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Wendy Michallat

@wmichallat.bsky.social

Senior Lecturer in the School of Languages, Arts & Humanities, Sheffield. Writing a book about northern working class women & languages education in inter-war Britain. Detectorist, allotmenteer, cyclist. Rheumatoid Arthritis doesn't slow me down πŸ˜„ πŸš΄β€β™€οΈπŸ‘¨β€πŸŒΎ

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Oh God....that looks 😍

24.02.2026 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#WutheringHeights Sweepcliff.

20.02.2026 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1555    πŸ” 413    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 41
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

17.02.2026 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 21765    πŸ” 7745    πŸ’¬ 299    πŸ“Œ 637

Lightning Tree & Rivers of Babylon.

15.02.2026 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PM Law's sudden closure leaves staff and clients in limbo Staff and clients say they are desperate for answers following the sudden closure of PM Law.

This has caused a rumpus thus week. Hundreds in South Yorkshire affected with, in many cases, their money apparently missing...might be nothing to do with it directly but might explain cold feet 😬πŸ₯Ά
PM Law's sudden closure leaves staff and clients in limbo - BBC News share.google/zozDf589Q2ut...

10.02.2026 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I wish I could go back in time to 1978 when XJ Kennedy & his family moved next door in our little village in Yorkshire, England. His son Matt was in my class. I'd never met a real American before. What a thrill for 8 yr old me. If only I'd been older. I'm still in touch with Matt πŸ™‚.

08.02.2026 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 NEW EP OUT EARLY in case of… you knowβ€¦Β πŸš¨ β€œI’m Mandy, buy me.” The Mandelson downfall horrifies even seasoned scandal-watchers. Could it consume Starmer too?
🚨 With @jonnelledge.bsky.social @rostaylor.bsky.social @rafaelbehr.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social
🚨 Listen: linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

05.02.2026 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5

πŸ˜… no hiding place for the 🐷. The Twitter/X hashtag has straightened itself out....so I'm back to my wittering self on that

31.01.2026 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I come onto Bluesky thinking it's nice here & what's the first thing I see? πŸ˜…

31.01.2026 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I listened to it right before the match & I'd gone up a few notches in positivity so thanks for the crash-landing πŸ˜…

24.01.2026 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Really liked it. Thought you were all brilliant. No egos, really knowledgeable content & good banter. Nice barnet.

24.01.2026 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

Thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

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24.01.2026 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 31566    πŸ” 7295    πŸ’¬ 362    πŸ“Œ 346
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πŸ˜„ neither is this one. Turning round on his morning walk & heads home is this week's mood

16.01.2026 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@leonhobbes.bsky.social πŸ˜… Norman got a side hustle?

16.01.2026 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Archie the same. Anxious all night & into the early morning.

01.01.2026 07:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She's got real style 😎.

31.12.2025 07:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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20.12.2025 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's witty & thoughtful πŸ˜„. Risk assessments πŸ˜…. Don't know the band but like the review.

20.12.2025 10:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Throwing shade on the good name Wendy when we need all the positive affirmation we can get.

13.12.2025 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I remember student teacher Miss Lane from London & she supported West Ham. She played us Tubular Bells & we made choc eggs. She was magical 😍.

11.12.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks once again to the Times Higher for reminding us all - hundreds of job losses and the evisceration of entire disciplines later - who the real victim is in all of this.

11.12.2025 08:25 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3

Has he been reported to the Law Society? @thelawsociety.bsky.social

09.12.2025 07:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trumpian? Have you seen your leader's latest social media posts? Populist & as grubby as Farage. How did the Greens allow it...?

08.12.2025 06:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is there a difference between how Reform & the 'new' Green Party do politics? πŸ€”

07.12.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the sort of thing Reform would post. Disappointing.

07.12.2025 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My 'working class' experience evidently very different to yours.

06.12.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was nothing to do with limited horizons for me & my siblings whose working class parents wanted the best. It was not having the opportunity for grammar school (no 11 plus & no one to push), going to a sink school. It was not having anyone in the family to mentor. It was not having books at home.

06.12.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜„ Mark my brother built these big balsa wood planes with little motors & flew them on the moors. I had all the soldiers!

06.12.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I totally get this πŸ˜„. Did you have the airfix soldiers, ships & planes back in the day too....?

06.12.2025 07:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You sound to have been very fortunate.

06.12.2025 07:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0