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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I have a chapter on Conservative women & International affairs in this new edited volume, which Is available for pre-order and to be published by OUP in October. Looking forward to getting my hands on and reading the book as a whole: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Last day of a very long semester for me, which really began with my first lecture on 7 January. The ‘spring’ term in Norway is really 3 seasons. My next lecture? 11 August…

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I enjoyed participating in this networking event today. I gave a very early stage working paper on the subject of ‘British Conservatism and Centre-Right Internationalism - Looking to Southern Europe’. I mostly discussed Portuguese politics im this context 🇵🇹

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Something deeply troubling & shocking is happening at Exeter University*, where a mass cull of staff is planned, even though it's in surplus. No good justifications given. @jamesgdyke.info provides the details: www.technosphere.earth/the-bonfire-... *Disclosure: I have a Visiting Fellowship here. +🧵

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The bonfire of the humanities

150 academic posts at the University of Exeter are to be cut, most in the humanities but also in social sciences, engineering and environmental sciences

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Colm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I reviewed @garylove.bsky.social and @richardtoye.bsky.social's new edited volume Writing Politics in Modern Britain for @politicalquarterly.bsky.social. I enjoyed it a lot. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Why Read Books When You Have a Mobile Phone?

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Helen McCarthy @historianhelen.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Interested in writing as a way of 'doing' politics? Then read this new collection of essays, Writing Politics in Modern Britain, edited by @richardtoye.bsky.social & @garylove.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/books/w...

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Writing Politics in Modern Britain

Cambridge Core - British Government, Politics and Policy - Writing Politics in Modern Britain

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

My own chapter in our new edited volume Writing Politics in Modern Britain focuses on Conservative political writing and cultures of publishing from the 1940s to the 1970s. It builds on previous work I did in this area on the interwar period. It was also my only chance to get ‘Octopus’ in a title

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

One of the best things about it was being able to collaborate with such a great group. Made the whole thing run so smoothly so we could just focus on the intellectual project. Im longing for some sort of part deux. Must bide my time though

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Writing Politics in Modern Britain: Genre and Cultures of Publishing since 1900, edited by Gary Love & Richard Toye, has now been published by CUP in Hardback & Paperback. Delighted to get my copies. Thanks to all the wonderful contributors who have helped us to bring the broader subject to life

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Looks like a great read. Congrats

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The press release for our book: Writing Politics in Modern Britain: Genre and Cultures of Publishing since 1900, is edited by Professor Gary Love, from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Professor Richard Toye, from the University of Exeter. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

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Political writing retains an important and complex role in the national conversation, new book shows

Political published writing retains an “important and complex role” in the national conversation – despite huge social and technological changes this century, a new book shows. Books and magazines ha...

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

It’s not long now until the official publication of the Hardback and Paperback versions of our new edited volume (29 Jan) entitled ‘Writing Politics in Modern Britain’. In anticipation of publication day a blog has been produced and is now live on the CUP website: cambridgeblog.org/2026/01/what...

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What Political Books Do (Even When No One Reads Them)

When we think about politics today, we tend to think about speeches, soundbites, social media posts, or rolling news. Books can seem almost incidental: slow, old-fashioned, and increasingly marginal.

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Discount at the checkout…

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

To add my anecdote about 80s retiring Grandad… My mother retired to Portugal in 2005.

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Thanks to @timbale.bsky.social for his positive and very clear review of our edited book on the history of the centre-right in Northwest Europe. Available on Early View in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social for those who have access. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Continental ‘Tories’: How Different from ‘our’ Tories?

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Historians. Do any of you use a historical timeline feature in your teaching at the lower levels where students can collectively add to it? We can’t use Padlet here so I’m wondering what alternatives are out there. Any experiences to share?

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Can someone email me a link to join? 😅 Or do I need to sign up?

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rom comrade @savasavasava.myatproto.social · 29/10/2025

I know this has done the rounds already but I want to put it out there again because it basically speaks my heart and position on genAI. an absolute shame on those of you who use it and push for its use, regardless of context, but especially in education.

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Belgian AI scientists resist the use of AI in academia

Several AI scientists have published an open letter calling for a ban on AI use by students.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

New & upcoming titles include: ➡️Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation by @garylove.bsky.social & Christian Egander Skov ➡️ 'Survival Capitalism' and the Big Bang by Emma Barrett ➡️ The paperback of Rethinking right-wing women Find out more: bit.ly/4h2pWqI

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New Perspectives on the Right - Manchester University Press

The series publishes the best and most innovative titles on the politics of the Right, drawn from the fields of sociology, history, cultural studies and political science and stimulating debate across...

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Heard a bit about this over the weekend. Looks like a really interesting book.

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Contemporary British History seminar @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

On 19th November at 5.30pm @garylove.bsky.social will be presenting online on Researching Conservatism and Christian Democracy in Britain and North-West Europe, 1945-91: comparative and transnational perspectives, part of his recent co-edited volume manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526176851/

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Manchester University Press - Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation

Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Conservatism, Christian Democracy and the dynamics of transformation by Gary Love

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Finally got my hands on a copy. I will discuss the book & my work in this area at the Contemporary British History Seminar at the IHR on 19 November. Sadly I’ll have to do it online because I’ve used up my travel quota (have a small baby). But thanks to @helenglew.bsky.social for the invitation

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

On the face of it, SP with only 9 MPs has a central role to play here once again because of the nature of the Norwegian political system. And despite a rather disastrous night for them losing 19 MPs & achieving just 5.6% of the vote

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Jonas Gahr Støre will now face an extremely difficult task of trying to satisfy 4 other parties in SV, Rødt, MDG & particularly SP in coalition &/ or budget talks. Yet, the ‘bourgeois’ side does not look any easier to align & for a centre party like SP. The negotiations will take time.

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Norwegian FrP projected to have 23.9%. Now second largest party after the Labour Party (27.9%). Høyre (Conservatives) down to 14.5%. Looks like a Labour minority gov’t or a leftist majority coalition. Centre-right & market liberals in trouble

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Norway’s radical right party FrP text 430,000 young men today to warn them against voting for parties on the left in the Norwegian general election on election day. I’m pleased to say at almost 44 years of age that they consider me to be one of those young men :)

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Norwegian general election day 🇳🇴 I’ve voted and looking forward to seeing an exit poll before I have to go to bed and get up bright and early to travel to the U.K.

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

It’s finally publication day for our ed. volume on Conservatism and Christian Democracy in North-West Europe! I don’t have my own copies yet but when they arrive I plan to post more about the book. I’d be grateful if you would recommend it to your university libraries. We hope to achieve a paperback

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Thanks for these suggestions. I really appreciate them. I am making a list :)

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

British women’s history (WW2) folks, can I pick your brains on sources? I have a student in Norway who would like to do a small project on women’s roles in the war & she’s interested in WAAF, WVS, etc. are there any records or sources available online that would be useful? Places to start? Thanks 🙏

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Congrats @benjthomas.bsky.social Thanks for highlighting your article and for a citation of the book. I look forward to reading it soon

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

I lament the academic use, but what terrifies me the most is existing in some sort of fake world where nobody really knows anything for real. Personally, I’ll be okay because I’m a technological dinosaur, but I worry about my 1 year old and his education: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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18 months. 12,000 questions. A whole lot of anxiety. What I learned from reading students’ ChatGPT logs

Students increasingly use AI chatbots for anything from academic queries to emotional quandaries. But are they missing out on the chance to make their own mistakes? Three undergrads reveal all …

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Looks like a very interesting phd. Congrats. You might find our forthcoming edited volume interesting, esp in relation to Conservative students, transnational Conservatism etc

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Ha, sorry! But I got a lot out of your book, which is why I thought it had the quote. I wrote this essay a while ago so I had to go back to it today. These things take time to reach publication!

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Agreed. There are many forms of political writing we could not cover in a book like this but hopefully it proves to be useful for others who are actively engaged in tackling them!

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

@benjthomas.bsky.social And the original citation is footnote 3 here

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

@benjthomas.bsky.social My mind played tricks on me. My footnote reads: 'Quoted in John Barnes and Richard Cockett, ‘The Making of Party Policy’, in Anthony Seldon and Stuart Ball (eds.), Conservative Century: The Conservative Party since 1900 (Oxford, 1994), p. 348.'

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

It was also a nice surprise and an honour to get these endorsements from @fieryparticle.bsky.social @saimanasar.bsky.social Ben Jackson and Martin Francis. A ‘thousands thanks’ as we say over here in Norway

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I have seen the original document in the archive. But it was in Barr’s history that I was reminded of it

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

It sounds like I should consult my own paper to settle this once and for all, sometime soon 😀

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Well, I’ve kind of adapted it from its original meaning. But I read it in James Barr who cited the original CPA document (I think)

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I was also delighted to see it because I confess I wasn’t aware of it myself 🤯

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I would just say it was early days and that there was still plenty of room to test out ideas, and even chronologies.

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Gary Love @garylove.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Pleased to see that our book Writing Politics in Modern Britain: Genre and Cultures of Publishing since 1900 now has a cover and will be out with Cambridge University Press in January! @richardtoye.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org www.cambridge.org/no/universit...

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Writing Politics in Modern Britain | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

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