Louise
@redliverbirdlou.bsky.social
Mum of 3 daughters, cat mother, ex florist, now a historian (MA) who is writing a book. LFC fan, bookworm, theatre goer. Deeds not words.
Reposted by Louise
"Of the 991 history exam questions set in 2023, 357 featured a named individual, but only 31 were women – and nine of those were references to Elizabeth I or her reign."
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Women are still absent from how history is taught and assessed in England
Over a third of GCSE, AS and A-level exam papers in 2023 made no mention of women at all.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
"Of the 991 history exam questions set in 2023, 357 featured a named individual, but only 31 were women – and nine of those were references to Elizabeth I or her reign."
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Reposted by Louise
We’re very proud that Liverpool has been named as a runner-up for the title of European Capital of Innovation 2026. 👏
As runner-up to Grenoble-Alpes Métropole and second-placed Rotterdam, our city will receive prize money of €100,000.
➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
As runner-up to Grenoble-Alpes Métropole and second-placed Rotterdam, our city will receive prize money of €100,000.
➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
December 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We’re very proud that Liverpool has been named as a runner-up for the title of European Capital of Innovation 2026. 👏
As runner-up to Grenoble-Alpes Métropole and second-placed Rotterdam, our city will receive prize money of €100,000.
➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
As runner-up to Grenoble-Alpes Métropole and second-placed Rotterdam, our city will receive prize money of €100,000.
➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
Today, our boy would have been 29 years old. It still feels unreal that he’s gone. Thanks for all the memories, Diogo. We miss you, we’ll never forget you, and you’ll never be forgotten.
Happy birthday up there, our forever 20. 🌟
Happy birthday up there, our forever 20. 🌟
December 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Today, our boy would have been 29 years old. It still feels unreal that he’s gone. Thanks for all the memories, Diogo. We miss you, we’ll never forget you, and you’ll never be forgotten.
Happy birthday up there, our forever 20. 🌟
Happy birthday up there, our forever 20. 🌟
Reposted by Louise
And if you're looking for new children's books,
@tygertale.bsky.social has just updated his crowd-sourced list of the Best Children's Books of the 21st Century. It's a wonderful list that shows this really is a golden age - just have a look!
tygertale.com/2025/11/28/t...
@tygertale.bsky.social has just updated his crowd-sourced list of the Best Children's Books of the 21st Century. It's a wonderful list that shows this really is a golden age - just have a look!
tygertale.com/2025/11/28/t...
The 100 Best Children’s Books of the 21st Century
In September the Guardian published the 100 books of the 21st Century. It contained only five children’s books, two of which were published in the year 2000 – wrong century – and featur…
tygertale.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
And if you're looking for new children's books,
@tygertale.bsky.social has just updated his crowd-sourced list of the Best Children's Books of the 21st Century. It's a wonderful list that shows this really is a golden age - just have a look!
tygertale.com/2025/11/28/t...
@tygertale.bsky.social has just updated his crowd-sourced list of the Best Children's Books of the 21st Century. It's a wonderful list that shows this really is a golden age - just have a look!
tygertale.com/2025/11/28/t...
Reposted by Louise
📅 Tuesday December 16, 1pm - 2pm FREE!
Step into Christmas and explore the origin stories behind some of the earliest English festive carols and enjoy a celebratory seasonal singalong with Lisa Colton, Professor of Musicology at @liverpooluni.bsky.social
🎟️ 👇
https://orlo.uk/XcOIA
Step into Christmas and explore the origin stories behind some of the earliest English festive carols and enjoy a celebratory seasonal singalong with Lisa Colton, Professor of Musicology at @liverpooluni.bsky.social
🎟️ 👇
https://orlo.uk/XcOIA
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📅 Tuesday December 16, 1pm - 2pm FREE!
Step into Christmas and explore the origin stories behind some of the earliest English festive carols and enjoy a celebratory seasonal singalong with Lisa Colton, Professor of Musicology at @liverpooluni.bsky.social
🎟️ 👇
https://orlo.uk/XcOIA
Step into Christmas and explore the origin stories behind some of the earliest English festive carols and enjoy a celebratory seasonal singalong with Lisa Colton, Professor of Musicology at @liverpooluni.bsky.social
🎟️ 👇
https://orlo.uk/XcOIA
Reposted by Louise
This charming Christmas card depicts Dick Whittington (S PAM 808) (19--) Our library was founded by money left by the real Whittington in 1425, so a nice connection.
