#ukhistory — Public Fediverse posts
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International Fire & Safety Journal: Peers approve funding for Grenfell Tower archive and preservation works. “The House of Lords has passed the Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) Bill to provide statutory authority for the construction and long-term management of a permanent memorial at the tower site.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/27/international-fire-safety-journal-peers-approve-funding-for-grenfell-tower-archive-and-preservation-works/ -
#TIL that the Royal Navy started employing female nurses for land-based service in naval hospitals during the 1880s. They weren't commissioned, but were treated as equivalent to junior officers: they had private "cabins" (rooms), were addressed as "Madam", included beside officers in the published Navy List from 1885 onwards, and male Sick Bay Attendants had to follow their "requests" the same as orders from the surgeon.
They were not allowed to treat "afflictions of the middle third of the body" (sexually-transmitted diseases) in the male sailors, and didn't actually go to sea until 1898.
#history #womensHistory #militaryHistory #navalHistory #UKhistory
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UK govt fed radioactive chapati to Asian women without consent: Dark experiment explained https://english.mathrubhumi.com/technology/science/radioactive-chapati-coventry-experiment-south-asian-women-uk-1969-dh73z671?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #UKHistory #MedicalEthics #Coventry #SouthAsianCommunity
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._J._H._Nash
Posting about Paul Marshall and GB News made me think about the origins of his religious convictions.
I would imagine it might be possible to ascribe much of the rise of current C of E conservative evangelicalism to the influence of E. J. H. Nash.
I would like to read a good critical account of Nash and the "Bash campers". I do not hold out high hopes for the book suggested as further reading at the foot of the Wikipedia entry.
Need I add that I consider Nash's influence on British society and culture to have been pernicious?
#UKHistory #EJHNash #ConservativeEvangelicalism #ChurchOfEngland #Iwerne #PaulMarshall
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British Library: The British Newspaper Archive reaches 100 million pages. “This week the British Newspaper Archive hits the milestone of 100 million digitised pages. We in the British Library news team are celebrating this achievement and our long partnership with Find My Past by picking a few highlights from the BNA.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/24/british-library-the-british-newspaper-archive-reaches-100-million-pages/ -
Historical Tour Of England’s Doomed Monasteries
Echoes of a lost world. We journey through the haunting ruins of England's great abbeys and priories, exploring the dramatic impact of Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries on the nation's landscape and faith.
#History #UKHistory #Monasteries #Archaeology #EnglishHeritage #Tudors #uk #historical
https://www.history-channel.org/historical-tour-of-englands-doomed-monasteries/
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Historical Tour Of England’s Doomed Monasteries
Echoes of a lost world. We journey through the haunting ruins of England's great abbeys and priories, exploring the dramatic impact of Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries on the nation's landscape and faith.
#History #UKHistory #Monasteries #Archaeology #EnglishHeritage #Tudors #uk #historical
https://www.history-channel.org/historical-tour-of-englands-doomed-monasteries/
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Historical Tour Of England’s Doomed Monasteries
Echoes of a lost world. We journey through the haunting ruins of England's great abbeys and priories, exploring the dramatic impact of Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries on the nation's landscape and faith.
#History #UKHistory #Monasteries #Archaeology #EnglishHeritage #Tudors #uk #historical
https://www.history-channel.org/historical-tour-of-englands-doomed-monasteries/
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Historical Tour Of England’s Doomed Monasteries
Echoes of a lost world. We journey through the haunting ruins of England's great abbeys and priories, exploring the dramatic impact of Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries on the nation's landscape and faith.
#History #UKHistory #Monasteries #Archaeology #EnglishHeritage #Tudors #uk #historical
https://www.history-channel.org/historical-tour-of-englands-doomed-monasteries/
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Historical Tour Of England’s Doomed Monasteries
Echoes of a lost world. We journey through the haunting ruins of England's great abbeys and priories, exploring the dramatic impact of Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries on the nation's landscape and faith.
#History #UKHistory #Monasteries #Archaeology #EnglishHeritage #Tudors #uk #historical
https://www.history-channel.org/historical-tour-of-englands-doomed-monasteries/
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The Real History Behind Shakespeare’s Life | Secrets of Stratford
The man behind the curtain. We journey to Stratford-upon-Avon to uncover the hidden details of William Shakespeare's life and separate the facts from the myths surrounding the world's greatest playwright.
