Mike Jones

Historical Photographs of Hong Kong hphkbristol.net was launched today. A digital resource I was lucky enough to work on for @hongkonghistory.bsky.social

Offa’s Dyke Path on Hatterral Ridge in the Black Mountains, Wales

As part of our public outreach, we have worked with @historictownstrust.bsky.social @rcahmwales.bsky.social to produce a historical map of Brecon and Hay-on-Wye, two significant Marcher towns which share a Norman history. Click this link to purchase a copy: www.historictownstrust.uk/maps/histori...

Clearer pictures of Llanthony Abbey

Vale of Ewyas, Wales. If you squint, you might see the ruins of Llanthony Abbey.

Come join us at the @hongkonghistory.bsky.social A 4 year fully-funded PhD scholarship starting from Sept 2027. Project can cover any aspect of the History of Hong Kong, broadly conceived, in the period pre-dating 1950 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTG674/p...

My new book, Imprisonment in Early Modern England: Politics, Debt and the Origins of a Carceral Society, is (sort of) out now! Currently available online for anyone with institutional access: www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...

Pulteney Bridge, Bath. Trying a 50mm lens on my camera. Lots of zooming with my feet. I had to merge three photos for the picture of the north side.

Research Seminar- 19 Oct, 4pm Speaker: Brendan Smith, Professor of Medieval History, Department of History, Uni of Bristol. Title: 'Pale Reflections: English Enclaves in the Plantagenet Empire'. Open to all! Please join using the QR code or email us for the link (mapping-the-march@bristol.ac.uk).

We're grateful to colleagues in Bristol University's Research IT team, who developed the platform including the ever super @mikej1971.bsky.social The number of images accessible online is currently modest, but will grow and grow and grow

I guess architectural historians don't use shrug emojis 🤷. Saint Andrew's Castle, Fife.

Peacock butterfly on a Buddleia in the garden

Goodrich is an amazing castle.

In the warm weather, this tree (arbor ovium), has shed its sheep ...

In the warm weather, this tree (arbor ovium), has shed its sheep ...

I found the time keeping on this clock distressing!

New chapter out in this OA book, which I co-authored with the inimitable Delfi Neto-Isabel. It’s called ‘Data Feminism, Network Analysis and the Pre-modern Archive’. www.peterlang.com/document/141...

Day off. But this week has featured heat, humidity, despair induced by university overheads, and shock at the price of camera and digitisation equipment.

US discourse on UK salaries is almost as bad as the one on food

Only unpleasant people may apply?!

Only unpleasant people may apply?!

New content: burying Sun Yat-sen, returning Weihaiwei, Yangzi Gorges and portraits of rural fold: China 1928-31 caught in an album of photographs compiled by British naval officer Leslie Ayre: hpcbristol.net/collections/... Here's one of them, a man in Changsha with a big smile and a big hat

Citation needed!

Love the colours

A fascinating conversation featuring @profhelenfulton.bsky.social and Huw Pryce on In Our Time on Radio 4! Follow the link below to hear UWP authors discuss the history of the Welsh Marches at the very appropriately located @hayfestival.bsky.social 📚️ 🎧️ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I’m glad that the @mappingthemarch.bsky.social project opted for a hotel in downtown Kalamazoo rather than on campus accommodation 🤔

Attention Bristol students! 🚨 The deadline for the Bristol Medieval Studies Summer School is fast approaching! Don't forget that Bristol students get a 10% discount! Make sure you don't miss out: get those applications in today! 😊

Only £25 from £10,000 in sponsorship !😍

We did the walk last Saturday and had beautiful weather! There were 67 walkers on the day. We have currently raised £9,776.10 (+ £2,272.19 Gift Aid). Thank you to anyone who has sponsored 😍

We did the walk last Saturday and had beautiful weather! There were 67 walkers on the day. We have currently raised £9,776.10 (+ £2,272.19 Gift Aid). Thank you to anyone who has sponsored 😍

The walk is this Saturday! People have been incredibly generous. Even had a bake sale at work that raised £377! Additional sponsorship very welcome 🤗

A poem composed early in the 16th century in a margin of the Black Book of Carmarthen begs God for protection from a series of enemies, including the English and the Irish, but the worst of all is saved for last: kerdd Wiliam Sion ‘the poetry of Wiliam Siôn’ #WorldPoetryDay

Ali was taking about this walk on BBC Bristol this morning! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @ 2:26:32

True!

Fancy knowing more about the Bayeux Tapestry? At a free public lecture and reception?? Look no further! 👁️ 👁️

I found the punctuation oddly upsetting

2026 basically

@kmcdono.bsky.social @danielwilson.bsky.social and I have a new OA article out: eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A... It’s about the fragmented landscape of historical data, and what we can do about it to improve discoverability, sustainability and reuse.

Hello! It's two years since Thomas, my gorgeous son, died. Next month, Alison and I, along with around 30 friends and family, will be doing a memory walk in support of Children's Hospice South West. If you could spare a few quid in sponsorship, that would be 😍 www.justgiving.com/page/thomas-...

Join me (and other very special guests) on 4-6 March to explore historic townscapes and urban buildings in history. We'll be looking at architecture, urban development and the ways in which we as researchers can use resources like planning and historic protection as tools for historical work. 🗃️

Today the @softwaresaved.bsky.social alongside our international partners launches the 2026 Research Software Engineering Survey. If you write code for academic research we want to hear from you - even if you have a different job title. @society-rse.org @ukiedh.bsky.social @dariaheu.bsky.social

What’s this? A second new book in two days? Towcester Hundred is the eighth VCH volume for Northamptonshire, including the town of Towcester and its rural neighbours. Available soon from @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social and @ihrlibrary.bsky.social. #Skystorians #LocalHistory