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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Feel slightly vindicated for having spent my summer writing 10,000 words on how important Play School was for British children's civic education....

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Some days I question my life choices. And then some days I get to go to the BFI archives and watch old episodes of Playschool.

A TV showing an episode of Playschool from 1971, with a plate of digestives, a cup of tea, a pencil case and a notebook in front

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 11/05/2026

Hammersmith & Fulham Council Election Result #LE2026: LAB: 38 (-2) CON: 12 (+2) Labour HOLD. Changes w/ 2022.

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Yes, I am nearly 40. Yes, a (rare) Friday night out still requires messaging all the other females I know going to the same party to discuss what we're wearing. Doesn't hit quite the same without using MSN Messenger to co-ordinate though.

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Why is Benjamin Kayser wearing a pair of washing up gloves to commentate on the rugby? #FRAvENG

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

There indeed is so much to fight for, and in some countries (looking at you, US), some old fights have become new fights. One thing (academic) men can do is not participate in manels! It can be uncomfortable at times but it is also still necessary. Here’s my experience: 🧵

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I see the Six Nations has taken a look at UK politics and decided it would also like a multitude of possible winners, with a series of run-off results that don’t necessarily make sense in totality.

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The Continent @thecontinent.org · 06/03/2026

All Protocol Observed | Welcome to Issue 231 of The Continent Amid a geopolitical storm, four Chagos Islanders have returned to the archipelago - with a little help, and a private yacht, from a Reform UK mega-donor. Download your copy here. www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...

Front cover of The Continent newspaper Issue 231, showing a man harvesting rainwater on an island. In the background, on the water, is a private yacht. And in the skies is an American bomber. The headline reads: "Unlikely allies move to sink Mauritius' Chagos deal'.

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I once again may have overestimated my capacity to read things when raiding the library shelves.

A stack of 19 library books (mostly about children's television and research methods) on a green table

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I cannot emphasise enough how true this is. Two weeks of shouting "6 7" at my kids seemed to chase that particular phenomenon out of our lives

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Pausing reading about girls' socialisation through My Little Pony to watch Hollie Davidson become the first woman to referee a men's 6 Nations game. My rugby-heavy childhood feels very seen right now.

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Westminster, if you could just... not... for the next hour or so and let us just watch the curling in peace, that would be lovely. Thanks.

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Do Wales get a bonus point for the 4th yellow card?

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Hello from the couple who've been married so long we bought each other near identical anniversary presents...

Two near identical stainless steel wine buckets

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Hi from my autogenerated Wednesday morning Spotify playlist

A screengrab from Spotify showing the title of a playlist as "surprised breakdown wednesday morning" Underneath this it says Try some : breakdown, surprised, love song, mellow pop, tearful and songwriter

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

The children have been given a karaoke machine. I have been given fancy ear plugs. This is symbiotic gifting at its finest.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Amazing story in The Times. Reform UK failed to pay VAT to HMRC on its sales (tickets, merchandise). About £400k in all. Not tax avoidance. Not tax evasion. They just didn't realise when you sell stuff you have to charge VAT.

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

First day of school holidays. The kids have invented a complicated game involving jobs, shopping, a postal service and apparently fiscal policy. My son is currently running around shouting "Twenty minutes until taxes! We need to pay for things!" Strong early preparation for next month's budget.

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Nigel Farage is “endangering women’s health” by failing to condemn l claims that using paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism, Bridget Phillipson has said in an interview with the Guardian. She had used the painkiller throughout her second pregnancy. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Farage endangering women by failing to condemn paracetamol claims, says Bridget Phillipson

Labour deputy leader candidate criticises ‘scaremongering’ on autism and says party must be firmer in tackling Reform

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Found this in an old notebook. Surely always an instruction worth following. Unclear why I felt I needed to write this down for future me though.

A post it note with "make Dauphinoise potatoes" written on it

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Fabian Education Policy Group @edufabians.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Delighted to be welcoming Baroness Mary Bousted as guest speaker at our online FEPG meeting Monday 29th September 7.00-9.00pm. Members will receive the zoom link. Anyone else wishing to join see the contact emails below. @brianhudson.bsky.social @debouthwaite.bsky.social @joedromey.bsky.social

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Online retailers : if you're selling storage containers with multiple internal compartments, an interior photo would probably be really helpful...

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

I may be slightly biased (having contributed slightly to the early stages) but this research on Reform voters is well worth reading

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

2006 : when academic feedback arrived by post, on headed notepaper, written by fountain pen. Found this amongst some old papers and can't decide if it's charming or wildly anachronistic...

A photo of a notecard, headed with the address for Exeter College, Oxford. It is written in lovely, formal handwriting. Date 28 October 06. Text reads : Dear Hannah, This is good - 65 overall. Sorry it has taken so long to get back to you. I hope this term is going well. Sincerely

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Who wants to tell @decathlonfrance.bsky.social what's wrong with this picture....?

A picture from the Decathlon website showing American Football players, wearing lots of padding and full helmets. Over the picture it says "Rugby kit essentials"

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Reading about the history of parental surveillance of children in a chair deliberately positioned so I can still see both my children's tennis lessons...

