Kate Loveman

Take Your Research Public Take Your Research Public is a free practical course aimed at academic researchers (from mid-PhD onwards) who want to develop writing for magazines, social media, podcasts, radio or the broad trade…

Very pleased to announce that TAKE YOUR RESEARCH PUBLIC is back for 2026. It's a practical course supporting PhD students and academics working on historical topics to translate their work into public-facing scholarship. Runs 2-23 June online. Apply by 20 April @dcahf-met.bsky.social

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Peaceable Sherwood needs to be godfather to John the scrivener’s sprog so we can have Peaceable Bastard.

Race and the Early Modern — CEMS KCL Blog

Thanks to everyone who came to our inaugural seminar! It was wonderful to hear from Dr. Akhimie and to discuss the upcoming exhibition @folger.edu.

Our next session will be on 2nd March. We'll be joined by Dr. Elise Mitchell. Full details below.

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From the hisdarkmaterials community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the hisdarkmaterials community

I had same problem and found this summary of The Secret Commonwealth on Reddit, which at least explained why I’d had trouble remembering…

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In Oct 1671 John Evelyn says it was “universally reported” that Charles bedded Louise de Kerouialle and they had “the stocking flung” like a bride — but his isn’t exactly a filthy account (Evelyn denies seeing anything like it) 🤔

Selling Education in England, 1650–1715* Abstract. In the period 1650–1715, a growing consensus emerged that educational culture in England did not meet the needs of the population, and that chang

My new article, 'Selling Education in England, 1650-1715' is now out (open access) in the English Historical Review! academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

The London Topographical Society funds £1,000 prize in honour of the late Dr Ann Saunders (1930–2019) for an original research essay on the topography, development or buildings of London in any period.

8,000 word submissions should be made by 1 April 2026.
#skystorians #18thC #londonhistory 🗃️

Astonished to learn that my book Contesting Earth's History is suddenly, perhaps for a brief window, almost affordable. Why? Who knows.

Steps towards identifying new Black voters in 18th-century Westminster and Hertfordshire - The History of Parliament A few months ago, the History welcomed a guest post by Dr Gillian Williamson with her groundbreaking research into John London, to date the earliest known

The Georgian Lords welcomes in the new year with a post by Robin Eagles on the likely identification of new Black voters in 18th-century London and Hertfordshire:
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#HistParl #skystorians

The Strange History of Samuel Pepys's Diary | Folger Shakespeare Library Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...

Cheese, wigs, and even some Shakespeare as I discuss Pepys’s diary on the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast for @folger.edu!

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Great failed resolutions Even the most successful people can have problems sticking to their new year plans... • Samuel Pepys - To give up "wine, plays, and other expenses". Lasted a few weeks. • Samuel Johnson - To rise "at eight or sooner" instead of staying in bed "till two". Revised to "to rise by degrees more early in the morning". • PG Wodehouse - To learn the banjo. Banjo was pawned by a housemate, who lost the ticket. • Katherine Mansfield - To keep a diary for posterity. Managed two months.

From the FT

'I wish it could be Christmas every... er... month?'

We all know that Parliament abolished Christmas in 1647 (boo!), but they also created a new monthly holiday (yay!), enforceable by magistrates.

The actual Christmas ban caused riots later that year, but after that was barely enforced.

Deborah Friedell · Lifted Up: Pepys Deciphered Pepys was a meticulous – some might say compulsive – record-keeper. Into his diary’s pages went social debts (who...

‘Although he can’t pay the rent on “my poor little house” without going into debt, he can see the future: himself a great man, his wife no longer obliged to keep household accounts “even to a bunch of carrot”.’

@deborahfriedell.bsky.social on the deciphering of Pepys.

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Absolutely nobody asked for this BUT

English Anglican cathedrals that have burned down, fallen over, and sank into the swamp: a thread.

Thank you for this generous review! A lovely end to the year ☺️

Scholars and Scandal: The First Publication of Samuel Pepys’s Diary by Professor Kate Loveman FSA YouTube video by SocAntiquaries

It was a packed out event for our lecture on Samuel Pepys’s diary of the 1660s by @kateloveman.bsky.social FSA. You can watch the recording at the following link. Please note that this talk contains sexual content and references to assault.

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Or was that a Zygon?

Pictures of Ncuti Gatwa and Queen Elizabeth I over the entrance to the National Portrait Gallery

Weren’t these 2 married at some point?

Scholars & Scandal: The First Publication of Samuel Pepys’s Diary - Society of Antiquaries of London Samuel Pepys’s diary of the 1660s was first published 200 years ago, in 1825. This talk explores how his secret diary came to be printed, how its nineteenth-century editors dealt with its scandalous c...

On Thursday I’m talking at the Society of Antiquaries about how 19th-century editors dealt with the scandalous contents of Pepys’s diary (and who leaked the unpublishable bits) 👀
The talk is live-streamed and tickets are free

www.sal.org.uk/event/samuel...

Not Just the Tudors - Diary of Samuel Pepys - BBC Sounds Unlock the pages of one of the most extraordinary diaries ever written.

I enjoyed being interviewed by Suzannah Lipscomb for Not Just the Tudors, now on BBC Sounds!

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A person holding a book titled "The Strange History of Samuel Pepys' Diary" by Kate Loveman in a bookshop, with a sticker indicating it is on a buy one get one half price deal.

Day 7 of our Books of the Year dives into British history, scandalous secrets and even buried wheels of cheese! 🖋️📖

Kate Loveman’s (@kateloveman.bsky.social) 'The Strange History of Samuel Pepys’s Diary', the winner of the 2025 Samuel Pepys Award, reveals private details never before published! 🤩

Manuscript image showing part of a paragraph that reads: 'wheather Mr John Monson hayre to Sir Th shall live long & prosp[er] & attayne to honour & good & a happy mariage', then, added later in a darker ink (but not shown in the image): 'he shall'. (NOTE6839 in the online edition.)

1620: seeking predictions from an angel, Richard Napier asks whether one of his clients will 'live long & prosp[er]' #earlymodern 🖖

Second row, top right ☺️

Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/

PhD position, project: LangPro Women in the Early Modern Language Sector
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

I am thrilled to share my new open-access article on John Evelyn, his wife Mary, eldest daughter Mall and their complex, multifaceted relationship with clothing has been published in @historicaljnl.bsky.social

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TechWorks AI 2025: AI Data Provenance - Historical Shorthand YouTube video by TechWorks AI

This is my talk from earlier in the year at Bletchley Park on reading early modern shorthand with a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) model with a few extra bells and whistles. Combining my hobby with work! youtu.be/O79kcyAfBcM?... #pepys #earlymodern #ai #aibom #cybersecurity #machinelearning

Gateways to History and Samuel Pepys Another review for Inside Story, on a topic that I didn’t think I would know enough to write upon. But it turns out this great book by Kate Loveman on Pepys’s famous 17th-century diary …

Another review for Inside Story. On Kate Loveman, The Strange History of Samuel Pepys's Dairy @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org @kateloveman.bsky.social katefullagar.com/2025/10/31/g...