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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 34m

So, I was taught the rule of thumb is - 1 percentage point rise in gilt yields equates to £12 billion per year to gvnt borrowing costs. Not sure if that is still the case, but still, in that ball park. Surely Labour needs to be REALLY CLEAR on what this means and why it is happening.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 3h

I should be a marine commando. Every first of the month it's like the opening scene of raiders of the lost ark. Everything coming for me. They even get up earlier. And still, I will remain, undefeated. #pinchpunchfirstofmonth

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eilishgregory.bsky.social @eilishgregory.bsky.social · 15h

As the new academic year begins, if anyone is in need of an academic researcher, tutor, proof-reader or similar, please do get in touch.

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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 19h

Hey everyone, I currently have availability for freelance writing, researching, and/or teaching work between now and the end of the calendar year. Please see this document for further details, and share with anyone else who you think might be interested.

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AVAILABILITY FOR WORK

Hello everyone, This is just a notice to say I'm available for freelance paid work in the following areas until the end of 2026: WRITING: Whether for academic or public-facing audiences, in the areas ...

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 19h

One hour appointment at fracture clinic with son. Went 10am. Just home now. The hospital was full to squeaking. It isn't sustainable. It is way past being something we should be ashamed of. The hospital was old, dirty, crowded, incomprehensible lay out, boiling hot (25 outside, god knows inside).

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It is the last day of September. All windows open. 23 degrees. I'm so sick of this now. Cloudy and dark. Got to go to hospital with the fracture boy and no doubt the heating will be on full blast

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Velour Shirt @object.works · 29/09/2026

This is a metaphor for so many things these days that I couldn't choose

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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

'A book that treats "class politics" as a means to ignite debate not close it down. A most welcome change, for the better.' Mark Perryman has rated my new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, as essential to understanding Labour. labourhub.org.uk/2026/09/25/t...

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Ten Books to Make Sense of the 2026 Labour Party Conference

Mark Perryman’s annual selection this year ranges from Eric Hobsbawm to Rocking against Racism. Emile Chabal – The Age of Hobsbawm: The Life of a Revolutionary Historian In the October …

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Found a thesis (2022) I enjoyed. Wanted to find & tell her. It'd be nice to know your PhD isnt just read by 3 people. Cannot find her anywhere, no socials/linkedin, no academic footprint, nuffin. Maybe sad reflection of academia, but also, to be that offline, my respect has SOARED

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If anyone has reading they'd recommend on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Mombasa, I'm all ears!

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Me; ...and to conclude, the Wapping Print Dispute of 1986, bla bla. Thank you, any questions? Man, You dont seem to have considered the Gordon riots of 1780? Me: Eh, I'm aware, but this talk is focused on 1986. Man. *condesending head shake* My research on the Gordon riots....

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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You can get 20% off my new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, from bookshop.org and help support independent bookshops!

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Malcolm Russell @malcolmrussell73.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Very happy to be starting PhD research this week at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. My focus is on the history of solvent abuse in post-war Britain. Supervised by @alexmold.bsky.social and funded by the Wilkinson Foundation.

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Bishopsgate Institute @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

One afternoon only: we're selling duplicate books, pamphlets and magazines from our Special Collections & Archives; London history, LGBTQIA+ history, and general history. Free to attend. Sunday 27 September, 14:30–17:30. Details: www.bishopsgate.org.uk/whats-on/act…

Books are stacked horizontally in black and white at the bottom of the image. A green and yellow background highlights text that reads: "This Sunday. From 14:30 - 17:30, we will be selling our duplicate books, pamphlets, and magazines. Topics include London, LGBTQIA+, and general history. Pop in and grab a bargain.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Interested in any and all modern histories (post 45 so v modern) of the River Clyde, dockers, shipbuilding, associated factories, regeneration, gentrification, political econ, community activism, alternate business generation, environmental, statistical, qualitative #skyhistorians #glasgow #Clyde

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 17/09/2026

Love this. Love everything about this.

