Dr Matthew Kilburn

Freelance writer, editor, historian; unpaid Alzheimer's carer. Occasionally writer for @DWMTweets Sometime(s) @VCHWilts, @oed, @odnb and @HistParl

[Dr Matthew Kilburn @Matthew_Kilburn]

@fugitiveink I think that's likely. He was probably tired of a rootless life, and might even appreciate the Barendina Health Service.

[Norman Cornish @NormanSCornish]

The Noman Cornish Coming Home exhibition at Spennymoor Town Hall has attracted over 45,000 visitors since 2016 and recently refreshed with new works from private collections

[Barendina Smedley @fugitiveink]

For any hen-friends out there who wish to find something cheering in their timelines: here's Æthelflæd, tiptoeing through the tulips

[Powys County Times @CountyTimes]

People with Powys ties in latest updates to Oxford Dictionary of National Biography https://t.co/QKXxlbLuOI

[About Manchester @AboutMcr]

The latest update of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is published this morning and adds biographies of 229 people who left their mark on the UK, and who died in the year 2022. https://t.co/yzLXhdQAhh

[Belfast Telegraph @BelTel]

Famous NI figures join Queen Elizabeth II in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography https://t.co/xPdib5lr3K

[Essex Echo @Essex_Echo]

Two south Essex music legends named in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography https://t.co/HOnMicVM6Z

[South Wales Argus @southwalesargus]

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography adds two Welsh greats in new edition https://t.co/V28BudYsoj

[Monarquías @monarquiascom]

El Oxford Dictionary of National Biography —la enciclopedia de referencia de figuras notables de la historia británica— acaba de incorporar la entrada correspondiente a la reina Isabel II (1926-2022), parte de una actualización que añadió 229 biografías de personas fallecidas en 2022. La entrada llega pocas semanas antes de lo que habría sido el centésimo cumpleaños de la reina, el 21 de abril.

El texto no es encomiástico. Dice que Isabel se adaptó al mundo cambiante “lenta y no siempre con entusiasmo”, que el Reino Unido “dejó de ser una gran potencia mundial” bajo su reinado, y que la soberana “cometió algunos errores, particularmente en relación con su familia”. Para una institución acostumbrada a controlar su propia narrativa, la frase tiene el peso específico de un veredicto.

🔗 LEE LA HISTORIA COMPLETA AQUÍ 👉 https://t.co/ceQIEnd9hJ

[Ken Hunt @KenHunt01]

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography published my essay, ‘Waterson, Norma Christine (1939–2022), folk-singer and song interpreter’ on 9 April 2026. Do try to read it…

[Dr Matthew Kilburn @Matthew_Kilburn]

@MoonPavilion @william_whyte @britishlibrary Do you have access through a county library card?

[William Whyte @william_whyte]

Always a red-letter day: the April update of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography now includes 229 lives of those who died in 2022, including Queen Elizabeth II https://t.co/f6dsp70YZ2

[Dr. Bendor Grosvenor 🇺🇦 @arthistorynews]

@_paullay I hope somebody will write the history of R4 comedy. It suddenly went off a cliff and I’d love to know how.

[Dr Matthew Kilburn @Matthew_Kilburn]

@AMcGown @richardmarson2 @thetvroom @RadioTimes At this point it's a supplement to the Herald Tribune - I'd not realised it went back that far.

[Dr Matthew Kilburn @Matthew_Kilburn]

@AMcGown @richardmarson2 @thetvroom @RadioTimes This looks like its 1964 Sunday supplement version, with perhaps a slightly spikier swash.

[Dr Matthew Kilburn @Matthew_Kilburn]

@AMcGown @richardmarson2 @thetvroom @RadioTimes (And New York emerges from the drastic reinvention of an old title - well, several - too, doesn't it?)

[Dr Matthew Kilburn @Matthew_Kilburn]

@AMcGown @richardmarson2 @thetvroom @RadioTimes So it is!

[Dr Matthew Kilburn @Matthew_Kilburn]

@AMcGown @richardmarson2 @thetvroom @RadioTimes I remember reading of this. The pull of history was in the end too strong for the revolutionaries.