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Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

It's competition time! 📚 We're giving away an entire set of the 2025 #WolfsonHistoryPrize shortlist. For a chance to win, you must: 1) Follow us on Bluesky 2) Like and reshare this post on Bluesky Entries close 13/03/2026 10AM GMT. UK only.

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Hollie @holliestafford.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Just finished Fenny by Lettice Cooper. I absolutely devoured this book in a day and a half. It was so good I couldn't stop reading it!

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Hollie @holliestafford.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Finished knitting my cropped slouchy jumper. Very pleased with it.

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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

@jameshawes.bsky.social: ' And there you have it. #Epstein the KGB-backed blackmailer to #Thiel, the grey eminence of the global tech bros: ‘brexit, just the beginning’. And #Brexit voters actually thought it was about “getting their country back”…'

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Phil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

It is genuinely astounding how Reform, Labour and the Tories have decided to fight tooth-and-nail for the votes of the same 30-35 percent of the electorate and completely ignore everyone else.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026

Q: They defied a search warrant this morning. Do you think they'll abide by a federal court order? FREY: Everybody listen to that question. The question is 'will this administration abide by a court order.' These are the underpinnings of our democracy and Constitution. The answer better be yes.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

If this is what they do when they're out on the street with people pointing cameras at them, what do you think is happening inside the ICE prison camps that they keep denying Members of Congress access to?

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

What's everyone reading this weekend?

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Hollie @holliestafford.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Making good progress on my embroidery. Not too much left to do now.

Picture of a partly finished embroidery in a hoop. There are flowers, a tree and a butterfly.

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

What's everyone reading this weekend?

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itvnewspolitics.bsky.social @itvnewspolitics.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Even those with extreme disabilities will be worse off under Labour's plans for £6bn of welfare cuts. READ MORE: www.itv.com/news/2025-03...

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

7 months ago today I bombed that kids hospital in Kiev. But as Trump says, "it's what anyone would do".

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

With Lowe’s whip withdrawn, the proportion of Reform MPs jailed for viciously assaulting a woman now stands at 25%.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 07/03/2025

There are, of course, a thousand things going on in parallel, but I think this, by @davidfrum.bsky.social, goes a long way to explaining the relish and sheer nastiness of that Oval Office meeting. ~AA

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

three Bulgarian nationals have been found guilty of spying for Russia at the Old Bailey in London, in a trial that police described as one of the most significant espionage cases to be brought in Britain in decades www.ft.com/content/a3be...

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Three Bulgarians linked to Wirecard’s Marsalek found guilty of spying for Russia

Police described case as one of the biggest espionage investigations in UK in decades

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ChristianG @mryeswecan.eurosky.social · 06/03/2025

You got to laugh at the irony of life!

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Hollie @holliestafford.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Loving the John Wyndhams. And quite a lot jealous. One of my favourite authors

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I can finally announce dates for my new tour! I’m bringing Domination - the Rise & Fall of an Empire - to theatres across the UK this Autumn. Hope to see you there! www.alice-roberts.co.uk/tour

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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I guess he won’t want a state visit to “some random county” then.

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Is this the bit where we say how much we love the ‘robust democratic institutions’ in the USA?

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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

A truly vile decision, giving the lie to all Trump’s claims that he is horrified by the killing in Ukraine. Apparently he’s fine with the Russians doing the killing, but is determined to stop Ukraine striking back. Europe must wake up to how serious this is, not just for UA but for its own security.

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Btw even when musk talks about working around the clock it's part of this myth, he's just saying "oh it's hard for you to do, but for me it's second nature." But like, he doesn't work. He never learns any new skills or has breakthroughs, he just stays up all night dming rw influencers & doing drugs

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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

This is Winston Churchill visiting the White House during World War II. Funny how he isn’t wearing a suit either. Almost like he was a wartime leader defending his country from being slaughtered and wiped out by an authoritarian aggressor.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

What’s interesting about the Oval Office fiasco is that it was Trump who repeatedly claimed during the campaign that he would end the war in ‘24 hours’ and that he was a master negotiator. Did the guy sulking, then berating Zelensky, then kicking him out, look or sound like a master negotiator?

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

It’s insane to think that the Trump administration was more welcoming this week to the Tate brothers than to the President of Ukraine.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

This is what ardent NYT _conservative_ Bret Stephens is saying. Anyone with any sense knows that today was an absolute disaster and disgrace for the United States.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

We just watched Trump & Vance do Putin’s bidding in the Oval Office & it was horrific. Not even two months into this administration & it’s a disaster for the free world.

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.

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Hollie @holliestafford.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Broke the first law of leaving the house - always, always take your book. Now my son is running late for our meet up and my book is lying on my bed. 😪

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 27/02/2025

Andrew Tate has been accused of rape and human trafficking in the UK. An attempt by the Trump administration to stand in the way of Britain's justice system would be deeply wrong. The Tate brothers must face justice here in the UK.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

You can’t make this stuff up. Trump supporters spent the past few years obsessing over an apparent sex trafficking cabal in charge of our country. And yet one of the first things Trump seems to have done, apparently, is push to get the Tates, charged with sex trafficking, released from Romania.

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Andrew Tate and His Brother Are Said to Leave Romania for the U.S.

Andrew and Tristan Tate, the online influencers, are facing investigations in Romania and Britain, including accusations of human trafficking and sex crimes.

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

This is one of those scandals every person relying on the system knows but those in power never mention: the DWP stops PIP and Carer’s Allowance when a disabled person is in hospital for 28 days. When at their sickest, make them worry they can’t pay their bills. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Mother had carer’s allowance stopped while with disabled daughter in hospital

Rachel Adam-Smith says stopping benefits when loved ones are in hospital fails to recognise carers’ ongoing role

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

When Rishi Sunak made the Vaccine deal with Moderna as Chancellor, he had up to £530m invested in Moderna. Now Michelle Mone is desperately bringing it up. Like if you want Mone on trial. RT if you want them both facing the music.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Conservative Helen Whateley wants to cut the welfare budget to fund and increase in our defence budget Why do they always go after the most in need in society instead of e.g. a wealth tax on the richest with over £10m+?

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

“Who would ever sign a thing like this?” -the guy who signed the thing

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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 24/02/2025

A fascist tapeworm & faux patriot who “loves giving interviews. But ask him about his connections to Russia & the consequences of Brexit, he'll put a stop to the conversation.” “Brexit was the best thing to happen for Russia...” Where is the UK? 👇 www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...

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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 24/02/2025

“The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has appeared in court accused of accepting bribes to make statements in the European Parliament that would benefit Russia.” Nathan Gill, 51, from Llangefni on Anglesey, previously belonged to the Brexit Party. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Ex-Reform UK Wales leader accused of taking Russian bribes

The ex-MEP and former UKIP Wales leader made favourable statements about Russia for money, a court hears.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

The United States appears to be in violation of the Budapest Memorandum which disarmed Ukraine of nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees. The agreement signed by the US in 1994 specifically prohibits economic coercion against Ukraine.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

This is a poor headline from the BBC. The US aren't offering a "deal" - they want the minerals in return for support already given. It's straight up extortion.

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blayneydeborah.bsky.social @blayneydeborah.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Reminder! King Charles was right in 2014! But Farage shamefully criticised him: 'Prince Charles was wrong to compare Vladimir Putin to Hitler, Nigel Farage has said, after the heir to the throne was reported to have attacked Russia's annexation of Crimea.' www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/05/21/u...

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Prince Charles Wrong To Criticise Vladimir Putin, Says Nigel Farage

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