Pam Lock
Sen Lecturer, Eng Lit, Bristol Uni & Dir. of MA in Eng Lit. I research alcohol in 19th Century. Co-Dir. Drinking Studies Network (https://drinkingstudies.wordpress.com/).
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- Reposted by Pam LockWe would like to welcome Dr Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social to the editorial board of 'Brewery History'.
- www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/... Anyone reading this and pondering an academic version, I am for hire. I offer one day and multi day retreats at your university or residentially. See my website for feedback and more information: Writing with Pam share.google/BCwMCwNVIsmu...
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- Have any of you been trying #DryJanuary this month? If the lure of alcohol feels too tempting, Victorian temperance societies had plenty of advice! This 1893 illustration from the Band of Hope Union is aimed at those doing the thirsty work of harvesting crops.🧑🌾 [MV5443.U6, no. 4]
- Reposted by Pam LockLatest NIQ stats for managed hospitality in December. Pubs performed well, bars and restaurants less so.
- This sounds brilliant!
- Co-organised by some of our phenomenal @crems-york.bsky.social and @cecs-york.bsky.social PhD students!
- Reposted by Pam Lock⚡ Lightning Talks at The London Archives ⚡ Are you a student or ECR? Need feedback on your work? Can you summarise it in 5 minutes? Join us for Lightning Talks at The London Archives - a friendly event open to researchers of London and its history! 📆 Wed 11 February 🕔 5pm
- Reposted by Pam LockI need at least 3 more folk to sign up for my Edinburgh Adult Education Programme archaeology classes at Craigentinny, or the course will be cancelled. If you know anyone who might be interested, please let them know. Thank you! adulteducationedinburgh.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
- Lovely blog about our Think While You Drink public events on beer, drinking, and drinking places in pubs last year if anyone is interested in how they worked and what we did: humsimpact.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2026/01/05/b... Starting to plan for this year so watch this space or sign up to our list
- Our brilliant speakers @petebrownbeer.bsky.social wnbeer.bsky.social @philmellows.bsky.social s.bsky.social @braciatrix.bsky.social @boakandbailey.bsky.social @beernouveau.co.uk might like to see this. Do RT if you want to spread the word too.
- Reposted by Pam LockHappy birthday yesterday to Oliver Hardy, seen here at Denker's Beer Garden in NYC in OUR RELATIONS (1936), a film based in part on 'The Money Box' (1902) by W W Jacobs, a prolific comic story writer best remembered now for 'The Monkey's Paw'. The film concerns twins, mistaken identies and money 1/5
- Might be of interest. Spotted while photocopying and though it looked good. We have an amazing group of medieval studies lecturers here so likely to be sparklingly informative!
- Reposted by Pam LockA handsome volume, as you'd expect from Historic England & @livunipress.bsky.social - lots for general readers, as it clearly demonstrates just how significant & ordinary temperance was across England; essential reading for academic work on temperance & drink too.. @drinkingstudies.bsky.social (1/4)
- Only 3 spaces left on our public 8-week Detective and Crime fiction course - tell your friends to sign up now: www.bristol.ac.uk/english/stud...
- Reposted by Pam LockAnd for the people fleeing wannabe space wanker and his racist hordes there is also this starter pack for women in history …at://did:plc:zwjijm4ikcfklhckhncabbxz/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3laki7f5gw22q
- Reposted by Pam LockReminder: deadline for submitted applications is 12 Jan!!
- BARS 2026 First Book Prize: Calls for Nominations Awarded biennially for the best first monograph in Romantic Studies, this prize is open to first monographs published between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025. Deadline: 12th January 2026. More info: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6174
- Reposted by Pam LockWe would like to welcome Dr Christina Wade @braciatrix.bsky.social on to the editorial board of Brewery History.
- Reposted by Pam LockOverindulge a little this festive season? Fear not! Dunkeld Total Abstinence Association have the soiree for you. This event was held on the 3rd of January 1840, maybe we are a little bit late advertising it...
- Wow this database looks so useful and interesting!
- As we welcome in the #NewYear2026, a reminder about the Railway Work, Life & Death project. Looking at accidents to British & Irish railway staff before 1939, last year we added 69,000 more records to our free project database! More here:
- Reposted by Pam LockI'm keen to speak with any creatives who have lost work because of generative AI, for something I'm writing. If this is you, please DM me. Thank you!
