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Passionate about history - modern and some classical. Main interest area is political history. โ€˜Dabbleโ€™ in archaeology. A little obsessed with Lord Rockingham and the Whigs. All when not doing the day job ๐Ÿ˜‰. โค๏ธ=๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿซ–๐Ÿบ๐Ÿ›๏ธ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ๐Ÿท๐Ÿฅƒ๐Ÿน๐Ÿ๐ŸŒท๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ

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Arenโ€™t the windows a little small for textiles. Usually weavers had a long run of windows. That being said though itโ€™s a lot of windows for a warehouse.

15.10.2025 09:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's Nigel "Twelve Jobs, Four Homes and a Chauffeur driven BMW" Farage to you !

10.10.2025 11:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 621    ๐Ÿ” 242    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
Nigel Farage on Russia Today.

Nigel Farage on Russia Today.

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

11.10.2025 17:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3696    ๐Ÿ” 1369    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 111    ๐Ÿ“Œ 58

Got to admit was a little ๐Ÿ˜ฒโ€ฆthen scrolled down and was more โ˜บ๏ธthen ๐Ÿคฌ

12.10.2025 11:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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The Worsbrough historic flour Mill complex of buildings.

The Worsbrough historic flour Mill complex of buildings.

As the once manager of a historic former flour mill, Iโ€™m always drawn to places where the tradition still thrives. One such gem is Worsbrough Mill near Barnsley, a working watermill on the River Dove producing premium organic flours. Milling here goes back to Norman times. The

08.10.2025 13:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Political Influence of the Marquess of Rockingham on Edmund Burke. A Seed of modern conservatism? The political relationship between Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730โ€“1782), and Edmund Burke (1729โ€“1797) represents one of the most intellectually significant partnerships in ...

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05.10.2025 22:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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The Grand History of Wentworth Woodhouse: England's Forgotten Palace. A northern palace to rival Chatsworth and Versailles.

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05.10.2025 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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04.10.2025 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s because he (Trump) canโ€™t believe anyone came out with the things he says..๐Ÿคช๐Ÿคฃ

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We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.

25.09.2025 14:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24064    ๐Ÿ” 6831    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 745    ๐Ÿ“Œ 406

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23.09.2025 22:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Insert Putin, Trump and Ukraineโ€ฆ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿง

21.09.2025 08:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rising Christian nationalism: a threat to us all Scenes on Saturday of Christian preachers denouncing โ€˜Secular Humanismโ€™ from the main stage of Tommy Robinsonโ€™s radical right Unite the Kingdom rally in London may have been surprising to see on the s...

We need to be very clear about this.

Rising Christian nationalism is a threat to us all.

humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...

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Two very important graphs.
Net migration reached record levels in 2023 - and has since halved.
The vast majority of arrivals comprises students and workers.
Arrivals in small boats and asylum seekers - less than 5%.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

14.09.2025 09:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 608    ๐Ÿ” 267    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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What do the immigration figures for the UK really show? Official figures indicate net migration is falling, yet concern among Britons is close to the highest it has been since polling began in 1974

despite media focus on small boats and asylum seekers, these only make up a tiny % of those coming to the UK โ€“ less than 5% www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
#immigration #smallboats @suecowley.bsky.social @profaliceroberts.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social @morsecat.bsky.social

14.09.2025 07:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 74    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Archaeologists scramble to evacuate Gaza artefacts threatened by Israeli strike Officials hurriedly remove nearly three decades of finds in โ€˜high-risk operationโ€™

Archaeologists scramble to evacuate Gaza artefacts threatened by Israeli strike | Gaza | The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

12.09.2025 17:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

True. However I was positing that I wonder what he would think were he to see the Christian religion he instigated. Being a Jew would he have survived his churches pogroms and its hoarding money, art and other riches after all he talked of rich men and eyes of needles in his parables did he not.

10.09.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I canโ€™t help thinking about ancient religions that tolerated other religions didnโ€™t get prissy just accepted and absorbed each others beliefsโ€ฆand then some religion came along and it
all stopped and got a bit tetchy and a bit all about them and power andโ€ฆnow what was that called again?

09.09.2025 22:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A church that has mandatory attendance and tithesโ€ฆI couldnโ€™t find that bit in the bibleโ€ฆJesus appeared to me to have a different approach to money than the church.

05.09.2025 17:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nigel Farage isnโ€™t brave enough to tell the real asylum story The hotels are not the result of our national generosity

liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/386...

20.08.2025 17:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It could be worse. Could be bubonic black!

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Happy Yorkshire day.

01.08.2025 05:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Important article by @richove.bsky.social in the Observer on the War on Libraries in USA tinyurl.com/58kb7hzt More serious than my reflections on Bodies in the Bodleian, but there is some conceptual overlap! tinyurl.com/mjfsxk67

13.07.2025 08:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 80    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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