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Iain MacInnes @iainmacinnesuhi.bsky.social · Nov 12

As I've garnered a few more followers recently, I shall follow the example of others and do some introductions. I am (normally) a medieval historian of fourteenth-century Scotland, with a focus on the Scottish Wars of Indepedence. My monograph was on the period of the second war. #medievalsky

Scotland's Second War of Independence, 1332-1357 - Boydell and Brewer

Full-length study of the warfare between England and Scotland in the mid fourteenth century.The Second Scottish War of Independence began in 1332, only four ...

boydellandbrewer.com

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 22h

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 23h

I want to tell all students of the so-called 'rip-off degrees' named below that your critical thinking is important and makes valid contributions to culture and society

Without your skills, we wouldn't be able to unpack toxic discourses and do something about them

Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 1d

This makes me so angry. These people view all life as training for lifelong servitude/work. There's no room for interest, enjoyment, and culture in their bleak vision of education. At least she'll never be in power to see it through. Though Reform are probably worse.

Badenoch: Curb students taking "rip-off" degrees such as English. The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

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bones 💀 @riotbones.bsky.social · 1d

My comic 'War and the Maiden' is out now at this year’s
@shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social
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In a library at the end of the world, a historian meets War herself, and together they reflect on myth, memory, and what remains of humanity.

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SMH Historians @smh-historians.bsky.social · 2d

The Call for Applications for the 2026 Summer Seminar in Military History is now live! Application forms, a 2-page Letter of Interest, and CV/Resume are due December 12th.
www.smh-hq.org/summersemina...

Summer Seminar | The Society for Military History

www.smh-hq.org

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UHIHistory.bsky.social @uhihistory.bsky.social · 1d

Over 60 people came to Aberlour Parish Church of Scotland for the unveiling of textile banners addressing the legacies of slavery in the local area. The event is part of our Dr Jim MacPherson's research project, Legacies of Slavery in Scotland, bit.ly/46Dpf3Q

Colourful fabric banner, with square-shaped elements forming a quilt-like design.

View of the church interior, with three textile banners hung on the wall.

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 2d

By embracing Brexit for party advantage, the Conservative and Unionist party both destroyed itself and, in time, dismantled the union.

A political morality tale, a fable of hard folly.

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 1d

Now would be a great time to check out this BBC radio 4 series on the far right and racism in Britain by the amazing Camilla Schofield.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Britain's Fascist Thread

Camilla Schofield explores the unbroken thread of fascism in Britain.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 1d

MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 2d

This whole obsession with "too many people going to uni" is such a classic example of the parochialism of UK policymaking. No one bothers to ask why the % here is lower than in most other developed countries or whether that might be relevant.

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UHIHistory.bsky.social @uhihistory.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to our PGT student Corrina Thomson, whose article ‘Encased in Glass: Commemorating the Dounreay Prototype Fast Reactor’ has been published in the most recent issue of Viewpoint, the magazine for the British Society for the History of Science, bit.ly/4nA21BC

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will o’the wisp pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 3d

and they’ll apply this to the asylum hotel protests and flag shaggers too right? right?

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Police to get broader powers to crack down on repeated protests

Officers will be able to tell organisers to move demonstrations if protests have caused "repeated disorder".

www.bbc.com

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IHR Women @ihrwomen.bsky.social · 4d

The IHR Women's History seminar programme for autumn 2025:
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/seminars/womens-history is now available. We look forward to seeing you soon!
@clairelanghamer.bsky.social @carmenmangion.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social

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David Hendy @davidhendy.bsky.social · 3d

Well, CNN are covering it at least, even if the British media are largely uninterested

UK mosque set ablaze with two people inside, police investigating suspected hate crime | CNN

A UK mosque was set ablaze with two people still inside in a suspected arson attack that police are treating as a hate crime.

www.cnn.com

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Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literatures @mediumaevum.bsky.social · 7d

SSMLL are delighted to announce the opening of our Call for Papers for the 2026 Day Conference, Medieval Wales, which will be held at Cardiff University 25-26 April, 2026.

Proposals should be submitted to Dr David Callander ([email protected]) by 30 November.

Cardiff University and the Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature are pleased to announce a multi-disciplinary conference on medieval Wales, to be held at Cardiff University on the 25th and 26th of April 2026. The conference will provide a space for discussion and collaboration between scholars of all disciplinary backgrounds interested in medieval Wales. The conference programme will include the Medium Ævum annual lecture, which will be delivered by Professor Helen Fulton (University of Bristol). The Henry Loyn Memorial Lecture will be held on the evening of the 24th of April, and will be delivered by Professor John Hines (Cardiff University).

