Sarah Fox
@sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at Edge Hill History
#18thC #birth #womenshist #foodhist #yorkshire #trust
Lover of cake, tea, quiet & campervans.
#18thC #birth #womenshist #foodhist #yorkshire #trust
Lover of cake, tea, quiet & campervans.
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Looking for some light lunch reading? Rachel Rich and I wrote a bit about how 18th c British food was complex, multicultural and flavourful. theconversation.com/british-food... #HistFood @uclpress.bsky.social +
British food was complex, multicultural and flavourful in the 18th century – despite what you might think
The King’s table was full of flavours from the British empire and beyond.
theconversation.com
September 15, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Looking for some light lunch reading? Rachel Rich and I wrote a bit about how 18th c British food was complex, multicultural and flavourful. theconversation.com/british-food... #HistFood @uclpress.bsky.social +
I should be prepping for Welcome Week next week, but instead I am reading some of my #TBR pile, at the top of which was this: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Beautifully written, & captures the essence of why I love being an historian.
#skystorians #amreading
Beautifully written, & captures the essence of why I love being an historian.
#skystorians #amreading
On Detail in Historical Writing | Transactions of the Royal Historical Society | Cambridge Core
On Detail in Historical Writing
www.cambridge.org
September 14, 2026 at 9:44 AM
I should be prepping for Welcome Week next week, but instead I am reading some of my #TBR pile, at the top of which was this: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Beautifully written, & captures the essence of why I love being an historian.
#skystorians #amreading
Beautifully written, & captures the essence of why I love being an historian.
#skystorians #amreading
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Over many years, our collaboration has seen us all through precarity in HE, along with births, graduations and illnesses in our personal lives. Working together, however, was a pleasure and support. And fun. Throughout, we had lively discussions on topics like: what is a pastry rocket or 4/6
June 25, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Over many years, our collaboration has seen us all through precarity in HE, along with births, graduations and illnesses in our personal lives. Working together, however, was a pleasure and support. And fun. Throughout, we had lively discussions on topics like: what is a pastry rocket or 4/6
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A post below about our new book, The King's Dinner (with @adamcrymble.bsky.social @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social and Rachel Rich) plus a short thread about collaboration... www.essex.ac.uk/news/2026/06... #skystorians #HistFood @phaisessex.bsky.social 1/6
What The Kings Dinner can tell us about being British | University of Essex
University of Essex historian Dr Lisa Smith co-authors The King’s Dinner, exploring how royal dining shaped British identity in the 18th and 19th centuries.
www.essex.ac.uk
June 25, 2026 at 3:06 PM
A post below about our new book, The King's Dinner (with @adamcrymble.bsky.social @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social and Rachel Rich) plus a short thread about collaboration... www.essex.ac.uk/news/2026/06... #skystorians #HistFood @phaisessex.bsky.social 1/6
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So pleased to see this @neilbuttery.bsky.social interview with my amazing co-authors Rachel Rich & @adamcrymble.bsky.social talking about our new book The King's Dinner! cc @uclpress.bsky.social @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social
New episode of The British Food History Podcast out now: Feeding the Georgian Kings with @adamcrymble.bsky.social & Rachel Rich
They've analysed the ledgers from 2 royal palaces & assimilated them to produce a book called The King’s Dinner published by UCL Press
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
They've analysed the ledgers from 2 royal palaces & assimilated them to produce a book called The King’s Dinner published by UCL Press
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
Feeding the Georgian Kings with Adam Crymble and Rachel Rich
Podcast Episode · The British Food History Podcast · 18 June · 43min
podcasts.apple.com
June 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM
So pleased to see this @neilbuttery.bsky.social interview with my amazing co-authors Rachel Rich & @adamcrymble.bsky.social talking about our new book The King's Dinner! cc @uclpress.bsky.social @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social
Trying to read more now teaching is done & found this gem in bell hooks 'Teaching Critical Thinking' that perfectly reflects (for me) UK education policy at secondary level.
Deference via subordination creates a v different learning environment than deference via respect #teaching #ukfe #pedagogy
Deference via subordination creates a v different learning environment than deference via respect #teaching #ukfe #pedagogy
June 17, 2026 at 6:30 AM
One week to go! Make sure to sign up to our special panel event, 'Women's Reproductive and Maternal Health' happening on Tuesday 23rd June at 10am BST. We'll be hearing about research spanning from the medieval age to the present day. Register on our website: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-to-o...
Sign up to our special panel event, ‘Women’s Reproductive and Maternal Health’
We are delighted to welcome Dr Krista Milne, Esther Freeman and Ruoyu Jia to the Women’s History Network Seminar Series for our panel on women’s reproductive and maternal health. The se…
womenshistorynetwork.org
June 16, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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One week to go! Make sure to sign up to our special panel event, 'Women's Reproductive and Maternal Health' happening on Tuesday 23rd June at 10am BST. We'll be hearing about research spanning from the medieval age to the present day. Register on our website: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-to-o...
