Reposted by David AmigoniDave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The hat-trick 0124
Reposted by David AmigoniDave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Two weeks today: #StreetFootball www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/street-... 043
David Amigoni @amigonidavid.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Rather chuffed and honoured to have received a review copy of @daveproudlove.bsky.social, congratulations to Dave on publication of his book about the grassroots of global football (note, FIFA) 111
David Amigoni @amigonidavid.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Woore, Shropshire, 20 June 2026: Landscape with Machines, with a nod to L.T.C. Rolt 000
David Amigoni @amigonidavid.bsky.social · 25/05/2026How can it be on the hottest day of the year, there’s a light covering of snow on the footpath by the River Weaver, Nantwich? 🤔😜 110
Reposted by David AmigoniResearch Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Jessica Corner to step down as Research England head. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...researchprofessionalnews.comJessica Corner to step down as Research England head - Research Professional NewsExecutive chair announces planned 2027 departure after four-year term ends, as search for successor begins 034
David Amigoni @amigonidavid.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Great postcard; love the connection to Leyton Orient @lucycmunro.bsky.social 020
Reposted by David AmigoniPatrick Leary @patrickleary.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Many thanks to Paul Lewis for making available the unannotated texts of all of the letters included in the magisterial Pilgrim edition of Dickens's correspondence. As that edition is paywalled, this will be very handy for scholars everywhere: victorianresearch.org/Dickens%20le... #Victorianvictorianresearch.org 1119
David Amigoni @amigonidavid.bsky.social · 05/04/2026A reminder that American foreign policy expertise can be grounded in knowledge and the calculation of risk 000
David Amigoni @amigonidavid.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Congratulations! Can’t wait to read this work, based on a masterful PhD thesis 110
Reposted by David AmigoniAlan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Rather than concentrate on the wildfire war he's just started, Trump is spending his time on the phone with British journalists slagging off Keir Starmer. Their dictation skills turn out to be excellent www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/lab...prospectmagazine.co.ukHow the right-wing British press became Trump’s trumpetFleet Street is happy to ignore the real history of transatlantic relations to score points against Keir Starmer 1224688
Reposted by David AmigoniUK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · 20/02/2026Applications are now open for the International Placement Scheme 2026 Funded global research placements at leading cultural institutions for early career researchers and doctoral students - build expertise, networks and policy impact. Apply by 19 March 2026 More info: www.ukri.org/opportunity/...ukri.orgInternational Placement Scheme 2026Apply to undertake a placement at an international cultural institution. You must either be: 01112
Reposted by David AmigoniHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Come work with me! We are recruiting for a Head of Comms and Marketing to help us communicate the work of @britishacademy.bsky.social and the power of the humanities and social sciences in making sense of our changing world app.loxo.co/job/MzM2MzQt...app.loxo.coThe British Academy - Head of Communications and Marketing - £70,000 (London, ENG)OUR CLIENT:The British Academy is the UK’s national academy for the humanities and social... 22740
Reposted by David AmigoniArt UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 18/02/2026For #AshWedneday – a few related artworks we found on Art UK 🖼️ 1) 'Ash Wednesday' by George Shaw (b.1966) © the artist. 📷 British Council 2) 'Great Gale at Yarmouth on Ash Wednesday' by John Berney Crome (1794–1842) 📷 Norfolk Museum 3) 'lantern slide' by Olive Edis (1876–1955) 📷 Cromer Museum 052
Reposted by David AmigoniHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Useful new report from @rgs.org on the state of geography in HE based on a snapshot survey. Most striking for me are textual responses which suggest larger/Russell Group institutions expect to face similar pressures in the coming year already felt by smaller institutions www.rgs.org/about-us/our...rgs.orgNew report on The State of Geography in UK Higher EducationUK universities are facing a financial crisis, with over 40% of institutions experiencing deficits. Others will likely face similar challenges. 0106
Reposted by David AmigoniThe Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 18/02/2026The court found Palestine Action’s activities had not yet reached the level, scale and persistence that would justify proscription.tcnv.linkPalestine Action: why the High Court ruled against the government, and what it means for the future of protestThe court found Palestine Action’s activities had not yet reached the level, scale and persistence that would justify proscription. 0174
Reposted by David AmigoniAngela Wright @angelawright1794.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Essaka Joshua’s wonderful study Disability and the Gothic has just been published! Even better, it’s free online from today until the 3rd March 2026: www.cambridge.org/core/element... @dalegothic96.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org @igagoths.bsky.socialcambridge.orgDisability and the GothicCambridge Core - English Literature: General Interest - Disability and the Gothic 13820
David Amigoni @amigonidavid.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Important work from @keeleuniversity.bsky.social, School of Life Sciences 000
Reposted by David AmigoniSathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and £150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh. 1474253657
David Amigoni @amigonidavid.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Even if you just read 5 of them, you’ll not regret it! 021
David Amigoni @amigonidavid.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Late pm, walking in Aston Village near Market Drayton, I could almost believe spring was on its way! 000
Reposted by David AmigoniDave 'Him Over There' Proudlove 🏴☠️ @daveproudlove.bsky.social · 25/01/2026So what is holding us back? Mainly political will 0115
Reposted by David AmigoniMartin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 10/01/2026To say I am excited about this would be an understatement. To say I am a little bit terrified would not! Actually, just really looking forward to it -- and really pleased to see SHARP continuing its accessible practices. eve.gd/2026/01/10/i...eve.gdIn conversation with Matthew G. KirschenbaumThe inaugural SHARPIES, a global book history festival celebrating work in book history from around the world, will take place from July 7–9, 2026 (although ... 0167
