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Hester Parr

@hesterparr.bsky.social
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Professor of Human Geography in Scotland. Research = mental health/missing people/seasonal affective disorder/geohumanities/CC. Not travelling to USA anytime soon. Human 🦋 www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/livingwit…

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Edinburgh University lecturers begin five-week strike over cuts www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Edinburgh University lecturers begin five-week strike over cuts
Members of the University and Colleges Union are walking out in part of a long-running dispute over job and course cuts.
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Celebrating Chris Philo and saying goodbye to the usual salaried working life after 41 years ⭐️
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Young people aren't snowflakes - mental distress is rising, says head of official review www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Young people are not snowflakes, head of mental health review says
Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Prof Fonagy says being young is much harder now than it was.
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Earlier today. After 30 years, a first vist to Glasgow’s Cathedral.
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A real disappointment for Scotland Plans for Scottish ferry to mainland Europe scrapped www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Plans for Scottish ferry to mainland Europe scrapped
Forth Ports said it had doubts over the 'long-term viability' of the route between Rosyth and Dunkirk.
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Claire Niedzwiedz @drcenz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
📣 Mixed methods PhD for health professionals at University of Glasgow to examine heat impacts on people living w/ multiple long term conditions. You must be fully registered w/ UK discipline-specific professional body & licensed to practise in the UK. Please get in touch! tinyurl.com/bp6surwt
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University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - Multimorbidity PhD programme for Health Professionals - Research Projects - University of Glasgow Projects - UofG 06
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
@davidjbissell.bsky.social Just accidentally unearthed a back of cupboard gem - over 20 years old 😬. Happy travels ✈️
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Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Sad news for the Scottish arts scene, and our diminishing print media. www.theskinny.co.uk/music/news/t...
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The Skinny is closing
After 20 years of independent cultural journalism and with a very heavy heart, September’s edition of The Skinny is our final issue.
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Rock stars gather on tiny Scottish island for stone skimming championships
Some 400 challengers and 2,000 spectators are expected at the world stone skimming championships.
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
All the.folks paying tribute to academic kindness and Chris Philo - a rare thing indeed! 🙏
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
London Town
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Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We're looking for a fabulous person to join us @strathclydehass.bsky.social on a funded PhD with me & Prof Matt Smith. Are you a historian with an interest in activism who wants to design a cool project on unorthodox health movements in Britain after 1948? Apply! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSR502/p...
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PhD Studentship: Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948 at University of Strathclyde
Apply for a PhD Studentship: Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948. Discover a wide range of PhD opportunities at jobs.ac.uk.
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stilllife @stilllife0.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Today is official publication day for Cultural Geographies of Love and Catastrophe, edited by @ajsecor.bsky.social @mikkojorge.bsky.social and myself, and published by @edinburghup.bsky.social. You can DOWNLOAD THE WHOLE TEXT FOR FREE via the EUP web page edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-cultura...
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Cultural Geographies of Love and Catastrophe
Cultural Geographies of Love and Catastrophe
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Homeland.
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I’ve always loved the fall of late sunlight in this part of the park.
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The university rundown is very rapid, as well as being unplanned and chaotic. Okay, many academics over 60 and even say 57-58 can leave with a good payout, but you're losing a hell of a lot of knowledge and experience if you do that. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
thetimes.com
Universities spend £400m on ‘golden goodbyes’ in a single year
The 60% increase shows how even top institutions are scrambling to deal with falling numbers of overseas students and stagnating domestic tuition fees
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Recommend ‘HR The Musical’ at Edinburgh Festival. Perfect antidote to Performance Review!
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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Shifting geographies of student accommodation/living arrangements, with nearly a third choosing to live at home, all driven by rising costs and the pressures of needing paid employment to rent elsewhere. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Graph showing rising numbers of students intending to living at home.
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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Can you help us reach more people than ever before? Respond to our Trans Lives Survey today, and share on your social media, so we can get a full picture of the experiences and views of trans people in the UK. Take the survey here: form.typeform.com/to/BRppksJ3 #TransLives #TransSurvey #Trans
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It's quick, anonymous, and will help us campaign for our community!
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Dr Rebecca Warren @drrjwarren.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It’s publication day for our book today!🥳🥳🥳 And whilst everyone is showing off their eclipse of the sun photos, I’d just like point out that there’s an ‘eclipse-like’ image (ok, it’s the moon actually) on its cover - for you to have forever😄
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Glasgow was a bit gloomy for a bit. Nothing new there. Looking forward to the photos! 🌓☀️
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Andrew Whitehouse @anthrobirder.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Here's an AHRC-funded PhD project I'm involved with on 'Walking the Energy Transition'. Come and work with me, Jo Vergunst and Jen Clarke in Aberdeen and investigate walking, heritage, art and landscape on the North Sea coast. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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NHT-DFA: Walking the energy transition: art, anthropology and heritage at the North Sea coast at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - NHT-DFA: Walking the energy transition: art, anthropology and heritage at the North Sea coast at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
We’re launching a major new programme on Humanity, Climate and Nature. We wish to commission discussion papers from researchers/policymakers/practitioners to provide fresh insight into these themes. We’ll pay £2,500 for around 4000 words. Apply by 16 Sept www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/internationa...
