Preserving Our Past

A series of @BAVS_UK talks by leading Victorianists is taking place in Liverpool, Weds 8th May. Free.

Register your place: https://t.co/wPsOil3k6g

Limited tickets remaining for our lunchtime talk on 'Scandalous John' - a homosexual civil servant imprisoned for 18 years for espionage, after the Soviet Secret Service blackmailed him into passing on state secrets in 1962: https://t.co/0bnUREiBzU #ColdWarSeason

Today is an important date for #Leeds. We start our commemorations for #DavidOluwale50th, 50 years since the last verified sighting of David alive. Read more about David in this fantastic resource from @becketthistory students: https://t.co/dGDAG4t1sK

Hear @ProfPamelaCox @essexsociology on how #JohnLewis broke the #retail mould with their partnership model - tonight 9pm on @channel5_tv 'Inside John Lewis' @ElephantHouseTV @Uni_of_Essex https://t.co/jwZofydHM1

Nice to see my review in History Today

Just off to Sheffield for a hackathon on data about tattoos recorded by the Digital Panopticon. Very much looking forward.

Book your tickets for our one-day event ' Unlocking Your Family History'. With experts from @ourcriminalpast and Peter Higginbotham @Workhouses . https://t.co/qRJC968961 @moreHarrogate @moreRipon

I'm looking for a research assistant to do archival research on 19c sexual offences trials over the summer in London, mainly @UkNatArchives and LMA, starting asap!
#twitterstorians #phdchat #histsex pls RT, share and get in touch - link in bio @Historylabplus⁩ @IHRHistoryLab

#BookReview A History of Women in Medicine – Cunning Women, Physicians, Witches by @sineadspearing as seen in @AboutHistoryMag: 'This is a vast subject and Spearing's book is an excellent introduction to it.' https://t.co/vtyFHQwaz9

Can't wait to see that underground London exhibition at @LdnMetArchives which promises to answer the mystery of Malcolm McLaren's secret shopping arcade under Oxford Street - as discussed here. https://t.co/bkj5HB1bgK