Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
11.11.2025 08:37 β π 4363 π 1287 π¬ 254 π 131
Brilliant idea - when you're a tiny community group it can be so hard to cover those boring but essential costs like insurance!
10.11.2025 11:18 β π 8 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0
Today is the feast day of St Illtyd - Welsh saint and cousin of King Arthur.
His school at Llanilltud Fawr is one of Britainβs first centres of learning, and legend says he turned two robbers to stone - one still stands on the misty slopes of Mynydd Illtud, Bannau Brycheiniog. π«οΈ
06.11.2025 09:17 β π 39 π 10 π¬ 0 π 1
<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> is an international journal publishing impactful basic and applied social psychological research from all parts of the world.
-- Call for Papers --
Special issue on "Intersectionality in Social Psychology: Perspectives, Methods, and Applications" in the British Journal of Social Psychology.
Abstract submission deadline: 15 December 2025
06.11.2025 09:03 β π 14 π 15 π¬ 1 π 0
Research Vacancies | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
A reminder that there are still a few days left to apply for this funded PhD, working on literary and cultural reception of the Vikings. University fees and a budget for conference attendance included in addition to the stipend: it's a great opportunity for someone! www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
05.11.2025 11:39 β π 18 π 17 π¬ 0 π 1
'Remember, remember the 5th of November!' π₯
These are thought to be the earliest photographs of a bonfire.
These photographs were taken in 1853 by John Dillwyn Llewelyn at Penllergare in Swansea π·
museum.wales/articles/972...
#Wales #BonfireNight #History
05.11.2025 12:44 β π 115 π 34 π¬ 5 π 1
Photograph of Sophia Jex-Blake by Margaret Todd. Image of a woman in Victorian dress sitting at a desk, with books and writing equipment.
π Calling all MA students in women's history!
Our MA Dissertation Prize 2025 is now open for submissions. Celebrate outstanding scholarship & share your work with the wider community.
Deadline: 16 January 2026
womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-ma-disse...
#WomensHistory #MAHistory #GenderHist
22.10.2025 10:33 β π 14 π 21 π¬ 0 π 0
cartoon: in the style of Egyptian heiroglyhics the lyrics to the Time Warp have been phonetically translated and help illustrate characters from RHPS
Caption; Rocky Horus Picture Scroll
From the Larchives: The Rocky Horus Picture Scroll. One of my favorite works. I had the assistance of an Egyptology PhD student to translate the Time Warp phonetically. Enjoy :)
23.10.2025 03:25 β π 1657 π 717 π¬ 31 π 30
#OTD 1966 β’ Aberfan Disaster π₯
On Friday the 21st of October 1966, a wave of coal waste slid down the Aberfan Valley, taking the lives of 116 children and 28 adults with it.
#Wales #History
21.10.2025 13:15 β π 184 π 93 π¬ 8 π 12
You don't believe in evolution? You mean you're a primate change denier?
08.01.2025 16:46 β π 214 π 67 π¬ 12 π 1
Cheese ploughman sandwich. Astoundingly average
16.10.2025 12:04 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
tweet from a guy named Josh that says:
I fucking love toast, what absolute genius took a bite of bread and was like "cook it again", unreal
On World Bread Day I'm celebrating this tweet cos every time I make toast i think "cook it again"
16.10.2025 10:57 β π 141 π 35 π¬ 11 π 3
Free talk by me on "The Psychology of Ghosts and Hauntings" at 8 pm on 16/10/25 for Hampstead Scientific Society at Hampstead Community Centre: hampsteadscience.ac.uk/talks.html
11.10.2025 10:23 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Selfie of Kate Tilley and Simon Partridge in a large white art gallery space. there are paintings on the far wall behind them.
Artist Kate Tilley wearing a colourful patchwork apron standing behind a table upon which are various items of sewing and crochet. Bottom left her hand rests on a wooden case full of pre-threaded sewing needles. Her other hand rest on an A3 sign advertising Stitchety.
Wife Kate did her first public event advertising her new arts venture Stitchety. She runs crochet, patchwork and sewing workshops for schools. I got to be her roadie for the day! She's not on here, but I'm sure she'd love a follow at www.instagram.com/stitchety if anyone's into that sort of thing!
10.10.2025 08:11 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
Amber in the shadows . Thanks to @BELLEGREENWICH for this morning's #FoxOfTheDay
10.10.2025 07:02 β π 484 π 53 π¬ 8 π 1
In this lecture, Catherine Clarke will re-visit the question of what makes history radical, asking what kind of radical history we need in our public life and contemporary context today. In particular, sheβll explore ways in which popular history β trade publishing for a wide public audience β has the capacity to be radical, drawing on experiences and examples from her own new book A History of England in 25 Poems (Penguin Allen Lane, September 2025). Catherineβs lecture will move towards a manifesto for how research-led, scholarship-driven popular history can and does make necessary, vital public interventions β from opening inclusive conversations and confronting the rise of AI, to modelling radical empathy and imagination.
