Dr Cath Feely
@cathfeely.bsky.social
Cultural historian of modern Britain. Senior Lecturer at the University of Derby and Councillor of the Royal Historical Society. All views my own.
Pinned
The Trenches, the Tram and the Trolley Bus
A twentieth-century story
botheringmiancestors.substack.com
For Remembrance Sunday, a short reflection on the life and death of my great grandfather in the twenty years after his return. botheringmiancestors.substack.com/p/the-trench...
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Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
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We're proud to be a member of the #GeneralStrike100 national partnership
Explore our interactive map & sign up to visit your nearest partner & #GeneralStrike100 history sites at actionnetwork.org/forms/visit-...
Looking forward to sharing our collections through onsite events & digitised sources!
Explore our interactive map & sign up to visit your nearest partner & #GeneralStrike100 history sites at actionnetwork.org/forms/visit-...
Looking forward to sharing our collections through onsite events & digitised sources!
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We're proud to be a member of the #GeneralStrike100 national partnership
Explore our interactive map & sign up to visit your nearest partner & #GeneralStrike100 history sites at actionnetwork.org/forms/visit-...
Looking forward to sharing our collections through onsite events & digitised sources!
Explore our interactive map & sign up to visit your nearest partner & #GeneralStrike100 history sites at actionnetwork.org/forms/visit-...
Looking forward to sharing our collections through onsite events & digitised sources!
I have been working all day in a house without internet and my phone in another room. I highly recommend it.
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I have been working all day in a house without internet and my phone in another room. I highly recommend it.
Note to self: don't be stupid and check social media on a Sunday night.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Note to self: don't be stupid and check social media on a Sunday night.
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the thing that scares me about Labour HE policy is that because I work in the sector I can see how absolutely insane it is, which makes me wonder just how terrible their policies are in all the other sectors I’m in less of a position to engage with critically out of lack of knowledge.
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
the thing that scares me about Labour HE policy is that because I work in the sector I can see how absolutely insane it is, which makes me wonder just how terrible their policies are in all the other sectors I’m in less of a position to engage with critically out of lack of knowledge.
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We should be encouraging foreign students to come here and spend their money in our university towns and cities, not penalising them for doing it.
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
We should be encouraging foreign students to come here and spend their money in our university towns and cities, not penalising them for doing it.
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Why are they so fucking *stupid*
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Why are they so fucking *stupid*
Post a movie where you are from.
November 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Post a movie where you are from.
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Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
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Zohran Mamdani standing beside the President of the United States just said that the US is funding Israel's genocide and yet can't take care of its own unhoused children on live television.
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Zohran Mamdani standing beside the President of the United States just said that the US is funding Israel's genocide and yet can't take care of its own unhoused children on live television.
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
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We're very excited to announce our collaborative PhD with @qubhistory.bsky.social on the residents of The Salvation Army's Bethel Rescue Home in Belfast in the C19th. Supervised by @elainefarrell.bsky.social (@badbridgetbook.bsky.social)
Applications by 13 Jan 2026.
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
Applications by 13 Jan 2026.
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
REF: CSHIS01 - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
We're very excited to announce our collaborative PhD with @qubhistory.bsky.social on the residents of The Salvation Army's Bethel Rescue Home in Belfast in the C19th. Supervised by @elainefarrell.bsky.social (@badbridgetbook.bsky.social)
Applications by 13 Jan 2026.
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
Applications by 13 Jan 2026.
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
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And who could not then believe in sea gods and portals to the other world (thanks @dgplacenames.bsky.social for sharing)
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
And who could not then believe in sea gods and portals to the other world (thanks @dgplacenames.bsky.social for sharing)
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New Wellcome report examines how archives, manuscripts and material culture are currently used in life, health and wellbeing research, identifying 15 recommendations to enhance methodological innovation and cross-disciplinary experimentation.
#histmed #medhumanities
#histmed #medhumanities
From hospital records to family papers, collections give unique insights into health across time and place.
But they don’t just have historical value. Collections have incredible potential for discovery research – and we need to unlock it.
Learn more in our report: wellcome.org/insights/rep...
But they don’t just have historical value. Collections have incredible potential for discovery research – and we need to unlock it.
Learn more in our report: wellcome.org/insights/rep...
Archives, manuscripts and material culture in health and wellbeing research | Reports | Wellcome
Archives, manuscripts and material culture collections hold profound potential for advancing knowledge about life, health and wellbeing. This report examines how these collections are currently used i...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
New Wellcome report examines how archives, manuscripts and material culture are currently used in life, health and wellbeing research, identifying 15 recommendations to enhance methodological innovation and cross-disciplinary experimentation.
#histmed #medhumanities
#histmed #medhumanities
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We are pleased to launch today a new funding scheme, jointly with @ihr.bsky.social & DC Thomson.
