Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Anna Walsh

@annaannawalsh.bsky.social

3K followers 1.3K following 500 posts

Contemporary historian. Interested in migration, cities and towns, visual and material cultures, 20th century buildings, photography, leisure centres, pubs, creative methodologies, Irish and British history and oral history. Liverpool.

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Anna Walsh @annaannawalsh.bsky.social · Dec 3

Just signed contracts on my book, Narratives of Irish Leeds. Due January ´26 with Liverpool University Press. I hope this picture will be the cover! Let me know if you want to hear about it! (Also please send good writing vibes)

On a bright morning, people watch the St Patrick’s parade pass the Leeds City Museum. A ‘Plantforce’ machine tows a float topped with a vernacular country cottage.

10 4 65

Reposted by Anna Walsh

Isa / EvilCleverDog @evilcleverdog.bsky.social · Aug 23

Using ChatGPT

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

25 3.5K 8.9K

Anna Walsh @annaannawalsh.bsky.social · 14h

@4hundredblows.bsky.social one for you

Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 14h

things bullets say

Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 14h

Almost every time I go thru JFK something weird happens.

Anna Walsh @annaannawalsh.bsky.social · 16h

Congratulations! 🙌

1 1

Anna Walsh @annaannawalsh.bsky.social · 1d

Good lad Caoimh. Extra points for it being Ronaldo.

Emily ✨🎃 @emilyoram.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning, somehow this has only just come up on my instagram but it’s well worth 30 seconds of your time.

Reposted by Anna Walsh

Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks | Gordon Brown

From the US to Europe and Asia, grievances are being exploited to gain power. But moderate voices are still in tune with the majority, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

www.theguardian.com

2 8 30

Anna Walsh @annaannawalsh.bsky.social · 4d

This is really good

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Liverpool go to work and Diogo Jota is not there. Why wouldn’t that affect them? | Max Rushden

We know so little about players’ personal feelings. It means everyone’s analysis of the game is fundamentally superficial

www.theguardian.com

Anna Walsh @annaannawalsh.bsky.social · 4d

Enjoyed reading this by @tjarnold.bsky.social

Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place @livuniheseltine.bsky.social · 4d

⚽NEW POLICY BRIEFING⚽To mark our 2025 annual lecture, which this year celebrates the deep relationship between the city of Liverpool and its football clubs, this new briefing by @tjarnold.bsky.social explores the role of clubs as anchor institutions. www.liverpool.ac.uk/heseltine-in...

Policy Brief 3(25) - Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place - University of Liverpool

www.liverpool.ac.uk

Reposted by Anna Walsh

Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 6d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

420 9.8K 26K

Reposted by Anna Walsh

👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 5d

the answer to the trolley problem is not to pick who to sacrifice, it’s to dismantle the system that led to an unsafe trolley crossing.

if any part of your morality strategy involves picking a group to let die on a hill, throw the entire strategy out. it’s wrong.

24 350 1.3K

Reposted by Anna Walsh

Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 7d

Somebody help me, my electoral system, he is very sick

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 7d

New YouGov Westminster poll:

RFM: 27% (-2)
LAB: 20% (-2)
CON: 17% (+1)
LDM: 17% (+2)
GRN: 12% (+1)
SNP: 4% (+1)

8 44 290

Reposted by Anna Walsh

Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place @livuniheseltine.bsky.social · 7d

Just 2 weeks to go until our 2025 annual lecture! Join us for a fascinating discussion on football's relationship with Liverpool, its economy and its people, featuring Keiran Maguire (Associate Professor in football finance) at @liverpooluni.bsky.social and more. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/heseltine-...

Heseltine Institute Annual Lecture 2025: Football and the City

Exploring the role of football clubs in driving regeneration, uplifting communities and sustaining our connection to place.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

5 4

Reposted by Anna Walsh

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 9d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

810 17K 38K

Anna Walsh @annaannawalsh.bsky.social · 8d

Blur, Modern Life Is Rubbish, For Tomorrow

Discogs @discogsofficial.bsky.social · 8d

Which album has the best opening track of all time?

