Richard Bell

Richard Bell

@richardbell.bsky.social

Historian of imprisonment, abolition, debt, and radicalism in early modern England. He/him.

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Richard Bell
@richardbell.bsky.social

I'd planned to hold off on shameless self-promotion until I had a physical copy in hand, but technical issues at CUP mean that the print publication is stuck in limbo somewhat indefinitely. If anyone needs help getting access in the meantime, please let me know!

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Elspeth Van Veeren@evanveeren.bsky.social

Another excellent example of just how incurious and limited the UK press has been about this crisis. Not one mention of the cuts to humanities that Bristol’s own VC is trying to push through at the moment in this article about her position on the cuts 🤔🙄. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

theguardian.comFlorence Welch’s mother says cuts to arts and humanities ‘absolutely tragic’Exclusive: Prof Evelyn Welch, vice-chancellor of Bristol University, believes her daughter’s success shows value of arts education

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Yesterday evening, the Society was delighted to announce the winners of its 2026 First Book and Early Career prizes: bit.ly/44HbAH2 Many congratulations to the winners of the 2026 RHS First Book Prize: Dr Kiran Mehta and Dr John Latham-Sprinkle 1/4 #Skystorians

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Over the next two weeks, we feature the 8 monographs shortlisted for the Society's 2026 First Book Prize. Today: 'To Detain or to Punish. Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750–1840' (McGill-Queens University Press)', by Kiran Mehta bit.ly/4ox6Z3t 1/2 #Skystorians

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