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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 8d

Telegraph admits article by Conservative immigration spokeperson Katie Lam used entirely fictional stats from Centre for Policy Studies (no, *not* the £234 bn, different ones!).

Publishes entirely inadequate correction which still makes false claims about migrant wages.

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 12d

Historians’ corrections to widely circulated misinformation are often delayed by other academic commitments and they never match the reach of the offending piece, but I think they’re worth putting on the record nonetheless:

alanlester.co.uk/blog/falsify...

Falsifying Heritage: The Denial and Disavowal of Glasgow’s Links with Atlantic Slavery

By Stephen Mullen In a recent article in The Times, (‘Scottish Taxpayers should not have to pay the price for Slavery, 7 June 2025), Professor Nigel Biggar misrepresented an exhibition in Glasgow’s…

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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 27d

Citizens want to shift funds away from low-quality ministers

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 27d

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .

Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.

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Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News

Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 28d

Archaeology’s tools were forged in war: from spy planes to satellites, the line between research and militarisation has always been thin.

Benjamin Thomas White (@btwhite.bsky.social) considers the role of Antoine Poidebard in pioneering aerial archaeology.

The Bomber's View of the Past

Discover the influence of Antoine Poidebard on aerial archaeology and his complex role in French colonial history.

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Prof Damien Page @profdamienpage.bsky.social · Aug 8

There are many reasons for wanting to become a leader and a lot of them are bad.

Do it for the meaning of the work. Do it for students. Do it to help build careers. Do it for social impact. Do it because it provides a platform to challenge inequalities in the sector.

Otherwise, what’s the point?

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Prof Damien Page @profdamienpage.bsky.social · 28d

As we continue to recreate BNU, we’re now recruiting for a Director of Brand, Communications and Marketing. Crucial senior leadership role for shaping our future. Reshares appreciated.
jobs.bucks.ac.uk/vacancy/dire...

Director of Brand, Communications & Marketing (1861) | Buckinghamshire New University

Full Time (37 hrs per week) – Permanent - High Wycombe campus and hybrid working Competitive salary HELP US BREAK THE MOULD

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 27d

*Sets up Redbubble for Unfunded Hobbyist Researcher t-shirts in order to fund my research*

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 27d

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .

Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News

Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 3

Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him

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Dan @fraternalwriter.bsky.social · Aug 31

In a reassuring letter to his 7yo brother, George draws attention to a 'fine washing place' & companionship & makes light of the tribulations of trench life in 1915: 'rather a short issue of bread this last couple of days'; enemy aircraft 'making a fearful row and raising clouds of dust'.

George Ferguson WWI @georgeferguson.bsky.social · Aug 31

Letter from George in the trenches to his seven-year-old brother "The Huns sent a few shells over this afternoon searching for our artillery and smashed our ration cupboard and dirtied our clean plates." georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/l...

Letter: 12 August 1915

In the Trenches 12 August 15 My Dear Brother, We are still up in the trenches but are to be relieved tomorrow night. We have had lovely weather while we have been up here the only fault is that the…

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Dan @fraternalwriter.bsky.social · Aug 31

As UK birth rate falls having more people around to work & pay taxes may have some benefits

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BytePilot @binaryorhex.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Aug 28

Arthur Henderson, Glasgow-born but Newcastle-raised, became Labour leader for third time #OTD 1931. Iron moulder, Labour moderate who became party's first cabinet minister, won the Nobel Peace Prize, uniquely served three times as Labour leader in different decades (1908-10, 1914-17, 1931-2).

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Jane Donaldson @janeydonald.bsky.social · Aug 28

New blogpost at the Co-operative Heritage Trust from one of the volunteers who became interested in finding out more about the National Labour Exchange established by Robert Owen in 1832. tinyurl.com/3dzdfyen

The National Equitable Labour Exchange

A blog post by volunteer Verity Chapman Gibbs

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Joanne Begiato @jbhist.bsky.social · Aug 22

Do take a look at the call for papers for our conference on The Hand 8-9 Jan 2026, @lcflondon.bsky.social. We're seeking contributions from a range of disciplines! Please check it out and get involved!

The Victorian Hand @victorianhand.bsky.social · Aug 15

🙌Call for Papers🙌
We are excited to invite abstracts for an interdisciplinary conference on The Hand: Emotions, Embodiment, Identity, at @unioftheartslondon.bsky.social on 8-9 Jan 2026

Send abstracts of 300 words to [email protected] by 22 Sep - please circulate among your networks!

Call for Papers. The Hand: Emotions, Embodiment, Identity. An Interdisciplinary Conference. 8-9 January, 2026
London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London.
Proposal Deadline: 22 September 2025

What do hands reveal about us?
We invite abstracts for papers of 15-20 minutes, for presentation at our 2-day interdisciplinary conference, part of The Victorian Hand: Emotions, Embodiment, and Identity, Past and Present, supported by UKRI.

