at University of Oxford
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November 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Postdoctoral Researcher Position in the “Reflective Turn Forum”
Kiel University - The Cluster of Excellence ROOTS #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI079/p...
Postdoctoral Researcher Position in the “Reflective Turn Forum” at Kiel University
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November 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Doctoral Research position "Quantitative Modelling of Conflict Processes in the Context of Fortifications, Boundaries, and Inequalities in Metal Ages"
Kiel University - The Cluster of Excellence ROOTS #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI085/d...
Doctoral Research position "Quantitative Modelling of Conflict Processes in the Context of Fortifications, Boundaries, and Inequalities in Metal Ages" at Kiel University
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November 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Doctoral Researcher Position in "Conflict Resolution - Boundaries and Communal Places as de-escalation Measures"
Kiel University - The Cluster of Excellence ROOTS #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI097/d...
Doctoral Researcher Position in "Conflict Resolution - Boundaries and Communal Places as de-escalation Measures" at Kiel University
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November 7, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Doctoral Researcher Position in “History of Knowledge of the Medieval World”
Kiel University - The Cluster of Excellence ROOTS #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI101/d...
Doctoral Researcher Position in “History of Knowledge of the Medieval World” at Kiel University
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November 7, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Associate Lecturer - Philosophy
Birkbeck, University of London - School of Historical Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI113/a...
Associate Lecturer - Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London
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November 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM