Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is not the end of #Brexit. But it is the beginning of the end.theguardian.comBurnham stakes his future on care, electoral reform and Europe in emotional Labour conference speechPM also confirms plan to end pensions triple lock to pay for national care service and pledges to put electoral reform in Labour’s manifesto 130
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026If these guys were football hooligans the police would beating the crap out of them. 000
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... In which Eisner uses the dramatic fall in the UK homicide rate in the last 20 years as proof for a Weberian interpretation of history. But isn’t this also the same period when police numbers were slashed and state capacity hollowed out? #skystoriansbbc.co.ukThe Great Crime Mystery - 3. Listen and Learn - BBC SoundsThe risk from violence is the lowest it's probably ever been; how can we keep it that way? 010
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Yes, excellent piece, but misses the point that some disciplines now encourage the idea that it’s ok to make things up. 010
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Feel sorry for Jason Arday. He’s obviously a smart guy who quickly learned how to work the system. There’s always been a lot of bullshit in academia. It was once mildly irritating. But now we’re telling students that it’s ok to make things up. 000
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026www.theguardian.com/education/ng... Nobody seems to be addressing the most important lesson of this affair. #Sociology is a feeble discipline, lacking intellectual rigour.theguardian.comPlaybooks, plagiarism and a pig’s head: new claims surrounding a star Cambridge professorJason Arday was regarded as an academic superstar, but then questions about his work prompted scrutiny of his backstory and counterclaims of racism 010
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Seems sensible.theguardian.comReaders reply: Some people want to break up the EU. Why not break up the US?The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions looks at secessionary movements on both sides of the pond 000
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 19/07/2026That #worldcup build up was excruciating let’s hope Public Enemy are playing at half time. 020
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Banners claiming the duchy of Normandy and Guyenne were removed last night. 000
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Enough said…theguardian.com‘Rifts began to appear’: Why many Latin Americans want Spain to beat Argentina in the World Cup finalA history of racism and ongoing footballing rivalries have made the choice of which team to get behind in Sunday’s final a charged topic 010
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I guess what sticks in the progressive craw about #Argentina isn’t the Falklands, but a colonial-settler mentality unable to reckon with its genocidal past, see also Zionists, Afrikaaners and the DUP. Plus they’re also cheats. 311
Reposted by Stuart CarrollPaul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 08/07/2026there will always be an England 171
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 05/07/2026One of the best arguments ever for the British Empire.theguardian.comAmerica is destroying itself. It’s no surprise | Stephen MarcheScholars will someday wonder how the richest country in history chose to throw it all away. But the crisis has been there since the beginning 010
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Wake me up when the knockout’s begin.theguardian.comGermany 7-1 Curaçao: World Cup 2026 – liveJoin Daniel Harris for reaction after the World Cup debutants were punished by the four-time winners after grabbing a shock equaliser 010
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Warning contains nostalgia for University Senate’s and ignorance of continental European systems.lrb.co.ukStefan Collini · Squadrons of Pigs: Bonfire of the UniversitiesThe problems with Britain’s universities are systemic and deep-rooted, not just local or contingent. Yet political and... 100
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Can’t wait. One of my few heroes (and a fellow SE Londoner).theguardian.com‘He’s inspired generations’: Stormzy to produce biopic about football great Ian WrightThe Crystal Palace, Arsenal and England striker says his life story – now in development with the rapper’s Merky Films – has ‘hard-hitting moments, but in the end I want it to give people hope and joy... 120
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Poor old #Calvin is much maligned and misinterpreted. A stoic pacifist, who abhorred slavery; an opponent of fanatical biblicism and political tyranny. Unlike #Hegseth he knew his Cicero, Plutarch and Seneca.theguardian.comPete Hegseth’s holy war: the militant Christian theology animating the US attack on IranThe Bible-thumping US defense secretary is overseeing another strategic disaster in the Middle East. Is this a war or a crusade? 051
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Hayden White…only a hundred years out on the historiography of the French Revolution. 000
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 21/02/2026The attraction of #Epstein for male academics apparently 👇🏽 000
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 20/02/2026We’re hiring👇🏽share.googleYork History Department - Academic JobsUncover the past to define the future. We are seeking research-led historians to join our world-class, collaborative community. Discover career-defining opportunities within one of the UK’s most disti... 020
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 20/02/2026This podcast provides further statistical evidence and explains why, contrary to what we’re all told, elite violence reached its peak in England in the period, 1660-1720. #earlymodern #skystoriansopen.spotify.comDuels, violence and conflict 043
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Comforted by Ranke after half my Special Subject failed to turn up yesterday. #earlymodern #skystorians 110
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Reform’s Carl Schmitt.theguardian.com‘Handmaid’s Tale future’: Reform’s Matt Goodwin sparks outcry with fertility commentsByelection candidate accused of indulging ‘alt right fantasy’ by suggesting women need ‘biological reality’ check 000
Reposted by Stuart CarrollSOCRESTA - Social Relations and the State in Renaissance Germany @socresta.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Plebeian feuding in the #earlymodern Prince-bishopric of Würzburg was a male affair. Of the over 150 pardons for declaring or conducting a feud from the 1520s-70s, only one was issued to a woman, while three men were also pardoned for issuing defiances over claims of their kinswomen. (1/11) 🧵 153
