Dr Cath Feely

Papers of Tom Mann

Thanks to Warwick Digital Archives, but also the Marxist Internet Archive and the Internet Archive who make amazing historical documents like this available to unaffiliated researchers like me
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I do this all of the time.

"Eighty-two years after his execution by the Gestapo on June 16, 1944, the Jewish historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch will be inducted into the Pantheon on June 23... His family requested that 'the far right, in all its forms, be excluded from any participation in the ceremony.'"

Thank you. I don't doubt that it is something hormone related!

In today's surprising news from my mid 40s, I think I am now allergic to lemon juice. I have recently had really raw &small patches of eczema that seemed random until I realised that a certain salad we have with lots of lemon juice on it was the common denominator in sudden flare ups. What next?!

I now know I'm dyspraxic but, honestly, ADHD would explain an awful, awful lot.

I did the Science double award and got two Cs. My Biology teacher tried to get the school to just enter me for Biology because an A* in the mock and a D in Chemistry and E in Physics, but they wouldn't allow it. So two Cs it was! Sixth Form College was incredible in comparison.

Same. My GCSEs were once accurately described as 'the definition of mediocre'. If I wasn't interested in the subject, I did just enough to get a C. In the ones I was (basically just English) A*.

On 1 May 1517, xenophobic mobs, riled up by preachers who were in turn pressured by wealthy broker John Lincoln, rioted in London. They claimed that foreigners were stealing their jobs and welfare. Thomas More, then under-sheriff of London, tried to stop the mob with an empassioned speech.

I can't stand those 'you should monetise your hobby' people. No, Chad, I should do my hobby because it fulfils me in ways that work does not, because I am more than my economic output, because there is joy in doing something just because.

One of my friends got married at Quarry Bank Mill and half the congregation had GCSE History coursework flashbacks. I drunkenly tried to re-enact the daily diary of an apprentice, making sure to incorporate two 'adult views of the factory system'.

Well unification was more of a process, and to be fair Italy took bloody ages ...

Actually no! My English teacher was Irish, as well an absolute legend, so I guess wanted to give us wider horizons!

To be fair, that was A level. Being in Manchester, my GCSE History could have been called GCSE Mills (purely Brit social and economic history, to the point I purposely chose A level with no British content). Hilariously, I am now a trustee of a mill.

They do the origins of the First World War but it's totally disconnected from anything else. I teach a first year course on Nations and Nationalism, Europe 1789-1914 and very few of them have done modern European history (other than Nazis and Russia) before. It was basically all I ever did!

‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university? When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...

Excellent article but stark reminder that for all the perceptions of universities as ivory towers for elites, they are actually vital hubs in towns n cities supporting local businesses and providing key services as well as education….

Devastatingly sad.
Every Labour MP should be forced to read this. In fact, every MP, who rushed back to Parliament to vote to save one steel mill, whilst hastening the collapse of dozens of universities - and harming the students, staff, communities and economies universities sustain and support

We're looking to capture experiences of what it means to be queer in the UK today! To do that we're collecting day diaries for 12th February. It doesn't matter what you get up to, or how you record it, we'd love to have it!🧵 (1/4) #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26

18 month postdoc at the lovely IHR in London, $41,740. Deadline 7 March. 'The Fellow will play a key role within the IHR team responsible for hosting the 2027 North American Conference in British Studies (NACBS)' in London 2027.

Repost to spread the word. #Skystorians

That's some impressive stick action.

Gordon Brown sending all relevant information to the police to help them with their inquiries.

Can only agree from another University on the other end of Brian Clough Way.

I've actually been there. It's a soul-destroying place.

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Three scholarships for PhD in Arthur Scargill Archive - quite the opportunity. Believe me when I say that I am sure that some of the stuff in here will be quite the eye-opener! (if the good stuff hasn't been already shredded or slapped with an embargo)

It was. Thanks Elaine. xx

Nichols, sorry. Honestly the (rare, young, Mancunian) priest's face when he revealed he'd got the message from the Cardinal. Catholic top trumps.

Today I was my aunt's funeral, which was weird enough without people coming up to me casually saying 'Hi Cath' who I haven't seen for at least 35 yrs, FIVE former teachers in attendance and a personal message from Vincent Nicholls, Cardinal of England and Wales. Well, it was something of a send off!

The cover of History Workshop Journal 100. The cover is a woodland green, and shows an abstract illustration of a coniferous tree based on Sadiah Qureshi's article on the Wollemi pine.

The latest issue of History Workshop Journal is out now, and it marks two exciting milestones: 50 years and 100 issues of innovative radical history.

You can read the journal on the HWJ website through the link below!

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All of the information in the image is available via the web link.

New free online research training course 5 May 2026. Engaging Histories: Working with/in the Media as an Historian.

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Opening screen of Royal Historical Society blog post: 'With December’s restart, what next for REF2029 and for History?' Full abstract: On 10 December 2025, Research England announced the ‘unpausing’ of REF2029 and, with it, completion of a three-month review of the terms and principles of the next assessment exercise. The messaging that accompanied December’s announcement was clear: a more pragmatic, less burdensome REF template is ‘back on track’, with attention soon to move to the work of criteria setting by subject panels. However, December marked more than resumption after a temporary halt. The updates announced are extensive and include significant changes to the structure and content of REF2029. Here, we summarise and review the key headlines. This post also considers the implications of these changes, with reference to History and the wider humanities. These include positives, notably changes to the portability of books and to impact case studies. But there are also concerns, most notably in relation to the new-look environment element and changes to the form and weighting of its assessment. These put at risk the central REF principle of ‘rewarding excellence wherever it is found’.

What changes were made to REF2029 as part of last December's 'unpausing'; and what are the likely implications - positive and negative - for History and the wider humanities?

New on the RHS blog: bit.ly/3ZIfe0P

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