Susan Major

This. This this this this this.

See how easy that is...
Greens : "We're going to rejoin the EU"
Me : "Ok, you have my vote".

In the House of Commons, I raised a case about generative AI, copyright infringement and the impact on the creative sector. We must see protections in the Data Use and Access Bill. #York #Data #Copyright

Leisure boats near Lendal Bridge in York, with one hauled up onto the slipway.

York's own Fitzcarraldo!

Born on this day in 1697 in Venice Giovanni Antonio Canal called Canaletto. Four London views. #London

British.

Quite the spectacle to see media outlets who've cheered on austerity saying 'oh god, SEND spending is out of control'. Well, if you gut councils, fail to provide local special school spaces, collapse SureStart and leave public/collective transport to rot, that's what happens. Cuts are expensive

This Is Fascism

Unpacking the pride in place programme - Bennett School of Public Policy Labour’s new ‘pride in place’ strategy promises to empower communities to restore local spaces and revive high streets. The widened and rebranded regeneration scheme forms a key pillar of its response...

New blog for @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk on the pride in place strategy

I explore why the government is going quite big on this and has adopted the language of pride in place, and look at whether it marks a real shift in power away from the centre

www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/unpacki...

Micklegate book cover

Our new book about Micklegate is out this week, packed with stories, facts, photos and memories. Details and stockists at www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/mickleg... @balhnews.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social

stop thinking right now

Pextons in the late 1960s

Pextons today

Our latest blogpost features 90 years of Pextons Hardware on Bishy Road in #York www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/pextons... @balhnews.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social

Love this.

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?

Thank you Tony!

Susan Major in a signal box at Ramsbottom, on the East Lancashire Railway, talking about early excursion trains.

This week on #BBC4 they're reshowing #RailwaysTheMakingOfANation, from 2016. I took part in the episode about leisure, due on Wednesday. I was filmed in a signal box at Ramsbottom, on the East Lancashire Railway, talking about early excursion trains. #Railways200

What has Yvette Cooper’s proscription of Palestine Action done to this country?

Beyond absurd. It’s extreme authoritarianism. These police should be arresting rapists & crooks, not neglecting those duties to spend time arresting citizens standing against genocide.

It undermines police and the law.

Found a secret door in the back of my washing machine. Behind it a tiny room with rows of mice fast asleep in odd-sock sleeping bags.

It's all happening for us train enthusiasts (or is it just me?) as today marks 200 years since the Stockton and Darlington Railway opened in 1825 - the birth of the modern railway.
So here are some of the many railway linocuts I have done over the years - too many, I hear you say? Surely not… 😂

Free access to the collection is available over two periods - 25 September - 15 October and 3-10 November 2025.

My paper on mid 19th century railway excursion agents is part of this collection, on open access to mark #railway200.

I am far more worried about the rise of fascism than the rise of autism. Can we look into the causes of that?

Slip manager Harry Cooke and Susan Major from Clements Hall Local History Group, with the new display panel

Slip Inn at Clementhorpe new inn sign

We've renewed our display panel at @theslipinnyork.bsky.social in Clementhorpe, #York, as the history of shipbuilding and other industries nearby is of great interest to customers. There's a new inn sign too, as the old sign was very misleading www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/echoes-...

‘I grew up in a military household. Here’s why the York flag waving makes me uncomfortable’

Well said @AndyShrimpton

YouTube video by Marsh Family "Put Up Some Fences" - Marsh Family parody of "Walking in Memphis" about Donald Trump UK State Visit

youtu.be/1Iag4yaozis?...

Yes they are part of people's family history.

There's a great feature on our new Micklegate book in today's Yorkshire Post. The book is due out on 15 October.

Cover of our forthcoming book about Micklegate

Our book about Micklegate, out on 15 October.