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Kate McAllister @katemcal993.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Whoever gets this would be very lucky to work on this important project AND with @eleanorshaw.bsky.social

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Last Sat, I did the football and sports kids shuffles and left Andrew to do the cleaning, washing & ironing. First time ever. I enjoyed it, made a comment about sharing it going forward. Today - out the blue - a robot hoover has arrived. Waiting on some sort of self iron robot to turn up.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Had an amazing dream that I could pass back into time through old photographs and inhabit me, younger, but with my mind now. It was beautiful. Little acts of kindness to people I later found out had always been on my side. Kissing the one that got away. Kicking my brother. Lying quietly with my dog.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

900 words to go, just 900 words to go, I have to cut, to splice, to chop, to trim, to slash like a Hallowean Baddie. First, remove an entire section that took me weeeeeeeks, then any bits lacking confidence, then remove every adjective, then (desperate) add in lots of whited-out hyphens.

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Alex Burchmore @alexburchmore.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Hello, shy author here... 🙋‍♂️ If any/all of the following are your thing - contemporary art from China, ceramics, histories of trade, identities across borders, cultural diplomacy, heritage tourism - my book New Export China (@ucpress.bsky.social) will maybe, probably, definitely be your thing! 👇🏽

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New Export China by Alex Burchmore - Hardcover

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Shitty day so watching Sean Lock on Netflix and at laughing so much I'm on the edge of hysteria. Had to pause it and sort myself out as that's a horrible place to be. Laughing and scared simultaneously. Guy is an absolute master. Miss him

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Luke Seaber @thelong1930s.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Please share this with anyone who might be interested - full-time permanent teaching post in History/Politics on UCL’s International Foundation Year. (The disadvantage is you have to work with me, but otherwise I can promise it’s a great opportunity!) www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I am not saying I am hormonal, but I just saw the tile advert for KES on Amazon Prime, not even the trailer, and started crying. The despair at actually seeing any more of it made me turn off the TV. FFS. The dog has been sympathetic but I think even she is getting bored of the hormone rollercoaster

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Jim F Aaarrgh👻 🔭🍻⭐️⭐️ 🌳 @jfritte.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Swanking about in footer bags, no less

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Poorly child, so I watched The Gentlemen series 2 most of the night and have never enjoyed a character getting a kicking as much as seeing Eddie eat it. Only Ben Fogel annoys me more (for much the same reason).

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SGSSS @sgsss.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The interactive event will see SGSSS PhD students pitching a policy solution to complicated societal 'wicked' problems, with the audience voting on which they find most convincing. There is still time to grab a last-minute ticket: rse.org.uk/event/policy...

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Policy pitch: Vote for a better future!

PhD students pitch research-informed policy to tackle social challenges, and they want to hear from you!

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Wandered up into our orchardy bit. Not been there is ages. Apples not great, Cherries haven't made it, Figs notabundant, but may get a late show, but my god, the pears! The pear trees are groaning. Autumn all about pear jam, chutneys etc. Messaging everyone for some takers for a few buckets

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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Making slides for my first ever talk about my new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class. I'm looking forward to sharing my ideas with the History Lab on Thursday. More details of their day of events in Glasgow here 🔽 eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

In late 1978, a £300m (in todays money) investment - almost a million square ft redevelopment in the former dock took 20 days for the local council to approve the planning. 20 days and no public consultation. Not seen the breaks and incentives. News International. 24 hour printing party people.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Menopause Dr; How are you doing? Me; well, my husband eating yogurt doesnt make me stabby & I havent had any more rows with men in car parks that have led to me wanting to murder them to death with their own severed arms. Dr; Oh, well that's good, that's a good thing. Seems to be working.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

..and also a very funny interview I did with a police officer who had to go round to a scrap yard in Tower Hamlets in 1977 with a council official to try and persuade the fella keeping a Tiger was now needed a liscence. The Tiger was unleashed.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Niche I know, but prior to the Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996, there was no nationwide law in the UK making it a specific criminal offense for owners to leave dog mess behind on ordinary streets. I am reading testimony about the eternal rabid dogs wandering/fouling the streets in the 70s and 80s...