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 29/01/2026This major Samurai exhibition curated by my friend and colleague, Oleg Benesch, is a must see.theguardian.comSamurai review: Japan’s lethal warrior class are shown in all their sexy, demonic gloryExtraordinary battle armour, complete with moustachioed masks, enlivens this scintillating show, which brilliantly captures the theatrical side of a chivalrous epoch 010
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 17/01/2026www.theguardian.com/world/live/2... This is definitely the end of #Brexittheguardian.comDonald Trump says eight European countries face 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland – Europe liveDenmark, Norway, Sweden, the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland will face tariffs from 1 February 000
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 17/01/2026democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...democracyforsale.substack.comWho funds the Free Speech Union?Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders. 010
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 06/12/2025www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Needs to happen…theguardian.com‘The only idea around’: will Labour return to a customs union with the EU?The desperate search for economic growth is pushing the party to confront the issue that dare not speak its name 000
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Just read Fukuyama’s brilliant Origins of Political Order. Guess what, cultural relativists, #earlymodern European states are historically unusual, and that matters today. 020
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 29/11/2025The sectarian left is, after all, sectarian.theguardian.comYour Party conference thrown into chaos as Zarah Sultana boycotts first daySultana skips Saturday’s proceeding in solidarity with delegates expelled over links to other parties 000
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 24/11/2025👇🏽Martin Wolf’s answer is to rejoin the single market #Brexiton.ft.comHow to get the UK out of its economic holeReeves’ challenge is to remedy the disaster that Brexit has been for the country 000
Reposted by Stuart CarrollSOCRESTA - Social Relations and the State in Renaissance Germany @socresta.bsky.social · 18/11/2025The Würzburg data provides the thus far richest proof that plebeian feuds (Fehden) and their mediation by the state continued well after the practice was banned in the Holy Roman Empire in 1495, as is demonstrated by princely remissions (Landshuldung) or ‘pardons’ for feuding. (1/3) 102
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 18/11/2025The decline of violence UK since the 1990s is unheralded social progress. More evidence that overall rates of violence have little to do either with policing or inequality. #skystorians 001
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 03/11/2025A reminder on your next trip to #China that slavery is not a historical problem.theguardian.comUK university halted human rights research after pressure from ChinaExclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities 000
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 29/10/2025This is astonishing. More great reporting from the #fton.ft.comDeath toll rises to 119 in Rio de Janeiro drug cartel bustMore than 100 suspects arrested in police operation against Comando Vermelho narcotics gang 000
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Bravo. Doubt it’s possible to get economic history back into the curriculum though.engelsbergideas.comJoel Mokyr's economy of ideasHis explanation of the origins of the Industrial Revolution makes Joel Mokyr a worthy recipient of the Nobel Prize for economics. 010
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Dump it on Farage. Put rejoining the Customs Union in the next manifesto.theguardian.comRachel Reeves says tax rises and spending cuts on budget agenda, citing Brexit impactChancellor also blames austerity and ‘ongoing impact of Liz Truss mini-budget’ for growing shortfall in public finances 000
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 10/10/2025www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Rejoining the customs union is the best way to call out Farage and isolate Reform.theguardian.comWe all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel - it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it | Simon JenkinsWith British industry faltering, the excuse that the public wants this is risible. Parliament must force Starmer to act, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins 064
Reposted by Stuart CarrollAustrian History Yearbook (AHY) @ahy-history.bsky.social · 09/10/2025New on FirstView: Thomas Pert reviews @civsoc.bsky.social's recent book on Enmity and Violence in Early Modern Europe. Read about Carroll's important work online now and in print in our 2026 Austrian History Yearbook! #History #EarlyModern #AcademicSky #Germany #Austria tinyurl.com/AHYEnmitytinyurl.comStuart Carroll. Enmity and Violence in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pp. 490. | Austrian History Yearbook | Cambridge CoreStuart Carroll. Enmity and Violence in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Pp. 490. 011
Reposted by Stuart CarrollBrexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Here's Timothy Snyder on why Trump tells so many lies. [SOUND ON 🔊] 810964
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 18/09/2025It’s interesting how feeble civil society has proved to be in the US. 110
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 17/09/2025share.google/67AfzMLebCN5... York council. Stop pandering to Fascists.share.googleThe curious case of Joseph Moulton and Flag Force UK | SearchlightFlying the flag - Joseph Moulton When a 22-year-old presents himself as a seasoned business consultant with international defence sector links, eyebrows are ... 000
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 05/09/2025All those flags around are just a coincidence, right? 000
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 01/09/2025York now resembles the Shankill Road. It’ll barbed wire and watchtowers next. 000
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 28/07/2025An acute critique of cultural history, fashionable Whiggery and an article that has implications for #earlymodern history.academic.oup.comElectoral Violence in England and Wales, 1832–1914*Abstract. This article analyses over 19,000 articles from newspapers and parliamentary commission reports to reveal endemic electoral violence in England a 020
Stuart Carroll @civsoc.bsky.social · 25/07/2025My sons just released their first album #newmusicopen.spotify.comCaptain StarletCaptain Starlet · Album · 2025 · 7 songs 021