What lies behind last week’s headlines about a massive pay rise for King Charles? The answer, I argue in this new article for The Conversation, is a funding formula devised by George Osborne which is no longer fit for purpose. theconversation.com/did-the-king-j…

In our August issue of Historical Research - The 1444 Sunday law of London by Justin Kirkland buff.ly/4cZkyC9

Applications for the IHR Fellowship 2024 are now open! 🏛️ If you're a historian looking to strengthen your network and want to be part of our community, check out our fellowship opportunities. Discover more and apply here: buff.ly/4d58WNY ✍️#IHRFellowships

Save the date! #Zine-making workshop Institute of Historical Research on Thurs 24 *October* with The Refugee Tales Gatwick Detainees & Refugee Law Initiative, facilitated by Dr Teresa Pilgrim #BionicMedievalist 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 with IHR colleagues. This will be a friendly and informal event - all welcome. Booking opens 3 September. history.ac.uk/events/refugee…

New article from our August issue of Historical Research: Making beds in early modern England: sleep, matter and environmental change by Holly Fletcher (OA) buff.ly/4cX7Zak

Available now in our latest issue of Historical Research: Freedom of speech, news and the classical republican tradition in seventeenth-century England by Jamie Gianoutsos buff.ly/4bZsjGJ

In our August issue of Historical Research: Mapping and ‘stage-managing’ elections in the long eighteenth century: electoral culture, popular politics and the rhetoric of political space by Kendra Packham buff.ly/4fm7SXy

Our Editor's Choice for August's issue of Historical Research: The ‘consequence of an advertisement’: intermediation in the eighteenth-century credit market by Diane Clements (Free to access) buff.ly/46o03wu

In our latest issue of Historical Research - Gladstone and Ireland: a financial approach by Douglas Kanter buff.ly/3yp6KSc

We’re delighted to announce that in collaboration with the Institute of Historical Research & Victoria County History we’ll be running this event exploring how #local & #place-based research could more effectively engage with #BlackBritishHistory - all welcome to join us online - history.ac.uk/events/local-p…

Now available in Historical Research - China in African American cosmopolitanism, 1919–29 by Tao Zhang buff.ly/3WFN8m6

In our August issue of Historical Research: A climate of fear? The Scottish universities and the question of devolution, 1974–9 by Ewen A Cameron buff.ly/46tAYA7

Now available in Historical Research: Historic doubts about the survival of the Princes in the Tower after 1485 by Michael Hicks (free to access) buff.ly/3LFLrix

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#OTD in 1833, the Slavery Abolition Act gained royal assent in the UK. Learn more about this important Act and the history of anti-slavery in the Bibliography of British and Irish History (#BBIH) buff.ly/3L7a33B Brepols Royal Historical Society