Dr Will Wyeth

I’m pleased to share that records for parish churches and chapels are now available on Medieval Libraries of Great Britain - mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk #provenance #manuscripts @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Stories from The Philosophy Garden: The Fawn and the Mountain Lion. "Doing #philosophy hones those skills that improve our capacity to exercise our epistemic agency, that is, the capacity to acquire, produce, share, and use knowledge" lisatpg.substack.com... #philsky #edusky #epistemicinjustice

NEW ➡️ Earls and Earldoms in Medieval Scotland, edited by Michael Brown, sheds new light on how the structure of Scotland as a kingdom and political society changed during the medieval period. Learn more 👉 buff.ly/0f5VoWn #BookSky #SkyStorians #MedievalSky

It's publication day! An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class is published today, 27 October 2026, by @versobooks.bsky.social. My book is a new history how Britain's formerly powerful working class was pushed to the political margins. Order🔽 www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

Watched Practical Magic 2 yesterday, it was very mid but hands down the worst thing was the random, brazen product placement. Who agreed to that.

Appel à contribution – Things to Remember Forms of Memory through Writings and Objects in Medieval Societies (12th-15th centuries) rmblf.be/2026/10/26/a...

Good morning and what a time to remember the etymology of bonfire.

A bit of Roman epigraphy from Carlisle Castle, now in the keep’s buttery but originally marking the construction of a section of Hadrian’s Wall. See alt text for details. romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions...

On Friday 30th October at 12:15pm UK time, I'm giving an overview of my PhD thesis (on women's work in 17th century English alehouses) for the @drinkingstudies.bsky.social Women and Alcohol cluster! All welcome. Here's the link bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/99416738495?pwd=Ri4fabBO0hQwXVRbYV7avA27bW8hmi.1

Chris Wickham, remembered fondly, appreciated finely.

English Heritage are looking for a sports historian for their Blue Plaque panel. I have the same role on the Historic England National Blue Plaque Panel, and I encourage anyone with a bit of spare time and a passion for heritage to take a look at the post. Details here: gem.org.uk/jobs/english...

Final week to help secure the huge Rothbury Estate for the future, for #NatureRecovery, wildlife, heritage & public benefit. To stop parts being broken up & sold off. Well over £28million donated so far, very close to @northwildlife.bsky.social‘s goal. ➡️ www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...

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Leaving aside the rampaging elephant in the room of the degradation of access to the Library's collections since the cyberattack, my main question on reading this is why historians are still posting on X, a platform that incites violence against humans of many 'sorts' and monetises misogyny.

Keeping fingers crossed. 🤞 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Happy #ADoorAbleThursday to all who celebrate. The precinct gatehouse of Carlisle’s cathedral priory has some tall fellows still in place, though they are much more recent additions that this early 16th gate. The inside face of the gate arch retains a Latin inscription, by Prior Xtopher Slee.

Really lovely article on archaeology through the eyes of archaeologists' 'spouses, parents, children, and close friends' - just published in Public Archaeology: 'Archaeological Osmosis or How Is Archaeology Seen by Those Who Share Our Lives?' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Reform UK Oxford will host a talk in November criticising "DEI" by the Nathan Cofnas, who describes his belief in + commitment to biological racism as "race realism", writing "in a meritocracy, blacks would disappear from almost all high-profile positions outside of sports and entertainment”.

Happy #ADoorAbleThursday to all who celebrate. The precinct gatehouse of Carlisle’s cathedral priory has some tall fellows still in place, though they are much more recent additions that this early 16th gate. The inside face of the gate arch retains a Latin inscription, by Prior Xtopher Slee.

The pragmatics are sacrificing the environment & our children's future to avoid having to minorly inconvenience some of the world's richest & most rapacious gazillionaires for precisely zero benefit to anyone, apart from the gazillionaires

I recently wrote a book, and an article (based on a lecture), arguing that 'empathy is at the centre of #history and historical practice' (you can view my lecture here)👇. I wondered at times if arguing for #empathy was a bit... obvious? Who would argue against it? Oh. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSS9...

Cc @suegreaney.bsky.social one for the collection.

Last night, I had the pleasure of launching my commissioned Photography and Video project at the @ihr.bsky.social ‘People of the IHR’ inspired by the people I photographed and the beautiful art deco architecture of Senate House by Charles Holden. www.history.ac.uk/about-us/peo...

Off to Carlisle for the day! 🚂 🏰 🔍

Nicholas Orme takes us step-by-step through the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 in this extract from his book, Chaucer’s England. How did the events play out, how did the monarch respond, and what became of the revolting peasants? yalebooks.co.uk/blog/what-ha... #TheUprising #MedievalSky #History

The latest English Heritage magazine is out and includes a feature on the amazing digital reconstructions of the painted chapel walls at Chester castle with reflections from @willwyeth.bsky.social

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).

One of the reasons people were so upset and angry at the closeure of the world class archaeology department and other cuts at Sheffield, including to community facing programmes, was it was seen as a betrayal by an out of touch VC and SMT of the University's origins, funded by local working people.

Feeling attacked by the section title of the accounts of Durham.

Sadly yes, but the collaboration between SV2G, me, Abigail Coppins and English Heritage will be reinforced by this adversity not broken. There remains so much to do to educate people about the ways in which Caribbean history and British history are intertwined.

Until I was in Leeds recently, I'd never stopped to consider that this could be a Thing That Happens. But it is. In Leeds the replacement was then defaced, too. The current one is very firmly concreted in. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...

I was peripherally involved in this series of light-hearted videos about the run-up to, and aftermath of, the Battle of Hastings. (I also have a brief voice actor bit!) Please enjoy! m.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The ‘church theory’ should be renamed ‘Captain Blunt’s Blunder’ #CelebrityTraitors

It is with overwhelming sadness that colleagues across @unibirmingham.bsky.social learned of the death last Friday of Prof. Chris Wickham. Chris’s colleagues and friends from around the world are invited to contribute to this online Book of Condolence: www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2026/pr...

Will doubtless be hearing more from this in coming days. www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/crime/h...

Important and necessary to hear from people with ME, and especially those with a platform to speak about their experiences. Even doing this interview will have been a costly physical outlay for Beth, so please give it a listen if you can. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet...

I love it when institutions step up & face the challenges. And this is @ihr.bsky.social stepping up. Sure, will be directly helping only a few people, but what a solace to know clever people are trying to come up with support in the face of the overwhelming crisis. www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...

Your day will be like... scattered leaves in autumn, only to return in abundance and green in spring, like the generations of humanity. Iliad 6.146-50

#earlymodern great to be part of this collection. Thornton online and now this = a wonderful achievement by Beattie Trill and Edge

Probs my fave, with Monstrous Regiment a close second.