Sign up to our special panel event, ‘Women’s Reproductive and Maternal Health’
We are delighted to welcome Dr Krista Milne, Esther Freeman and Ruoyu Jia to the Women’s History Network Seminar Series for our panel on women’s reproductive and maternal health. The se…
womenshistorynetwork.org
June 16, 2026 at 8:12 AM
One week to go! Make sure to sign up to our special panel event, 'Women's Reproductive and Maternal Health' happening on Tuesday 23rd June at 10am BST. We'll be hearing about research spanning from the medieval age to the present day. Register on our website: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-to-o...
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Spent some happy hours correcting and polishing threethousanddishes.prisms.digital 🧑🍳 all thanks to The King's Dinner by Rachel Rich, @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social, @adamcrymble.bsky.social & @historybeagle.bsky.social. They wrote the book, I just tidied my site to do it more justice. Do read theirs.
June 15, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Spent some happy hours correcting and polishing threethousanddishes.prisms.digital 🧑🍳 all thanks to The King's Dinner by Rachel Rich, @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social, @adamcrymble.bsky.social & @historybeagle.bsky.social. They wrote the book, I just tidied my site to do it more justice. Do read theirs.
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We look forward to hearing your rabbit holes!
🎉 CFP for the annual NWMS Postgrad Symposium. To be held at Chetham’s Library Tuesday 4th August 2026. Open to any PG or ECR. This year we are particularly interested in research rabbit holes that you had to cut! Email title, ~150 abstract and short bio to [email protected] by 17th July 🎉
May 17, 2026 at 3:01 PM
We look forward to hearing your rabbit holes!
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Out today! 🥳 The King's Dinner: Family, nation, and identity on the British table, 1760-1820: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin.... My book with Rachel Rich, @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social & @adamcrymble.bsky.social. It is #openaccess so come take a look! cc @uclpress.bsky.social #skystorians #foodhistory
The King’s Dinner
The King’s Dinner is about what it meant to be British at the end of the eighteenth century. Drawing on the vast kitchen ledgers of two royal households made newly available to research through digiti...
uclpress.co.uk
June 11, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Out today! 🥳 The King's Dinner: Family, nation, and identity on the British table, 1760-1820: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin.... My book with Rachel Rich, @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social & @adamcrymble.bsky.social. It is #openaccess so come take a look! cc @uclpress.bsky.social #skystorians #foodhistory
IT'S PUBLICATION DAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!
Download 'The King's Dinner: family, nation, and identity on the British table, 1760-1820' here FOR FREE and read all about George III's eating habits over breakfast!
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin...
#skystorians #openaccess #18thC #foodhistory 🗃️
Download 'The King's Dinner: family, nation, and identity on the British table, 1760-1820' here FOR FREE and read all about George III's eating habits over breakfast!
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin...
#skystorians #openaccess #18thC #foodhistory 🗃️
The King’s Dinner
The King’s Dinner is about what it meant to be British at the end of the eighteenth century. Drawing on the vast kitchen ledgers of two royal households made newly available to research through digiti...
uclpress.co.uk
June 11, 2026 at 5:25 AM
IT'S PUBLICATION DAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!
Download 'The King's Dinner: family, nation, and identity on the British table, 1760-1820' here FOR FREE and read all about George III's eating habits over breakfast!
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin...
#skystorians #openaccess #18thC #foodhistory 🗃️
Download 'The King's Dinner: family, nation, and identity on the British table, 1760-1820' here FOR FREE and read all about George III's eating habits over breakfast!
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin...
#skystorians #openaccess #18thC #foodhistory 🗃️
Since the beginning of May, I have:
- Written 35,466 words of feedback...
- On 128 pieces of student work =280,100 words
- Submitted 3 applications
- Attended and presented at 1 international conference
- Taking me 182.5 hours
I love my job, but modern academia is hard work.
#skystorians 🗃️
- Written 35,466 words of feedback...
- On 128 pieces of student work =280,100 words
- Submitted 3 applications
- Attended and presented at 1 international conference
- Taking me 182.5 hours
I love my job, but modern academia is hard work.
#skystorians 🗃️
June 4, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Since the beginning of May, I have:
- Written 35,466 words of feedback...
- On 128 pieces of student work =280,100 words
- Submitted 3 applications
- Attended and presented at 1 international conference
- Taking me 182.5 hours
I love my job, but modern academia is hard work.
#skystorians 🗃️
- Written 35,466 words of feedback...
- On 128 pieces of student work =280,100 words
- Submitted 3 applications
- Attended and presented at 1 international conference
- Taking me 182.5 hours
I love my job, but modern academia is hard work.
