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Schools History Project - SHP @1972shp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And our SHP Understanding event on Teaching History through an Emotional Lens, takes place on October 10th at the British Library. There are only 5 tickets left (and a waitlist) so grab 'em while you can! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1999746782...

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Schools History Project - SHP @1972shp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

SHP Kent is set to launch on November 19th with the legend that is Jason Todd, tickets available now from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata...

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Schools History Project - SHP @1972shp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Finally, SHP is delighted to have been able to support @staffordscott.bsky.social to construct this superb website to house the archive of the Broadwater Farm Youth Association - check it out www.bwfya.co.uk

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Broadwater Farm Archive

Community oral history archive for the Broadwater Farm estate.

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Jarl Graham Kirk. Photo of me 1965 @grawitmik.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's very, very rare I repost one of my own posts. It's also practically unheard of me to use a word I am about to use before December. But PLEASE buy your Christmas cards from the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION. They are good quality & all recipients mention them. Plus YOU will save lives!

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 26/09/2026

Glen's lecture opened the Society's autumn programme of lectures taking place in London, Glasgow and Bristol, and online. Further details of upcoming events, including lectures by Meleisa Ono-George, Sathnam Sanghera, Hanna Diamond and Amy Froide bit.ly/3VQUTYs 2/2

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Autumn lecture programme from the Royal Historical Society - RHS

The Society's autumn lecture programme offers lectures by six leading historians working in British, European and world history. The autumn lecture programme begins on Friday 25 September and runs to ...

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Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hi #historyteacher people. I am hurtling towards PhD research deadlines and looking for any TEACHERS and PUPILS who might help out by completing a survey about GCSE American West. Aim is to explore pupil metanarratives about Indigenous peoples and US expansion. Thread has more on the surveys.

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Doc Brown Stoked on Train - Back to the Future

ALT: Doc Brown Stoked on Train - Back to the Future

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Ilona Aronovsky @aronovsky.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

In or near Edinburgh? Last few days of excellent exhibition from Alabama. Justice & remembrance.

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

So it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2)

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Half the country officially in drought - the 3rd in 5 years. Fires raging across Europe. Battles being fought over AI data centres, New episode of *When Nature Becomes A Security Threat*,my podcast series for @therestpolitics.bsky.social, out now. It couldn’t be more timely. Pls do give a listen

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Data Centres vs. Drinking Water: What Matters To Us Most?

Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 30 July · 16min

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

At astonishing speed, our rights are being cancelled, worldwide. In the UK, the prosecution of Rajiv Menon KC is the latest example of blatant authoritarianism. Why? Because this is what billionaires and corporations demand. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Think our basic rights are safe? In the age of oligarchs and corporate lobbying, think again | George Monbiot

The global assault on our freedoms is coming ever closer to home. Just look at the sinister prosecution of UK lawyer Rajiv Menon, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Dana Drugmand @danad1012.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The fossil fuel industry is killing coral reefs A 1988 internal Shell report discussed potential impacts of rising CO2 levels in oceans, noting that "dissolution of shells and corals and...massive deaths of [marine] organisms...is therefore not unrealistic" www.oneearthnow.org/p/fossil-fue...

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Fossil Fueled Climate Crisis is Driving Mass Coral Bleaching

Widespread bleaching of coral reefs would not have occurred absent human-caused warming, and Big Oil knew about the risks to coral reefs in the 1980s, new research finds.

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Chai Patel @chaipatel.net · 24/07/2026

I have seen a fair bit of poorly informed dismissal of the significance of the prosecution of Rajiv Menon KC for giving a defence speech. Here is the chair of the Criminal Bar Association on it. youtu.be/9KkRP5aumZU?...

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Riel Karmy Jones KC (Chair of the Criminal Bar Association) on the Rajiv Menon KC case

YouTube video by Defend Our Lawyers

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

A barrister represents his clients in court. Clients who are political dissidents. He now faces criminal prosecution for doing so. Not Turkey. Not Egypt. Not Russia. England. Astonishing, deeply disturbing, and part of a long slide towards authoritarianism. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Palestine Action barrister’s prosecution criticised as ‘chilling’

CBA chair says contempt charge over closing speech by Rajiv Menon KC has left lawyers fearful of doing their job

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Prosecution of Palestine Action barrister has left lawyers ‘uncertain and scared' Rajiv Menon KC was referred for contempt of court charges over a closing speech at conclusion of Palestine Action trial. www.middleeasteye.net/news/legal-f...