An open book (Mother Media by Hannah Zeavin) with a tennis court in the background

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

I've seen this view in all weathers, at more life stages than I care to think about and yet it still makes me pause and appreciate it.

A view of Magdalen tower from Cloisters, surrounded by flowers

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Me : I'm going to take my summer reading very seriously Also me :

An Aperol Spritz, a journal article and two books on a pub table

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 21/05/2025

Think there is a danger in basing too much strategy off this. For all parties. The battleground isn't the 14.3% who voted Reform in 2024. It's the 15% or so that didn't and are now telling voters they might.

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

You know you've spent too long thinking about research design when your first thought seeing this chart is "oooh I wonder if you could use this for a random discontinuity design...."

A chart showing the ages of the cardinals voting in the Papal conclave

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

In a week when the 'mum guilt' has kicked in heavily, excited to have received a copy of @hzeavin.bsky.social 's new book Mother Media. Now to wrestle some time to myself to actually read it...

A photo of Hannah Zeavin's book "Mother Media, Hot and Cool Parenting in the Twentieth Century"

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Request that after the local elections this week we retire the phrase "x-colour wall". No one has a wall anymore. It's just a massive pile of bricks that all parties are scrabbling for.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

🎶You took me for a joke You took me for a child You made the world's stock markets crash And then played golf for a while🎶

News item showing picture of Trump in his limo, on the phone, looking demented, with the headline: "As stock market continues plummeting over tariffs, Trumps spends the day at his gold course."

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

A particularly good, if surreal, way to spend a Monday evening.

Club Talk Dinner
Monday 3rd March 2025
Lord (Neil) Kinnock in Conversation with Sir Trevor Phillips on the 125th anniversary of the formation of the British Labour Party

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Me to the Student Union : can we do more to support student parents? Them : Yup, great idea. Please come and propose this policy at 7pm. Because no parent is ever busy at 7pm...

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Why does 25% AfD among young men spark a thousand "what is going on with young men?" posts yet Die Linke 34% among young women generates...nothing at all? Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Watching the post German election leaders roundtable with the 8 year old. He's suggested that once it's obvious a party hasn't got 5% they're forcibly removed from the studio.

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Interesting article on the state/private school divide in men's rugby from the BBC, but would be interesting to see how this dynamic plays out on the women's team. My instinct is the women's game is far less private school dominated. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

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Six Nations: The school divide behind England's rugby team

A potential squeeze on scholarships could put pressure on England's rugby talent pipelines and make scouts look more widely for talent.

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Paula Surridge @psurridge.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

If you want to win an election against far right opposition you need to bring together two groups. The activated liberals outraged by the other side and the more moderate groups who want govt to make their lives less difficult. Not by trying to win the enthusiastic supporters of the other side.

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Marry someone who knows that the only appropriate anniversary present for "tin" is some baked beans. Happy 10 years @gbulmer.bsky.social

A bridge and groom sat outside on a balcony with photographs behind them. She has a white dress and white fur shawl on and is holding a bouquet of flowers. He is in a morning suit with a blue waistcoat.

Two tins of Heinz Baked Beans. One says Hannah's Beanz on the label, one says George's Beanz on the label

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

So if anyone wants to know how seriously social media is actually taking the removal of children's accounts, I just tried to report an account to Instagram that belongs to a 9 year old. I know this because it's a classmate of my son....(1/2)

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Leicester Tigers History @historytigers.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

OTD: JOHN PLAYER CUP 1988 Rosslyn Park 0 Leicester 15 (Thornley 1t, Hare 1c 3p) Third round Roehampton, 23 January The cup brought the Tigers to Roehampton for three consecutive years, and against a 40 year-old Superstar in the Park second row.

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Love that the @electoralreform.bsky.social include Eurovision as one of their example electoral systems

A screengrab from the Electoral Reform Society website reading "Borda Count - a rarely used points based electoral system - Where it's used : Nauru, Kiribati, Eurovision"

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Or what about how the BBC found 7 Premier League clubs have had players or bosses investigated for sexual offences since 2020. Or how the Archbishop of Canterbury just resigned over a huge child abuse cover up in the Church of England. But it's definitely just a "grooming gangs" problem.

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Having extracted my undergrad essays from my parents house I am slightly in awe of 21 year old me confidently asserting that "..there is no longer the perception of having to choose between being a successful wife and mother and being successful outside the home..."

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Well I've written essays in worse places... Also feel slightly happy that I'm writing about Habermas whilst in ein Kaffeehaus.

A half drunk cup of tea, an iPad with an essay on its screen and a print out of the essay sit on a table in front of a window. Outside the window is a snowy mountain scene.

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Cat (Mildred) and teddy cat (Cisalas) enjoying a Christmas nap together

A British shorthair cat asleep on a footstool. Next to her is a teddy cat with vaguely similar colouring, lying on a copy of the Radio Times with a discarded elf headband next to her.

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Hannah Bulmer @hmsbulmer.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Very happy with my Christmas book haul. Even more happy that children were marshalled out of the house to church so I can start reading one in peace.

A pile of books on a wooden floor. From bottom upwards there are Greekish by Georgina Hayden, Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan, The Newsmongers by Terry Kirby, The Unfinished Harauld Hughes by Richard Ayoade, Reading Lessons by Carol Atherton and Christmas Pudding by Nancy Mitford

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