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Jun 13
French goldsmiths in Edinburgh's Canongate: Making royal jewels for Anna of Denmark: vanishedcomforts.org/2026/05…
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Take a Look at our Spring Selection this May Bank Holiday Weekend!; #springtime #SpringFlowers #gardens #May #bankholiday #weekend #decorative #LePrintemps #seasons #waterfall #DeLarmessin #French #artwork #holiday #antiqueprints; grosvenorprints.com/stock.ph…
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'Bannockburn tells me that he has a bond of my Uncle Archibald’s to make forthcoming the small neckless of pearl': A Scottish family lawyer in the 17th century
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Here are the full details for the "Hungry for Data" workshop, including "Travel and accommodation costs of accepted speakers will be reimbursed according to COST rules. Early career researchers may also apply for Short-Term Scientific Missions".
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Triumph of Time: Procession marks British Summer Time; #Spring2026 #seasons #time #classical #Triumphs #Petrarch #chariot #Heemskerck #artwork #clocks #summertime #months #WeekendMode #daylightsavingstime #figures #winged #procession; grosvenorprints.com/stock.ph…
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8 Nov 2025
Call for papers for a special issue of the 'Journal of Early Modern Studies' edited by Brendan Dooley and Stefano Villani: Diplomacy and the Circulation of Political Information in Early Modern Europe. Deadline: 31 January 2026. 🔗 go.umd.edu/24lh
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Jan 18
'now we have ended this Feastivall time', A Christmas masque at Apethorpe
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Jan 16
It's pretty wild how the Iranian regime just hit the kill switch on the Internet, started butchering its population, and it's completely fallen off of the discourse radar because there's no information getting out and the attention economy can't focus on a blank spot on the map.
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No one is above the law...except for the guy we all saw on video murdering some lady. We're not even going to investigate him.
A reminder to all those in Minnesota: No one is above the law.
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Jan 17
To show solidarity with Greenland, I have followed the Danish women's volleyball team on Instagram.
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Even the Nazis didn’t occupy it this long.
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Jan 1
Delighted to have an article published in The British Journal for the History of Science:
Capturing colour on HMS Beagle: Charles Darwin and Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours (1821) bit.ly/3YOPwHA
With enormous thanks to @sgsah, @SHNHSocNatHist
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30 Dec 2025
My book 'Elizabeth I's Ladies, Gentlewomen and Maids: The Women Who Served The Tudor Queen' is finally out on kindle today.
amzn.to/4mROQvz
#elizabethi #elizabeth1 #womenshistory #tudorhistory #elizabethanhistory #kindle #queenelizabethi #queenelizabeth1 #tudors #newbooks
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27 Dec 2025
What secrets lurk inside Fife’s ‘forgotten fortress’ of Ballinbreich Castle?
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14 Dec 2025
14 Days of Elizabethan Christmas
New Blog Post
blog.heathershanette.com/ind…
In the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603) Christmas celebrations lasted two whole weeks. They began on Christmas Eve (24 December) and ended on Twelfth Night (6 January).
#tudors #tudorchristmas #twelfthnight #elizabethan #queenelizabethi #tudorhistory #elizabeth1 #christmas #tudorsatchristmas
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2 Dec 2025
Edward VI's Nurses: Mistress Penn and Mother Jak
New Blog Post
Historically there has been much confusion over the roles and identities of Edward VI's nurses. Who was Sybil Penn? Why is she said to haunt Hampton Court Palace? Was she Prince Edward's dry nurse or wet nurse? Was 'Mother Jak' a real person?
My article answers these questions and the mystery surrounding 'Mother Jak':
blog.heathershanette.com/ind…
#tudors #tudorwomen #edwardvi #nurses #royalhistory #tudorhistory #sybilpenn #motherjak
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25 Nov 2025
We’re celebrating St Catherine’s Day tonight with the traditional dinner for Senior Members and finalists. St Catherine of Alexandria, Balliol’s patron since the 13th century, is honoured throughout College - look for her in the Old Common Room, Library, Hall, and Chapel.
ALT The St Catherine window in the Chapel, portraying the removal of Catherine’s body by angels to Mt Sinai
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23 Nov 2025
First of a new history series I’m doing online where I expose the shittest 💩 history trips you can go on but shouldn’t. Got a crap musuem, art gallery, castle etc you want me to rate? Let me know on here or tiktok (Jessicasuaka). #History #travel #thingstodo #historian #chode 😂
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Michael Pearce retweeted
13 Nov 2025
#Twitterstorians CALL FOR PAPERS!
I’m so excited to announce the third Communication and Exchange in the Early Modern 1500-1850 conference: ‘A Continent in Conversation.’ (Aberystwyth University, 11-12 June 2026).
Please do check out and share our #CfP!
#earlymodern #History
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31 Oct 2025
We are delighted that from Monday we will be Co-CEOs of @HistoricEngland. We will be posting from @HE_ChiefExec, so this account will no longer be active. We feel privileged to be in this exciting role and look forward to sharing our news with you.
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