Applied History Fellowships bit.ly/4ijiuII offer financial / practical support to develop the wider impact and application of academic work. £12,000 for 6 months. Closing date: 31 Jan 2026 #Skystorians
Applied History Fellowships bit.ly/4ijiuII offer financial / practical support to develop the wider impact and application of academic work. £12,000 for 6 months. Closing date: 31 Jan 2026 #Skystorians
Society launches call for new Applied History Fellowships, with the Institute of Historical Research and DC Thomson - RHS
In November 2025, the Society joins with partners the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) and publisher DC Thomson to launch a new Applied History Fellowship programme to support recent post-doctor...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We are pleased to launch today a new funding scheme, jointly with @ihr.bsky.social & DC Thomson.
Applied History Fellowships bit.ly/4ijiuII offer financial / practical support to develop the wider impact and application of academic work. £12,000 for 6 months. Closing date: 31 Jan 2026 #Skystorians
Applied History Fellowships bit.ly/4ijiuII offer financial / practical support to develop the wider impact and application of academic work. £12,000 for 6 months. Closing date: 31 Jan 2026 #Skystorians
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Cost of living crisis 1886 style. "Small poll tax paid by sale of fish".
Whitechapel Charity Organisation Committee: mock application for welfare on behalf of Jesus Christ, "Ex-carpenter, vagrant preacher and socialist".
mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/CAT/...
Whitechapel Charity Organisation Committee: mock application for welfare on behalf of Jesus Christ, "Ex-carpenter, vagrant preacher and socialist".
mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/CAT/...
November 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Cost of living crisis 1886 style. "Small poll tax paid by sale of fish".
Whitechapel Charity Organisation Committee: mock application for welfare on behalf of Jesus Christ, "Ex-carpenter, vagrant preacher and socialist".
mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/CAT/...
Whitechapel Charity Organisation Committee: mock application for welfare on behalf of Jesus Christ, "Ex-carpenter, vagrant preacher and socialist".
mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/CAT/...
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Yep, why not score a goal from your own half in the 98th minute?
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Yep, why not score a goal from your own half in the 98th minute?
Only saw the last ten minutes because we were channel hopping but what a ten minutes! Amazing football, Scotland!
November 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Only saw the last ten minutes because we were channel hopping but what a ten minutes! Amazing football, Scotland!
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The Greens don’t believe providing safe refuge for endangered asylum seekers is an “out-of-control” policy.
Nor do we believe making life more difficult for those in need is the way to unify British society.
Refugees are welcome.
Nor do we believe making life more difficult for those in need is the way to unify British society.
Refugees are welcome.
November 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The Greens don’t believe providing safe refuge for endangered asylum seekers is an “out-of-control” policy.
Nor do we believe making life more difficult for those in need is the way to unify British society.
Refugees are welcome.
Nor do we believe making life more difficult for those in need is the way to unify British society.
Refugees are welcome.
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This week Wednesday at Birkbeck, right in the heart of Bloomsbury: join us for thought-provoking talk by the brilliant Julia Laite on the history of Newfoundland, home of one of the British Empire’s most remote settlements where one of its most complete genocides took place. Free but pls register
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences Annual Graduate Lecture 2025 - Stories at the Edge of Empire: Newfoundland, 1763-1829
Join us for an exploration of ways of mapping and knowing Newfoundland in the 18th & 19th centuries delivered by Julia Laite
www.bbk.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This week Wednesday at Birkbeck, right in the heart of Bloomsbury: join us for thought-provoking talk by the brilliant Julia Laite on the history of Newfoundland, home of one of the British Empire’s most remote settlements where one of its most complete genocides took place. Free but pls register
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"anything that an org sees as being bolted on at the end hits this problem" --> itself a very nice description of the organizational mindset that traps people in the position of "holding" this information/responsibility for their larger organization
Security, privacy, accessibility, UX, anything that an org sees as being bolted on at the end hits this problem.
"Champion sounds nice, but you don't have to become a Champion if everyone is already doing the thing you want. So taking on the mantle of Champion means taking on conflict."
"Champion sounds nice, but you don't have to become a Champion if everyone is already doing the thing you want. So taking on the mantle of Champion means taking on conflict."
New open newsletter at Fight for the Human: Can we make Security Empirical, and why might we want to?
In it you'll find the Dev Science Office Hour I hosted with @arianamirian.bsky.social, as well as my notes on a paper about technical Champions
www.fightforthehuman.com/empirical-se...
In it you'll find the Dev Science Office Hour I hosted with @arianamirian.bsky.social, as well as my notes on a paper about technical Champions
www.fightforthehuman.com/empirical-se...
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"anything that an org sees as being bolted on at the end hits this problem" --> itself a very nice description of the organizational mindset that traps people in the position of "holding" this information/responsibility for their larger organization
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One way to take some of the heat out of politics, which is within the BBC's control, is to drop phone-ins and vox pops.
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
One way to take some of the heat out of politics, which is within the BBC's control, is to drop phone-ins and vox pops.
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
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Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
November 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”