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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 02/11/2025

Every flag left flying and every case quietly dropped tells extremists they’re winning. The authorities’ fear has become the far right’s fuel – and it’s ordinary people who pay the price. eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...

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Government, councils and police: all scared to act as far right run riot

Violent mobs try to intimidate with their flags, while we wonder what those in charge are doing about it

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 02/11/2025

Congratulations to the 2025 recipient of the Volvo Prize, @naomioreskes.bsky.social! Naomi's work addresses vital issues such as why we need to trust science; a topic that becomes even more important with every new day. Read more here: www.environment-prize.com/laureates/na...

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Why we should trust scientists

Many of the world's biggest problems require asking questions of scientists -- but why should we believe what they say? Historian of science Naomi Oreskes thinks deeply about our relationship to belie...

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Great investigation of the Nazis, racists and criminals mobilising the flag-on-lamp-posts movement. This is the kind of journalism that the national media could and should have conducted: manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...

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Scarred For Life Books @scarredforlife.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Fireworks PIF countdown: BLIND CHILD (1974) feels like a mini horror movie...

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Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Morning all. Photographer Peter Mitchell ‘Concorde Wallpaper, Devon Road, 1970s.’ strangelyfamiliar.co.uk/products/010...

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Dr Selena Wisnom @lswisnom.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Lancashire was accepted as a county only when a royal exchequer official, in the audit for 1181-2, wrote out a separate parchment under the heading Lancastra quia non erat ei locus in Northumberland: ‘Lancaster, because there is no place for it in Northumberland.’

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Kevin Daly @kevinddaly.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Bette Davis, on a press tour for Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte with Olivia de Havilland, weighs in on Julie Andrews and the 1964 Best Actress Oscar. "I have" 😂😂😂

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

New Brighton, 1983-5, photo by Martin Parr.

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Lucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Fangs against the western sky

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Just Chips Grandad, painting by Geoff Butterworth, Rochdale-based artist. #NorthernArt #FishandChipArt

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

This is not Autumn. This is drought distress in Islington, London Trees shed leaves to reduce water intake. It’s happening all over England

Thousands of leaves on the ground in August

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Becks @downthewing.com · 25/08/2025

Yesterday, I saw a post mocking Bruno Fernandes for missing his pen. I commented that I wondered how much the loss of Diogo is impacting him since they were teammates. The amount of vitriol and hate I’ve received because of that comment has been ridiculous. #ManUnited 1/4

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Haworth, Yorkshire, 1964, painting by Bradford-born Richard Eurich (1903-92). #NorthernArt

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Boy in a tin hat and his friends eat apples and read a comic, Liverpool, 1940, photo by Bert Hardy for Picture Post (Hulton/Getty).

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dirt of the looming dawn @upfromsumdirt.blacksky.app · 23/08/2025

i often think about Lauré, the black woman who often modeled for Manet & other artists - she appears in 2 poems in The Second Stop Is Jupiter, once as an accomplice in the murder of Olympia then again in the media trial for the murder. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laure_(...

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Laure (art model) - Wikipedia

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Rosedale Abbey, north Yorkshire, photo by Elise Garland.

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Fair Political Coverage - we want to hear from ALL our parties @fairpoliticsnow.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Hey folks - do your bit this bank holiday weekend to stop the 2029 General Election being a Farage Coronation. Demand rules are tightened so broadcasters stop overplatforming REFORM & give our other represented parties proper coverage. Sign here & pass on. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

A collage of all the Northern Ireland parties

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Our conference is approaching soon! There is still time to book to explore & celebrate the challenges of uncovering the presence of women within archives, libraries, museums & personal collections. Info here: womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h... #WomensHistory #GenderHist #Archives #Museums

Black and white image of a woman reading next to bookshelves.

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Lucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Do you know your Thomas Cromwell from your Thomas Wolsey, your Thomas Cranmer from your Thomas More? This time on MY LIFE IN THE PAST - take my Tudor test! substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Architect Alfred Waterhouse, Liverpool-born Quaker, died #OTD 1905. Buildings include Manchester Town Hall, London’s Natural History Museum, Liverpool University's Victoria building. His love of red brick and terracotta led to him being nicknamed 'Slaughterhouse Waterhouse'.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Liverpool school strike against Thatcher's Youth Training Scheme, 1985, photo by Dave Sinclair. Scheme was criticised as exploitation. There were school strikes in several cities.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

L.S. Lowry walking through the back streets of Salford, August 1957. In the background are Oldfield Road Dwellings.

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The Cromwell Museum @cromwellmuseum.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

#OnThisDay 22 August 1642 King Charles I raised his standard outside Nottingham Castle. This is often regarded as the 'official' start of the First #EnglishCivilWar; in reality there had been military actions, fighting & casualties for the preceding few months. #17thCentury #OTD

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 22/08/2025

#ECR opportunity: join us on 27 November in Glasgow for our annual Early Career Researchers Day. Professors Shahram Khosravi and Karen O’Reilly will lead sessions on migration studies and ethnographic practice. 8 September is the deadline to apply to join this funded event. buff.ly/RwAgtTj

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University of Liverpool Library @livunilibrary.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

🌍 Our new digital exhibition is live! Around the World in 20 Folk Tales explores a global tapestry of illustrated folktales - from the Caribbean to Japan - and everywhere in between. 🔗 View now: orlo.uk/1emYV #SpecialCollectionsAndArchives #FolkTales #DigitalExhibition

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Alex Goodall @alexinternational.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

True wisdom for the social media era...

