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Ilona Aronovsky

@aronovsky.bsky.social
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Author, Indus Investigators, Mohenjodaro Mystery, children's book, Scholastic India. Proponent of diversity, justice, & world history in KS2 curriculum. Contributor to UK Historical Assoc's Primary History Journal & Hon. Fellow. harappa.com/investigators

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's that time of year again when we need to remind National Trust members that Restore Trust is a dark-money funded right-wing astroturfing entryist outfit. Please vote, and vote for literally anyone else.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 23h
My speech from the conference debate on 'Zionism is Racism’ motion
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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 · 14/09/2026
New book and resource for curriculum development! @justice2history.bsky.social @danlyndon.bsky.social @1972shp.bsky.social @tajali1.bsky.social @freereed59.net @histassoc.bsky.social @arthurjchapman.bsky.social @carolinepennock.bsky.social @scl1979.bsky.social
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The flim-flam and fripperies of late stage capitalism just keep on coming www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Dyson launches £420 toothbrush that films ‘live cleaning footage’ inside your mouth
James Dyson says ‘complete dental system’ will also include toothpaste and mouth rinse that each cost £8.50
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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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Ali Messer @freereed59.net · 05/08/2026
#HistoryEducation
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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 · 23/07/2026
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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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Ilona Aronovsky @aronovsky.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Full briefing here netpol.org/2026/07/15/s...
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Stop the Prosecution of Rajiv Menon — Save Britain's Juries - Netpol
If you faced prosecution for protesting, would you want a barrister to defend you as best as they can? Or one unable to risk a judge putting them on trial too? No barrister in British legal history has ever faced contempt proceedings over the content of a closing speech. Yet Rajiv Menon KC, a barrister […]
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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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Ilona Aronovsky @aronovsky.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
A Somali Village in Lister Park, exhibition on at, Cartwright Hall gallery. 1904 Great Exhibition, Bradford, excellent resource for such reflection + Enquiry
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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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Ali Messer @freereed59.net · 30/06/2026
#HistoryEducation
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Ilona Aronovsky @aronovsky.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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Resources - South Asian Heritage Trust
Toolkits, guides, brand assets, education materials and research, produced by South Asian Heritage Trust. 2026 resources are being built now around Unity in
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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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Ali Messer @freereed59.net · 28/06/2026
#HistoryEducation
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Ilona Aronovsky @aronovsky.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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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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Victoria Crooks @victoriacrooks.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
This is an excellent thread for #historyteacher s #HistoryEducation seeking to teach the Suffragettes beyond the populism. A reminder too of this website: www.suffrageresources.org.uk And links curated by @histassoc.bsky.social www.history.org.uk/ha-news/news...
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Women's Suffrage Resources
History and Citizenship resources for schools: Engage your students with their own democratic future through historical case studies of suffragists and contemporary campaigners for gender equality. Ex...
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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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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 14/06/2026
Amoc collapse could change Europe’s climate 10x faster than expected. We aren’t ready
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Amoc collapse could change Europe’s climate 10x faster than expected. We aren’t ready
The system of ocean current that moves heat in the Atlantic Ocean plays a key role in regulating climate. Today’s monitoring of it may be discontinued
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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I mean it’s all out there in the open. www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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Elon Musk's role was 'instrumental' in the Belfast riots, researchers say
The newly crowned world's first trillionaire is once again facing criticism over the violent narratives he amplified on his platform X.
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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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Ghostcards @ghostcards.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
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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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Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
“This is not just a moral failure, but a legal one too” Jessica den Outer, author of The Forest Fights Back, writes for @nowthenmag.bsky.social: nowthenmagazine.com/articles/the...
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The law has treated nature as an object humans can use and exploit – but that paradigm is shifting
Ahead of her talk at Festival of Debate next week, we have an exclusive extract from Jessica den Outer's new book The Forest Fights Back: A Global Movement for the Rights of Nature.
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Ilona Aronovsky @aronovsky.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
the approach was engaging, esp for an issue that many would not touch with a flagpole. 🤔Seriously, so vital to give pupils the opportunity to reflect on the flag aka nationalism, it's socialisation & its tropes in a historical context
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