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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

@imc-leeds.bsky.social Leeds IMC Call for Papers for a session co-ordinated by Liverpool PhDs Hannah Evans and Nik Frenzel #medievalsky #celtic #norse #academic #skystorians

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🗣🪨 New Govan Early Medieval Podcast! What are we digging in Govan Old's 1,500-year-old churchyard? As the 2026 excavation and survey season at Govan Old continues, @hornesupremacy.bsky.social tells you everything you need to know! open.spotify.com/episode/2vh5... 🪏 Come see the dig this weekend!

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What are we digging in Govan Old's 1,500-year-old churchyard?

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dave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

if i ever run for office, it will be for a position that has the power to stop fashion brands from including nothing but fake pockets in women's clothes. in a just world, fake pockets would be punished by a tribunal of women who need a purse to hold their phones.

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Lorna @florilegia.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The badgers are comrades and should be left to their business

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

How your email finds me

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Simon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

2/2 George Sinclair JP, 'shipowner, who was the last Provost of Old Aberdeen' before it was incorporated into the City of Aberdeen in 1891. He died in 1914, and he's buried with his wife and son in Oldmachar kirkyard.

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Adrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

It is grotesque that Barclays, having pumped billions into coal, oil and gas expansion, is now looking at a global food crisis being deepened by climate breakdown and seeing a trading opportunity. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

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Barclays spots a chance to profit from extreme weather crisis

Europe’s biggest funder of fossil fuels urges investors to see an opportunity in ‘super’ El Niño that could leave millions starving

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Dr Caroline Bourne @carolinebourne.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Call for papers Communities in Medieval Wales & the March, @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2027, sponsored by the Mortimer History Society. If you are researching any aspect of Medieval Wales & the March, please consider submitting a paper proposal for our strand at next year's IMC. #MedievalSky #Skystorians

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Glamorgan Archives Archifau Morgannwg @glamarchives.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

If you missed Ellie’s talk today, she’ll be speaking in October at the Women’s Archive Wales conference in Swansea www.womensarchivewales.org/en/news.htm?...

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Women’s Archive Wales Conference 2026

This year the Conference will be held on Saturday 3rd October and Sunday 4th October 2026 at Swansea.com Stadium, Landore, Swansea SA1 2FA.

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NearlyKnowledgeable @g0blinegg.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The impressive chest tomb of Sir Robert Broke (died 1588), who served as Speaker of the House of Commons. It depicts Sir Robert alongside his two wives, with the sides of the tomb decorated with images of his children in prayer, which was a common feature of 16th-century English funerary monuments.

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Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Fires in the post industrial peat uplands of South Wales make look less dramatic, but they are very dangerous, as this thread describes

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☠️ Skulls and Sheets 👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Also some interesting memorials and a painted Jesse Tree.

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Anna @superteadrinker.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

For all the new schism fans:

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Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Interesting demographic details in this weeks will Hayward newsletter.. much will be made of English retirees I know but it’s far wider than that. Births v deaths etc etc. worth a few mins open.substack.com/pub/willhayw...

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Wales’ real immigration crisis

Cymru does have some challenges with people moving here – but it’s not who you think

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I am begging people to understand the reason you pay so much tax is because the richest pay so little. The combined tax dodged by the richest 1% is more than the tax contribution of the bottom 70%. If they paid their tax, you wouldn't have to pay any.

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Simon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Mary I married Phillip of Spain in Winchester Cathedral #OTD 25 July 1554. The inscription at Great Canfield, Essex to John Wyseman, died 17th August 1558, records his death in 'annis regnarii Phillipi et Marie quinto et sexto', 'the fifth year and sixth month of the reign of Philip and Mary'.

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

If we don't get three popes at once we're not even trying.

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Fiona Chartres @chartresfi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Look at the smart and crispy cut 15thC font at St Nicholas, Oddington, don't look at the fabulous early 15thC wall paintings behind it..... focus on the font.... focus on the font... Ooh wall paintings 👀.... #FontsOnFriday

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Jeff Colgan @jeffcolgan.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Now opening nominations for the Best Image of Climate Politics in a Nutshell 🌎

Couple under a beach umbrella watch a smoke cloud

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

"You are now historians. BUT very few of you will go on to be professional historians - so will you then cease to be historians? This is a question that we, staff at risk of redundancy, are asking ourselves too: will I still be a historian if I’m not at the University of Exeter in September?" 2/

A historian in fetching grey gown addresses a crowd of students in gowns and family members in summery outfits.

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Wardsend Cemetery Heritage Park @wardsendcemetery.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

We're delighted to say that Friends of Wardsend Cemetery will be at Hillsborough Walled Garden Open Day on Sunday 2nd August, 11am - 3pm. Always a lovely event we look forward to seeing some of you there.

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Golwg360 @golwg.360.cymru · 17/07/2026

Ysgol y Garreg: ‘sylfaen ein bywydau cyfan’, ond ydy’r sgrifen ar y mur ar gyfer cymunedau gwledig? Cafodd yr ysgol ei hagor yn 1882, ac mae hi’n cau ei drysau heddiw (17 Gorffennaf) am y tro olaf ✍️ Rhiannon Heledd Williams

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Ysgol y Garreg: ‘sylfaen ein bywydau cyfan’, ond ydy’r sgrifen ar y mur ar gyfer cymunedau gwledig?

