Duncan Wilson

Congratulations! That's excellent news and it sounds like a fantastic project

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How has energy shaped a nation?

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Congratulations Matthew, this looks fantastic!

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

We need an associate lecturer in history of modern science @stsucl.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Were you at the Withington CLP nomination meeting? I meant to go but couldn't make it.

Matt Holmes's presentation at the Planetary Futures conference at Manchester Museum

Angela Cassidy's presentation at the Planetary Futures conference at Manchester Museum on pests and coypu (aka nutria)

Had a really good time at the Planetary Futures conference in Manchester. Big thanks to wonderful organizers @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social, @duncanwilson78.bsky.social and presenters!

Snapshots from talks🧵
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On my way back from the "Planetary Futures" conference in Manchester, organized by @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social and @duncanwilson78.bsky.social
Two days of vibrant discussions on how the humanities can help us understand extinction.

Thanks so much for coming Raf, and for giving a great paper. It was nice to finally meet you!

I've only just seen this. Thanks for coming Angela!

One of Manchester Museum's two replica dodos that featured in our public event, 'Extinction in the Museum'.

I'm wiped out after the Planetary Futures conference that @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social and I organised over the past two days at the University of Manchester. Huge thanks to everyone who gave papers and attended. I think it all went well!

Yes, I'm looking forward to it!

Only one man can arrest this decline Des

In no sense are universities merging creating a 'super university'. They are institutions grabbing a life raft to stop themselves drowning. The merger of Kent and Greenwich is a sign of a sector that has been criminally neglected, the implications for staff and students could be disastrous.

I'm so sorry Claire, this must be really stressful. To brief the media without informing staff first is shocking.

Not sure if she's published anything yet, but Noortje Jacobs at Rotterdam is working on something along these lines...

I was a bit indifferent to start with, but it definitely got better as the series progressed. The last two episodes were brilliant.

Happy birthday Claire! 🎉

I like Rayner a lot, and have found this whole episode unedifying for lots of reasons (not least the hypocrisy of many people who have it in for her). I remember that she was one of the few politicians who bothered to turn up and show her support during the UCU pension strikes.

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

We're hiring a new lecturer @stsucl.bsky.social. We're looking for someone with particular interests in the environment. Please share widely www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

YouTube video by theartroom1 francis bacon documentary part 5.mov

Since Melvyn Bragg is in the news, here's a clip from the amazing profile of Francis Bacon on the South Bank Show, where the two of them have a good old booze up at The Colony Room Club among other haunts. 'Cheerio!'

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Discussion Event: Extinction in the Museum Please join us for a public discussion on 18 September, 6-7:30pm, led by Sadiah Qureshi, historian of extinction and author of Vanished, and Rachel Webster, curator of botany at Manchester Museum.

Please join us for a discussion event on Extinction, with @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social and Rachel Webster, at Manchester Museum, on 18 Sept 2025.

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Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal and Lecture | Royal Society This prize lecture is given on a subject relating to the history of science, philosophy of science or the social function of science.

Absolutely delighted to have been awarded the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar medal by the @royalsociety.org for my research on science, race, and empire, including my book Vanished. An enormous thanks to everybody who made this possible, especially the Royal Society.
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One of his recent hangouts was a load of new 3G pitches near where I live in Manchester, always watching young lads playing football. Grim.

This is amazing news, and well deserved! Congratulations Sadiah!

I think it's great because it's so on the money, in terms of extinction credits and the idea that a billionaire would 'rescue' endangered species just to shoot them. I recommended it to a friend, and his wife, who's a trained biologist, had to stop reading because it was all too plausible!

There isn't much about snails is there? I was mostly in it for snails too! I was expecting something along the lines of Venomous Lumpsucker, which I loved, but this is a different book entirely

Endling by Maria Reva review – a Ukrainian caper upended by war Jaw-dropping formal invention turns this witty heist tale of endangered snails and ‘mail-order’ brides into an urgent dispatch about writing during conflict

I can highly recommend Endling, by Maria Reva. I initially got a copy because it's partly about conservation of 'lowly' species, but it's also a very ambitious and inventive novel that's ultimately about writing in a time of crisis.

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The people laying into Mold presumably come from those magical places in the UK with no issues whatsoever.

I grew up in Mold and my family and lots of friends still live there. It's not without its problems, like all deindustrialised towns, but it's pretty galling to see it described it as a 'terrible place' following yesterday's asylum protests.

Grounded yacht

*Curb Your Enthusiasm theme plays*