#skystorians 🗃️
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One week today: publication day for uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin...! My brilliant co-authors Rachel Rich, @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social @adamcrymble.bsky.social & I are excited for the book to be out. It will also be available open access, as our dataset is: zenodo.org/records/8070... #HistFood
The King’s Dinner
The King’s Dinner is about what it meant to be British at the end of the eighteenth century. Drawing on the vast kitchen ledgers of two royal households made newly available to research through digiti...
uclpress.co.uk
June 4, 2026 at 8:46 AM
One week today: publication day for uclpress.co.uk/book/the-kin...! My brilliant co-authors Rachel Rich, @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social @adamcrymble.bsky.social & I are excited for the book to be out. It will also be available open access, as our dataset is: zenodo.org/records/8070... #HistFood
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If you’re still just about functioning in this heatwave, please do consider joining us for what I very much hope you will all find an interesting paper. Perks of a hybrid seminar mean you can listen at home with an ice cream in hand & no trousers on whilst I sweat my way (literally) through the Q&A!
ICYMI:
Join us tomorrow from 5:30pm, in person at the IHR or online to hear
@amdharrington.bsky.social discuss her PhD research in a paper titled: ‘Empire’s Imagined Spaces: Time, Connection, and the Making of British Imperial Identities, 1757-1840’
Register 👎
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Join us tomorrow from 5:30pm, in person at the IHR or online to hear
@amdharrington.bsky.social discuss her PhD research in a paper titled: ‘Empire’s Imagined Spaces: Time, Connection, and the Making of British Imperial Identities, 1757-1840’
Register 👎
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Empire’s Imagined Spaces: Time, Connection, and the Making of British Imperial Identities, 1757-1840
British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar
www.history.ac.uk
May 26, 2026 at 10:51 AM
If you’re still just about functioning in this heatwave, please do consider joining us for what I very much hope you will all find an interesting paper. Perks of a hybrid seminar mean you can listen at home with an ice cream in hand & no trousers on whilst I sweat my way (literally) through the Q&A!
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Blog incoming but here's a link for those who'd like to watch the full recording of our #OpenAccess in Practice session:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvyZ...
Thanks again to everyone who took part! Incl @philippagrand.bsky.social @paulakennedy.bsky.social @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social!
#LDNOpenFest26
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvyZ...
Thanks again to everyone who took part! Incl @philippagrand.bsky.social @paulakennedy.bsky.social @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social!
#LDNOpenFest26
London Open Science and Scholarship Festival | University of London Press
YouTube video by SchAdvStudy
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May 21, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Blog incoming but here's a link for those who'd like to watch the full recording of our #OpenAccess in Practice session:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvyZ...
Thanks again to everyone who took part! Incl @philippagrand.bsky.social @paulakennedy.bsky.social @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social!
#LDNOpenFest26
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvyZ...
Thanks again to everyone who took part! Incl @philippagrand.bsky.social @paulakennedy.bsky.social @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social!
#LDNOpenFest26
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Of COURSE Turnitin is broken on the day I'm supposed to do a big pile of my marking.
Schitt's Creek: Oh My God Reaction
Alt: Schitt's Creek: Oh My God Reaction
static.klipy.com
May 19, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Of COURSE Turnitin is broken on the day I'm supposed to do a big pile of my marking.
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I'm over the moon to find my first book shortlisted for this prize, amongst some wonderful company! Many titles here that make me want to read far beyond my area of specialism @universitypress.cambridge.org
The Society is pleased to publish the Shortlist of its 2026 First Book Prize for early career historians: bit.ly/4dARJO1
This year's list includes eight monographs published in 2025 and follows an open call for submissions. Our two prize winners will be announced in July #Skystorians
This year's list includes eight monographs published in 2025 and follows an open call for submissions. Our two prize winners will be announced in July #Skystorians
May 19, 2026 at 8:15 AM
I'm over the moon to find my first book shortlisted for this prize, amongst some wonderful company! Many titles here that make me want to read far beyond my area of specialism @universitypress.cambridge.org
Absolutely delighted to see @emilymayvine.bsky.social's fabulous book 'Birth, Death, and Domestic Religion in Early Modern London' on this list. It is just the kind of meticulous, well-written, and all-round brilliant history that Emily is great at writing.
#skystorians 🗃️
#skystorians 🗃️
Release of the 2026 Early Career Article Prize Shortlist follows that, yesterday, for the Society's First Book Prize: bit.ly/4dARJO1
Final winners for both prizes will be announced in July. Congratulations to all 16 shortlisted authors, 2/2
Final winners for both prizes will be announced in July. Congratulations to all 16 shortlisted authors, 2/2
May 19, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Absolutely delighted to see @emilymayvine.bsky.social's fabulous book 'Birth, Death, and Domestic Religion in Early Modern London' on this list. It is just the kind of meticulous, well-written, and all-round brilliant history that Emily is great at writing.