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The Boy is going back to school tomorrow after 9 long weeks. So far, just today, I have been called; Tuna Melt, Melt, 10 Pound Melon, Bro, Bruv, Mate, Skeggie. And yet, I will cry on the commute home as I will miss him.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Can't get a moment's peace on this bloody planet.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Got flight home last night with a few sailing world cup crews and my god they are Vikings. Big, strong, healthy lads. Having spent three weeks with tiny skinny, arm wasted cyclists, it was quite an eye opener and I hate myself less now. Goes to show how skewed your perception gets.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Car failed it's MOT so getting it repaired today. Chap is truly really nice but the garage has mockney Essex shoot em up opening sequence vibes. Fingers crossed for 3 hours that it is repaired and passes without any inhalation of breath requires - and a rival gang doesn't turn up with shooters

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A few years into my first job, I went to Bosnia during reconstruction. A beautiful place even bombed out, even with all the death. After a few months something shifted, then eventually snapped. I don't celebrate people's deaths as a rule, someone's child etc, but may he burn in hell for eternity.

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Mike Trinder @chthonicionic.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Many years ago I thought mixing cream into a setting strawberry jelly would make a nice creamy desert for the then toddlers. And meat-baby was born. For the same toddlers 17th birthday, they’ve asked that I make another one…

A strawberry jelly with curdled cream set into it in the shape of a happy sloth. The curdled mixture has set to look just like shiny meat.

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The London Journal @thelondonjournal.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Call for chapters: Made Municipal: the LCC through its everyday objects. All reposts much appreciated. x

Made Municipal: the LCC through its everyday objects
Background
Following on from the Sixty Years on from the London County Council: Legacy, Impact, Learning film screening and conference in spring 2025, we are keen to capture and build on some of the histories and research that were represented, which highlighted the need for further and increasingly diverse scholarship about the London County Council.
The Council is often held in a certain degree of reverence regarding the achievements delivered across - and beyond - the boundaries of London from the time of its conception in 1889, and as being emblematic of a type of governance which may no longer be possible in a contemporary context. Since the publication of Andrew Saint’s edited book, Politics and People of London: London County Council, 1889-1965 in 1989, more research has emerged on the LCC, with the increasing availability of unofficial archives and the release of previously closed records revealing more nuanced narratives that have the potential to open up more diverse, representative histories.
We appreciate that talking comprehensively about the Council’s broad and interconnected operations is a monumental task, and thus we’re keen to find innovative ways to throw light on the panorama of its work, rather than focus on discrete, dislocated entities. To do so, we were inspired by Professor Andrew Saint, whose unusual contribution to the film screening night at The London Archives was a foot-long bar of LCC-branded soap. This sparked a wide-ranging discussion spanning issues of care, industry, and education in parentis, as undertaken by the LCC, and prompted us to consider that the operation of the LCC could perhaps be best understood through its material culture and its presence in residents’ day-to-day lives.

Using a lens of material culture to explore the work of the LCC allows us to break out from the thematic silos which might otherwise be imposed upon its history, crossing between departments and people - whether LCC employees or those that used its services - that will result in some fascinating and revelatory perspectives.
We are particularly interested in how this might better contextualise some of the under-represented histories of the Council, to reveal their importance within the wider spectrum of its work. Unlike histories that focus on particular departments or typologies, this enables us to shift towards traversing siloed narratives to provide a richer, more rounded perspective on the LCC, which we feel is more authentic to its operation, whilst also challenging how objects are often documented in museums and archives.

