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Matthew Griffiths @grifftery.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Is there a cat in this exhibition? Wanda and Marion Wulz at the Estorick Collection - Yes, one and a half. 010
Reposted by Matthew GriffithsWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 17/09/2026#OtD 17 Sep 1849 abolitionist Harriet Tubman and her brothers escaped from slavery. Her brothers decided to go back, forcing Harriet to do the same. But shortly after, Harriet Tubman escaped again, then helped rescue hundreds more enslaved people stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8941... 220976
Reposted by Matthew GriffithsGraham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The great Bonnie Greer RIP 25119
Reposted by Matthew GriffithsWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 13/09/2026#OtD 13 Sep 1879 Annie Kenney, cotton mill worker and pioneering direct action suffragette, was born. She and her friend and possible lover Christabel Pankhurst sparked the adoption of militant tactics across the movement stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8531... 19422
Reposted by Matthew GriffithsWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 26/08/2026#OtD 26 Aug 2017 Chilean riot dog Negro Matapacos (Black Cop-Killer) died of old age. A Santiago stray, he defied teargas, barked at police and defended protesters in the 2011 student movement and subsequently. Commemorative posters & more here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/... 314039
Matthew Griffiths @grifftery.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Jason Arday has died after a vicious press campaign over the last few weeks. The Government must urgently launch an inquiry into the rotten culture of the press, and any role it had in his death. Add your name now: hackedoff.org/campaign-actions/demand-an-inquiry-into-the-culture-of-the-presshackedoff.orgDemand an inquiry into the culture of the pressJason Arday died after being relentlessly hounded by the press. Demand an inquiry into press culture now. 000
Reposted by Matthew GriffithsCold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The Haywain 2026 501953812
Matthew Griffiths @grifftery.bsky.social · 08/08/2026petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risksThe UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ... 000
Matthew Griffiths @grifftery.bsky.social · 03/08/2026c.org/MnhwLtFkdhc.orgSign the PetitionPROTECT FREE CULTURE - SAVE THE ARTIST’S GARDEN 000
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Matthew Griffiths @grifftery.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Is there a cat in this exhibition? Gladys Hynes at Charleston in Lewes - yes. 000
Matthew Griffiths @grifftery.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Oh yes - he was waiting for the call to save the country until he died. 030
Reposted by Matthew GriffithsWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 29/07/2026#OtD 29 Jul 1962 fascist Oswald Mosley tried to march with the Union Movement in Manchester, UK. However, he was attacked by anti-fascists and had to be rescued by police. A Mosley speech later was drowned out by a crowd of anti-fascists. More info: www.patreon.com/posts/e37b-6... 7506202
Reposted by Matthew GriffithsCold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Repost from August 2024 251208404
Matthew Griffiths @grifftery.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Is there a cat in this exhibition? Hulda Guzmán at Turner Margate - yes. 000
Matthew Griffiths @grifftery.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Is there a cat in this exhibition? Kahlo -The Making of an Icon at Tate Modern - yes. 000
Matthew Griffiths @grifftery.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Giving a massive boost to the early days of hip-hop. 020
Matthew Griffiths @grifftery.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Is there a cat in this exhibition? Lewis Hammond at the Hepworth Wakefield - yes. 000
Matthew Griffiths @grifftery.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Is there a cat in this exhibition? Making Waves at York Art Gallery - yes. 020
Reposted by Matthew GriffithsThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Hang it in the Musée Magritte. 211943348
Matthew Griffiths @grifftery.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Is there a cat in this exhibition? The Ravilious Collection at the Towner Eastbourne - yes. 000
Reposted by Matthew GriffithsProtect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 10/06/2026FREE RIO! A macaw is not décor. Rio deserves better. 1166
Reposted by Matthew Griffithsmartamurvosh.bsky.social @martamurvosh.bsky.social · 04/06/2026🫂 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/w...nytimes.comMarjane Satrapi, Author of ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56 0473
Matthew Griffiths @grifftery.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Check out LOOSE CANNONS: a history of freethinking humanist rebels! by 'Polyp' on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...kickstarter.comLOOSE CANNONS: a history of freethinking humanist rebels!A vivid, illustrated biographical romp through the lives & ideas of freethinking humanist icons who shook the world by Polyp & Goodall 000
Matthew Griffiths @grifftery.bsky.social · 29/05/2026So atmospheric. He and Valette don't deserve to be overshadowed by Lowry. 000