I'm hugely honoured and very excited to be giving this year's Historical Research #Lecture at @ihr.bsky.social, on 'Can popular #history be radical? Historical research and writing for the #public'. Tuesday 4 November, all welcome. More info in AltText. Book here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
01.10.2025 09:14 β π 110 π 45 π¬ 6 π 1
We have 20 years of UK evidence that says Rachel Reeves is correct about this.
Deeply depressing that some in government (let alone other parties) seem incapable of grasping it.
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br....
26.09.2025 20:11 β π 161 π 65 π¬ 14 π 7
Is it really *that hard* to say that it is totally morally wrong to say to people who have come here legally, worked, paid taxes, built their lives here, contributed to Britain, that they have to fuck off now, rather than "unfunded".
22.09.2025 13:52 β π 891 π 307 π¬ 27 π 12
Did you miss me - in the excellent company of poet Andrew McMillan and writer Saima Mir - on #StartTheWeek this morning? It's repeated at 9pm tonight and available on BBC Sounds. I loved speaking some of Caedmon's Hymn aloud in the original #OldEnglish! β€οΈ
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
22.09.2025 08:47 β π 13 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
Apostasy Conference 2025 | The effect of apostasy on mental health
Leaving religion can come at a high personal cost β not only socially or culturally, but mentally and emotionally. Yet the psychological impact of religious trauma and deconversion remains one of the most overlooked issues in mainstream mental health discourse. π§΅
humanists.uk/events/apost...
18.09.2025 12:58 β π 22 π 6 π¬ 1 π 1
The UKβs problems arenβt caused by immigration
Itβs not hard to see how so many came to worry about the issue. But the data isnβt there
Impassioned plea for more mixed-methods research (quant & qual) from @timharford.ft.com
"The hard data is never as eloquent as a good story. Humboldt would measure the cactus but also sketch it; drag his barometer up a volcano, but spin a yarn about the epic climb."
www.ft.com/content/d419...
18.09.2025 06:56 β π 123 π 42 π¬ 6 π 5
Johnson & Alcock to deliver new award as part of the Northern Writers' Awards - New Writing North
Literary agency Johnson & Alcock will support a new award β the Great Northern Read Award β for debut writers...
Hey friends, if you're in THE NORTH (and why wouldn't you be?) then the agency who rep me, Johnson and Alcock, and @newwritingnorth.bsky.social are running a competition for emerging writers with a 2.5k prize and it opens in November. newwritingnorth.com/johnson-alco...
17.09.2025 10:09 β π 31 π 28 π¬ 1 π 1
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Member of Parliament for North West Cambridgeshire
Non-profit CIC running free monthly meetups offering inspiration and practical advice for anyone in the #Peterborough #Digital and #Tech community.
Also organisers of Peterborough #STEM Festival
Socials: @danthornton.net and @lizrandell.bsky.social
Dedicated to researching the history of the women of Peterborough!
https://peterboroughwomenshistory.wordpress.com/
Refugees (& rescue dogs) welcome here π€
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It used to be about good against evil. Now it's good against stupid π«€
A show hosted by @theletterbomber.bsky.social and @sofiainslc.bsky.social, taking a look at Star Wars from a political, historical, and queer perspective. she/they π³οΈβπ
North Yorkshire Councillor for Aire Valley. Green Party. Columnist for Yorkshire Post. Write for Yorkshire bylines. Former Head of Young People's Learning for Yorkshire and the Humber
Promoting science, positive skepticism and critical thinking skills via public engagement. We also host monthly Skeptics in the Pub and social events.
Expert skeptical analysis of pseudoscience, conspiracy theory and claims of the paranormal, since 1987. Reason with compassion.
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News, analysis and commentary on environmental stories from @theguardian.com
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Geek: Star Trek | Doctor Who
I make nerdy rainbow pin badges that have raised Β£35k for homeless LGBTQ+ people
https://linktr.ee/Jamiebgall
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Read my work at thedissident.news
Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh
https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/charles-west
PhD Medieval History. I work on early medieval politics and society. I think about the meaning and purpose of history a lot. I have a blog called Among the Ruins: among-the-ruins.ghost.io
Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply.
Books: Immigration (Sage), Capitalism (Quercus)
The conversations we need on integration and migration, identity and race.Contact: info@britishfuture.org
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