Greg Jenner
@gregjenner.bsky.social
~Public Historian 📜🤓
~Host & creator BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME comedy & history podcast😆🧐🎙️📻📜🏛️
~Hon. Dr & Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓
~ Author of 7 funny books for kids & adults ✍️📚
~ Ex-HORRIBLE HISTORIES BBC TV 📺🤣
~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️
www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
~Host & creator BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME comedy & history podcast😆🧐🎙️📻📜🏛️
~Hon. Dr & Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓
~ Author of 7 funny books for kids & adults ✍️📚
~ Ex-HORRIBLE HISTORIES BBC TV 📺🤣
~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 😀
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 😀
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Muscular Christianity.
“Wear some headphones, kid. And put your shoes back on”
“Wear some headphones, kid. And put your shoes back on”
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Muscular Christianity.
“Wear some headphones, kid. And put your shoes back on”
“Wear some headphones, kid. And put your shoes back on”
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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The Royal Historical Society is a membership organisation of 7000+ historians, UK and RoW. We welcome historians to join us at any time: our next closing date is 15 December.
We offer membership categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians 1/2
We offer membership categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians 1/2
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The Royal Historical Society is a membership organisation of 7000+ historians, UK and RoW. We welcome historians to join us at any time: our next closing date is 15 December.
We offer membership categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians 1/2
We offer membership categories for all kinds of historians and at all stages of research: bit.ly/46V8WOQ #Skystorians 1/2
One for the ancient historians
movieweb.com/netflix-assa...
movieweb.com/netflix-assa...
Netflix's Upcoming Action Fantasy Adaptation Gets Ancient in Major Season 1 Update
The setting for Netflix's live-action 'Assassin's Creed' video game adaptation has been revealed. 👀
movieweb.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
One for the ancient historians
movieweb.com/netflix-assa...
movieweb.com/netflix-assa...
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
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Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Spider-Manx Grand Prix
im on long island and this is the most long island thing ive ever seen. and i kind of want one
November 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Spider-Manx Grand Prix
Black Friday discount on these tickets making them much more affordable
Just saw My Neighbour Totoro stage show in London, and it’s absolutely astonishing — magical, spectacular, funny, devastatingly emotional, and wonderfully innovative. If you love the film, or just love live theatre, it’s a must watch
November 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Black Friday discount on these tickets making them much more affordable
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Up to a point… The ‘welfare system’ is much debated, as regards scope and purpose - there’s a lot of extrapolation from some tricky sources - and the grain dole was expressly *not* based on poverty but citizenship - senators were eligible!
Also the Romans literally had a welfare system that included cash transfers for poor children. (And subsidised grain for low income workers...).
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Up to a point… The ‘welfare system’ is much debated, as regards scope and purpose - there’s a lot of extrapolation from some tricky sources - and the grain dole was expressly *not* based on poverty but citizenship - senators were eligible!
Go see Laura on tour, she’s a tremendous comedian 👇
November 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Go see Laura on tour, she’s a tremendous comedian 👇
She means un-Christian Grey from Fifty Shades
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
She means un-Christian Grey from Fifty Shades
Some book recommendations for serious lovers of history www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
Books of the Year 2025: Part 1
www.historytoday.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Some book recommendations for serious lovers of history www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
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I started reading one of @gregjenner.bsky.social’s books last night, and it is such a delight.
I read a lot of history nonfic and always appreciate writers that inject a relatively dry topic with energy and humor and turn it into a lively romp through time. That takes real skill!
I read a lot of history nonfic and always appreciate writers that inject a relatively dry topic with energy and humor and turn it into a lively romp through time. That takes real skill!
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I started reading one of @gregjenner.bsky.social’s books last night, and it is such a delight.
I read a lot of history nonfic and always appreciate writers that inject a relatively dry topic with energy and humor and turn it into a lively romp through time. That takes real skill!
I read a lot of history nonfic and always appreciate writers that inject a relatively dry topic with energy and humor and turn it into a lively romp through time. That takes real skill!
