Catholics during the English Revolution, 1642-1660: Politics, Sequestration and Loyalty is officially published by @boydellbrewer today!! I am so overwhelmed and proud. I hope people will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing on such an important topic. https://t.co/x2ReoS7inS

Amid the ongoing chaos of my home town having no safe water to drink for almost a week (irony not lost on anyone considering it is a spa town) I have been cracking on with book writing, book reviews and an abstract. Cannot wait to share more information in the future!

Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey calls Tunbridge Wells’ water issues a “public health emergency” and asks the PM to convene Cobra to get a grip of the “crisis” Keir Starmer thanks him for raising the important and "shocking" issue #PMQs https://t.co/gUG4JyB1Sn

Tunbridge Wells being told that it will finally have water switched back on after FIVE days without. But at what cost? What are the risks that have been taken? We’re told we can’t drink the water and need to boil it. A warning that was not given to 12,000 homes that had water

📣 CFP "Politics and Culture at the Late Stuart Court" 🗓 250 word abstract by 5 Jan 2026 📍Symposium takes place at Christ Church College Cambridge 7 April 2026 Prof Maria Hayward as keynote speaker!

Thousands of people in Kent and East Sussex are without water for a fourth day due to an issue at a treatment works. South East Water's head of operations has apologised. More here: https://t.co/3uyJLcK7Pk

In case you missed our first announcement, there’s still over a month to submit your abstracts 🪶 We have already received some amazing proposals, and can’t wait to put together a fantastic programme for April! #earlymodern #cfp #historycfp

Was really lovely to see the LCM leaders in Tooting this morning to update them about the book on their pioneering history across the globe. More updates about the book in the near future!

I am calling on David Hinton, the CEO of South East Water, to resign. 24,000 properties have endured three days of South East Water’s chaotic emergency response and woeful communication. It’s an utter disgrace and a total failure of leadership by David Hinton. Every

Exciting year ahead in Kent! From the Canterbury Medieval Weekend to Dover at Night, MEMS Fest, the Cinque Ports Conference & more! 2026 is packed with history, research, and community events. See the full lineup ➜ https://t.co/C26mEiUs8L

As a scholar, same days are better than others. On the stressful days, just remember that it is just one day and things will get better.

Are you interested in investigating the structures of power and Black Catholicism? We have you covered with this critical panel at our annual meeting in January! To register and view our full program, visit https://t.co/G5adDaaPLA.

Some great books by @histcatholic researchers in the sale, including @EilishGregory, @monksinmotion, @SepsCollections and my own book!

this link: https://t.co/3BViPeD4oH or by emailing archives@churchofengland.org by no later than Monday 1 December. We look forward to seeing you there! 8/

context of the reluctant, Realpolitik acceptance of toleration by European states with divided religious loyalties'. To sign up to attend Alan's paper, as the seminar is taking place at Lambeth Palace Library, for security purposes, please register to attend via 7/

authorities in Dublin arguing, whether by conviction or pragmatism, that persuasion was better than coercion. This paper analyses the competing religious and political perspectives of this three-decade long attempt to turn Ireland Protestant, and places it in the wider 6/

of the state—finally extended to the whole island after the victory over the native Irish in the Nine Years War—to impose conformity. Those in England, worried at the danger of alienating the Catholic population and the threat of further rebellion, repeatedly reined in the 5/

end of the sixteenth century reduced Catholicism to a small though influential minority. In Ireland, however, by 1600 the country was overwhelmingly Catholic, and determined to remain so. This posed a dilemma for English governors. Those in Dublin wanted to use the full power 4/

governments to destruction. This was particularly the case in matters of religion. In England, anti-recusancy legislation, though always delicately balanced between the sweeping rhetoric of its enactment and the messy compromises of its enforcement, nevertheless had by the /3

Professor Alan Ford (Nottingham) @UonHistory entitled 'Making Ireland Protestant: the Campaign to Enforce Religious Uniformity in Ireland, 1603-1633', with a copy of his paper abstract below: 'Modern Ireland had—indeed, still has—a habit of testing the policies of English 2/

We are delighted to announce that our final seminar of the autumn term will be taking place next week in-person only at Lambeth Palace Library on 2 December at 5:00pm (GMT). Please note the earlier time and change of venue. The paper will be given by 1/