Cafodd yr ysgol ei hagor yn 1882, ac mae hi’n cau ei drysau heddiw (17 Gorffennaf) am y tro olaf

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Caroline Russell @carolinerussell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

In which @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social shows why we should pay attention to every detail of street design down to the steepness of the ramp where vehicles cross pavements. If we care about older and disabled people getting around safely, and obviously I think we should, this stuff matters.

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Cambrian Archaeological Association @cambriansarch.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

** Saturday, May 30. The Three Mary’s. A walk around three churches near Tintern. Leader: Jo McCrum jointly with Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association maa.wales - all welcome** Joining instructions here: cambrians.org.uk/walks-and-ta... Come join us😀

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

One consequence of Reform's success will be Farage facing more scrutiny, especially about various aspects of his financial dealings, & it makes him very tetchy - the trademark grin & chuckle he often uses to good effect completely desert him. His core voters may not care but the Reform-curious may.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

A dozen female Palestinians are working to save and preserve medieval and early modern manuscripts 📕 from the Al-Omari mosque’s library. Hang this picture in the Louvre (and the Met). www.newarab.com/features/ins...

Volunteers in Gaza City are working to rescue books and manuscripts from the library at the Great Omari Mosque

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 07/05/2026

The horror in Gaza is not only the children being killed. It’s the children who vanish – separated from parents, buried unidentified, detained, orphaned, lost in the collapse of an entire society. A powerful and heartbreaking report.

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Gaza’s new terror: the disappearing children - Bylines Scotland

Palestinian parents fear the worst as children vanish from the streets of Gaza amid claims that they are being abducted

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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Apocalyptic aerial footage from east Gaza City.

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Was there, I hear you ask, a blood relationship between the Dixon industrial dynasty of Dumbarton and the Dixon industrial dynasty of Govanhill? Yes! say some of my sources. No! say others, with equal confidence. History is not there to make life easy for _anyone_.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 07/05/2026

We are dismayed by news regarding UG History, and other subjects, at Hertfordshire. This follows recent job losses at Essex and elsewhere, and makes clear the crisis in UK HE. The Society is in touch and working with historians at UoH. As ever, we invite contact from others affected #Skystorians

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Ceritheviking @ceritheviking.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Never done this part of Cardiff before. Pretty nice - nearly strayed into Caerphilly ! (To the left of the log in the photo on the top) Not sure if those steps will win me any favours today mind 😂 #cefnon #wenallt #fundayfriday

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Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Gair y dydd! Word of the day! clinc - a bad habit; an evil way to be; a foul principle -wff... na'r glinc! = wow... that's a bad habit! -'r'en glinc = old Nick; the devil himself.

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Ranaroth @ranaroth.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Church of St. John with All Saints, Waterloo Road, London. 1823-24 by Francis Bedford. Greek revival style (1); Gate (2); Tomb. Early-mid C19 (3). Photos: 01.02.2025. #London #church #worship #religion #FrancisBedford

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Simon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

3/3 Its inscription barely there now, the last resting place in Dunfermline kirkyard of David Ferguson, 'first protestant minister of Dunfermline', who died in 1598. As well as fathering nine children, he translated the Book of Proverbs into Scots and rearranged them into alphabetical order!

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Simon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

2/3 Rev. Ralph Erskine. 'Ordained a parish minister of Dunfermline 7th August 1711, left the Established Church and joined the Secession 18th February 1737' Dunfermline parish kirkyard. The spires are the City Chambers and the Linen Exchange.

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Simon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

The Dunfermline dead. A cluster of 18th and 19th Century headstones in Dunfermline parish kirkyard, Fife. Meanwhile, over the wall... #MemorialsMonday

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Dan Conway @magisterconway.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

So, um... this is bad. Really bad. I looked at the letters that were translated by the AI, and the very first one I found was almost entirely hallucination. Thread:

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

🚨What you won't read in the British media: on X, journalist @twelves.bsky.social has looked at Matt Goodwin's new book, Suicide of a Nation, and found that is packed full of fake quotes and material that appears to have been made up by AI.

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@andytwelves: EXC: .@GoodwinMJ’s new book “Suicide of a Nation: Immigration, Islam, Identity” is out now, and I’m only 5 chapters in and have found a huge amount of what appears to be false quotes and...

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Utterly the wrong call. Step by step, this embroils us in an immoral, illegal, illogical war.

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

This should be put to a House of Commons vote.

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Dr. Robyn S. Lacy ⚰️ @graveyardarch.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

First property research project at New Job & I'm activity losing my mind. Why is every son in this family named the same thing...and all married women with the Same Name?!? 😵‍💫😵‍💫 #heritage

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Heidi The History Mouse @thehistorymouse.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Mouse sticking round #HolyTrinityBristol for a couple of days as she has more to share: Monument west of nave. An effigy raised up on an elbow is a common motif of tombs from the era. Seen as meaning 'resting rather than dead' though Mouse think of it as 'neither here nor there'

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St Davids Cathedral Library / Llyfrgell y Gadeirlan Tyddewi @stdavidscathlib.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

#ShakespeareSunday @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social Richard II Act 5 Scene 2 Good mother, be content 📷 Icon of St Non, mother of Dewi Sant/St David in his shrine in @stdavidscathedral.bsky.social

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Maddy Gray @heritagepilgrim.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

For #MotheringSunday my mother's reminiscences of her upbringing on a farm between Newport and Cardiff, her struggles to get an education and her time teaching in Chepstow during WW2 www.heritagetortoise.co.uk/2017/11/bett...

Early C20 farm workers with a small child and a dog

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