- We are running our short course on Crime Fiction again in 2026. 8 weeks of evening classes @bristoluni.bsky.social. Join 8 university tutors sharing some of their favourite cold cases in detective fiction in an accessible but intellectually stimulating way: www.bristol.ac.uk/.../detectiv...
- Reposted by Pam LockJust out of interest... Who among those of you researching and writing about beer and pubs has a talk or two in your arsenal? We've got our 30-minute bit on the 20th century pubs of Bristol, for example.
- Reposted by Pam LockJOB KLAXON! CHAIR IN CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN HISTORY AT @ox.ac.uk: please publicize! Eleanor Rathbone Professor of Contemporary European History my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
- Reposted by Pam LockIf you teach histories of British slavery, don't miss this Thursday's book launch and talk: Teaching Slavery: New Approaches to Britain's Colonial Past, IHR, London 11 December & on Zoom. 5:30pm. Registration details are below and a link to the open access book in post 2/2. This post is 1/2.
- Reposted by Pam LockTomorrow we make our final Visit of 2025: to historians @lshtm.bsky.social and @ioe.bsky.social. Our focus is on working as a historian outside 'traditional' history departments - something that's increasingly common. The RHS welcomes historians to join us, wherever they work bit.ly/3KBcnTy 1/2
- Reposted by Pam LockI have already been quoted and referenced with hallucinated literature, and you all will be too. It’s a growing mess.
- Reposted by Pam LockCFP: Clio Reframed: Women Writing History, 1500–1750 Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, 18th–19th June 2026. Deadline: 28 February 2026
- Reposted by Pam LockWhat looks like an alien starship visiting a small country estate in eighteenth-century Germany is in fact, *checks notes* a giant pomelo. So nothing to see here, #skystorians
- Reposted by Pam LockThis is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
- I'm talking about spontaneous human combustion again next year, this time at the wonderful and atmospheric @arnosvalecemetery.bsky.social . Join us on 18 March if you want to learn more about what the victorian's thought about this phenomenon and what it taught them arnosvale.org.uk/spontaneous-...
- Reposted by Pam LockThe Victorian Commons team are looking forward to hearing this paper and congratulating Dr Wilson on her recent PhD!
- Reposted by Pam LockLast week I went on a 'research walk', a new thing for me. I was attempting to 'beat the bounds' of the parish of Portishead, which is the central case study in my current book project about everyday life in 17th century villages. A good start; it was a dry day... 🧵
- Reposted by Pam Lock*goes to a natural history museum and holds up a bouquet to an Allosaurus skeleton so they can finally see some flowers*
- Reposted by Pam LockThe Deansgate Temperance Hotel in Manchester opened at the end of 1895 and survived until 1940, when it was destroyed by enemy action. It features in 'Temperance Lives: Life Assurance, Drink and Medicine in Britain, 1840–1918' (Bloomsbury, 2025) as part of a tour of temperance Manchester... 1/4
- Lovely retreat today of the new ND PGR group at Bristol. Thanks to Kat Nelms for the invitation and hope to do more soon.
- Reposted by Pam Lock*small embarrassed voice* A little plug for my article on Devon book sales c. 1700, which has gone online open access. tl;dr book auctions weren't just a London/Oxbridge thing: a flourishing second-hand book market centred on Exeter included auctions from the 1680s. doi.org/10.1093/libr...
- Final session of my 19th C unit for my brilliant mature students tonight so thought I'd dress as a Victorian heroine to entertain them. Its been such a blast to teach these brilliant students and awaken a new love of Victorian fiction in (most of) them. Finishing with Dracula so trying Mina vibes.
- Reposted by Pam LockAdorable ancient little guy alert! 🦔 #DHmakes
- Reposted by Pam LockJob alert! 🚨 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Edinburgh Uni to work w/a team of historians on a new project, Voices in Slavery's Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana, which will build a digital archive out of the recorded words of enslaved people. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPN147/p...
- Reposted by Pam LockDo I know anyone on here who went to a British boys boarding school -preferably the elite kind- within the last 20 years? If that doesn't describe you then retweet this until somebody it does describe sees this.
- If you are based in Brighton/Bevendean and want something warm on this cold evening, go and try a delicious spud from my brother in law's new van. Details and more info here: www.rathergoodspud.co.uk/new-page Please share (and enjoy).
