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James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Lancashire Folk... I'll be speaking about Historic Building Mythbusting in your fair county for the first and only time next week! The show takes place on Wednesday 4 June at Hoghton Tower. More info here... www.hoghtontower.co.uk/special-even...

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Pam Powell @pampowell.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Happy St. Werburgh’s day! She was a 7th C daughter of the royal house of Mercia. A revered abbess, she was credited with bringing her favourite goose back to life after he was eaten! Geese often feature in her images. Her body was moved to Chester in 875 and the abbey was dedicated to her.

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Benjamin Thomas @benjthomas.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I’m thrilled to see that my first article, 'Britain’s Whiz Kids' is finally out in British Politics. I’d love to tell you more about what you can find in the article. 🧵 In brief: managerialism was introduced to Britain in the 1960-70s through the CPRS and PAR, not the 1980s. doi.org/10.1057/s412...

Britain’s whiz kids: the PAR, CPRS and managerialism in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s
Benjamin Thomas
Abstract: Recent scholarship on managerialism in the United States has identified an alternative genealogy for concepts commonly associated with neoliberalism. This article uses this new lens and original historical research to re-evaluate two British administrative institutions from the 1970s, the Central Policy Review Staff (CPRS) and Programme Analysis and Review (PAR). Building on the existing literature on managerialism in Britain, the article argues for a revised periodisation that understands the CPRS and PAR as not just ill-fated administrative reforms, but rather as part of an early and largely successful attempt to import managerialist ideas into British public administration. This new analysis provides a more accurate account of these reforms and improves understanding of the actors, institutions and ideas behind the introduction of managerialism. The article frames managerialism as part of a wider political agenda, reflected in both privatisation and civil service reform, not a mere technocratic exercise. The active politicisation of these reforms in Britain had profound implications for the future of British governance.

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Caroline Fiennes @carolinefiennes.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Notre Dame in Paris re-opens this wkd. I'm a cathedral nerd. Here are some things that you might not notice about it – just from that one photo. THREAD. 1. You can see straight down the nave to the apse. No medieval English cathedral has that.

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Andrew Cotter @mrandrewcotter.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Just a reminder that we are once more deep into the season of the pretentious perfume ads. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bgn...

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Olive and Mabel - Scent of a Dog.

YouTube video by mrandrewcotter

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