We welcome presentations from multi- and interdisciplinary research fields, including Critical Studies, Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences and STEM.
We encourage proposals from artists, makers and performers.
Image includes an illustration of magnetism, a Victorian man sitting under 3 hands, 2 of whom have lines of magnetic power emanating onto his head and shoulders

Please send abstracts up to 300 words, and biographies up to 100 words to victorianhand@fashion.arts.ac.uk by 22 September 2025
Read the full call at thevictorianhand.uk/call-for-papers-the-hand

Image features the 3 logos of Lancaster University, UAL and UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · Aug 16

touches, they broke new ground by providing facilities for both men and women at a time when most public conveniences served gentlemen only. They remain well preserved, with original tiled walls, terrazzo floors, panelled doors and porcelain fittings by J. Duckett and Sons. Along with

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · Aug 16

As we approach, September's Heritage Open Days it is worth remembering that built heritage comes in all shapes, sizes and indeed uses. Opened in 1926, Hull’s Nelson Street public conveniences are a surprising heritage gem. They are now Grade II listed. Designed in an Edwardian style with Art Nouveau

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · Jul 27

So sad to hear of Tom Lehrer's passing. I cited his song 'Werhner von Braun' in my first published paper in 2005, in a discussion about the Nazi roots of rocket technology. 🧪 🏺

The cultural landscape of interplanetary space - Alice Gorman, 2005

Since the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957, interplanetary space has become filled with human material culture. A ‘spacescape’ now exists including ...

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George Ferguson WWI @georgeferguson.bsky.social · Jul 26

If I should die, think only this of me:
That there’s some corner of a foreign field
That is for ever England. There shall be
In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; [...]

More on #WW! in 1915 at georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/07/26/2...

26 July 1915

[George is in Liverpool, on leave. Today’s entry is from the notes at the back of his diary.] Commentary George did not write in his diary while on leave. The poem below is one of several tha…

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George Ferguson WWI @georgeferguson.bsky.social · Jul 27

I said I would have my fling,
And do what a young man may;
And I didn’t believe in a thing
That the parson had to say.
I didn’t believe in a God
That gives us blood like fire,
That throws us into hell
Because [...]

More from 1915 at georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/07/27/2...

27 July 1915

[George is in Liverpool, on leave. Today’s entry is from the notes at the back of his diary.] Commentary George did not write in his diary while on leave. The poem below is one of several tha…

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · Jul 24

Forget about what year it is. What century is it?

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Nashville Banner: Pregnant Mother in Tennessee Denied Care for Being Unmarried

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George Ferguson WWI @georgeferguson.bsky.social · Jul 24

I’ve a little wet home in a trench
Where the rainstorms continually drench
There’s a dead cow close by
With her hoofs t’wards the sky
And she gives off a beautiful stench

More on life on the #WesternFront 100 years ago in 1915 at georgefergusonliverpool.wordpress.com/2025/07/24/2...

24 July 1915

[George is in Liverpool, on leave. Today’s entry is from the notes at the back of his diary.] Commentary George did not write in his diary while on leave. The poem below is one of several tha…

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Emily Darlington MP @emily4mk.bsky.social · Jul 24

We’re proud of our new build estates here in Milton Keynes and we will always strive to create a network of support across our City.

The amazing map for the event was created by Cute Maps MK!

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Emily Darlington MP @emily4mk.bsky.social · Jul 24

And the International Festival activities continue!

The Open University and Community Action: MK held an insightful event to raise awareness of the struggles of living on a low income in new housing areas through the community art installation: “We Make Milton Keynes”.

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Dan @fraternalwriter.bsky.social · Jul 24

Peter Scott (Pres & CEO Commonwealth of Learning calls Handbook of Open Universities Around the World
(eds Sanjaya Mishra & Santosh Panda) 'a significant piece of work'. It includes my chapter on @openuniversity.bsky.social & contributions by ex-VCE member Alan Tait & ex-OU VC Sir John Daniel.

Peter Scott receives copy of Handbook from Sanjaya Mishra

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Dan @fraternalwriter.bsky.social · Jul 22

He always claimed that @openuniversity.bsky.social was his monument but there is plenty more to his story.

History & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · Jul 22

The latest episode in Izzy Conn’s amazing documentary podcast series, Leading Labour, is released today. It focuses on Harold Wilson with guests including Alan Johnson, Neil Kinnock, David Owen, Helen Parr, & Charlotte Lydia Riley. Listen to it here: open.spotify.com/episode/2lNE...

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