#History #Shakespeare #Stratford #Literature #UKHistory #Documentary
https://www.history-channel.org/the-real-history-behind-shakespeares-life-secrets-of-stratford/
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British Library: The UK Web Archive: continuing our work behind the scenes. “Despite recent challenges, the UK Web Archive team remains dedicated to safeguarding the nation’s online heritage. We are hoping to restore the UK Web Archive towards the middle of 2026.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/02/the-uk-web-archive-continuing-our-work-behind-the-scenes-british-library/ -
British Library: The UK Web Archive: continuing our work behind the scenes. “Despite recent challenges, the UK Web Archive team remains dedicated to safeguarding the nation’s online heritage. We are hoping to restore the UK Web Archive towards the middle of 2026.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/02/the-uk-web-archive-continuing-our-work-behind-the-scenes-british-library/ -
British Library: The UK Web Archive: continuing our work behind the scenes. “Despite recent challenges, the UK Web Archive team remains dedicated to safeguarding the nation’s online heritage. We are hoping to restore the UK Web Archive towards the middle of 2026.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/02/the-uk-web-archive-continuing-our-work-behind-the-scenes-british-library/ -
British Library: The UK Web Archive: continuing our work behind the scenes. “Despite recent challenges, the UK Web Archive team remains dedicated to safeguarding the nation’s online heritage. We are hoping to restore the UK Web Archive towards the middle of 2026.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/02/the-uk-web-archive-continuing-our-work-behind-the-scenes-british-library/ -
British Library: The UK Web Archive: continuing our work behind the scenes. “Despite recent challenges, the UK Web Archive team remains dedicated to safeguarding the nation’s online heritage. We are hoping to restore the UK Web Archive towards the middle of 2026.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/02/the-uk-web-archive-continuing-our-work-behind-the-scenes-british-library/ -
BBC: Writer’s poems helped boost the abolition campaign. “Letters written by a prominent abolitionist are being digitised, filling in a ‘massive bit of the jigsaw’ in the abolition campaign history, experts say. Novelist Hannah More, born in Bristol in 1745, also helped open some of the UK’s first schools for working class people.”
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Arts Professional (UK): Cultural treasures worth more than £59m enter public collections. “This year saw museums and archives up and down the country receive cultural gifts given up in exchange for tax relief, with objects spanning an ‘impressive range’, said Arts Council chair Sir Nicholas Serota.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/16/arts-professional-cultural-treasures-worth-more-than-59m-enter-public-collections/ -
Just as one can be critical of all sorts of aspects of Roman Catholicism yet still recognize the hateful part played by anticatholicism in UK and US history, so one can note repressive and reactionary currents within Islam, yet still understand the poisonous politics of the Islamophobia peddled by the right today.
https://www.texasobserver.org/first-ismaili-center-in-houston-rising-islamophobia/
#Islam #Islamophobia #Muslim #Anticatholicism #RomanCatholicism #Catholic #Bigotry #USHistory #UKHistory #USPolitics #UKPolitics
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You can examine this web page on the Old Dock at Liverpool, and never learn that it was built for the slave trade - ships loaded up on provisions, manacles, and torture tools before heading off to Ghana to "buy" human beings.
https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/maritime-museum/event/old-dock-tour
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Look at this story about the famous Old Dock that was the foundation of Liverpool's shipping industry and there is no mention of the fact that its construction was funded by Slave traders and Liverpool lived on the African Slave trade
https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/maritime-museum/event/old-dock-tour
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The
@newyorker
has a book review by Daniel Lewis-Krauss where he explains that UK industrialization was due to technology innovation, e.g. the spinning-jenny (1764) as if the slave trade was not the foundation of UK wealth. People at the time were not shy about it either.