A lovely detail is the flap that opens up to reveal his cat. On the back is the inscription "Harold, love from Kitty"🎄
A lovely detail is the flap that opens up to reveal his cat. On the back is the inscription "Harold, love from Kitty"🎄
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This charming Christmas card depicts Dick Whittington (S PAM 808) (19--) Our library was founded by money left by the real Whittington in 1425, so a nice connection.
A lovely detail is the flap that opens up to reveal his cat. On the back is the inscription "Harold, love from Kitty"🎄
A lovely detail is the flap that opens up to reveal his cat. On the back is the inscription "Harold, love from Kitty"🎄
Caitlin finished college early because of a power outage. She ended up at the cat cafe with her friend Jamie. We live in a cat world, I think. 🤣
December 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Caitlin finished college early because of a power outage. She ended up at the cat cafe with her friend Jamie. We live in a cat world, I think. 🤣
The Light Before Christmas at the Anglican Cathedral is simply wonderful. See it this week! ❤️
December 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Light Before Christmas at the Anglican Cathedral is simply wonderful. See it this week! ❤️
In my seat to watch Here and Now Steps the Musical, I'm not sure whether I'm in for a Tragedy or a Deeper Shade of Blue but by the finale, hopefully its not something that is Better Best Forgotten and I will Stomp home. 😁
November 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
In my seat to watch Here and Now Steps the Musical, I'm not sure whether I'm in for a Tragedy or a Deeper Shade of Blue but by the finale, hopefully its not something that is Better Best Forgotten and I will Stomp home. 😁
But Virgil is the captain surely, that is why he speaks more than most?
Jamie Carragher via Sky Sports : After all these defeats, it's always Van Dijk who comes out and speaks. You only ever hear Mohamed Salah speak when he gets man of the match or when he needs a new contract.
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
But Virgil is the captain surely, that is why he speaks more than most?
Reposted by Louise
Delighted to have had the chance to write about Beatle ‘historiography’ in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
The long and winding road: Stuart Maconie on why our opinions about the Beatles keep changing
Fans and historians have spent 60 years debating what the band means – and which member is greatest. Will the returning Anthology project and Sam Mendes’s planned biopics create new arguments?
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Delighted to have had the chance to write about Beatle ‘historiography’ in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
I'm using this for future Scouse making shenanigans. 😁
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I'm using this for future Scouse making shenanigans. 😁
Richard Tice is gunning for autistic children now all the way from his stronghold in Dubai. He is now crying he has received death threats. Do you know how to stop that mate? Stop being a Nazi gobshite who picks on vulnerable children and families. I've no sympathy for him.
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Richard Tice is gunning for autistic children now all the way from his stronghold in Dubai. He is now crying he has received death threats. Do you know how to stop that mate? Stop being a Nazi gobshite who picks on vulnerable children and families. I've no sympathy for him.
I took the children, AKA Dad and my Auntie Ve to the Everyman to watch Jack and The Beanstalk. It was so good, highly recommended. Go and see it if you can. ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I took the children, AKA Dad and my Auntie Ve to the Everyman to watch Jack and The Beanstalk. It was so good, highly recommended. Go and see it if you can. ❤️
Labour are done. They haven't got a clue. They are pandering to the Reform voter and have long since forgotten their working class roots. This is exactly what the Nazis did to Jewish people. It's inhumane. Immigration does need to be sorted out but humanly.
Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Labour are done. They haven't got a clue. They are pandering to the Reform voter and have long since forgotten their working class roots. This is exactly what the Nazis did to Jewish people. It's inhumane. Immigration does need to be sorted out but humanly.
Hannah had a fantastic time at Liverpool One's Christmas Toy Parade yesterday. She was a toy soldier. ❤️
November 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Hannah had a fantastic time at Liverpool One's Christmas Toy Parade yesterday. She was a toy soldier. ❤️
Bring the boy back, Arne!