- @philmellows.bsky.social not far from your gaff - spread the word if you can - knowing Dan it'll all be delish x
- Is it just me or does the diaeresis above Brontë look like that little celebration emoji with confetti? I'm proof reading something today with lots of Brontës in it, and it keeps making me see those little bursts of confetti somehow 🎉 🎉 🎉
- Reposted by Pam Lockin the unlikely event anyone knows of academic work on Jewish brothel-keepers in Georgian London through to the early Victorian period, please let me know.
- Interesting role at UCL: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPL769/a...
- Reposted by Pam LockNEW PUBLICATION Our @historians.org American Historical Review article presents a pathbreaking methodology to analyse the invisible biochemical traces that #earlymodern users left behind on the surface of paper recipes doi.org/10.1093/ahr/...
- Reposted by Pam LockThe origin of ‘cake’ is actually dense bread. Egyptians added honey, but what we make today derives a lot from the 18th century Genoa ‘sponge.’ Professor Nicola Humble writes that, given its permutations and symbolism, “cake is an idea.” Hard to eat one of those. Maybe… nothing is cake?
- Lovely retreat today for the University of Bristol CoSEM CDT at DesignWest on the harbour side. Everyone has gone for lunch so I'm admiring the view while I guard their laptops....
- Reposted by Pam LockPam’s writing retreats are great! She’s previously run some for our PGRs at Portsmouth, and they always had excellent feedback 😊
- Did you know that I run writers' retreats for PGRs & academics? So if you are looking for a way to offer a quiet space to write in a healthy and productive format that breaks the isolation of writing, get in touch. I do one day and residentials. More info: writingwithpam.wordpress.com
- Did you know that I run writers' retreats for PGRs & academics? So if you are looking for a way to offer a quiet space to write in a healthy and productive format that breaks the isolation of writing, get in touch. I do one day and residentials. More info: writingwithpam.wordpress.com
- Reposted by Pam LockLooking forward to this!
- 🎉 Upcoming BARS Digital Event: Romantic Creativity Roundtable 8th Dec, 1-2:30pm GMT 6 speakers reflect on the relationship between Romanticism & creativity as it permeates writing, teaching and research. Chaired by @adamneikirk.bsky.social More details & free tickets: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6228
- Reposted by Pam Lock📣Our UofG Library Visiting Research Fellowships are now open for applications! We’re delighted to invite scholars from across the globe to apply to work with our internationally significant collections. Apply at: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li... 📆Closing date: 5 January 2026 #UofGLibraryFellows
- Thanks to @petebrownbeer.bsky.social for a brilliant talk last night at Small Bar. Great to bring your research & your new book to our lovely Bristol crowd. Thanks @beinghumanfest.bsky.social for the funding that made it possible! Photo credits @dominicalder.bsky.social & @kellywasgcb.bsky.social
- Upstairs in Small Bar looking lovely for our Think While You Drink Event for @beinghumanfest.bsky.social later. Thanks to @kellywasgcb.bsky.social and Bob for getting it all ready today. Looking forward to seeing all the happy tasters using those glasses for good later.
- Reposted by Pam LockOut today (ebook version)! jameskneale.com/2025/11/13/t...
- Reposted by Pam LockReally looking forward to this - it's been fully-booked for ages too! If you're on the list see you at Small Bar later. It's part of the amazing @beinghumanfest.bsky.social, take a look at what else is going on that's still got space 🍻
- Looking forward to our Think While You Drink event with @petebrownbeer.bsky.social tonight as he'll be talking us through some of his research for his brilliant new book, Tasting Notes including some music-themed tastings. @kellywasgcb.bsky.social www.petebrown.net/2025/02/07/s...
- Looking forward to our Think While You Drink event with @petebrownbeer.bsky.social tonight as he'll be talking us through some of his research for his brilliant new book, Tasting Notes including some music-themed tastings. @kellywasgcb.bsky.social www.petebrown.net/2025/02/07/s...
- Reposted by Pam Lock#skystorians - do you have a good intro/explainer text on the concept of the Noble Savage suitable for undergrads? Scanning my own library everything I have just skims it or take the concept for granted rather than acting as a 'first encounter with a concept' teaching source.
