Andrew Hobbs
@drewhobbs.bsky.social
Historian of the provincial press,looking at how 19C local papers and 20C county magazines express our sense of place. Despairing socialist. https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=20iBowIAAAAJ
What is the legal penalty for not liking Richard Hawley's music?
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
What is the legal penalty for not liking Richard Hawley's music?
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New article! Joe Curran on '(Re-)Making the ‘Stateless Capital’: Edinburgh and Dublin in European Context, c.1820–1850'
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November 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
New article! Joe Curran on '(Re-)Making the ‘Stateless Capital’: Edinburgh and Dublin in European Context, c.1820–1850'
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New research project explores the role of stained glass in local communities. Further information 👇
www.uwtsd.ac.uk/news/new-res...
www.uwtsd.ac.uk/news/new-res...
New Research Project Explores the Role of Stained Glass in Local Communities
New Research Project Explores the Role of Stained Glass in Local Communities
www.uwtsd.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM
New research project explores the role of stained glass in local communities. Further information 👇
www.uwtsd.ac.uk/news/new-res...
www.uwtsd.ac.uk/news/new-res...
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PROBLEM WITH YOUR LANDLORD?
ACORN is a community union that empowers its members to take collective action on the issues that matter to us.
Report your problem: acorntheunion.org.uk/contact/bail...
ACORN is a community union that empowers its members to take collective action on the issues that matter to us.
Report your problem: acorntheunion.org.uk/contact/bail...
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
PROBLEM WITH YOUR LANDLORD?
ACORN is a community union that empowers its members to take collective action on the issues that matter to us.
Report your problem: acorntheunion.org.uk/contact/bail...
ACORN is a community union that empowers its members to take collective action on the issues that matter to us.
Report your problem: acorntheunion.org.uk/contact/bail...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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in 2026 we're bringing back consequences
June 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
in 2026 we're bringing back consequences
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We have a fascinating series on women journalists in the Lady's Pictorial, contributed by Philip Jackson. The second series was published #OnThisDay 1893, and featured a portrait of the prolific journalist, and novelist too, Eliza Lynn-Linton victorianweb.org/periodicals/...
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
We have a fascinating series on women journalists in the Lady's Pictorial, contributed by Philip Jackson. The second series was published #OnThisDay 1893, and featured a portrait of the prolific journalist, and novelist too, Eliza Lynn-Linton victorianweb.org/periodicals/...
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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if you are concerned that magistrates are being given more powers and you think that the demographics of magistrates might mean that these powers are unfairly deployed, a good thing to do is to look up the qualifications to become a magistrate and to think seriously about doing that yourself
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
if you are concerned that magistrates are being given more powers and you think that the demographics of magistrates might mean that these powers are unfairly deployed, a good thing to do is to look up the qualifications to become a magistrate and to think seriously about doing that yourself
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How it feels out there…
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
How it feels out there…
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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“The presence of so much fakery makes it possible to cast aspersions on any piece of information, any actor, or any conversation to the point that the truth is effectively meaningless.”
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 AM
“The presence of so much fakery makes it possible to cast aspersions on any piece of information, any actor, or any conversation to the point that the truth is effectively meaningless.”
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The story of Leeds Other Paper - two weeks from today ⬇️
Mon 8 Dec - a date for the diary for anyone interested in hearing more about #LeedsOtherPaper, courtesy of the Ford Maguire Society.
November 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The story of Leeds Other Paper - two weeks from today ⬇️
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DWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal
DWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal
Damning official review finds many unpaid carers left with huge debt because of government failure
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‘It’s like the Post Office scandal’: victims of carer’s allowance crisis speak out
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The carer’s allowance scandal – a timeline
Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable unpaid carers will have their cases reassessed after a damning official review concluded they had been left with huge debts because of government failure and maladministration.
The review, due to be published on Tuesday, was triggered after a year-long Guardian investigation revealed how carers had been hit with draconian penalties of as much as £20,000 relating to carer’s allowance. Some were plunged into hardship, others were jailed. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
DWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal
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📽️ The recording from our widely popular #RSVPDigiEvent "How to Get Published in an Academic Journal" is now live. We had a record-breaking 101 registrants for this panel! Since we did not quite hit that number in attendance, we know many will be interested to watch/re-watch: youtu.be/sP5Y1iicKJ0
How to Get Published in Academic Journal
YouTube video by Research Society for Victorian Periodicals
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November 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
📽️ The recording from our widely popular #RSVPDigiEvent "How to Get Published in an Academic Journal" is now live. We had a record-breaking 101 registrants for this panel! Since we did not quite hit that number in attendance, we know many will be interested to watch/re-watch: youtu.be/sP5Y1iicKJ0
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Thomas Martin Wheeler, London correspondent for the Northern Star, was born #OnThisDay 23 November 1811
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Thomas Martin Wheeler, 1811 - 1862 - chartist ancestors
A Chartist journalist, author and organiser, Thomas Martin Wheeler was at the heart of the Chartist movement throughout the 1840s, and went on to build one of Britain's biggest mutual societies. This ...
