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Rich Kerridge @historyrichk.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, of course!! Very sorry. 😉

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Rich Kerridge @historyrichk.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly.
Who cares what colour faces are. Judge a person by the content of their character, isn't that right!

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Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social · 1d

Our new short course 'The French Revolution - Not just a Revolution in France' starts this evening. There is still time to sign up and all sessions are recorded. Historian William Doyle emeritus professor of @uobrishistory.bsky.social is the opening speaker www.history.org.uk/historian/ca...

The 1789 French Revolution – not just a revolution in France

www.history.org.uk

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jonesmel1977.bsky.social @jonesmel1977.bsky.social · 1d

Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social · 5d

Black History Month is an opportunity to remind people that history is broad and diverse. It is not about singling out groups its just about making sure more of the voices of the past are included, creating a fuller picture of history. www.history.org.uk/ha-news/cate...

Black History Month 2025

www.history.org.uk

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 1d

Hello #UK friends! I’m touring the book THE INTERMEDIARIES starting next week. It’s a deeply researched look at the way #LGBTQ and #women used science and rebel alliances to fight fascists—it offers up a reminder that we can fight back. Nazis are not inevitable—they just want you to think so.

BRANDY SCHILLACE
THE INTERMEDIARIES
UK BOOK TOUR
All event are listed in local time.
OCT. 16 - 6:30pm
LONDON, ENGLAND WATERSTONES - GOWER ST in conversation with C.N. Lester
OCT. 21 - 5:00pm
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
OCT. 22 - 7:00pm
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND LIGHTHOUSE BOOKS
OC. 23 - 7:00pm
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND WATERSTONES - ARGYLE ST
OCT. 20 - 6:30pm
LONDON, ENGLAND KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
OCT. 21 - 7:00pm
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND QUEER LIT
OCT. 23 - 2:00pm
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE

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Rich Kerridge @historyrichk.bsky.social · 2d

Completely agree - someone needs to get a grip and start taxing the rich more effectively. No more of this 'trickle down' nonsense.

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Rich Kerridge @historyrichk.bsky.social · 2d

There's always a headwind in the fens!
Beautiful church in March, north Cambs.

Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 2d

🚴John Betjeman said that it was worth cycling 40 miles in a headwind to see them.
🪽The early C16th Angel Roof at St Wendreda in Cambs is adorned with over 100 oaken angels.

View along the nave of St. Wendreda’s Church, March, showing the magnificent medieval angel roof with carved wooden angels soaring above the slender stone arcades.

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 6d

The @telegraphnews.bsky.social, @dailymail.co.uk and @thespectator1828.bsky.social have all promoted Nigel Biggar’s latest book as the definitive riposte to reparations claims. But what exactly are its arguments and how do they stand up to scrutiny?

alanlester.co.uk/blog/the-ant...

The Anti-Reparations Bible

Alan Lester Promoting the Anti-Reparations Bible Britain’s right-wing press has mobilised to promote Nigel Biggar’s latest book, Reparations: Slavery and the Tyranny of Imaginary Guilt as the defin…

alanlester.co.uk

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Dan Howdle @danhowdle.bsky.social · 2d

when i step back and think about it, this absolutely boggles my mind: some of the most technical and difficult jobs in the country — those of government ministers — require zero experience or knowledge of the area of their remit. none. this is how out political system works. 1/4

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Rich Kerridge @historyrichk.bsky.social · 3d

I've just told them they have to refer to me as Lord Catan until I am next beaten.

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Rich Kerridge @historyrichk.bsky.social · 3d

I've just beaten my daughter, my son and his partner at Catan, and I'm so happy. I never win at this bloody game.

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Rich Kerridge @historyrichk.bsky.social · 4d

That's just lovely and exactly the sort of conversation we hoped it would prompt.
Hope it's all going well- sounds like it is.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 6d

October 2, 2025

At about 1:00 on Tuesday morning, federal agents from Border Patrol, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) raided an apartment b...

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

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Sasha Smith @sashasmith.bsky.social · 7d

TES article on our ESIS report after Natasha and I were interviewed, and featuring great examples of curricula change from history teachers across the country. www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

Why are women missing from school history?

The extent to which history lessons ignore female figures has been revealed by new research. Here, teachers share the changes they are making to address this gender imbalance

www.tes.com

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Rich Kerridge @historyrichk.bsky.social · 7d

Tracy Borman is ace. I've heard two lectures of hers and been bowled over by the brilliance and clarity of her arguments.

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 8d

From fashion to frontline – the life of trailblazing photographer, Lee Miller
www.channel4.com/news/from-fa...

From fashion to frontline – the life of trailblazing photographer, Lee Miller

For years the work of Lee Miller lay hidden in the attic of her home in Sussex. Deeply traumatised, she had locked it away after returning from documenting the liberation of the concentration camps i...

www.channel4.com

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 11d

Just to let everyone know, in the run-up to the centenary of the 1926 general strike, we're going to be mapping lots more stories about the strike. You can keep track of them all on the new website, and our main map - generalstrike100.com/
#generalstrike100

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 11d

How about a history that demonstrates how normal and natural #transgender identity really is—with examples of how it was actually more accepted until Nazi dickheads made it a platform issue

Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · Aug 18

THE INTERMEDIARIES covers the time period leading to the Nazi take-over. I have been keeping time with current developments like a doomsday clock. We are getting damn close to ‘midnight’ (1933). We need to know our enemy’s moves to fight them. Book at discount:

www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-interm...

The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story book by Brandy Schillace

Buy a cheap copy of The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story book by Brandy Schillace. Set in interwar Germany, The Intermediaries tells the forgotten story of the Institute for Sexual Science, the world's ...

www.thriftbooks.com

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Miss Verbal Not-Herbal Tea @booksarelit.bsky.social · 11d

@hcrichardson.bsky.social

A good read that gives important background as to what Signalgate clown is saying.

I WOULD like to include the official Oglala Sioux Tribe response to this.

I shared before, separately, but I feel this piece should be here as well.

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Rich Kerridge @historyrichk.bsky.social · 11d

Ooh. Does look good.

JusticetoHistory @justice2history.bsky.social · 11d

Should be invaluable for history departments studying OCR A-level African Kingdoms @historyrichk.bsky.social @oblaize.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Dahomey: A West African Kingdom in the Centre of the World During the Eighteenth Century

This session will look at the Kingdom of Dahomey

www.history.ac.uk

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Rich Kerridge @historyrichk.bsky.social · 12d

I visited HCP earlier this year. Fabulous place. So glad you enjoy HAU.

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Rich Kerridge @historyrichk.bsky.social · 12d

That's a wonderful story. Plenty of lyrics snuck in!

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Rich Kerridge @historyrichk.bsky.social · 12d

Bandcamp have a music-only version. Plus two Howlands. Thanks for the link.

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Rich Kerridge @historyrichk.bsky.social · 12d

Please listen to Public Service Broadcasting's latest album, The Last Flight. It's based on Amelia's life. It's beautiful. The final song, Howland, is majestic.

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Rich Kerridge @historyrichk.bsky.social · 12d

This looks fabulous and exactly the sort of enthusiasm OCR B was designed to build on.

Kat O'Connor @kat-oc-kearey.bsky.social · 14d

Today was Hampton Court, baby! First of three visits with Y11 for their History Around Us site study for OCR B. It didn't disappoint!

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