Neil Wholey

A series of blue and green bars on a horizontal chart showing that social trust is higher in wealthier countries and lower in middle-income countries

Across 25 countries we surveyed earlier this year, trust in others varies widely. But it tends to be higher in high-income countries than in middle-income ones.

I just constantly think about this result, showing what kinds of people young men interact with on social media versus in real life. The algorithm constantly feeds you unflattering comparison. How can you open your phone without worsening the vibe?

www.ymrp.org/polling

A bar chart showing that About half of U.S. adults go on Facebook and YouTube daily, 24% do so on TikTok

Americans are more likely to visit Facebook and YouTube daily than other sites. Smaller shares are daily users of TikTok or X. www.pewresearch.org/...

kudos for the curator who decided Kenneth Williams was more culturally significant than Richard Burton.

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Promotional card for the Holland Bros. 2 photos of the brothers appear in a dumbbell/bar design. From the British Music Hall Society Archive.

Nice design touch here in this promotional card for the Holland Bros in the #archive of @musichallsociety.bsky.social They are 'British Athletes Advanced', 'A genuine Herculean Equilibristic Novelty' and they've got great centre-partings too.

You can often find snippets of oral history to add to your research by searching newspaper archives for terms like nonagenarian, golden/diamond wedding, grand old lady/man. Older residents were often asked what their town/village was like when they were young. #oneplacewednesday

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RIP Patricia Routledge one of the best ever to do it.

Today we have published our latest Every Story Matters record. The record details the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on children and young people.

1/ Today we published our new Every Story Matters record.

It is part of the evidence in our eighth investigation: Children and Young People (Module 8).

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🚨 THIS WEEK🚨
👩‍🦱 Women in the arena? Rare, and often mocked. @belovedofoizys.bsky.social breaks down how female fighters were treated more as punchlines than professionals — and what that says about Rome.
#WomenInHistory #AncientRome #Gladiators

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I’m on TV tonight! Check out the first episode of Britain’s Railway Empire at 8pm on Channel 4.

It’s a new, two part series about the history of the railways, starting with the Victorian Era. It’s not just a story about tech and engineering, but covers the social and cultural impact too.

that last one would be fun to half-sample with "pick a number, 1-10"

I've noticed this with regards to use of polling data - historians (popular or not) much more willing to cite a NYT article that includes a poll finding than to go to the original data file or topline. Given how poorly journalism has historically dealt with polling, that's a problem.

Revel in this 1977 advert for Benest's of Millbrook, presented by 'Major' Benest himself - imagine Bernard Matthews as a Winston Churchill stan and you're halfway there. Shown in ITV's Channel Islands region, Benest's became a local legend. And it's the best thing you'll see all day.

Other Writing My great grandmother Agnes Court (née Casey) was born in 1875. She gave birth to her first child in 1895 and her twelfth – that we know of – in 1921. After Edward came Ellen, then Willi…

My mum's uncle Edward, 11, drowned in the Thames in 1906. She knew it happened but didn't know his name, when, or anything. So I found him, and the man who tried to save him. Mr John Bannochie turned out to be SO GOOD.

A printer and a printer’s son:

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I told you we’d be back

Bob Monkhouse (7th June 1986). Lord Charles demonstrates his ventriloquism skills to Ray Alan.

We've been working extensively on our archive for the past 18 months. Join us for our first 'Archive on Show' morning on Thursday, 7th August 2025, at our new location in Lambeth Archives. Discover some of our materials—details and booking link here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/britishmusic...

There is no more distant history than recent history. Everybody who has done broadcasting research has found themselves wandering around the recursive maze John stumbled into here, and it only gets worse the more recent the event you're researching actually is!

This is a really interesting question!

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Welcome back. Excellent episode, fascinating not just to learn about Billy Waters but also the educational work in schools in considering his life

I mean the Black Death *did* raise labour productivity…

We have our first entry up on Archives Hub 🎉🥳
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Entertainer Roy Hudd's grave gets theatre poster-style headstone Roy Hudd's widow praises the

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Japanese acrobats in #MusicHall, Clive Dunn's grandfather, Dance Bands in the #Variety era, marvellous Vulcana, Black performers in Morecambe - just some of the expert talks we have lined up during the course of this year. Check out what's going on & book HERE:
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