1 6

Anna Walsh @annaannawalsh.bsky.social · 10d

Joël Matip wears a t shirt showing Virgil Van Dijk holding a t shirt bearing Matip’s likeness

Reposted by Anna Walsh

CMJohnston @cmjohnston.bsky.social · 10d

Your timeline is hereby thoroughly cleansed.

Daniel O’D with t-shirt with a photo of CMAT wearing a t-shirt with his face on it!

7 58 190

Reposted by Anna Walsh

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 11d

As Yom Kippur ends, it is terrible that a holy day has seen people killed at a place of worship in Manchester

I hope many of us will express solidarity + support for Jews in Britain, and work with them + those of every faith and none to deepen our efforts to tackle antisemitism, hatred + extremism

To everyone in Britain's Jewish Community: you are not alone.

We will not let hate or those who spread it win.

We stand with you

9 79 280

Reposted by Anna Walsh

The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 13d

If you don’t like being called a racist, maybe don’t make a career of saying things that appeal to racists, don’t create a political party that keeps attracting racist candidates, don’t fawn over racist world leaders, and don’t make a convicted racist the guest of honour at your party conference.

29 580 2K

Reposted by Anna Walsh

Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 13d

I'm glad Keir Starmer is finally stepping up the fight against Nigel Farage, and I hope this will mark the end of his government parroting Farage and copying his divisive politics.

38 140 960

Reposted by Anna Walsh

Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 14d

... all we get are insults and hate because the major parties have decided their immigration policies are best shaped by extremists. This began with Brexit and now we are where we are with Reform as a result. I accept that the UK's media landscape does not help, but the problem is more fundamental.

5 52 470

Reposted by Anna Walsh

UCD School of Archaeology, Dublin @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social · 14d

Announcing the launch of new exhibition “Objects, war and memory in Ireland past and present” at Kilmainham Gaol, showcasing the precious things that refugees have brought with them to Ireland, and the moving stories of courage, resilience, love and hope that these objects have to tell.

2 10 34

Reposted by Anna Walsh

Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 15d

Ian McShane is 83
On how he came to be narrator on Grace Jones’ Slave To The Rhythm:
‘I was in a chip shop with my wife Gwen, & Trevor Horn came in, who I’d known forever.
He said ‘Ian, what are you doing after supper?’
‘Why?’
‘Well, I need a voice & Orson Welles is dead.’
youtu.be/nAerTAjLpF0?...

Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm (HQ)

YouTube video by Oxygene 80

youtu.be

12 120 460

Reposted by Anna Walsh

Grace Robertson 🏳️‍⚧️ @graceonfootball.com · 15d

var can never do what fans thought it would do: make their team win more

5 5 39

Reposted by Anna Walsh

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 15d

Getting mighty tired of the meme on here of “oh, it is just so difficult for the government to set the agenda”. The government (which literally employs thousands of press officers) is setting the agenda - it’s just that it is setting it on toxic ground it can’t win.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 15d

*wanking motion*

MIGRANTS will have to carry out community work or volunteering to qualify to permanently remain in the UK, according to the Home Secretary.

Shabana Mahmood has indicated that she is looking to toughen up the rules around claiming indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in Britain.

38 180 640

Reposted by Anna Walsh

👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 15d

Migrants already carry out work for their communities, it’s called ‘having a fucking job’ and it’s mandatory because we aren’t eligible for benefits

Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 15d

"Migrants will have to carry out community work or volunteering to qualify to permanently remain in the UK, according to the Home Secretary." [Telegraph]

3 120 560

Reposted by Anna Walsh

Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 16d

One paradox of our fragmented politics is that Labour going directly after Reform may make defeat to Reform more likely, if such a strategy alienates progressives who have exit options but doesn’t win any reform voters, who will generally prefer OG Farage to a half-hearted tribute act

Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 16d

By going after Labour>Reform voters, Labour is essentially trying to 'unwind the realignment' - arguably a much harder task, and win voters lost over many elections. True even of Labour's voters in Leave voting constituencies.

But Labour IS losing more voters on the left and to undecided.

12 47 170