Reposted by David AmigoniSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Macclesfield Town (National League North) beat FA Cup holders Crystal Palace. First non-league team to beat FA Cup holders in the century since third division added to Football League (1920) Crystal Palace (Southern League) last did so in 1909 v Wolves bbc.com/sport/football/videos/cql46e5g552obbc.comFA Cup: Macclesfield FC v Crystal PalaceShortly after adjusting the bandages on his head after picking up an injury early in the match, Paul Dawson nods home Macclesfield's opener to put them ahead against Crystal Palace. 76916
Reposted by David Amigonieolaí the artist @eolai.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Have a #painting. "The Long Walk II" My Galway city painting that I'll never tired of telling people it prompted a friend's young son to ask why there were giraffes walking down the street, and ever since that's all any of us can see. It hangs in his home. He's a man now. #art #JanuArty #SpeirGhorm 612431
Reposted by David AmigoniPaul Williams @paulwilliams207.bsky.social · 10/01/2026A new era for ceramics? As the only historic place-based industrial cluster of significant scale in the UK, the Potteries is ideally positioned to help the government deliver several of the ‘IS-8’ growth-driving sectors set out in its Modern Industrial Strategy. 152
David Amigoni @amigonidavid.bsky.social · 10/01/2026www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j... The Ashes loss: a perspectivetheguardian.comEngland ruthlessly privatised cricket – Australia embraces it with constant public displays of affection | Emma JohnIf there is one takeaway for England from this Ashes tour it should be how cricket thrives in a nation where it is readily and freely available as the dominant summer pastime 010
David Amigoni @amigonidavid.bsky.social · 10/01/2026www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...theguardian.comTrump’s territorial ambition: new imperialism or a case of the emperor’s new clothes?Trump’s attack on Venezuela suggests expansionism is under way but some argue it is simply standard US foreign policy stripped of hypocrisy 010
Reposted by David AmigoniThe Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 08/01/2026A world without a world order is a much greater problem for Europe than for any other economy of the world.tcnv.linkAs the US eyes Greenland, Europe must turn a global problem into an opportunityA world without a world order is a much greater problem for Europe than for any other economy of the world. 2146
Reposted by David AmigoniMartin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 01/01/2026A post about pirate book archives, their inevitable demises, and continuity and complexity of catalogues as new sites emerge. (As well as musings on the challenge of resourcing and financing such illegal [in many jurisdictions] operations at the scale that is needed.) eve.gd/2026/01/01/t...eve.gdThe Lineages and Inheritances of Shadow Libraries and their DocumentationShadow libraries, that is, illegal massive repositories of books of all kinds, are of course prone to takedowns by police and disappearance from the internet... 0125
David Amigoni @amigonidavid.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Nice post on Arnold’s legacy, possibly for Gramsci. Not sure he was one of the most attractive cultural critics (in my book, anyway) but very important 001
Reposted by David AmigoniRoger Luckhurst @theprofrog.bsky.social · 26/12/2025www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...theguardian.comMichael Slater obituaryScholar of Charles Dickens who wrote a definitive biography and shone a light on the writer’s more neglected works 064
Reposted by David AmigoniThe Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 26/12/2025Could the UK’s traditional system of two-party politics continue to survive? tcnv.link/99h9szLtcnv.linkHow Britain’s new political divide delivers voters to Reform and the GreensVoters are now split on social identity. This new division, combined with distrust in established parties, is proving fertile ground for challenger parties. 573
Reposted by David AmigoniHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Over 24 years, Louise Cocker has captured almost half a million Norfolk Gravestones. ‘As a result, she has produced a remarkable dataset… which experts consider one of the most comprehensive photographic records of gravestones and memorials in England.’ www.theguardian.com/education/20...theguardian.com‘The hidden engine room’: how amateur historians are powering genealogical researchWealth of datasets compiled as private passions are now a goldmine for those hunting for their ancestors 14916
David Amigoni @amigonidavid.bsky.social · 26/12/2025De-coupling and other radical possibilities in publishing and open access 010
David Amigoni @amigonidavid.bsky.social · 30/11/2025www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...theguardian.comTom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter 010
David Amigoni @amigonidavid.bsky.social · 30/11/2025www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comAll the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into richesFrom Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election 010
Reposted by David AmigoniWonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Last week on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to a college with an aeronautical biasbuff.lyHigher education postcard: the University of HertfordshireThis week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to a college with an aeronautical bias This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to a college with an aeronautical bias 043
Reposted by David AmigoniRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 10/11/2025I fear that if Johnson were asked this today, there would be lot of umming & erring, some guff about "the custard of conciliation" & "the tiramisu of time", but he would refuse to answer. That a US President tried to overthrow an election is now unsayable on the British Right & in much of the media 49035
Reposted by David AmigoniSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 04/11/2025"The oddity of the late 2020s is that the populist right has given the centre and centre-left a lifeline" Interesting post from Geoff Mulgan on the risks of a hollow centre - and the perhaps temporary respite of a populist 'enemy' to rally against geoffmulgan.substack.com/p/hollowed-o...geoffmulgan.substack.comHollowed out: can the centre hold?Can the centre hold and resist the far right? 1125
David Amigoni @amigonidavid.bsky.social · 18/10/2025A fascinating visit, as with every site in this unique national asset and UNESCO World Heritage site. 020
Reposted by David AmigoniVictorian Commons @victoriancommons.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Several MPs were among those present when Queen Victoria visited Liverpool #OnThisDay 1851. She commissioned this painting of St. George’s Hall as a souvenir of her visit. www.rct.uk/collection/9...rct.ukWilliam Wyld (1806-89) - St George’s Hall, LiverpoolA watercolour depicting the exterior view of a classical neo-grecian building, with columns at the front and on the side, designed by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes. Figures and carriages are visible in the fo... 0173