Most exciting news! A fascinating area: Chipping Norton is far more interesting than its recent reputation might suggest (yes, 'Clarkson, Jeremy' appears in the index, but don't let that put you off).

Did you know that #BritishMethodistBuildings includes more than just The Methodist Church Churches? It also includes buildings from other denominations, as well as school houses and church halls! Today's #BMBofTheWeek is one such building - this Wesleyan schoolhouse in #Whitstable! ⛪

Booking is now open for “Join Our Conversation” : The Refugee Tales Zine Workshop Institute of Historical Research on 24 October, 1:00PM-3:00PM. For full details of this workshop & to book follow the link & come join our conversation! #RefugeesWelcome #EndIndefiniteDetention history.ac.uk/events/refugee…

Booking now open for this informal #zine workshop. Come & join the conversation as we create a new archive of voices and stories. All welcome, especially first-time visitors to the IHR and anyone with lived experience as a refugee. history.ac.uk/events/refugee… Refugee Law Initiative The Refugee Tales

Great to be in Sheffield for tomorrow’s HistoryLab+ workshop. Looking forward to running the practical session with Ruth Slatter, and to sharing & hearing insights from others during the roundtable and throughout the day. Thanks to Ruth & Dr Kathy Davies for organising!

Very much looking forward to today’s #placebasedhistories workshop - a collaboration between Centre for the History of People Place & Community HistoryLab+ & Institute of Historical Research . Can’t wait to meet everyone who’s coming & hearing about amazing #interdisciplinary #ECR #placebasedresearch

Our CLACS Caribbean Studies Seminars are now open for registration! Next up will be Claudia Tomlinson on 24 Sept discussing her PhD research and fantastic new book 'Jessica Huntley's Pan-African Life: The Decolonising Work of a Radical Black Activist'. ilcs.sas.ac.uk/search-events/…

The latest *draft* text from VCH_Somerset concerns Taunton, the county town, centre of an enormous medieval estate belonging to the Bishops of Winchester It is available for comment, correction and research purposes. history.ac.uk/research/victo…

One of our General Editors, Ruth Slatter is on the road, contributing to this excellent event which speaks to what we've been doing for 125 years: place-based history.

The latest material from our colleagues Victoria County History, from England's south west:

To Sheffield and back! Had a brilliant day at the place-based histories workshop. Loved meeting historians and getting new ideas! #IHR #Sheffield #History #placebasedhistories

It was a huge pleasure to see this fantastic two handed presentation back in May as part of the Seely & Paget conference at the The Charterhouse - Esme has done some fantastic research on S&P’s practices & Communion Architects have done an amazing remodelling of S&P’s St Mary's Maidenhead

Two weeks today I am running an event in Chippenham exploring the lives of women before 1600 with some Victoria County History friends. It is of the Maud’s Way project. See 👇 I am excited, but nervous as I usually participate in things rather than organise things.😅