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Disney's Alice turns 75! If you're curious about the Science behind Wonderland, catch me on BBC Unexpected Elements exploring the topic - now online & on all podcast channels #histsci #scicomm #kidlit www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Unexpected Elements - Down The Rabbit Hole - BBC SoundsAs Disney’s Alice in Wonderland turns 75, we celebrate the science behind storywww.bbc.co.uk

For everyone who came to my talk on hagiographies in science (and tech) discourse, where "technofideism" came up in the Q&A - this article is a very complementary read.

Dagmar Schaefer kicking off the Plenary panel on "Time" with the problems and potential of comparison in the history of science #hss-bshs 1/x

And my own talk - investigating histories of hagiography in science as inherently polarising, challenging us to urgently rethink them as "go to" narratives for promoting science #eshs-hss

Paulina Gennermann with the really hot stuff on psychopharmaceutics, narratives & trust aka doctors or dealers? #eshs-hss

Mallory Anne Hreor with some amazing analysis of how MAGA science/religion reframes espistemology through Logic and the idea of consensus on the example of climate science #eshs-hss

Just in case you missed this conference highlight

Privileged to be at this fantastic panel - Robert Bud (Science Museum, UCL( asking the big questions - how should we tell stories of science to maintain trust in science? #HSS2026 #ESHS2026

Well here's the news: Very excited to be joining King's College London as Research Fellow in Historical Climatology& Glaciology to work on historical- indigenous& colonial -narratives of the Himalayan glacier regions to design effective climate interventions through storytelling. Absolute dream job!

And another Modern Languages department down. Quo vadis, Britain? thetab.com/2026/03/23/u...

UK uni cancels offers of 300 students after axing half the arts and language coursesThe uni is scrapping the Modern Languages and Film Studies programmesthetab.com

Make this two journal articles and a book contract!

Things have been a little stressful recently, and yet I have somehow managed to pull together 2 forthcoming journal articles! Both deal with the politics of knowledge literature for popular audiences, amid 19c tensions about who gets to participate in the making of scientific knowledge-and why 📚 🔭 🐛