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MJ Herbert

@mjherbert.bsky.social

Socialist Historian. My work includes books on the history of radical women in C19th and 20th. Watching Doctor Who since 1963 and currently working on a biography of Avengers and Doctor Who writer Malcolm Hulke. Gender critical. Pronouns? Of course not!

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LGB History Month - LGB Alliance UK

Add your voice to LGB Archive on Oral History Day. Join the group on 20 August in an online recording session. they are looking to hear, What LGB Alliance has meant to you, How you see your story as part of a shared history. Book a slot on their website lgballiance.org.uk/lgb-history-...

04.08.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Long Chase, 13 part 1972 series. Tom Corby and his son John are bird watching, by the cliffs, when he spots a number of strangers. John goes to help a girl cut off from land. When he returns his dad has vanished.. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1-Y...

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Violence in Palestine did not start on 7 October 2023...here are some newspaper reports of the murder of British civilians and soldiers in 1940s by Zionist groups such as the Irgun and Lehi, predecessors of the IDF

04.08.2025 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Charity Support For The RNLI - Save Lives At Sea Your Way Discover ways you can get involved and provide charity support for the RNLI. As a charity, we rely on the support of people like you to save lives at sea.

RNLI, a volunteer service, rescue everyone in danger at sea...here's how to support them rnli.org/support-us?g...

03.08.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Latest Westminster voting intention REF: 29% (+2), LAB: 22% (-1), CON: 17% (-), LDEM: 14% (-1), GRN: 11% (-). The last time the Labour party polled this low was at the 1918 General Election

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In my recent biography of Malcolm "Mac" Hulke "Things are not always what they seem" I discuss his work on Doctor Who including "The Silurians" www.lulu.com/shop/michael...

03.08.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

On X ...LesbianLabour @LesbianLabour
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"The Supreme Court gave lesbian spaces back to us on 16th April but the media & politicians chose to ignore this fact. Focusing instead on whether men can use women’s toilets as often as they wish, they miss the point, we are rebuilding lesbian spaces."

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The TARDIS Trap: When Friends Become Foes!
YouTube video by Sci-Fi Chronicles The TARDIS Trap: When Friends Become Foes!

Discussion on Doctor Who classic episodes "The Edge of Destruction" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3EV...

02.08.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Terf Island: How the UK resisted trans ideology "by Fiona McAnena, out 1 August 2025 www.facebook.com/spinifexpres...

02.08.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Mikey Dread - 1979 JBC Radio TaPe Side D = Ska, Dub, RooTs & CuLTuRe CLaSSiCs!!
YouTube video by RoCkiN' ReX NY Mikey Dread - 1979 JBC Radio TaPe Side D = Ska, Dub, RooTs & CuLTuRe CLaSSiCs!!

I love the internet.

youtu.be/Al7E8fmGSts?...

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Talking Pictures TV
Unseen on TV for decades! Begins Sun-31-Aug at 8pm on #TalkingPicturesTV. Channel Premiere series! SERGEANT CORK (1963-68) with #JohnBarrie as Cork & #WilliamGaunt as Marriott PLUS EXCLUSIVE #TPTV introductions by William Gaunt! Join them in their battle against Victorian crime!

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In my biography of Malcolm "Mac" Hulke "Things are not always what they seem" I discuss his work on Docror Who including "The War Games" www.lulu.com/shop/michael...

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n my biography of Malcolm "Mac" Hulke I discuss his work on Doctor Who, beginning with "The Faceless Ones" (1966)... just who are Chameleon Tours? www.lulu.com/shop/michael...

30.07.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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If the Victorians had had computers: The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling (1990) Set mostly in 1855, The Difference Engine imagines what might have happened if Charles Babbage had succeeded in creating a workable computer in the 1820s, which he called β€œThe Difference Engi…

If the Victorians had had computers...: my post on the alternative history novel "The Difference Engine " by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling (1990) fantasiesofpossibility.wordpress.com/2016/04/10/i...

30.07.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
DOCTOR WHO NEW NEWS: BILLIE ON RTD'S FINALE - "IT'S A MINEFIELD. VERY LAST MINUTE!"
YouTube video by The Sense Sphere - The Doctor Who Podcast DOCTOR WHO NEW NEWS: BILLIE ON RTD'S FINALE - "IT'S A MINEFIELD. VERY LAST MINUTE!"

If you like Doctor Who I recommend subscribing to and listening to the Sense Sphere Doctor Who show... latest show ... DOCTOR WHO NEW NEWS: BILLIE ON RTD'S FINALE - "IT'S A MINEFIELD. VERY LAST MINUTE!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=90Rb...

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In my biography of Malcolm "Mac" Hulke "things are not always what they seem" I discuss his work on the "The Avengers" including the episode "The Gravediggers" www.lulu.com/shop/michael...

27.07.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Man Who Owned the World: β€œThe Sleeper Awakes” by H G Wells (1898) and (1910) Graham became aware that his eyes were open and regarding some unfamiliar thing…how long had he slept? Β  WhatΒ  was that sound of pattering feet? And that rise and fall, like the murmur of bre…

The Man Who Owned the World: my post on β€œThe Sleeper Awakes” by H G Wells (1898) and (1910). fantasiesofpossibility.wordpress.com/2016/03/10/t...

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Doctor Who Reaction: An Unearthly Child -The Birth of a Timeless Legend
YouTube video by Sci-Fi Chronicles Doctor Who Reaction: An Unearthly Child -The Birth of a Timeless Legend

Doctor Who Reaction: An Unearthly Child -The Birth of a Timeless Legend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4dC...

27.07.2025 09:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Sandie Peggie tribunal shows how easily injustice takes root" by Gillian Bowditch archive.ph/3K1ve#select...

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In my biography of Malcolm "Mac" Hulke "Things are not always what they seem" I discuss his work on the Avengers, 1963-64, including "Concerto" in which Steed and Cathy team up with KGB operative Zalenko www.lulu.com/shop/michael...

21.07.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prisoners of War, by Terrance Dicks

On a relatively little-known novel by Terrance Dicks and my thoughts on how it links to the Doctor Who book he wrote next: 0tralala.blogspot.com/2025/06/pris... #books #booksky #DoctorWho

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Look out for the mafia with rainbow lanyards Diversity officers have terrorised workplaces, but their reign may be ending

article by Hadley Freeman (former writer on the Guardian) on the rainbow lanyard mafia www.thetimes.com/article/2063...

20.07.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ve never really done Doctor Who conventions (3 or 4 in my life) but #TargetBookClub where the authors are the stars? Yes please and thank you very much!

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What makes Cybermen arguably the scariest villains & did New Doctor Who do them justice?
YouTube video by Sci-Fi Chronicles What makes Cybermen arguably the scariest villains & did New Doctor Who do them justice?

Jon Youlden and Brendan from the SenseSphere
discuss what makes Cybermen arguably the scariest villains & did New Doctor Who do them justice?
youtu.be/cA8-6YowMJw?

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