Call for chapters
Using a material culture approach, the collected volume will present a history of the LCC through a significant physical manifestation of objects that denote its municipal authority across the County of London. Each chapter will start with an image of the everyday LCC object, setting the scene for a more diverse re-telling of its history. It will be edited by the organisers of the Sixty Years on from the London County Council: Legacy, Impact, Learning film screening and conference held in March 2025, Dr Ruth Lang, Dr Dawn Pereira and Dr Rosamund Lily West.
We invite 4,000-5,000-word chapters which use an everyday LCC object as a starting point. We encourage a range of methodologies for approaching how the objects will be used as catalysts for storytelling. We are particularly interested in including those covering the early LCC period (1889-1914) and the interwar period, which is often underrepresented in LCC histories. Suggestions of types of objects include:
Objects; heraldry, uniforms, school awards, furniture, cutlery
Ephemera; pamphlets, tickets, brochures, phonebooks
Documents; official publications, maps, memoranda and minutes,
We see this approach as offering a more accessible way to delve into complex discussions on topics that may, at first glance, seem less engaging, such as regulation, commissioning, deindustrialisation plans, procurement, etc. We’re also keen to identify controversial objects that open untold/silenced stories and to consider whether there are global implications for the different themes and subjects discussed.

This publication would build upon Andrew Saint’s 1989 edited book, Politics and People of London: the London County Council, 1889-1965, which was the last book on the LCC to offer a broad history, so this would be a timely and much-needed re-examination of the LCC and its legacy. The book will be academic and rigorous and will include good-quality images to complement the visual, object-based approach. The aim of this book is to be an academic/trade crossover, with an audience of both specialist academics and an interested public.
Please email LCC60yearson@gmail.com with your name, a 50-word bio and a 250-word abstract by 31st October 2026.
Please include a clear indication of the object your chapter intends to focus upon (including images and potential sources/locations of the object itself where possible), along with a summary of its purpose and relevance, and the outline of your intended scope of investigation.

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

ALL the LOLs going on here now I have realised I downloaded the wrong manuscript submission rules having spent FOREVER adhering to the wrong requirements and now need to chop away another 2k words and change the citation style and cover sheet. All the LOLs. Every one. Ppffft.

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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

New journal article on working-class women telling stories of economic and social change. Gillian Murray, Janet Greenlees and I recorded interviews with women in deindustrialising Lanarkshire who had diverging narratives of survival 'getting by' and social mobility - 'getting on'.

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Getting by or getting on: gender, intergenerational earning and caring in deindustrialising localities in Lanarkshire, Scotland

Reader environment loaded

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Metropolitan Police Museum and Crime Museum @mpsheritage.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Booking for free September tours of our #Forensics125 exhibition just opened and they're already selling like hot cakes. Have you got yours yet? #TrueCrime #Forensics #CSI #fingerprints

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Swedish Chef's Chaotic Baking

Alt: Swedish Chef's Chaotic Baking

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 02/08/2026

Median UK voter in 2026, as predicted by Hugh Laurie some decades ago:

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My father was a Conservative...

...my mother voted Labour...

...so suppose, by rights, ought
to be a Liberal Democrat...

...but in actual fact, I'm a Nazi!

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Title: My confidence in my understanding of the scientific theory.

A diagram where the confidence is marked in red on an otherwise white figure

Panel 1
"Before I got a book about it."
The figure is red up to about his stomach

Panel 2
"While I was reading the book."
The figure is reading a book. He is red up to his forehead.

Panel 3
"When I had finished the book."
The red level has dropped to around his mouth

Panel 4
"One week later."
Now it is at his chest.

Panel 5
"When I try to explain it to somebody."
The level is back at stomach level.

Panel 6
"When they ask a follow-up question."
The red is so low we can barely see it.

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

To help relieve work stress, don't answer emails on the weekend. Also on weekdays after 5 PM turn off your email. On Mondays, don't log into your email until after noon. Before logging in on Tuesday burn your computer and erase your identity. By Wednesday morning gather supplies and escape into the

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Michelle Gwynn @michgreig.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Andy Capp, Alan B'Stard, Wall Street, tankards of pink champagne, school uniforms, a carpet, a Spaniard and going Daggers. This is my Friday and I have completely lost control of it.

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Dr Vic Clarke @vjctorianist.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Using this to remind folk that I am available for freelance and part-time projects! I am very qualified and competent; please hire me to teach, research, edit, or administrate so that I can afford my wedding.

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