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British Library: 75 Years of the BNB (and bewitching Narnia books). “In 2025 the British National Bibliography (BNB) marks its 75th anniversary, and following a period of unavailability the database has now been fully restored to users. Read on to discover more about this service, its landmark anniversary and its restoration.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/03/british-library-75-years-of-the-bnb-and-bewitching-narnia-books/
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Today I learned why the Penny Black was replaced by the Penny Red.
https://sgbaldwins.com/stories/1d-red-imperforate-printed-penny-black-plates
#TIL #Philately #History #UKHistory #Stamps #PennyBlack #PennyRed #Fraud
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New! Breaking Enigma: A World War II Game Changer goes deep inside the top-secret, groundbreaking intelligence work that took place at Bletchley Park during World War II.
Teach with primary sources about Computers and IT, History, Social Studies, Women’s History, Women in Computing, and World History. For grades 8-12 & higher ed.
#Education #WorldWarII #History #WomensHistory #Histodons #Homeschooling #Movies #Documentary #InfoSec #UKHistory #BletchleyPark #Infosec #Edutooters
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New! Breaking Enigma: A World War II Game Changer goes deep inside the top-secret, groundbreaking intelligence work that took place at Bletchley Park during World War II.
Teach with primary sources about Computers and IT, History, Social Studies, Women’s History, Women in Computing, and World History. For grades 8-12 & higher ed.
#Education #WorldWarII #History #WomensHistory #Histodons #Homeschooling #Movies #Documentary #InfoSec #UKHistory #BletchleyPark #Infosec #Edutooters
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New! Breaking Enigma: A World War II Game Changer goes deep inside the top-secret, groundbreaking intelligence work that took place at Bletchley Park during World War II.
Teach with primary sources about Computers and IT, History, Social Studies, Women’s History, Women in Computing, and World History. For grades 8-12 & higher ed.
#Education #WorldWarII #History #WomensHistory #Histodons #Homeschooling #Movies #Documentary #InfoSec #UKHistory #BletchleyPark #Infosec #Edutooters
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New! Breaking Enigma: A World War II Game Changer goes deep inside the top-secret, groundbreaking intelligence work that took place at Bletchley Park during World War II.
Teach with primary sources about Computers and IT, History, Social Studies, Women’s History, Women in Computing, and World History. For grades 8-12 & higher ed.
#Education #WorldWarII #History #WomensHistory #Histodons #Homeschooling #Movies #Documentary #InfoSec #UKHistory #BletchleyPark #Infosec #Edutooters
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New! Breaking Enigma: A World War II Game Changer goes deep inside the top-secret, groundbreaking intelligence work that took place at Bletchley Park during World War II.
Teach with primary sources about Computers and IT, History, Social Studies, Women’s History, Women in Computing, and World History. For grades 8-12 & higher ed.
#Education #WorldWarII #History #WomensHistory #Histodons #Homeschooling #Movies #Documentary #InfoSec #UKHistory #BletchleyPark #Infosec #Edutooters
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The Guardian: British Asian families urged to share stories of ‘greatest generation’ who fought for Britain. “British Asian families are being urged to record the experiences of relatives who fought for Britain for ‘future generations’ as data reveals half the British public don’t know that Indian members of the armed forces served in the second world war.”
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Remember, remember, the fifth of November... Tonight was Bonfire Night in Great Britain, which celebrates the foiling of a plot in 1605 to destroy Westminster and blow the king and government to smithereens. History Extra Magazine takes a look at what might have happened if the group of English Catholics, led by Guy Fawkes, had been successful.
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Remember, remember, the fifth of November... Tonight was Bonfire Night in Great Britain, which celebrates the foiling of a plot in 1605 to destroy Westminster and blow the king and government to smithereens. History Extra Magazine takes a look at what might have happened if the group of English Catholics, led by Guy Fawkes, had been successful.
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Remember, remember, the fifth of November... Tonight was Bonfire Night in Great Britain, which celebrates the foiling of a plot in 1605 to destroy Westminster and blow the king and government to smithereens. History Extra Magazine takes a look at what might have happened if the group of English Catholics, led by Guy Fawkes, had been successful.
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Remember, remember, the fifth of November... Tonight was Bonfire Night in Great Britain, which celebrates the foiling of a plot in 1605 to destroy Westminster and blow the king and government to smithereens. History Extra Magazine takes a look at what might have happened if the group of English Catholics, led by Guy Fawkes, had been successful.
