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As a historian, I have never been entirely sure of the most effective way to engage the public in what, to some, might be considered a niche research area.

Periodicals as a source base for research are endless fun. Victorian periodicals in particular are loaded with odd stories written by characters that you tend not to hear about that often in histories of science.

Amidst the beautiful surroundings of the University of St. Andrews, the annual conference of the British Society for the History of Science took place between 3-6 July.

"Dear Mr Darwin", a lecture delivered by Professor Sally Shuttleworth, Dr Sally Frampton and Dr Geoff Belknap as part of the Oxford Martin School lecture series Trusting the crowd: solving big problems with everyday solutions.

Dr Geoff Belknap has recently joined the team, based at the University of Leicester. Geoff is working with the Natural History Museum’s Centre for Arts and Humanities Research and has discussed the project and his work in a piece for the Museum website.

From Amateurs to Citizens: Periodicals, Images and Internet platforms in the 19th and 21st centuries a guest blog post for AHRC Science in Culture by Professor Sally Shuttleworth, Dr Gowan Dawson, Dr Sally Frampton and Dr Geoff Belknap.

Dr Geoff Belknap has written a blog post for the University of Leicester website discussing the Constructing Scientific Communities project and how the public can contribute to scientific research.

Dr Geoffrey Belknap has been appointed Curator of Photography and Photographic Technology at the National Media Museum.

Dr Geoff Belknap has written a guest post for The Guardian‘s science blog, The H Word.

The video recording of our Being Human 2016 event in Leicester (also a part of the Literary Leicester festival) is now available for your viewing edification.