Call for Discussion Papers: Humanity, Climate & Nature
This call sets out the requirements for short discussion papers to be produced as part of a series that will generate fresh insights and innovative thinking to help develop the new Humanity, Climate & Nature Programme's initial work and activity.
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
NHS must prepare for annual summer heat pressures, says Yvette Cooper www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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NHS must prepare for annual summer heat pressures, says Yvette Cooper
Health secretary says global heating means UK hospitals and GPs will have to prepare for summer as well as winter peaks of demand
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Celebrating Ruth’s tree for Lammas #LivingwithSAD
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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The saddest news of all. A business there for just shy of 90 years. And a casualty of the closure of St David’s College. This is going to happen all over the country where and when universities and colleges start closing down due to the higher education funding crisis.
The end of an era....
Conti's Cafe's Lampeter and Llanerchaeron
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It was not a decision taken lightly but due to very deep personal reasons the doors of Conti's Cafe in Lampeter will close for the very last time tomorrow. The memories will live on for many of you who frequented the cafe i'm sure there are many stories to share, if only walls could talk.
A warm welcome is extended to you all to visit the cafe for the last time, Bryn Fon will be present from around 3 onwards to entertain you all.
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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Conti's Cafe, Lampeter. 1933-2026. More or less as it was when I was there. This photo's from 2008 but before it was renovated, so it's pretty much as I remember it. Home to a jukebox with a ferociously warped copy of Taja Sevelle's Love Is Contagious & vendor of the best coffee in West Wales. -
A cafe called Conti's in Lampeter, Wales. There's a large plastic ice cream to the left of a brown front door. The storefront is a kind of faded yellow colour. An old wooden sign has Conti's Cafe carved into it. Through the big glass window you can see hanging light bulbs in clear glass lampshades and evidence of a dark, fuggy interior and the dim shapes of a few people. There's a massive pot plant in the right of the window. On the wall next to the window is a notice board that probably has council notices on it. It wasn't the sort of place to have a menu.
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Joint Statement by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of Spain on Wildfires and Action on Climate Change
The UK and Spain agreed that the climate crisis is an urgent policy priority and committed to co-leading the green transition, strengthening clean energy cooperation and advancing international climat...
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Very sad Oscar-winning songwriter Glen Hansard killed in crash www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Glen Hansard: Oscar-winning songwriter killed in crash
Hansard, who was 56, won the best song Oscar for the 2007 low-budget musical film Once.
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Glasgow and the rain ☔️
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Commonwealth Games 2026: Soppy socks & a slathering of deep heat - rain causes chaos in Glasgow
Torrential rain causes chaos at the athletics in the Commonwealth Games, but England's Amy Hunt produces one of a number of impressive performances.
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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Dave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
& a slant & eerie gloam breathe in heat & dust distance filtered through haze swallows chitter & zeep at home in a world of sticky tangle grasshopper warbler casts & reels an insect's song invisible deep in plantation & close at hand
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Love the World Cup ⚽️. The only disappointment is watching people l know practice cultural racism.
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
theguardian.com
Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities
Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
On my way, Clacton.
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/...
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99% of people on Earth will get sunlight at the same time this Wednesday
On July 8, at about 11:10 GMT, about 99 percent of the world experiences sunlight at the same time.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
'The University of Cambridge has received $34.5m (£25.8m) for research to help improve the health and wellbeing of people with autism and their families.'
bbc.co.uk
University of Cambridge gets £25.8m donation for autism research
It says philanthropist K. Lisa Yang made the donation.
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...
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British Academy President: UK higher education crisis risks irreversible damage
As course closures, shrinking provision and widening regional inequalities threaten the future of UK higher education and research, President of the British Academy, Susan J Smith calls for an immedia...
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
M&S cheese just threw in the air ⚽️
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The Global Climate And Health Alliance @gchalliance.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Often the full death toll of weather extremes isn’t revealed until weeks, months, even years after the event occurs. As temperatures rise & weather extremes worsen, finding better ways to monitor & report climate-related illnesses and deaths will become increasingly urgent grist.org/health/why-t...
grist.org
Why the United States undercounts climate-driven deaths
As temperatures rise and weather extremes worsen, finding better ways to monitor climate-related deaths becomes increasingly urgent.
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
This is a national scandal. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Anxiety drives child mental health referrals past one million
Demand is soaring beyond capacity, meaning children in England wait years for help with various conditions.
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Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Chasing the sun with the ‘Wintering Well Collective’ In Edinburgh ☀️
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