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Greg Jenner

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~Public Historian 📜🤓 ~Host & creator of BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME comedy & history podcast😆🧐🎙️📻📜🏛️ ~Hon. Dr & Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑‍🎓 ~ Author of 7 funny books ✍️📚 ~ CBBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES TV (series 1-8) 📺🤣 ~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️ www.gregjenner.com 🧑‍💻

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · Nov 13

Hi! I’m a Public Historian and I host the funny BBC podcast YOU’RE DEAD TO ME which pairs up expert historians with comedians

I also write funny history books - 3 for kids & 3 for adults - and I used to work on the BBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES TV comedy show

I love TV, movies, books, podcasts & Spurs 😀

Greg holds a microphone while speaking in Southwark Cathedral. He wears a leather jacket, red jumper, and has brown curly hair

Greg smiles while holding his children’s book Totally Chaotic History: Ancient Egypt Gets Unruly with its vibrant yellow and red front cover that shows a pharaoh being chased by a crocodile

The artwork for Greg’s BBC podcast You’re Dead To Me which playfully reworks the iconic imagery in the Bayeux Tapestry to show King Harold, with arrow in his eye, pointing accusingly to William who holds up his hands in apology

Greg’s bookcase displaying his podcast artwork, 3 podcast awards, and 5 books he has written, including their international versions with different artwork and titles in various foreign languages

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 30m

The John Candy doc is lovely — had me tearing up, what a talent, but, more importantly, what a person

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Michel Lacombe @michellacombe.bsky.social · 10h

Julius Caesar conquered Gaul in 51 BC and died in 44 BC, therefore all of Asterix's adventures took place over the course of less than seven years, probably much less since Asterix's chieftain was at the battle of Alesia, were it is probable Asterix and Obelix's fathers died. In this essay, I will

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Lillian Hochwender (a.k.a. Lillie) @ligerlillie.bsky.social · 10h

Papa Smurf wears a Phrygian cap, most often associated with the French Revolution, indicating Smurf Village had a monarchy it has since overthrown. This makes Papa Smurf, de facto head of state post-revolution, akin to Robespierre. In this essay I will —

An image of Papa Smurf, a small blue man with a white beard. He’s wearing red trousers that lead into shoes and a red cap that slouches forward.

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 10h

I completely missed this story, so sharing it in case you missed it too
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

What are the Boris Files and what do they reveal about former PM’s conduct?

Leaked material from Johnson’s private office raises serious questions relating to his time in No 10 and since he resigned

www.theguardian.com

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 10h

Diane Keaton was the quintessential comedy queen 👸🏻 www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

From Annie Hall to Something’s Gotta Give: Diane Keaton was the quintessential comedy queen

The late actor won an Oscar for leading a romantic comedy in the 1970s and set the blueprint for many of the women who followed her in the genre

www.theguardian.com

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 10h

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’

www.theguardian.com

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 13h

This is a sensible piece by a good writer, ignore the provocative headline

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 1d

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it is still shaping policy. So were we all wrong to leave?

Was the left wrong to leave X for BlueSky?

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it's still shaping policy

www.newstatesman.com

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 13h

Ah, good stuff!

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 14h

Hello, people of North Wales!

I’m coming to Bangor on Friday to do a lovely event called Ask A Historian, where you can ask me anything about history — tickets still available. All part of Bangor’s 1500th anniversary!

And @katewilliamsme.bsky.social is there too

www.pontio.co.uk/en/events/g%...

Bangor History Festival - Pontio

https://www.pontio.co.uk/en/events/gŵyl-hanes-bangor

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 15h

“More than half of the work done by women in the period between the 16th and 18th centuries took place outside of the home, and around half of all housework and three-quarters of care work was conducted professionally for other households” [England]

phys.org/news/2025-10...

A woman's place was not in the home: Challenging the assumptions about women's work in early modern history

New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England's national economy before 1700.

phys.org

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 15h

You may call it ‘Chatfishing’, but I shall only refer to it as ‘Cyrano de Berger-App’
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder

Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely...

www.theguardian.com

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 15h

Fantastic photos!

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 1d

We did it! Thanks so much to everyone who came to the Union Chapel gig today (and watched at home!). We premiered our cartoon, got Bunny + Monkey on stage to draw each other, and thanks to audience suggestions we drew a comic about bums + toilet bushes.I also got to hang with Max, who dressed as me!

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

Useful advice on how to get rid of default AI searches on Google Chrome
opus.ing/posts/how-to...

How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience - Opus

Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.

opus.ing

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, within the last month

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no! Losing Diane Keaton and Robert Redford in the same month is really sad. What a great career she had
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79, PEOPLE can confirm exclusively. The actress was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

The Ian Watkins story was utterly horrific and shocking when it was first revealed. It also had a devastating effect on his former band mates in Lost Prophets, as explored in Ian Winwood’s sobering book Bodies about the dark side of the rock music industry

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

To a British person, that sounds absolutely disgusting 🤣

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins killed in prison www.bbc.com/news/article...

Lost Prophets singer Ian Watkins killed in prison

Ian Watkins was serving a 35-year sentence imposed in 2013 after admitting 13 child sex offences.

www.bbc.com

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

The insomnia is a hellish curse, I would gladly trade a good night’s rest for the super power of woeful timekeeping!

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

Years of chronic insomnia has given me a weirdly accurate internal clock, so I can often guess the time within an accuracy range of a few minutes

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

Bluesky is the leading cause of UK-US confusion

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 2d

We are realizing that we have no idea what British people think a “flapjack” is.

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! Hope you enjoy it

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

There is!

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

Got young kids who like learning stuff, but prefer to laugh while they do so? Boy do I have the book for you! 👇😉🦣

Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 3d

Thrilled to share a clip from our funny new children's audiobook about the Stone Age. I had such fun writing and narrating this with the brilliant archaeologist @brennawalks.bsky.social

In this clip, join Homo Erectus on a scavenging hunt... but they're in for a nasty, LOUD surprise! (Sound on!)

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