See @vanessathorpe.bsky.social in @theobserveruk.bsky.social β a devastating story:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
@adamchapman.bsky.social
Medieval historian interested in Wales, Somerset exile, inept cricketer, General Editor of the longest-running and largest local history project yet devised, the Victoria County History of England. Probably drinking tea.
See @vanessathorpe.bsky.social in @theobserveruk.bsky.social β a devastating story:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I generally think that'd be good for everyone.
19.10.2025 09:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Katie Lam's plan would mean parents with settled status who have children who are British citizens potentially being deported. Wouldn't it?
19.10.2025 08:30 β π 79 π 23 π¬ 7 π 3Your regular reminder that scrapping ILR for people who have come here and played by the rules, which is what Lam proposes here, is a position supported by 3% of the public
19.10.2025 07:30 β π 188 π 68 π¬ 14 π 2This -official Conservative policy - is essentially identical to the Reform policy that the Prime Minister described as "racist and immoral" and would "rip out country apart".
Would be good if media and politicians pointed this out .
Try as I might, I can't get Reform to answer a simple question about their candidate in the Caerphilly by-election Llyr Powell.
When did he last have contact with Nathan Gill, the party's former leader in Wales who has admitted taking Russian bribes?
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/why-cant-r...
Still looking for potential venues for a book launch. All suggestions welcome.
18.10.2025 12:58 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 4 π 0After sixty years of independent operation missed visitor targets and increasing costs such as employer's NI, are cited as the National Trust takes over the museums in Ironbridge Gorge, helped by a Β£9m sweetener from GOVUK.
Who's next and what does this say about sustainability in heritage world?
Over Β£900,000 repaid to London workers as Government cracks down on employers underpaying their staff
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ove...
I can beat the medievalists! In 61 CE, revolting British natives attacked the Roman colony of Camulodunum (Colchester). In 2015, in a domestic space, archs found the remains of a whole box of coriander as well as fenugreek, poppy seeds, cumin, & other Indian spices. Homesick Roman women made curry.
18.10.2025 12:42 β π 747 π 223 π¬ 13 π 5Having - years ago - worked at the football with St John Ambulance, I can confirm that the most solid thing I ever saw thrown was an inflatable sheep (yes, the game did involve Cardiff...).
18.10.2025 08:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Assuming there were many such things in the β80s (I genuinely donβt know!).
18.10.2025 08:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0This always translates to:
βAnd did you go to university?β
βWell of course I went to university, and my eldest is at oxbridge and our youngest will be joining them next year, but I donβt think OTHER peoplesβ kids should go to University.β
Whoβd be an early medievalist, eh? The art historians are good for this too..
18.10.2025 07:14 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I hope this is positive news for @ironbridgegmt.bsky.social but wasnβt aware that the IGMT was in trouble. Good to see @nationaltrust.org.uk & govt recognise the importance of industrial heritage
Needless to say itβs mportant to preserve jobs & heritage skills as well as the museums & artefacts
Me too - this led the news, for what seemed like forever, was certainly discussed on Newsround, and I am less than a year older than Mr Jenrick!
18.10.2025 06:55 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The chances that Robert Jenrick *literally* went to "more than a few football matches in the away end" at Villa Park *in the 1980s* (ie, before his 8th birthday on 8.1.1990) are vanishingly small to non-existent. (He may have been in the away end at Villa Park as a child or teenager in the 1990s)
18.10.2025 06:12 β π 268 π 48 π¬ 30 π 26This is painfully familiar. Iβm ready for my second cuppa already..
18.10.2025 06:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0About your time machineβ¦
18.10.2025 05:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Nearer 35 years! Even that may be a conservative estimateβ¦
18.10.2025 05:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Professors *never* supply information. Students arenβt paying premium prices for βinformationβ at all. How can people who presumably have attended universities misunderstand their role so badly?
16.10.2025 14:16 β π 169 π 45 π¬ 11 π 8Him and me both.
17.10.2025 19:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Iβm not sure we have the water pressure (though I do have enough hoseβ¦).
17.10.2025 19:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Who can say?
17.10.2025 17:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#ICYMI - coming soon, so if you're in reach of Taunton, why not book now and come along!
17.10.2025 15:42 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0The garden is *still* full of acrid smoke...
17.10.2025 15:50 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0You look at the degrees people in the City of London have and they're rarely Business Studies.
17.10.2025 15:41 β π 17 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0It's galling, isn't it? He's definitely burning wood, but it certainly is not ready for burning...
17.10.2025 13:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I do need to look into this - we're not in a town (well, not formally), so the woodburner per se isn't an issue. What *is* an issue is that his '70s bungalow was built with gas central heating and the chimney needs to be a couple of metres taller to lift the smoke properly
17.10.2025 13:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Or at least get some dry firewood...
17.10.2025 13:08 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0