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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's European Day of Languages, so here are some of our favourite untranslatable and wonderfully-specific words from across Europe that we wish we had in English ✨

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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Always a treat to be reminded of an old friend

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White Rose University Press @wrunipress.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Yesterday 31st August 2026 we celebrate the 8th publishing anniversary of "320 rue St Jacques - The Diary of Madeleine Blaess" by @wmichallat.bsky.social

A black and white portrait of a young woman with dark hair, titled 320 rue St Jacques: The Diary of Madeleine Blaess, edited by Wendy Michallat.

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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Just remember this message is aimed at your children not theirs.

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Libération @liberation.fr · 30/07/2026

⚫ Le penseur belge Raoul Vaneigem, mort cette semaine à 92 ans, fut aux côtés de Guy Debord l’une des figures du situationnisme, ce mouvement de contestation radicale du capitalisme et de la «société du spectacle», inspirateur de Mai 68. ➡️ l.liberation.fr/Vc3

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

If you pile your furniture in the middle of your living room then set it on fire, you will have the warmest house in your street, for a few hours.

Daniel Hannan *
@DanielJHannan
Reminder that Britain went from being the slowest-growing European economy in the 1970s to the fastest-growing in the 1980s.

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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 07/07/2026

History books by women are also available

Screenshot of Facebook post from Magdalen College reading:

Whether you’re coming up to Oxford, going to another uni, or just thinking about applying to study history, these books should help!

If you are studying at Magdalen from October, please note that this is not the official reading list, just some suggested summer reading, although there may be some overlap.

Here’s the list:
1) the Past and the Present by Lawrence stone - a thematic collection of essays that explore how history as a discipline has evolved, coving traditional methodologies and new social science approaches

2) history and social theory by Peter Burke - an interdisciplinary text looking at the relationships between history and the social sciences - looking at what social theory can offer historians

3) A History of Histories by J W Burrow - a whirlwind tour through 2500 years of historiography looking at how epics, chronicles, monographs, and professional histories have shaped cultural memory and identity

4) The Pursuit of History by John Tosh - is one of the most widely used introductions to historiography, it’s an accessible yet comprehensive guide to the fundamental questions, methods, and evolving practices of historical scholarship.

5) Studying History by Jonathan Black and Donald MacRaild - a well respected guide to studying history at university.

As well as reading these, which should help you study history, you should read as much as you can about anything that excites you. Ask yourself “what’s my Roman Empire”… is it the Roman Empire? Is it the relationship between fashion and politics? Is it the enclosure act, or the Russian royal family? Whatever it is, read as much as you can about it.

Happy reading!

#magdalencollege #oxford #bookstagram #historystudent

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Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Belgian team doing the 'Trump Dance' 😅

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Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Lower the pension age to 65. That'd help.

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

twenty years ago people attacked universities by deriding “Mickey Mouse degrees” like media studies in favour of “proper” subjects like history, and now universities are skipping that step and simply abolishing everything that isn’t economics

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Another university getting rid of things you could only ever do at a university and replacing them with stuff a 13-year-old can do on a phone

Post from Andrew A.N. Deloucas
@aandeloucas.com:

In line with discussion about the job market, the latest majors being closed at Syracuse University:

Nine majors "sunsetting":
• Classical civilization
• Classics (Greek and Latin)
• Digital humanities
• Fine arts
• German
• Latino-Latin American studies
• Middle Eastern studies
• Modern Jewish studies
• Russian
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The First University in the Nation to Build a Center Dedicated to the Creator Economy
Syracuse University is creating something that doesn't exist anywhere else in higher education.
The Center for the Creator Economy is the first academic center of its kind on a U.S. college campus. Led jointly by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Martin).
Whitman School of Management, the center reinforces Syracuse University's commitment to bold, forward-looking academic leadership.
By aligning strengths in entrepreneurship, media, communications, athletics and digital infrastructure, the University is charting how higher education can prepare students for the 21st-century economy.

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Steven Rich @datab.ae · 09/04/2026

i hate when people shame others for mispronouncing a word they’ve only ever read. correct them, fine, but like let’s give grace to readers to talk about what they read.

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Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Back in Bradford at MyLahore 😃❤️

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Spain MEP Irene Montero: “Send your son, Donald Trump — If you want war, send your own people to the front line. We in Spain want our children, our daughters, & our loved ones at home, safe. We don’t want war — those who want war should send their own children”

Irene Montero (right), speaking to reporters in Madrid, Spain. (Photo By Diego Radames/Europa Press via Getty Images)

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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

🚨 NEW EP OUT EARLY in case of… you know… 🚨 “I’m Mandy, buy me.” The Mandelson downfall horrifies even seasoned scandal-watchers. Could it consume Starmer too? 🚨 With @jonnelledge.bsky.social @rostaylor.bsky.social @rafaelbehr.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social 🚨 Listen: linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

genuinely stunning image

Thousands of protesters shut down parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Friday as hundreds of businesses closed their doors. David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

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Mark Williams @mrfw17thc.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Thanks once again to the Times Higher for reminding us all - hundreds of job losses and the evisceration of entire disciplines later - who the real victim is in all of this.

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Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Is there a difference between how Reform & the 'new' Green Party do politics? 🤔

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Hard-hitting truth-telling from UCL Prof Anthony Costello…. “The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.” www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...

