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Matthew McCormack
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Historian of Georgian Britain, currently researching shoes. President of @BSECS.bsky.social. Views my own but not necessarily original.
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Cover image reveal!! It'll be out in January and is available for preorder: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/shoes-and...

Detail from Liotard's portrait of the Earl of Bute, showing his famously good legs and diamond buckled shoes
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1994: internet is ephemeral 2004: internet is forever 2014: only internet is forever. Print pubs and owning physical media are for idiots 2024: your favorite shows have been removed for tax breaks and private equity firms bought up the websites you worked for and deleted your entire life's work

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Excited to get my hands on this new book! Contains my chapter on shoes and the body, which is open access here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526152770#skystorians #18thc

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The next online talk in the Northampton HA programme is on 22 Feb. Neil Lyon will be talking about that great preserver of the county's history, Joan Wake. All welcome! Booking in the link: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-story-...

'The story of Joan Wake and the Northamptonshire Record Society’
'The story of Joan Wake and the Northamptonshire Record Society’

A free online talk by Neil Lyon, hosted by the Northampton Historical Association.

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Today I begin my term as President of @bsecs.bsky.social. I have been involved with this wonderful society since I was a postgrad, so it's a tremendous honour to lead it! I look forward to working with the BSECS Council and membership over the next 2 or 3 years

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Thanks, it does look like a roof tile but it's odd that it's metal

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Wherever the Marquis de Sade is now, I bet he's having a chuckle that he is clogging up C18-L. #18thc

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Matthew McCormack
@historymatt.bsky.social
Historian of Georgian Britain, currently researching shoes. President of @BSECS.bsky.social. Views my own but not necessarily original.
328 followers325 following36 posts