Matthew Griffiths @grifftery.bsky.social · 25/05/2026www.foa.org.uk/campaign/inv...foa.org.ukSign Petition: investigate Dr Eastland StaveleyDr Eastland Staveley, a GP employed by DHU Healthcare, is reported to have responded to the question posed in reference to Palestinian children in Gaza, &quo... 000
Matthew Griffiths @grifftery.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. We can't let them. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division. goodlawproject.org/s/4ca10bgoodlawproject.orgMisan Harriman Handraiser | Good Law ProjectFar right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division. 000
Matthew Griffiths @grifftery.bsky.social · 15/05/2026britainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk/butterfly/sw... Swallowtailbritainsfavouritebutterfly.co.uk 000
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Matthew Griffiths @grifftery.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Looking forward to the book more than I would be to eating that. 020
Reposted by Matthew GriffithsProtect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Gordon Ramsay travelled hundreds of miles to take part in the killing of defenceless seabird chicks and turned it into entertainment. That is shameful. www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...thecanary.coScottish election candidate slams Gordon Ramsay over 'deeply disturbing' seabird hunt footagePownall said: 'Gordon Ramsay travelled hundreds of miles to take part in the killing of seabird chicks and turned it into entertainment.' 53315
Matthew Griffiths @grifftery.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Nedra Talley Ross RIP youtu.be/e-dr1PZZMds?...youtu.beThe Ronettes - Be My Baby (Music Video)YouTube video by Vintage Uploads 000
Matthew Griffiths @grifftery.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Marvellous - dare I say his display in Manchester Art Gallery overshadows Lowry's? 020
Matthew Griffiths @grifftery.bsky.social · 22/04/2026www.europesays.com/spain/8902/ Take that, arsehole.europesays.comSpain’s greatest matador gored by bull in comeback from retirement - SpainSpain’s most celebrated matador, José Antonio Morante de la Puebla, has been seriously injured after being gored by a bull in an incident that has shaken the 000
Reposted by Matthew GriffithsWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 22/04/2026#OtD 22 Apr 1993 Stephen Lawrence, a Black British man, was murdered by racists in London. Public pressure following the failure to convict the killers led to revelations of institutional racism within the British Police stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9445... 08837
Reposted by Matthew GriffithsWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 16/04/2026#OtD 16 Apr 1999 a bill to require that military action by the UK against Iraq be approved by parliament, rather than launched unilaterally by the govt, was scheduled for debate. But on advice from the Labour govt, the debate was blocked by the Queen stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8753... 14419
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Matthew Griffiths @grifftery.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Scottish Sun - 2000 Liverpool Echo - 1973 (It was Hull City, not Exeter). 200
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Reposted by Matthew GriffithsWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 01/04/2026#OtD 1 Apr 2009 father of nine, Ian Tomlinson, died after being attacked by police at London's G20 protests, despite being an innocent bystander. Despite an unlawful killing verdict at inquest, his killer was found not guilty of manslaughter stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8042... 19535
![[Scene is the Tudor royal court. ladies and gentlemen standing round. In the corner a very fat HENRY VIII is hunched over playing a lute.]
1
LADY:
Hey Anne Boleyn -
Who’s that lute player?
ANNE BOLEYN:
I dunno
[Determined face]
But I’m gonna find out.
[Title lettering panel]:
THIS SUMMER
[Scene is now two musicians - one with a harp, the other is Henry VIII again playing the lute]
HARPIST:
Yo Henry VIII -
Who wrote that sick lute riff yo’ jamming?
HENRY VIII:
Why...
[Looking around, modest, surprised at the attention]
I did…!
[Title lettering panel]:
SEE THE STORY
[Scene is now a tudor record producer with ruff and wearing dark sunglasses]:
PRODUCER:
Congratulations Henry
Your lute thing is a hit and your story is now one of uncomplicated musical success!
[Show a panel with lots of Beatlemania-style scenes of success for Henry the musician - swooning tudor girls, playing lute on stage, waving to fans as he descends from his golden carriage. In the middle of it in Tudor lettering are the words]:
“UNCOMPLICATED MUSICAL SUCCESS MONTAGE”.
[Another scene - a man is saying to Henry]:
MAN:
Say Henry VIII -
Are you doing anything outside this narrative that is very bad or weird?
HENRY VIII:
No.
[Title lettering panel]:
…OF A MUSICAL GENIUS
who definitely didn’t do anything outside this narrative that was very bad or weird
[Scene with Thomas Cromwell]
THOMAS CROMWELL:
Hang on Henry aren't you also a -
HENRY VIII [jumping in front of him with his lute held aloft]:
LUTE SOLO!
[Final film title panel]:
HENRY VIII:
Rock Biopic
[rated U]
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