These are testing times for Harvey Elliott.
Frozen out on loan at Aston Villa, no longer wanted by Liverpool and far from England head coach Thomas Tuchel’s thoughts with the World Cup just seven months away.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
Frozen out on loan at Aston Villa, no longer wanted by Liverpool and far from England head coach Thomas Tuchel’s thoughts with the World Cup just seven months away.
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Bring the boy back, Arne!
A couple of photos from the events that Hannah did with her MD Family for Halloween. Spooky Welly Walk in Sefton Park and the Halloween fun day at Liverpool ONE 💛
November 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A couple of photos from the events that Hannah did with her MD Family for Halloween. Spooky Welly Walk in Sefton Park and the Halloween fun day at Liverpool ONE 💛
Any other writers with a million folders on their laptops saying Final Edit 1 up to Final Edit 6 now I've just started one called Final Bastard Edit - This better be the last time you utter pain in the arse! Or is that just me? 🤣
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Any other writers with a million folders on their laptops saying Final Edit 1 up to Final Edit 6 now I've just started one called Final Bastard Edit - This better be the last time you utter pain in the arse! Or is that just me? 🤣
I was like Ah I wouldn't mind a Princess Diana Christmas decoration but then I saw the price...£40 from Selfridges. I then went down a rabbit hole and was horrified and amused all at the same time.
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I was like Ah I wouldn't mind a Princess Diana Christmas decoration but then I saw the price...£40 from Selfridges. I then went down a rabbit hole and was horrified and amused all at the same time.
One point because I don't think we owned a complete set of encyclopedia's. 😁
(i got a zero lolz)
THE FABULOUS WEIRD CHECKLIST
Give yourself I point for each thing you've NEVER done.
THE FABULOUS WEIRD CHECKLIST
Give yourself I point for each thing you've NEVER done.
November 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
One point because I don't think we owned a complete set of encyclopedia's. 😁
Reposted by Louise
A new paper [2023] based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.
www.livescience.com/health/genet...
www.livescience.com/health/genet...
Rosalind Franklin knew DNA was a helix before Watson and Crick, unpublished material reveals
A new paper based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.
www.livescience.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM
A new paper [2023] based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.
www.livescience.com/health/genet...
www.livescience.com/health/genet...
Reposted by Louise
Happy 423 years of us! 🎉 📚
The Bodleian Libraries opened for the first time on 8 November 1602...
This means, we're older than the refracting telescope (1608), the publication of Shakespeare's Hamlet (1623) and Sir Isaac Newton's apple (1666)! 😅
The Bodleian Libraries opened for the first time on 8 November 1602...
This means, we're older than the refracting telescope (1608), the publication of Shakespeare's Hamlet (1623) and Sir Isaac Newton's apple (1666)! 😅
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Happy 423 years of us! 🎉 📚
The Bodleian Libraries opened for the first time on 8 November 1602...
This means, we're older than the refracting telescope (1608), the publication of Shakespeare's Hamlet (1623) and Sir Isaac Newton's apple (1666)! 😅
The Bodleian Libraries opened for the first time on 8 November 1602...
This means, we're older than the refracting telescope (1608), the publication of Shakespeare's Hamlet (1623) and Sir Isaac Newton's apple (1666)! 😅
Reposted by Louise
Oh my gourd! Tyntesfield near Bristol is giving us pumpkin to talk about.
Around 2,000 pumpkins from more than 50 varieties grown in the Kitchen Garden make up this year's autumn arrangement.
Photos: Bob Fowler
Around 2,000 pumpkins from more than 50 varieties grown in the Kitchen Garden make up this year's autumn arrangement.
Photos: Bob Fowler
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Oh my gourd! Tyntesfield near Bristol is giving us pumpkin to talk about.
Around 2,000 pumpkins from more than 50 varieties grown in the Kitchen Garden make up this year's autumn arrangement.
Photos: Bob Fowler
Around 2,000 pumpkins from more than 50 varieties grown in the Kitchen Garden make up this year's autumn arrangement.
Photos: Bob Fowler