Politics driving interest in witches and witch-hunts - expert Prof Marion Gibson says political polarisation could explain growing interest in the subject.

BBC News - Politics driving interest in witches and witch-hunts - expert - BBC News
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Books for Year 4 children aged 8-9 in KS2 Books for Year 4 children aged 8-9 in primary schools including titles by SF Said, Malorie Blackman, Cressida Cowell and Roald Dahl.

Books for Year 4 children aged 8-9 - 40 exciting texts by Jenny McLachlan, Kate Wilkinson, SF Said, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Malorie Blackman, Philip Ardagh & more.

New: screen poster for your classroom computer!

#teachersofx

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Thank you Chris for Inside Our Dyslexic Minds. I’m a 73 year old ex-teacher with an M. Ed a MBE. Tremendous programme. I am dyslexic and achieved.

Tomorrow night at 9pm on BBCTwo our second series of ‘Inside Our Minds’ begins with a programme exploring the lived experience of those with ADHD . Necessary , urgent , powerful and heartfelt . . . please watch and share on @bbciplayer.bsky.social

A lot of people have questions about mRNA vaccines because the technology seems new and unfamiliar and they are subject to a lot of mis- and disinformation with growing hostility from some that could threaten research and access to these 🧵 🧪 #ImmunoSky

I’ve recharged the batteries, ready for my next show - in Vancouver tomorrow night. I’m looking forward to bringing my special blend of science & theatre to The Centre!
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Flier for short story event

Thrilled to join these fabulous writers and talk about the daring, gorgeous short story! Please join us. Friends of the Half Moon Bay Library are holding a book sale too!

Liberation Day 80 in Jersey.
We reaffirmed our freedom & Britishness in a rammed pub by getting smashed, bellowing Mr Brightside and cheering the unfortunate reveller who was sick all over the dance-floor.

#Liberation80

@footballandwar.bsky.social is looking forward to presenting at The Peace in Europe Conference on the 10th May.
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@mcchris85.bsky.social📅#OTD 1643, Parliamentarians destroyed the 13th Century Cheapside Cross.
John Evelyn described how 'furious and zealous people demolish that stately Cross'.
It had stood 12 feet high and been a focal point for civic events.
#WarsoftheThreeKingdoms

The brigade was in reserve, for the attack by the 29th Division and the French, but were not required by the time the attack was abandoned. Brigadier General Cox;s diary records, Ordered to position at bridge over Krithia stream – spent day there and bivouacked the night. 16 casualties – 1 B.O.

An image of English Civil War reenactors portraying musketeers. They have levelled their muskets at the enemy, wisps of smoke emanating from lit cord held in the mechanism of their muskets. Photo by Laura Johnson

⚔️ Prepare for battle at Charlton Park! 💥 We'll be joining our comrades in The Sealed Knot for a spectacular May Bank Holiday weekend – witness living history at Charlton Park near Malmesbury on May Bank Holiday weekend as cavalry, pike, musket and cannon clash www.tickettailor.com/events/these...

@footballandwar.bsky.social will be giving a presentation at The Peace in Europe Conference on the 10th May.
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Black Sparrow ~ a tense thriller set in Paris with plenty of twists & a killer ending.

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An image of a man in 17th Century clothing – linen shirt, britches, hose, and black leather shoes, with a felt hat balanced on his knee – sits on the floor of a dirty indoor space, leaning back on a wall with broken plaster and exposed brick. Photo by Michael Molcher

⛓️ What "dangerous opinions" landed John Biddle in gaol in the 1640s and '50s? ...🧵

Corinne Fowler's Our Island Stories. Book jacket with a mono drawing of a country house in a rural landscape viewed through embroidered muslin.

I can thoroughly recommend @corinnefowler.bsky.social
'Our Island Stories' for examples told through country walks in colonial Britain. #📚

The free entry Valence House Museum &
@dagenhaminvince.bsky.social exhibition runs until the 29 March, supported by the Army FA, @bssh.bsky.social, Essex County FA, The Western Front Association & @footballandwar.bsky.social

More information @ valencehousecollections.co.uk/events/the-

They wouldn’t let me right a review! I suspect because I didn’t buy the book on Amazon.

Pinky and Manuel send their best wishes from a prickly location.

This #InternationalWomensDay, we’re celebrating Beatrice de Cardi, a trailblazing archaeologist who helped shape the Council for British Archaeology and made an enduring impact on the field.

🏺 Discover Beatrice’s legacy 👉 buff.ly/nmyq6kc

A photo portrait of Beatrice de Cardi

A photo of Gertrude Bell seated at an excavation site with male colleagues.

A photo of Margaret Stokes recording archaeological observations outside.

A profile photo portrait of Joan Evans.

On #IWD2025 we're celebrating the lives and legacies of four remarkable female scholars: Gertrude Bell, Beatrice de Cardi, Joan Evans, and Margaret Stokes. #AccelerateAction

Etwa 35.000 Italienerinnen kämpften zwischen 1943 und 1945 in der Resistenza gegen die deutschen Besatzer und die Faschisten. 4.500 wurden verhaftet, gefoltert, verschleppt, Hunderte ermordet. In Venedig wurde 1957 ein erstes Monument für die Frauen der Resistenza eingeweiht. 1/2

Betty, Jan and I had an awesome at Lapworth village hall. If you would like to see this wonderful lady in action please take time to watch this video. Betty Webb, 101, worked at Bletchley Park.

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Open Hearths, Ovens and Fireplaces
The story of heating is a story about the ingenuity of people encountering challenging climatic conditions. https://buff.ly/4hEye7Y

This arresting image is a c.1900 photograph of Ann “Granny” Boswell, an Irish wise woman of Romany lineage, who settled with her family in west Cornwall. Renowned as a healer, with special skill for healing sick cattle, she died in the workhouse in 1909. Rest in power.

Everything about him just 🔝

Here’s to many more appearances in the royal blue, Paik. 🔵 🇰🇷 buff.ly/3QhweGG

Dear Mark, It was brilliant and we had an audience of about 130 and they came to see and listen to Betty and not for me to ask the questions. She was amazing!

The Sterling Ladies FC to the Lionesses: The Legacy of the Dagenham Invincibles of WWI

This groundbreaking exhibition supported by the Army FA, Essex FA & Western Front Association will open on 15 February @ Valence House Museum

More information 👇
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Book Launch Talk: London, 17 March 2025 - Outside Write What are you doing on St. Patrick’s Day, Monday, 17 March? I am going to be launching my new book at Dulwich Hamlet’sRead more...

@outsidewrite.bsky.social will be launching his new book with a St Patrick’s Day talk at @dulwichhamletfc.bsky.social hosted by @blitzwalker.bsky.social & @footballandwar.bsky.social

@stanchionbooks.bsky.social will be selling the book at this free entry event

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Commercial break - #earlymusic for #ValentinesDay
Good morrow #Valentine: Three #17thCentury #songs & a #dance for Valentine's Day.
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#earlymodern #broadsideballads #ballads #playford #sheetmusic #musicbook