Tim Peacock

Secret coalition plans, snap General Election, possible Prime Minister resignation, Parliamentary defeats. Current politics & 1970s! My new @ManchesterUP book uses declassified files to reveal history of minority government strategy & its relation to 2018 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526123268/

Did you know that @UofGlasgow used to be based in the city centre? For around 400 years the University was based at the Old College Campus just off High Street! Check out these incredible pictures from 1869! Credit: UofG Archives & HIS

Happy International Moon Day! 🌛 Establishing a human presence at the Moon is a formidable challenge. The Moon lacks Earth’s thick atmosphere and magnetic field, leaving human explorers and their technology at greater risk from solar radiation, asteroids and human-made debris.…

50 years ago today, a US Apollo spacecraft and USSR Soyuz spacecraft docked during the first joint venture in space between the United States and the Soviet Union: the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. 🖼️: Artist rendering of the ASTP docking

The first #Nuclear bomb detonation, #TrinityTest, occurred 80 years ago #OTD. Key #ManhattanProject figures, from Robert Oppenheimer to Leslie Groves, played themselves in an often overlooked 1946 film on it, explored in my 2023 'The Conversation' article. theconversation.com/oppenheimer-th…

On this day in 1945, the United States detonates history's first nuclear weapon. The top secret test is carried out in the New Mexico desert under the codename 'Trinity.' Just 21 days later, Hiroshima is destroyed by the first of two atomic bombs to be dropped on Japan.

Today marks 50 years since the final launch of NASA’s Apollo spacecraft! We celebrate the countless men and women whose work took humanity to unimagined heights. #OTD in 1975, three U.S. astronauts launched into orbit for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, paving the way for future…

Tomorrow at 11am, we will hold our final session examining the UK at the United Nations Security Council. We'll discuss UK leadership on pen-holding at the UN Security Council with the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the FCDO, Lord Collins of Highbury.

Today we celebrate 60 years of NASA's exploration of Mars! #OTD in 1965, NASA's Mariner 4 made history by capturing the first close-up photos of Mars as it flew by. Its 21 grainy images revealed a barren, cratered landscape—forever changing our concept of the Red Planet.

Often cited as the most dangerous toy ever made, the A.C. Gilbert Company's "U-238 Atomic Energy Lab" was produced for only a brief period between 1950 and 1951. Developed at the request of the U.S. government to stimulate youth interest in atomic science, the kit included four…

We are grateful to our partners and supporters who have made it possible for us to dig on this incredible site.  A special mention to those joining our retreat - @UofGWarstudies, @AWaP_Patrimoine, @nat_sciences_be, @MOLArchaeology - and @1815Memorial who hosted us.

#OTD in 1945, three members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion were involved in a fatal vehicle accident while stationed in Rouen, Sergeant Delores Brown, and two Privates First-Class — Mary H. Bankston and Mary J. Barlow. #RIP #legacy ccllc2008.medium.com/three-women-li…

On this day in 1979, Skylab, the first U.S. space station, reentered Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated. More about the history of Skylab: s.si.edu/45YDSNa

Introducing our Waterloo Uncovered archaeology team.  We are incredibly lucky to have, amongst our volunteers, Tony Pollard, Dominique Bosquet and Stuart Eve as Archaeological Directors who set our research objectives and help shape the context for our veteran engagement.

Thank you to everyone that came to my coin handling workshops at @KingJamesConf. It was an absolute privilege to get to introduce (most of) you to James VI & I’s coins.

Thank you to our speakers and attendees for making the conference so special! Wonderful to hear from so many scholars who work on or are intrigued by James VI & I… We hope you will keep the momentum going and we look forward to seeing what the future of Jacobean studies holds!

Finally, we have the Biographers Roundtable. Laura Stewart talks with Alex Courtney, Steven Reid, Clare Jackson and Steven Veerapen about what inspired them to write about King James, how they feel about the man himself, and how they see scholarship moving forward…

"I personally feel that if we had not gone the Lunar Orbit Rendezvous (LOR) [route], we'd never have gone to the Moon." –Dr. Robert Seamans The LOR strategy held a pivotal role in achieving the Moon landing in 1969, but it might not have been used if engineer named John C.…

DAY TWO - Coin Workshop Cameron Maclean leads a wonderful session on James’s coinage in Scotland and England at the Hunterian - Kelvin Hall. A fantastic workshop showing the range of ways that coins were used to represent the king 👑

DAY TWO - Book Workshop Our own Alexandra Plane @a_plane1 leads a wonderful session on Jacobean books in @uofglibrary. A fantastic workshops showing James's learning influences, library and writings.📖👑

DAY TWO, PANEL ONE - Loci of Control Joe Ellis talks us through the political efficacy of James’s royal progresses. ‘The political’, he suggests, was a monarchs capacity to police a spatial framework, and his subjects ability to negotiate a place within it…