#skystorians 🗃️
#skystorians 🗃️
'Combined over-use of and angry critique of AI' precisely defines our L4 cohort too.
While I moan A LOT about marking AI generated work, it is fascinating to watch the evolution of each new cohort's views on AI.
#skystorians 🗃️
While I moan A LOT about marking AI generated work, it is fascinating to watch the evolution of each new cohort's views on AI.
#skystorians 🗃️
'While 22% of the public believe AI will eliminate jobs fast enough to cause civil unrest, that proportion goes up to 34% among university students.'
This comports with the combined over-use of and angry critique of AI seen especially in our cohort of 1st-year students. 3/3
This comports with the combined over-use of and angry critique of AI seen especially in our cohort of 1st-year students. 3/3
May 19, 2026 at 7:47 AM
'Combined over-use of and angry critique of AI' precisely defines our L4 cohort too.
While I moan A LOT about marking AI generated work, it is fascinating to watch the evolution of each new cohort's views on AI.
#skystorians 🗃️
While I moan A LOT about marking AI generated work, it is fascinating to watch the evolution of each new cohort's views on AI.
#skystorians 🗃️
Marking dissertations takes AGES because I have to stop for a little weep at the beautiful things our students write about their loved ones, their friends, and about my wonderful colleagues in their acknowledgements.
Totes emosh...
#skystorians #marking #18thC
Totes emosh...
#skystorians #marking #18thC
May 19, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Marking dissertations takes AGES because I have to stop for a little weep at the beautiful things our students write about their loved ones, their friends, and about my wonderful colleagues in their acknowledgements.
Totes emosh...
#skystorians #marking #18thC
Totes emosh...
#skystorians #marking #18thC
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'The key findings were said to be “surprisingly simple”: “a good student academic experience ultimately comes down to quality teaching, access to in person interaction with teachers and a strong sense of belonging”.' 2/3
What Matters Most? 20 years of the student experience - HEPI
Half of students miss one-third of their lectures. 20 years of data show undergraduates are struggling to access the high-quality teaching, in-person interactions and satisfying student experience the...
www.hepi.ac.uk
May 14, 2026 at 6:23 AM
'The key findings were said to be “surprisingly simple”: “a good student academic experience ultimately comes down to quality teaching, access to in person interaction with teachers and a strong sense of belonging”.' 2/3
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'Policy analysts looked at 20 years’ worth of data collected for the annual Student Academic Experience Survey, currently run by the Higher Education Policy Institute and Advance HE, to establish key trends in a tumultuous period for higher education.' 1/3
Students missing twice as much teaching time as 20 years ago
Drop in campus attendance a key trend identified in student experience over period that spanned fee rises, marketisation and pandemic
www.timeshighereducation.com
May 14, 2026 at 6:23 AM
'Policy analysts looked at 20 years’ worth of data collected for the annual Student Academic Experience Survey, currently run by the Higher Education Policy Institute and Advance HE, to establish key trends in a tumultuous period for higher education.' 1/3
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200 years ago the handloom weavers of Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire engaged in a 10-day rising, destroying over 1,100 power looms. To learn more check out our interactive StoryMap: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9a84...
#19thCentury #skystorians @sslh.bsky.social @esriuk.bsky.social
#19thCentury #skystorians @sslh.bsky.social @esriuk.bsky.social
Witnessing the Weavers’ Rising of 1826
A digital mapping project created by The National Archives and The Open University
storymaps.arcgis.com
May 14, 2026 at 2:08 PM
200 years ago the handloom weavers of Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire engaged in a 10-day rising, destroying over 1,100 power looms. To learn more check out our interactive StoryMap: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9a84...
#19thCentury #skystorians @sslh.bsky.social @esriuk.bsky.social
#19thCentury #skystorians @sslh.bsky.social @esriuk.bsky.social
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We're excited to be heading to Brighton for the next @oipassoc.bsky.social symposium in June 🥳
Those interested in institutional #OpenAccess #publishing, grab your free tickets while you can! It's primarily an in-person event with a live stream available.
🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oipa-sympo...
Those interested in institutional #OpenAccess #publishing, grab your free tickets while you can! It's primarily an in-person event with a live stream available.
🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oipa-sympo...
OIPA Symposium 2026
Following on from the success of the 2024 OIPA Symposium, this year's event will feature panels, lightning talks and workshops.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 14, 2026 at 2:44 PM
We're excited to be heading to Brighton for the next @oipassoc.bsky.social symposium in June 🥳
Those interested in institutional #OpenAccess #publishing, grab your free tickets while you can! It's primarily an in-person event with a live stream available.
🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oipa-sympo...
Those interested in institutional #OpenAccess #publishing, grab your free tickets while you can! It's primarily an in-person event with a live stream available.
🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oipa-sympo...