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Wendy Michallat

@wmichallat.bsky.social

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Senior Lecturer in the School of Languages, Arts & Humanities, Sheffield. Writing a book about northern working class women & languages education in inter-war Britain. Detectorist, allotmenteer, cyclist. Rheumatoid Arthritis doesn't slow me down 😄 🚴‍♀️👨‍🌾

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Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · 12d

Isn't he handsome! 😄

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15d

OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.

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Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · 15d

'Britcard' 🤢🤮

Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · 17d

Comes to something to have Ed Davey leading the charge against Farage. Labour's Trump sycophancy looks ill-judged - already.

Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · 18d

Welcome Week & a fun hellooo 👋 meeting with a great bunch of French & Francophone Studies UGs (& plenty of them 😀). Looking forward to teaching them when I return from research leave in February. #FrenchatSheffield

Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · 23d

My brother went on about Breaking Bad for months until I relented. Slow start but absolutely brilliant. The Last Kingdom was a surprise too.....

Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · 29d

Bingley

Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · Sep 9

Excited about the launch of our new School of Languages, Arts & Societies & delighted to be a part of the leadership team. Sabbatical first to finish the book & then back in the fray in February 😄. Onwards & upwards French at Sheffield! ❤️

Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · Sep 8

No you didn't Glen but the comments on the thread are dreadful.

Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · Sep 7

This snooty idea that Brexit was just about Farage & immigrants & those who voted for it just thick & gullible remains a bitter reminder to struggling people desperate for change (anything after years of austerity) that they count for nothing. The blaming carping liberal left widened the divide.

Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · Sep 7

I loved my Dad but he didn't make great curries. Bet 5'10" would love one of those!

Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · Sep 6

Reform wanting to turn the clock back to the 1920s where working class kids left school at 14 for poverty graft & the upper middle classes reproduced their privilege through education, keeping the professions for themselves.

Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · Aug 28

at the weekend he was hiding from his team defending a corner. Neville commented on it. Not well?

Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · Aug 21

the brown big patterned one of course 😅

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Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · Aug 21

It's a lovely idea. 😊 I bought a teaset we'd had as kids. Just saw it in a charity shop & took it home....❤️

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Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · Aug 21

Apparently it's vintage from around the same period 71-79 & for sale to ship.

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Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · Aug 21

Labelled adult content by Bluesky for some reason!

Wendy Michallat @wmichallat.bsky.social · Aug 21

Here it is Leon. In the States. ebay.us/m/9KKLCk

Alphonse Mucha Art Nouveau La Blonde & Nectar Vintage Art Prints | eBay UK

Alphonse Mucha(Czech,1860-1939). "Liqueur Superfine Nectar" and "La Blonde". Nectar: 62" x 21" (157.5 x 53.3 cm). La Blonde: 63" x 20" (160 x 50.8 cm).

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David Pattie @davidpattie.bsky.social · Aug 17

Anyone want a quick graphic illustration of what poverty does?

The Sutton Trust @suttontrust.bsky.social · Aug 17

🚨 Wide regional gaps in top grades at A Level 🚨

In 2024, the gap between the region with the highest proportion of top grades and the lowest was 8.8pp (London vs East Midlands).

That gap has now grown to 9.2pp (London vs North East) #ResultsDay2025