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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 4h

What he said: 💯 🎯

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 2d

Between 1645 and 1647, more than 100 people in East Anglia were executed for witchcraft – most of them women.

Their only crime was being accused.

Stuart Burrell tells their story.

The Witchfinder General: East Anglia’s dark secret

As we tell ghost stories to children, it is time to remember a true horror that stalked these lands

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Janice Heppenstall @janiceheppenstall.bsky.social · 15h

Also in Scotland.

Janice Heppenstall @janiceheppenstall.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, I don’t know why they felt the need to do that. Why not simply point out that there has been disinformation at play, and that it has only been used 13 times since 1980.

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Janice Heppenstall @janiceheppenstall.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you. A very important point that is very much absent currently in the US and also under Farage's proposals for his 'British Rights'.

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Janice Heppenstall @janiceheppenstall.bsky.social · 1d

Danny Danon's shocking and shameful accusation. He really did mean to accuse Francesca Albanese of being a witch. www.youtube.com/shorts/ioYht...

‘You're a witch!’ – Israel envoy clashes with UN expert over Gaza report

YouTube video by CGTN Europe

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Janice Heppenstall @janiceheppenstall.bsky.social · 1d

My latest article for Sussex Bylines has just published.
It's not your usual 'spooky' Hallowe'en tale.... It's far more horrifying than that.

Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · 1d

The real danger to human rights is from individual governments intent on authoritarian power and control | Janice Heppenstall

Something wicked this way comes

The real danger to human rights is from individual governments intent on authoritarian power and control

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Janice Heppenstall @janiceheppenstall.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for sharing this Liz.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · Sep 18

This is a disgrace they need to fire the person at the BBC who is charge of the News, they are clearly biased.

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Janice Heppenstall @janiceheppenstall.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for sharing. :)

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Janice Heppenstall @janiceheppenstall.bsky.social · 8d

My latest blogpost has just published. It's aimed at Intermediate level family history researchers or people moving on from Beginners to Intermediate, and looks at how we can layer up and cross reference information from burial records.
englishancestors.blog/2025/10/24/g...

Getting the most from cemetery records

Today’s post is an interloper amongst my little ‘Ancestral Tourism’ series. It follows on from Part 1: Churches and Churchyards, Part 2: Municipal & other Public Cemeteries an…

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Janice Heppenstall @janiceheppenstall.bsky.social · 9d

Any potential 'citizen journalists' out there in Sussex, Hampshire and Isle of Wight area? Take a look at this.
Even if you're not in this region, your own Bylines region may also need more writers and others to help with the process.

James Joughin @jpjoughin.bsky.social · 13d

New one from me. Come on, all you writers

Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · 13d

With the mainstream media steadily moving to the right, it is more urgent than ever that we have independent, ethical media outlets willing to speak truth to power. Citizen journalism can be a powerful force for good and James Joughin issues a call to arms in his piece for @sussexbylines.co.uk

Janice Heppenstall @janiceheppenstall.bsky.social · 14d

Fantastic article by my friend at Sussex Bylines, Viv Griffiths. Kier Starmer and his government have started to dare to utter the B word. It's time now to move away from Reform UK's narrative altogether, and to speak the truth about the positive aspects of migration for our country.

Sussex Bylines @sussexbylines.co.uk · 14d

Stop demonising migrants, Keir Starmer

Despite denouncing Farage’s views, there’s little difference between the rhetoric of Labour and Reform UK

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Janice Heppenstall @janiceheppenstall.bsky.social · 14d

Fantastic article, Viv. Kier Starmer and his government have started to dare to utter the B word. It's time now to move away from Reform UK's narrative altogether, and to speak the truth about the positive aspects of migration.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · Sep 20

Reform UK intends to withdraw our human rights

They want us to join Russia and Belarus as the only European states not signed up to the ECHR.

Reform UK intends to withdraw our human rights

They want us to join Russia and Belarus as the only European states not signed up to the ECHR

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Janice Heppenstall @janiceheppenstall.bsky.social · Sep 28

Yes, that’s the tricky part.

Janice Heppenstall @janiceheppenstall.bsky.social · Sep 28

No.

Janice Heppenstall @janiceheppenstall.bsky.social · Sep 23

My latest blog post has published. It’s about understanding what you find when visiting a cemetery where your ancestors are buried.

englishancestors.blog/2025/09/23/a...

Ancestral Tourism 3: How to read a cemetery

Ryde Cemetery, Isle of Wight. © Janice Heppenstall This is the third in my ‘Ancestral Tourism’ series, and follows on from posts about preparing for visiting Churches and Churchyards an…

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 21

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

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Janice Heppenstall @janiceheppenstall.bsky.social · Sep 19

My latest article for Sussex Bylines has just published.

sussexbylines.co.uk/politics/hum...

Reform UK intends to withdraw our human rights

They want us to join Russia and Belarus as the only European states not signed up to the ECHR

sussexbylines.co.uk

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

Appalled by the violent scenes of police being attacked at the Tommy Robinson rally today. Those responsible should face the full force of the law.

These far right thugs do not speak for Britain.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Sep 13

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

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Janice Heppenstall @janiceheppenstall.bsky.social · Sep 2

My latest blogpost has just published. It's about locating burial records for public and municipal cemeteries in England & Wales, and planning for a visit to the cemeteries by locating maps. englishancestors.blog/2025/09/02/a...