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Forty staff members at the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield plan to strike over pay. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Wakefield museum tour guides' pay demands 'unaffordable'

Around 40 members of staff at coal mining museum to go on strike after pay talks broke down.

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Jaq W @kardomah.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Woolton Hall, Liverpool, c. 1781

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

The off-spring are off interrailing around Europe for two months & glad to see one is ready to share the @royalhistsoc.org message on her travels. Mind you knowing how in demand these badges are I doubt she will return with it 😮. #historymatters. Spread the word & get your badge at next RHS event 😊.

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barbisblue @barbisblue.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Monday chuckles😄😄

Owl! at the Library

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"you're going to become a cat lady living all alone in a book-filled apartment” is such a weird insult, like when a witch tries to curse you and accidentally gives you the life of your dreams. oh nooo not the cats and the books, how will I ever manage

Goodwill Librarian

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Trial of the Pendle Witches began at Lancaster #OTD 1612, involving all but two of 12 from near Pendle Hill accused of witchcraft. Ten were hanged, another died in prison. It was a notorious trial, though England was less witch-obsessed than many other countries.

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Discover the history of the Victorian hotel and how they adapted from the Victorian age to a time of new technology. Andy Williamson, giving the lecture is an historian and expert of the golden age of travel. Book your ticket: bit.ly/4oG14Zi #historichotels

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👻BOOryan BlessDeAd🎃 @bryb.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

I don't know why this lad is building a subterranean city for cats, but I'm all for it.

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

pls RT, modernists - CFP now out for 'Weird Modernisms', the collaborative conference between @modernistudies.bsky.social and @moderniststudies.bsky.social ! July 2026, Loughborough University. www.moderniststudies.org/conference/M...

Image of 'The Empress' by Pamela Coleman Smith - figure with long hair, crown of stars, holding sceptre-like object. Two trees (pines?) made up of dots on right-hand side. Text: Weird Modernisms, BAMS/MSA 26, 1-4 July 2026, Loughborough University, UK

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I’ll be giving an online talk on ‘Northern Writers’ for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House on Weds Nov 26th, 7pm, £6. (Lancashire Day, but I’ll be talking about writers from across northern England.) Book here: elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk/events/north/

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northern writers north of england literature gaskell bronte lancashire

Northern writers north lancashire day england elizabeth gaskell brontes lancashire day secret garden dalmations dialect manchester

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

University of York has been named Community University of the Year in recognition of its annual Festival of Ideas. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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York University honoured with community award for annual festival

The University of York is named Community University of the Year in tribute to its Festival of Ideas.

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Irish Studies@LivUni @irishinstitute.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

📢The initial programme is out for 📚Liverpool LitFest 📚 Now in its 10th year, it will run from 17 to 19 October 2025. Look out for more info in the coming weeks, including a reading by the winner of our 2024 McGahern Prize - events announced so far are at: www.liverpool.ac.uk/literary-fes...

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Liverpool Literary Festival | University of Liverpool

Join us this October for our annual celebration of literature

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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

‘One possibility is that sperm whales are using the clicks as a form of language. But it’s also possible the noises are more like music, which can “have a strong influence on emotions without it actually conveying information”…’

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Scientists Discover a 'Phonetic Alphabet' Used by Sperm Whales, Moving One Step Closer to Decoding Their Chatter

Researchers used artificial intelligence to spot patterns in recordings of the marine mammals' vocalizations, uncovering the "building blocks of whale language"

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Lucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

We're in Boston, Massachusetts! Working on a new history series for you which is on its way to @pbs and @bbctwo 😃

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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Extraordinary to see a government led by the former head of the Crown Prosecution Service working so hard to bring the law into disrepute.

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Ted Vallance @tedvallance.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Deadline for this early modern PDRA role coming up at the end of the month. 12 month contract working on our ‘Inclusive Histories’ project. Happy to have an informal chat with those interested in the post.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Train leaving Newcastle upon Tyne station, 1937, photo by Bill Brandt.

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Daniel F Gosling @thegozfather.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

The National Archives is looking for an Early Modern Parliamentary Records Specialist. Pros: you'll get to work in the same department as me. Cons: you'll have to work in the same department as me. Details via the link. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD893/r...

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Records Specialist - Early Modern Parliament at The National Archives

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 14/08/2025

WRITE FOR US: we’re inviting early career scholars to submit pitches for The Sociological Review magazine's Research Insights series. The editors are currently seeking proposals for our December issue, with a pitch deadline of 5 September. 🔎 Read more about contributing: buff.ly/Q5KZlcJ

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