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Remember, remember, the fifth of November... Tonight was Bonfire Night in Great Britain, which celebrates the foiling of a plot in 1605 to destroy Westminster and blow the king and government to smithereens. History Extra Magazine takes a look at what might have happened if the group of English Catholics, led by Guy Fawkes, had been successful.
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BBC: Medieval conflict database ‘keeps folklore alive’. “The War of the Roses took place 1455-1487, with the Battle of Northampton – on the grounds of Delapre Abbey – among its most decisive moments. Led by the Battlefields Trust, the database highlights key sites and memorials relating to the war, which occurred between two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet — the House of York […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/19/bbc-medieval-conflict-database-keeps-folklore-alive/
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The Guardian: ‘This is strength’: stories of enslaved Africans in Grenada will be made into searchable archive. “The stories of enslaved African people and more than 1,000 British plantation owners who were compensated after abolition will be brought together in a searchable archive for the first time.”
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Our British History Quiz has just been published!
This week we challenge you to take our selection of trivia questions about the History of this fascinating region!
https://youknowwhatblog.com/quizzes/british-history-quiz/
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#quiz #trivia #uk #ukhistory #england #scotland #thatcher #facts #fact #history #historia #historic #historical #historybuff #historyhead -
University of Cambridge: Family fortunes founded on slavery. “More than 600 letters, photos and papers – pieced together over 20 years from auction sites such as eBay – paint a vivid picture of a British dynasty who profited from enslaving people during the 18th and 19th centuries and indenturing people into the 20th century. The first tranche of the collection is now open to researchers […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/29/university-of-cambridge-family-fortunes-founded-on-slavery/
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Just watched The Castle: Rebuilding History on Channel 4 about the huge £27 million redevelopment of #Norwich Castle to reinstall the original floors and rooms in the Norman keep.
It was intriguing to learn about the process of what has been happening since 2018…we could see the red light from the high crane every night from our house!
But the end of result…too crisp, too bright and a bit like a McDonalds I fear.
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-castle-rebuilding-history
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In the 1960s, London Bridge was really falling down — or, to be more accurate, sinking into the mud under the weight of cars and buses it wasn't built to carry. So the city of London sold it at auction to a man named Robert McCulloch. @AtlasObscura explain who he was, how he dismantled the bridge and put it back together, where it is now, and why a voodoo doll was buried underneath it.
#London #LondonBridge #Arizona #History #UKHistory #USHistory @histodons
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BBC: ‘Race against time’ to save Mary Rose video archive. “Students at the University of Portsmouth are digitising more than 600 tapes containing video footage of Henry VIII’s flagship, the Mary Rose, which sank in the Solent…. The 40-year-old tapes have been deteriorating and there were fears that the video archive could be lost.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/23/bbc-race-against-time-to-save-mary-rose-video-archive/
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Talks, Tours, Songs and Seeds
5th July
https://igniteliverpool.com/2025/06/ignite-futures-who-owns-the-land/
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📣 CALL FOR SPEAKERS 📣
🗓️ Event Date: 5th July
📍 Topic: Land Ownership in the UKFrom feudal lords to offshore trusts — who owns Britain, and why does it matter?
We’re looking for engaging speakers to explore the past, present, and future of land in the UK. Whether you want to talk about medieval manors, enclosure, colonial legacies, or today’s land justice movements — we want to hear from you!
💬 Talks can be academic, creative, personal, or political.
🔗 Submit your proposal via the link in bio.
#powerandproperty #LandJustice #UKHistory #WhoOwnsTheLand #CallForSpeakers #LandReform #Enclosure #LandOwnership #PowerAndProperty
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Not cool so much as a great read from ABC News (Australia): King Charles’s great-grandmother collected beautiful things. Did she bully people to acquire them?. “To some of her loved ones, Mary was a brilliant eccentric with a sentimental reverence for objects that once belonged to the House of Windsor. But to members of the art world and other royals, she was a persuasive hustler, a queen who […]
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Confederation of Service Charities: Pioneering female veterans of the WRAC continue to mark VE Day’s 80th anniversary by sharing their own stories for landmark new project. “As the UK marks the 80th anniversary of VE Day, a new project highlights the women who helped shape the British Army in the years that followed. On 22 May 2025, pioneering veterans of the Women’s Royal Army Corps […]
