Ailsa Maxwell

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Tea: it's such an essential part of British culture. @ailsa_m_ tells us all about how tea became part of not only adults but also children's daily lives as a form of education in the 18th century: historyofeducation.org.uk/the-refinement…

@ElenaFranRossi @HistEdSocUK Thank you @ElenaFranRossi !!

One of my favourite blogs we've had for @HistEdSocUK! It made me reminisce about the plastic tea set my nan and grandad had for when the grandchildren visited - I think it had Snoopy on it.. Thanks @ailsa_m_ ☕️

We invite you all to raise a glass (of tea) to our first blog post of the year! Ever wondered about the origins of your childhood tea sets? @ailsa_m_ tells us all about the education of children in tea culture in 18th century Britain: historyofeducation.org.uk/the-refinement…

As it's Christmas we thought we'd give an honourable mention to #GeorgeMichael who died on Christmas Day in 2016 ❤️🎄 In his youth George was a member of the Young Communist League of Britain @yclbritain under his original name, Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou. While not... (1/12)

Morning cuppa? ☕ Drawing of a cat drinking from a cup and saucer by Beatrix Potter, drawn in the 1890s. See Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature - fal.cn/3sR6F

One of the greatest letters ever written. Harold Pinter to Tom Stoppard. November 5, 2001.

if and when I get a creditable thesis done, I feel I’ll deserve a champagne blast to celebrate...heck, wine will do. 9/24/54

Our first seminar is just one week away (28 Sept)! @gvullinghs chairs @emma_pearce98 & @ailsa_m_ sharing research on runaway slave advertisements and children’s tableware. See Eventbrite link for abstracts & registration 👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/material-vis…

The CECS PG Forum Team are absolutely delighted to be able to share the program for our upcoming online conference 'Transformative Times' with you! Registration is open to all postgraduates now, just sign up on our eventbrite here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/384831721037

If you’re in Cambridge come along to spice up your Tuesday night by hearing about dead people’s diaries!

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This is Piglet. She politely requests a bedtime story. Has to be a fresh one. No repeats. 12/10

@ezhossington Love this so much 😂😂

@ezhossington So pure

@Joe_Cozens @KHarveyHistory Thank you!!

Paging @ailsa_m_ @KHarveyHistory Download the PDF here: academia.edu/61526683/CFP_B…

Victorian leather and velvet boots, 1890.

a haunted house for chronically ill people, but it’s just endless rooms of doctors saying ‘the tests came back negative’ and ‘do you think you might be stressed?’ until you reach the final dungeon where the DWP assessor hands you an application form & says you don’t look sick