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Prosecution of Palestine Action barrister has left lawyers ‘uncertain and scared'

Rajiv Menon KC was referred for contempt of court charges over a closing speech at conclusion of Palestine Action trial

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 23/07/2026

Barrister Rajiv Menon KC is facing potentially two-years in prison for doing his job. This has never happened in British legal history. Sign the petition 👇 netpol.org/2026/07/15/stop-the-pros…

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Ilona Aronovsky @aronovsky.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The barrister, for one of the 'Filton' Palestine Action defendants, is facing unprecedented prosecution for contempt of court. It is a dangerous attack on human rights lawyers defending the accused,and the freedom and independence of Juries. Please support you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

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Save Britain's Juries

Juries have had the right to acquit based on their conscience for centuries. Now, a barrister is facing jail just for mentioning it in court. Add your name to help save Britain's juries.

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Ilona Aronovsky @aronovsky.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

@bradfordlitfest.bsky.social St George's Hall for Sufi Music and The Gaza Tribunal

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Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Dan asking us to reflect on how the 4 Ms came together as part of the imperial project: Museums, monuments, memory and militarism. Empire constantly changed how it worked and forms of violence changed with it.

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Ilona Aronovsky @aronovsky.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

@histassoc.bsky.social @htenuk.bsky.social South Asian History Month feature. Nice to see my 2017 Enquiry article 'A trail of garnet and gold: Sri Lanka to Anglo-Saxon England' Primary History Journal listed as a resource. An Enquiry for KS2 sleuthing pupils. www.history.org.uk/historian/ne...

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South Asian Heritage Month 2026

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ArthurJChapman @arthurjchapman.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Looking 4ward 2 talking about historical representation, graphic novels & historical truth, in its various senses, with graphic novelist @polypartist.bsky.social @ the IOE History Special Interest Group seminar this coming Friday. All welcome. Registration & details: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/hie-sig/2026...

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Sally Beaumont | BAFTA Breakthrough | Voice Actor & Writer @sallybeaumont.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Seeing a lot of “the heat only kills the elderly and those with existing conditions, stop complaining” and feeling a familiar sense of disappointment. I don’t know how to explain that you should care about people etc etc but also: we are all people and vulnerable.

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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Reform UK councillors have introduced a motion to rescind King's Lynn and West Norfolk's climate emergency declaration and deprioritise decarbonisation efforts The council were going to vote on it on Thursday But the meeting has been postponed due to extreme heat

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Robert Heinze @rheinze.myatproto.social · 14/06/2026

As an aside, this is such an important book on methodology, no matter if as a historian you write about a small village in medieval Italy or postcolonial Haiti. It is an absolute scandal that it's not recognised among the classics of history methodology. It was just recently translated in German.

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Final chance to win back your tickets for the @1972shp.bsky.social Summer Conference - deadline midnight! Tickets available from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... and Concession tickets from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... Full details from www.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/summerconf/

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Mike Pitts @pittsmike.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Archaeologist Shereen Ratnagar has died aged 82. Given Wheeler's Archaeology from the Earth at school in Mumbai, she studied at UCL Institute of Archaeology, then PhD on Harappan archaeology at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi where she became professor 1/2 indianexpress.com/article/indi...

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Archaeologist Shereen Ratnagar, considered an influential voice on Harappan civilisation, dies at 82

The former JNU professor was among those who reviewed the 2003 ASI report on Ram Janmabhoomi, pointing out what she thought were methodological problems with the findings of the Central agency

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Gaurav Kalyani @archaeogk.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Sad to hear that Shereen Ratnagar passed away today. She was one of the few indian archaeologists who did not fall for the state hindutva agenda. She and another archaeologist Dhaneshwar Mandal wrote a scathing critique of controversial Ayodhya ASI excavations.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

What some of us have been warning of for decades is happening, faster and fiercer than most imagined, even in the mildest and most temperate corners of the world. #ClimateBreakdown

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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

All governments had better shut down the whole AI garbage train. Unless its pandemic modelling or climate catastrophe abatement research, very little AI is justified given its environmental cost. Further south there will be mass deaths. Temps are more regularly over 45 degrees C.