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November 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Thomas Martin Wheeler, London correspondent for the Northern Star, was born #OnThisDay 23 November 1811
www.chartistancestors.co.uk/thomas-marti...
www.chartistancestors.co.uk/thomas-marti...
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Delighted to welcome this into the world. Paperback for £9.99 or kindle for £8.99.
Hope you’ll treat yourself to an early Christmas present 📚🎄
Please repost this if you can.
#Chartism #C19th #History
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
Hope you’ll treat yourself to an early Christmas present 📚🎄
Please repost this if you can.
#Chartism #C19th #History
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Delighted to welcome this into the world. Paperback for £9.99 or kindle for £8.99.
Hope you’ll treat yourself to an early Christmas present 📚🎄
Please repost this if you can.
#Chartism #C19th #History
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
Hope you’ll treat yourself to an early Christmas present 📚🎄
Please repost this if you can.
#Chartism #C19th #History
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
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Historians of South Africa, is there an accessible electronic database of legislation passed during Union of South Africa period? Trying to get exact wording of some Acts from 1910s to 1930s.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Historians of South Africa, is there an accessible electronic database of legislation passed during Union of South Africa period? Trying to get exact wording of some Acts from 1910s to 1930s.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Working on early 1700s Jamaica, what is the best and clearest phrase to use to succinctly refer to the 11-ish continental colonies of British America? Just "continental British America"? Any other ideas?
July 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Working on early 1700s Jamaica, what is the best and clearest phrase to use to succinctly refer to the 11-ish continental colonies of British America? Just "continental British America"? Any other ideas?
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Actual analysis of the BBC’s coverage of Gaza is devastating for Prescott and the right wing attacks on the BBC. Ratio of Israeli-Palestinian deaths: 1 /34. Ratio of coverage of those deaths: 19 / 1.
cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-...
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BBC On Gaza-Israel: One Story, Double Standards - Centre For Media Monitoring
cfmm.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Actual analysis of the BBC’s coverage of Gaza is devastating for Prescott and the right wing attacks on the BBC. Ratio of Israeli-Palestinian deaths: 1 /34. Ratio of coverage of those deaths: 19 / 1.
cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-...
cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-...
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There's always money for more driving
Reeves to announce £1.5bn boost in EV subsidies amid pay-per-mile concerns
Reeves to announce £1.5bn boost in EV subsidies amid pay-per-mile concerns
Industry experts welcome extra incentives but fear a consultation on a mileage tax sends mixed messages
Drivers will be able to claim government subsidies to cut the cost of buying a new electric car until 2030 under plans to be announced by Rachel Reeves at next week’s budget.
The chancellor will unveil an extra £1.3bn for subsidies for new electric vehicles (EVs) and a further £200m for charging points, as she attempts to prevent the market for clean cars drying up amid concerns about a new pay-per-mile tax. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
There's always money for more driving
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New collections added pt 1
• Negro World Newspaper Collection (1920s Garveyism)
• Pan-African Federation/Congress
• Manchester Observer (1818-22)
• LGBT Center Collection (NYC)
• Palestine Perspectives (Palestine Information Office/Education and Research Center)
hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...
• Negro World Newspaper Collection (1920s Garveyism)
• Pan-African Federation/Congress
• Manchester Observer (1818-22)
• LGBT Center Collection (NYC)
• Palestine Perspectives (Palestine Information Office/Education and Research Center)
hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...
radical online collections and archives
I am very interested in the growing amount of radical literature from around the world that is being scanned and digitised. As there are so many and from many different places, I thought it would b…
hatfulofhistory.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
New collections added pt 1
• Negro World Newspaper Collection (1920s Garveyism)
• Pan-African Federation/Congress
• Manchester Observer (1818-22)
• LGBT Center Collection (NYC)
• Palestine Perspectives (Palestine Information Office/Education and Research Center)
hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...
• Negro World Newspaper Collection (1920s Garveyism)
• Pan-African Federation/Congress
• Manchester Observer (1818-22)
• LGBT Center Collection (NYC)
• Palestine Perspectives (Palestine Information Office/Education and Research Center)
hatfulofhistory.com/radical-onli...