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230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry

The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.

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Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Cost of the Covid furlough scheme was around £70 billion plus £3.5 billion attributed to maladministration & fraud. Not a bad budget, all things considered

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Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Some people do all their ageing before 30 & then don't age at all, ever - like Barry Bannon #swfc

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Sheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.” Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners? www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...

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A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived

Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says

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Mike Scott @mikey2201.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Brilliant #Turner2025 exhibition at our Cartwright Hall here in Bradford. Proud that we can do this sort of thing here. Exhibits from shortlisted contenders Nnena Kalu, Mohammed Sami, and Zadie Xa, Rene Matic

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Dr Susannah Lydon @susieoftraken.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Fossils in the fabric of the University of Nottingham: Carboniferous corals in the slabs outside the Trent Building, where Important People make decisions. A bad week: the University has announced it is suspending the Plant Biology BSc course I lead, along with many other courses. #FossilFriday

A courtyard stone tile outside the Trent Building at the University of Nottingham with Carboniferous coral fossils in it. My UK6 foot for scale.

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Mike Slaven @mcslaven.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Really terrible news from the University of Nottingham. The idea you can have a comprehensive university without language and music is absurd. Higher education serves society and you can't have a society with imagination and purpose if the people in charge decide creativity is worth nothing.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

‘The recommendation to abandon the English Baccalaureate at GCSE would eliminate one of the few remaining safeguards for language provision in England’s schools and risk narrowing education for the next generation.’ Our response to the curriculum review www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/the-uks...

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The UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences, The British Academy responds to the final report of the curriculum and assessment review

The final report of the Curriculum and Assessment review, released today, raises important questions about how we maintain a balanced and effective education system that works for all. The UK’s nation...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.

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Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Welcome Week & a fun hellooo 👋 meeting with a great bunch of French & Francophone Studies UGs (& plenty of them 😀). Looking forward to teaching them when I return from research leave in February. #FrenchatSheffield

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Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Excited about the launch of our new School of Languages, Arts & Societies & delighted to be a part of the leadership team. Sabbatical first to finish the book & then back in the fray in February 😄. Onwards & upwards French at Sheffield! ❤️

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Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Reform wanting to turn the clock back to the 1920s where working class kids left school at 14 for poverty graft & the upper middle classes reproduced their privilege through education, keeping the professions for themselves.

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Webhosting bei ViPWeb.at

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Anyone want a quick graphic illustration of what poverty does?

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Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

@yooge.bsky.social Hello Eugene, I've read your article about my great grandfather. There is a Bradford side of the Michallat family. My father, François-Joseph's grandson wouldn't want that to be forgotten & nor would Henry's Bristolian great-Aunt, Madeleine 🙂.

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Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Went to see the two Pats today 😄. They were friends with Madeleine Blaess & starred in the film we made about the diary I translated. Pat Marshall & Pat Roddis are true stars 🌟🌟 ❤️ @wrunipress.bsky.social

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Knope Democrat @doctorhistory.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Those who support “regime change” because it will “help women” should remember how much Afghanistan women were “helped” by our war there. They don’t do regime changes for women. They do regime changes for oil, money, and power.

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Amy Ryall @amyryall.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Such a great project! There's also a super short film about Madeleine at www.madeleineblaessproject.com/resources/ma... that @wmichallat.bsky.social made with filmmaker James Parsons, featuring some of Madeleine's friends.

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Diary of Madeleine Blaess - Madeleine Blaess film

We have made a 35 minute documentary film based on Madeleine’s diarised account of her life in Paris during the occupation.

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White Rose University Press @wrunipress.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Keep an eye out for news on a forthcoming companion volume exploring the letters MB wrote home. #WomenInLiterature #MadeleineBlaess #WWIIvoices #HistLit #FrenchHistory

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White Rose University Press @wrunipress.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Wendy’s research has also inspired the Madeleine Blaess Research Portal—a rich educational resource for schools and the wider public 🌍👉 www.madeleineblaessproject.com/about/madele....

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Diary of Madeleine Blaess - Madeleine Blaess Project

The Madeleine Blaess Project is based at the University of Sheffield and is led by Dr Wendy Michallat from the School of Languages and Cultures.

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White Rose University Press @wrunipress.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

🎉 Today would have been Madeleine Blaess’s 106th birthday. We’re marking the occasion by celebrating her legacy and the extraordinary work of @wmichallat.bsky.social, author of 320 Rue St Jacques: The Diary of Madeleine Blaess 📖 👉 universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/books/m/10.2...

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320 rue St Jacques | White Rose University Press

Please note: you can download the full ebook using the above buttons, or download individual chapters using the dropdown menu below.Read online or download: freePurchase price for print volume (includ...

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Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Me, Mum, sun, fun, ice-creams, Amble, Alnmouth & Holy Island. Our holiday to beautiful Northumberland.

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Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Grandad with Dad at the allotment in Manningham, Bradford in the early 1940s, digging rhubarb for Britain with greenhouses & possibly forcing huts behind them. Bradford was, at that time, in the Rhubarb Triangle. West Yorkshire was producing 90% of the world's forced winter rhubarb by the 1930s.

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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Squirrel hears thunder and clutches his heart.. 🥺

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