Writing Lives

I've just had the call. I've refused entry. This is an interesting phone call. Doing this for everyone for our school staff everywhere! @Ofstednews @Headteacherchat #ShineOn #BurnBrighter

@lukeoneil47 @princessjack Awful

@AmandaISeligman Carolyn Steedman, Poetry for Historians; or, W. H. Auden and History (2018)

A question for #twitterstorians. A grad student asked me for examples of historians who use poetry among their primary sources. I couldn't think of any examples. Can you? Please share widely.

A glimpse of some of the work by @sbriercliffe for @BCLivingMuseum ‘Forging Ahead’ project - new book out next month! ‘Never-before-seen pictures show how the Black Country looked during the post-war boom’ birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/…

Also on our Dickens MA blog, you can see posts from some of our past students on their research and experience. First up is David Stockman discussing what the Dickens MA meant for him: dickensma.wordpress.com/2020/06/04/the… 1/

Did you know we hold over 10,000 diaries of everyday folk in the Great Diary Project #archives @BishopsgateInst? Volumes & stories that might not find a home elsewhere. Here’s some lovely diaries waiting for the magic touch of our in-house Diary Guru Dr Polly North!

Our new issue is now published, with articles on agrarian capitalism, convict corpses, sodomite conspiracies, immoral seamen, female music students, and English radicalism! Read all the new articles here: tandfonline.com/toc/rfcs20/cur…

@UoYBorthwick @JBHist Gosh this is gorgeous

The lively 1819 scrapbook of young Laura Catherine Hannam certainly counts as #somethingcolourful for #IAW2021! #IAD2021

22 June, 8pm: free online concert with performances of millworkers' poems and songs, come join us! eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-factory-… @LearningHoolet @newlanarkwhs

#RT @BrunelSpecColl: RT @Writing__Lives: Frank William Bealey, Prof of Politics at LSE asked his secretary to type out his mother Nora's memoir! Those were the days 😜 @BrunelSpecColl @emilymcuming @DrLauraKing @EmmaGriffinHist @JBHist @JuliaLaite @JMUEnglish

#RT @BrunelSpecColl: RT @Writing__Lives: Entry on Lucy Luck in the Bibliography of Working Class Autobiography edited by Burnett, Vincent and Mayall. The copy of her memoir is held by @BrunelSpecColl writinglives.org/biographical-e…

Madleine Linford reviews the film "Sons of the Empire" in the Manchester Guardian on 25th May 1917. " I t is a curious fact that in picture-houses, commonly considered the lightest and least serious form of amusement, there is far the greatest evidence of the shadow of war.

Important statement from RHS on closures @LSBU and elsewhere. Thank you for the support.

@thegentleauthor Ring out the bells! Fantastic news!

A message from our patron to all supporters of the SAVE THE BETHNAL GREEN MULBERRY campaign following Friday's joyous High Court verdict that it cannot be dug up. "A great cause for rejoicing…..What wonderful news! With love, Judi"

@rjbealey @hampton1895 Thank you Ros for helping Hattie make such a rich & fascinating Author Blog on Nora Hampton & pleasure to read. Gorgeous photo of Nora here & great to discover a forgotten word for tomboy! “It was myself who got into trouble as a tom boy and ripstitch” writinglives.org/introductions/…

It has been an amazing experience talking to Nora's daughter Rosemary. I have found out so much extra information about Nora's life, hobbies, interests, and education. I have also been in touch with Nora's Granddaughter Ros Campbell who has sent me some lovely images of Nora!

We are delighted to announce the extension of our long-term partnership with the @britishlibrary. Since 2011 we have digitised over 42 million newspaper pages together, and we look forward to publishing millions more. Read more here: bit.ly/3vgMRpO #BritishLibrary

It seems workplace parties have been around for a while! In 1866, Old Gang Smelt Mills hosted a tea party with brass bands and amusements for their workers and families, to celebrate improved working conditions [ZLB]. #HBAHHospitality