- Reposted by Pam Lock🌍 Racism & climate crisis—what’s the link? Join Bridging Racial and Climate Justice at Easton Community Centre, 16 Nov, 1 PM. Talks + conversations with Natalie Hyacinth & Yaz Brien. Free tickets: www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve... @cabot-institute.bsky.social #ClimateJustice #RacialJustice
- Reposted by Pam Lock🔍 Bristol glass, taxidermy pangolin & colonial silences—what stories do they tell? Join Materiality & Museum Extraction at Watershed, 19 Nov. Talks + creative insights from historians, artists & scientists. 👉 www.bristol.ac.uk/brigstow/eve... @cabot-institute.bsky.social #DecolonisingMuseums
- Reposted by Pam LockOh and you need to verify your ID to access these functions 👇
- Reposted by Pam LockGreat talk! Let us know what you'd like us to do next. We are free to join, like all @drinkingstudies.bsky.social groups and welcome new members.
- Thank you so much to @lottelouisa.bsky.social for a fascinating talk on beer consumption of Central European women tourists at today's @womenandalcohol.bsky.social seminar. So interesting to hear about the manner in which these women talk about drink and drinking in their private diaries
- Reposted by Pam LockCould you co-supervise a PhD working with unexplored areas of our collection? We’re seeking proposals from academics at HEI’s on four specially selected research themes: bit.ly/BritishLibra...
- Reposted by Pam LockI think about this post every day 🧪
- This looks brilliant. I've been lucky enough to see see @jameskneale.bsky.social present on this research and its just fascinating. Can't wait to see the whole thing. Recommend wholeheartedly to @drinkingstudies.bsky.social and Victorianists among others....
- If you want a sneak peek at my forthcoming book, Temperance Lives: Life Assurance, Drink and Medicine in Britain, 1840-1918, you can read part of the introduction and check out the contents and indexes with this widget bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/690c7... @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social
- Reposted by Pam Lock🚨 Job alert 🚨 NorseMap is recruiting for a new team member: a 3-year postdoctoral researcher with a background in Politics OR Old Norse Viking Studies to lead the 'Politics & Identity' strand of the project. Come and work with us at UCC! my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
- Reposted by Pam LockThe BAVS 2026 Annual Conference CfP is now live: victorianist.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c... We hope you can join us in Liverpool next year!
- Anyone else planning to put a paper in? Love Liverpool so hard to resist!
- The BAVS 2026 Annual Conference CfP is now live: victorianist.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c... We hope you can join us in Liverpool next year!
- Thank you so much to @lottelouisa.bsky.social for a fascinating talk on beer consumption of Central European women tourists at today's @womenandalcohol.bsky.social seminar. So interesting to hear about the manner in which these women talk about drink and drinking in their private diaries
- Reposted by Pam LockThank you to everyone who came to celebrate the launch of Being Human Festival 2025 yesterday! Taster activities included a Spooky Stories storytelling performance & a healing scents and remedies workshop from humanities researchers. #BeingHuman2025 @mybcu.bsky.social @herts.ac.uk
- One to add to my unusual signs collection...
- Thanks so much to @glensidehospmuseum.bsky.social for inviting me to speak about my most eccentric research to date. It was so lovely to meet so many interesting people and to support this brilliant museum. Think its my first time in a pulpit....that was a fun surprise.
- Thank you to all who attended the brilliant Dr Pam Lock’s talk on spirit drinking and spontaneous human combustion on Thursday evening 🍻🔥 It’s always a joy to see another sold out event at our museum…and a big thank you to our volunteers who came along to help 🙏 @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social
- Ooh this looks interesting
- An longer mid morning writing walk today. Found these little guys having a board meeting
- Reposted by Pam LockMy friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.
- Reposted by Pam LockNo more putting myself down, I can illustrate/be creative and I will make new work. It’s gonna take some time but I will climb out of this.
- I wish we could all continue being vaccinated. I wouldn't mind paying like my flu jab to feel a little safer.
- New study shows that 'receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in *ALL* age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.' @sarafnovak.bsky.social @laurenjyoung.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...
- Mid morning walk on a writing day. Lovely to see all the green coming back after our dry summer.
- Reposted by Pam LockAssistant Professor or Associate Professor in Humanities- Waseda Institute for Advanced Study #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOY258/a...
