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www.york.ac.uk/history/people/black - or the history of where, when and how politics and culture met. Or didn’t. Likes flawed red things.

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Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco @joshpizpom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
EXC: 90 programmes in Edinburgh University's College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences are to be closed. The casualties, which include 48 language and literature programmes, will be 'taught out', w/ no admissions after 2027. @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2655839...
heraldscotland.com
Ninety programmes to close at leading university as savings plan takes shape
According to the document, a total of 90 programmes will be “taught out” over the next several years, including 48 in the School of Language.
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
the things that Brighton university management has decided it simply… no longer recognises? it also no longer recognises UCU or Unison? again: how is this legal!!!!
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Interesting site: donation.watch/en/unitedkin...
donation.watch
Party donations United Kingdom | DonationWatch
DonationWatch gives clear insights into donors and parties, facilitating the understanding of political financing by explaining complex data in a simple manner
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 02/09/2026
‘The controversy over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s very public fertility journey gets to the heart of the question of what it means for a society to support childbirth and motherhood.’ New on the blog: Laura Beers (@fieryparticle.bsky.social) on AOC and Egg Freezing. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
lrb.co.uk
Laura Beers | On AOC and Egg Freezing
Last month, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez published a series of Instagram posts documenting the process of freezing her eggs...
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 26/08/2026
Reform voters, and to a lesser extent Tories, are much likelier to think they hold the most common public view across several topics that our survey suggests is not the case, most notably: -2024 rioters -Trans ID -Bregret -Business reg -Lockdowns -Israel-Palestine -Trump yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Centre Pompidou has gone brutalist
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
XTC revival on the cards?
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
interesting - press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Vulgar Marxism
Offers a transformative reading of the Marxist tradition by uncovering its connections to the institutions and practices of worker education.   For the past hundred years, “vulgar Marxism” has been t...
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
There was just a question about Labour leader William Adamson on a TV quiz show on ITV.
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Daphne Du Maurier's 1972 Brexit novel - satire, activism, Cornish nationalism... prophetic or pathetic? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_Br...
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Rule Britannia (novel) - Wikipedia
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I'm all about the old school tie... Labour chancellor Healey (John not Denis) went to the same school as Starmer. Tho' also to the frightfully posh St Peter's in York.
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Amusing
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John Foot @footymac.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I've been critical of Keir's term as PM, but I was still secretly hoping for a Peerage for his old 'Pabloist' comrades in his leaving list... damn.
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
A bit of York labour history: sslh.org.uk/2025/12/10/c...
sslh.org.uk
Coney Street, York: a place in labour history
Continuing our series on places of significance in labour history, Kathy Davies introduces Coney Street in York. As a resident of York, I frequently walk down Coney Street, one of the city’s oldest…
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
England were quite good, until they scored. Should learn from that…
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
'In the past year, the University of Sussex shed 528 members of staff, with plans to increase that figure by 200.' 'In May, the University of Hertfordshire said it would suspend multiple undergraduate humanities courses.' 1/4
newstatesman.com
How to kill a university's reputation
After Exeter’s announcement that it will cut 150 academic jobs, is there any hope for higher education?
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
a propos of nothing in particular, but this is definitely one of the best things I've ever read.
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Joe Saunders @joesaunders1.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Keen to hear from any British-based historians looking for freelance research work. Happy to hear from all backgrounds and experiences.
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Missing TAA much? I have mixed feelings about this game since I have Congo in the sweepstake
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Book review for AHR. Open access license price, $4851. I feel valued.
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I'm confident this has already been thought / written, but are we allowed to refer to Burnham as the Mancunian Candidate?
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Timely: link.springer.com/collections/...
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Keir Starmer’s Labour Party in Government
The aim of this special collection is to examine how the Labour Party has changed since Starmer became Labour leader in 2020, and evaluate the early phase of ...
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Ben Phillips @benphillips1989.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide.