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#ComedyPodcastOfTheDay
#YoureDeadToMePod
@gregjenner.bsky.social is joined in medieval Scandinavia by historian #DrEleanorBarraclough and comedian #ChloePetts to learn about the fascinating women of the Viking age.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
#ComedyPodcast
#HistoryPodcast
#YoureDeadToMePod
@gregjenner.bsky.social is joined in medieval Scandinavia by historian #DrEleanorBarraclough and comedian #ChloePetts to learn about the fascinating women of the Viking age.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
#ComedyPodcast
#HistoryPodcast
November 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
#ComedyPodcastOfTheDay
#YoureDeadToMePod
@gregjenner.bsky.social is joined in medieval Scandinavia by historian #DrEleanorBarraclough and comedian #ChloePetts to learn about the fascinating women of the Viking age.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
#ComedyPodcast
#HistoryPodcast
#YoureDeadToMePod
@gregjenner.bsky.social is joined in medieval Scandinavia by historian #DrEleanorBarraclough and comedian #ChloePetts to learn about the fascinating women of the Viking age.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
#ComedyPodcast
#HistoryPodcast
Escargonein60seconds
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Escargonein60seconds
Forgot to say, the Black Friday deal on tickets meant my stalls tickets were only £40 each
Just saw My Neighbour Totoro stage show in London, and it’s absolutely astonishing — magical, spectacular, funny, devastatingly emotional, and wonderfully innovative. If you love the film, or just love live theatre, it’s a must watch
November 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Forgot to say, the Black Friday deal on tickets meant my stalls tickets were only £40 each
Just saw My Neighbour Totoro stage show in London, and it’s absolutely astonishing — magical, spectacular, funny, devastatingly emotional, and wonderfully innovative. If you love the film, or just love live theatre, it’s a must watch
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Just saw My Neighbour Totoro stage show in London, and it’s absolutely astonishing — magical, spectacular, funny, devastatingly emotional, and wonderfully innovative. If you love the film, or just love live theatre, it’s a must watch
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'The dig team at the Ness, one of the most important Neolithic sites in the British Isles, are not revealing what they believe the find to be until more work is done.
But they say it is like nothing else ever found at the site – and may not even be Neolithic.'
But they say it is like nothing else ever found at the site – and may not even be Neolithic.'
'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney's Ness of Brodgar Neolithic site
Archaeologists are to resume digging at the site after 3D radar technology uncovered a mystery find.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
'The dig team at the Ness, one of the most important Neolithic sites in the British Isles, are not revealing what they believe the find to be until more work is done.
But they say it is like nothing else ever found at the site – and may not even be Neolithic.'
But they say it is like nothing else ever found at the site – and may not even be Neolithic.'
This article raises a lot of ethical questions about ensuring patient care and good quality science when pushing the frontiers of what is possible
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Face transplants promised hope. Patients were put through the unthinkable
Twenty years after the first face transplant, patients are dying, data is missing, and the experimental procedure’s future hangs in the balance
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This article raises a lot of ethical questions about ensuring patient care and good quality science when pushing the frontiers of what is possible
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Ah, so that's the photo @gregjenner.bsky.social showed Darren on the Victorian Bodybuilding episode...
Katie Sandwina or Brumbach (1884 – 1952) was an Austrian American circus strongwoman.
In 1902 she defeated the famous strongman Eugen Sandow in a weightlifting contest in New York City.
In 1902 she defeated the famous strongman Eugen Sandow in a weightlifting contest in New York City.
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Ah, so that's the photo @gregjenner.bsky.social showed Darren on the Victorian Bodybuilding episode...
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lol...lmao
this match was on crack
this match was on crack
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
lol...lmao
this match was on crack
this match was on crack
This is so much better from Spurs. Clearly PSG have more quality, but we are giving them a proper battle everywhere, and our pace and height will give us chances at set-pieces. More please, Mr Frank! #COYS
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This is so much better from Spurs. Clearly PSG have more quality, but we are giving them a proper battle everywhere, and our pace and height will give us chances at set-pieces. More please, Mr Frank! #COYS
LOL, Thomas Frank is just throwing Panini stickers up in the air, and wherever they land is the formation 😆🫣
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
LOL, Thomas Frank is just throwing Panini stickers up in the air, and wherever they land is the formation 😆🫣
Really looking forward to learning about this hip, new, up’n’coming beat group! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Really looking forward to learning about this hip, new, up’n’coming beat group! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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@thomascopeland.bsky.social and I try to explain why the rollout of user location data by X matters and how it's changing the conversation on the platform after some high-engagement political accounts were criticised for misleading users.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKr3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKr3...
X's new location feature exposes misleading politics accounts | Global News Podcast
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
@thomascopeland.bsky.social and I try to explain why the rollout of user location data by X matters and how it's changing the conversation on the platform after some high-engagement political accounts were criticised for misleading users.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKr3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKr3...