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

We are in very big trouble in the UK unless govt moves rapidly to help everyone sort out heat adaptation measures. Net zero climate policy isn't enough, we need rapid climate adaptation response now, as this situation is only going to intensify & accelerate.

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Ali Messer @freereed59.net · 25/05/2026

'Eight-six per cent of NHS radiology department heads had serious concerns that privatisation results in lower-quality reports, and 90% said NHS radiologists needed to double-check outsourced reports.' www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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NHS spends record £241m outsourcing scan analysis to private firms

Radiologists say ‘ballooning’ costs reflect staffing failures, forcing a reliance on lower-quality private scan reports

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English and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

EMC CPD Webinar: Bringing Climate Education into the English Classroom A webinar exploring how eco-lit can add value to your teaching and inspire your students. Book by: 8am on 29th May

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EMC CPD Webinar: Bringing Climate Education into the English Classroom

A webinar exploring how eco-lit can add value to your teaching and inspire your students.

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Dr Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

My fellow Green MPs and I have written to the Foreign Secretary expressing our grave concern at the dismantling of structures needed to monitor and respond to possible violations of international law in the Middle East. This decision must be reversed.

Text of the letter reads: Dear Foreign Secretary,

We are writing as Green Party MPs to express our grave concern at reports that the Foreign Office has closed its international humanitarian law cell and ended funding for the Conflict and Security Monitoring Project run by the Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) – the only programme in the UK that tracks and verifies human rights violations in Israel and Palestine. This is a deeply reckless decision at a time when there continue to be serious allegations of breaches of international law in Gaza, the occupied West Bank, Lebanon, and further across the region.
According to the reports, the removal of funding for the Conflict and Security Monitoring Project will leave the Foreign Office without access to a database of 26,000 verified incidents in the Middle East. That database has been used to monitor trends, assess concerns around potential breaches of international humanitarian law, and inform Foreign Office decisions on arms export control licences to Israel. Its loss would be a serious blow not only to sound policymaking but to the UK’s ability to discharge its responsibilities under international law.

In your Mansion House address earlier this month, you spoke of “championing” international law and described respect for the rule of law as a “core British value that supports our national interest.” We agree. But the government cannot credibly claim to place respect for international law at the centre of foreign policy while undercutting the very capability designed to assess potential violations, inform ministers, and support compliance with the UK’s legal obligations.

In light of this, we ask that you answer the following questions:
• What assessment has the Foreign Office made of the impact of closing the IHL cell on the UK’s ability to assess potential breaches of international humanitarian law by Israel in Gaza, the occupied West Bank, and Lebanon?
• What assessment has the Foreign Office made of th…

In the face of continuing civilian suffering and repeated warnings from human rights organisations, the government should be strengthening its ability to prevent and respond to atrocity crimes, not cutting it back. We urge you to reverse this decision immediately and to confirm what steps the government will take to ensure that the Foreign Office is properly equipped to uphold international law in practice, not only in rhetoric.

Yours sincerely,
Dr Ellie Chowns MP
Carla Denyer MP
Siân Berry MP
Hannah Spencer MP
Adrian Ramsay MP

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Dan Lyndon-Cohen @danlyndon.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Full details of the conference on our website www.schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/summerconf/ and standard tickets available from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... with concession tickets for Primary / ECT / Trainees from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... Come and Join us in Leeds in July!

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SHP Summer Conference, July 10-12 2026 Leeds Trinity University - Schools History Project

This summer we will be hosting a 3-day conference with 46 workshops for primary and secondary history teachers as well as 3 keynotes, a fringe session and opportunities to meet the exam boards. New fo...

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Meredith Carroll @historicalmeredith.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I'm very excited to announce the launch of our new book series Radical Histories. We can't wait to hear about any relevant projects. Get it in touch! Find out more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/04... #RadicalHistory #History

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NEW SERIES: Radical Histories - Manchester University Press

“Manchester University Press launches Radical Histories, a new series exploring global movements, resistance, and the voices that challenged authority.”

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