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The Swiss coach is the dude-est so far…
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
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Songs of Liberation | Sean Jacobs
In 1960 the writer Bessie Head—yet to publish the novels that would make her a leading figure in South African and Batswana literature—interviewed a young
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Oh man… blues for a hip king
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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Permanent lectureship in Modern British History at the University of Manchester. FT, £42-58k, closing date 30 June 26, starting Sept 26 onwards. For international people, this is equivalent to a tenure-track Assistant Lectureship. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #SkyStorians
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Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800):Oxford Road
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Besides deeper ideological reasons (and Labour's chronic myopia), one answer to this is surely that UUK and VCs (and lets be honest, UCU and professional bodies too) have been so useless/timid at pushing this up the policy agenda
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
WTF. I've just realized that WFH can mean both working from home and wages for housework.
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Neologism... "Thatcheresque". ©
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
F W S Craig, a very familiar name to political historians. But also who knew (i.e. I did not): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._W._S...
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F. W. S. Craig - Wikipedia
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Yes, make a film of it. UTB!
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I fancy us
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Today's important news (and a blessed relief from the other). Cheaters gonna cheat as someone sang: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
bbc.co.uk
Spygate: Championship play-off final may be delayed by hearing
The Championship play-off final may not go ahead on Saturday 23 May as the EFL investigates the Spygate scandal surrounding finalists Southampton.
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Also... isn't Streeting (if he wins) going to be haunted by Burnham? The Prince of Manchester (can't call him Prince Andy) forever waiting in the wings?
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Isn't Streeting's constituency majority minute. Maybe he'll pick up the vacant seat before Burnham does?
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Hard agree. Tells us much more about the form of reporting (nod to Chris Mason & the new newsnight in particular) than the content of what is being reported.
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Weekly how crap are Labour... if Starmer goes, doesn't Reeves too? Would Burnham even win a by-election atm?
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
C’mon @mfc.co.uk let’s beat the cheats. Utb
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Marzia Maccaferri @marzmac.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
*Reminder: Deadline Approaching* Call for Papers. New Left Histories and Historiographies: Mapping a Renewed Research Field Deadline: 4 May 2026. www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
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Call for Papers. New Left Histories and Historiographies: Mapping a Renewed Research Field
Call for papers.
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
My kind of niche, but really interesting: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Be Prepared: Communism and the Politics of Scouting in 1950s Britain
This article examines the exposure, and in some cases dismissal, of Boy Scouts who belonged or sympathised with the Young Communist League in Britain during the early 1950s. A focus on the rationa...
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Er… what now?
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
This has to be the most useless Labour govt ever, which is kinda saying something…
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
York Talk. 7 May. Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite. www.york.ac.uk/history/abou...
york.ac.uk
Writing the history of homelessness in Britain in the age of the ‘welfare state’
A new interdisciplinary forum for historians, social scientists and all researchers working on Modern Britain.
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
This looks amazing. www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
exeter.ac.uk
PhD: AHRC CDP Studentship | University of Exeter
The University of Exeter (UoE) alongside University of Cambridge Libraries and Archives (CULA) are pleased to announce a fully-funded Collaborative doctoral studentship, from 1 October 2026, under the...
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Lucy Delap @lucydelap.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Anyone working in history of comedy/satire, television, modern British politics - there's a fully funded PhD to research the Spitting Image archive @theul.bsky.social, with supervision at Exeter Uni. All disciplines considered, pls do share widely. www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
exeter.ac.uk
PhD: AHRC CDP Studentship | University of Exeter
The University of Exeter (UoE) alongside University of Cambridge Libraries and Archives (CULA) are pleased to announce a fully-funded Collaborative doctoral studentship, from 1 October 2026, under the...
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
If Starmer isn’t making this up - big if - isn’t this a case of civil servants undermining Labour? I mean that has no historical precedent, does it?
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
youtu.be/o45cxJBn5aI?...
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Lynks - I Didn't Come Here for Art (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Lynks
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lAwReNcE bLaCk @lawrenceblack.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
York talk. 16 April. Scott Anthony on the state as a cultural patron: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/i-will-tak...
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‘I will take money for the arts...’: The British state as cultural patron
Join Dr Scott Anthony, Project Lead at the Science Museum Group, for a talk about UK arts and culture funding from the 1960s.
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David Higgins @davidhiggins.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Universities: you must complete a risk assessment and ethical review for this perfectly safe activity. Also universities: please embrace this energy-hungry water-guzzling plagiarism machine that is frequently wrong. Also, it makes you thick and may encourage you to kill yourself.
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