We invite proposals for 20-minute presentations representing any specialization that sheds light on medieval Wales. We shall particularly welcome papers that discuss encounters between different languages and traditions and their consequences. Proposals are welcome from speakers at all career stages and papers can be delivered in English or Welsh. Proposals should include a title and an abstract (100–200 words) and should be submitted to Dr David Callander (callanderd@cardiff.ac.uk) by 30 November.

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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 4d

Medieval Buildings Revealed by Summer Drought in England www.medievalists.net/2025/08/medi... #england

Medieval Buildings Revealed by Summer Drought in England - Medievalists.net

In England, this year’s drought has uncovered medieval remains at Fountains Abbey and Mottisfont, where parchmarks reveal the outlines of vanished monastic halls and cloisters.

www.medievalists.net

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Maia Blumberg @maiablumberg.bsky.social · 6d

📣 Call for Contributors: Edited Volume - The Medieval in Museums
@archumanities.bsky.social 🖼️📜

🗓️ Abstract deadline: 3 Nov 2025 (17:00 GMT) ⏰

Full #CfP: bit.ly/CfPMiM

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Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · 6d

Podcasts from this year's Tudor and Stuart Ireland conference @ucddublin.bsky.social are now available. Thanks to Mike Liffey @historyhub.bsky.social for making us all sounds so crisp historyhub.ie/tudor-and-st...

Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference Podcasts

Since 2011, more than 200 speakers from a range of disciplines including History, English, Archaeology and Art History, have presented papers at Tudor and Stuart Ireland conferences. Download podcasts...

historyhub.ie

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 6d

ICYMI on Tuesday, here's my *new* and *free* short-form summary of what's gone wrong in our universities. This is something of a last word really, because unless the Budget and White Paper do something really radical, the fate of much HE is already sealed.
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/where-n...

Where now for Britain’s Universities?

UK higher education now faces a very bleak future, retreating in the face of little public sympathy and limited political interest.

politicalquarterly.org.uk

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Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social · 7d

Great article on the latest addition to the series "Global Histories before Globalisation" which I co-edit for @routledgehistory.bsky.social with Kristin Skottki.

The book is: Warfare in the Global Middle Ages
Authors: David S. Bachrach and Bernard S. Bachrach

www.medievalists.net/2025/09/writ...

Writing a World History of Warfare - Medievalists.net

A behind-the-scenes look at writing Warfare in the Global Middle Ages by one of its co-authors.

www.medievalists.net

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IHR Earlier Middle Ages Seminar @earliermiddleages.bsky.social · 9d

📣 The Earlier Middle Ages seminar @ihr.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! Here's our autumn term schedule. First up is @rorynaismith.bsky.social on 8 October, giving the annual David Wilson Lecture (with @uclarchaeology.bsky.social). All welcome! Please sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Autumn 2025 schedule for the Institute of Historical Research's Earlier Middle Ages seminar. Full information available at https://www.history.ac.uk/news-events/seminars/earlier-middle-ages

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Iain MacInnes @iainmacinnesuhi.bsky.social · 7d

Who doesn't like a book giveaway...?!

Dr. Erika Graham-Goering @jeanneologist.bsky.social · 9d

It's Michaelmas, so it's also the anniversary of the battle of Auray (1364), which marked the beginning of the end of the Breton War of Succession begun 23 years earlier. And you know what? Let's mark it with a 🚨BOOK GIVEAWAY🚨 this time! (Charles de Blois has never had a stranger memorial...)

photo of two book covers, one called "Princely Power in Late Medieval France: Jeanne de Penthièvre and the War for Brittany", and one called "Gendered Reputations and Aristocratic Partnership: Re-Presenting the Breton Civil War from the Fourteenth to Sixteenth Centuries", both by Erika Graham-Goering. Princely Power has a green cover with a picture of a medieval document and green wax seal, while Gendered Reputations has a grey cover with a medieval drawing of a crowd of people raising their hands to a man and woman couple.

Iain MacInnes @iainmacinnesuhi.bsky.social · 7d

Snowflake...

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 7d

this study highlights that Long Covid remains a risk with every Covid infection, including for children and adolescents.

Particularly relevant as the Children's module opens for the UK Inquiry.

It's nonsense to say that children are and were at no risk from Covid.

Prof Brendan Crabb AC @brendancrabb.bsky.social · 8d

“These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisystem effects and highlight the need to promote vaccination in younger populations...”

Time to reconsider our approach to kids and COVID/long COVID.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Long COVID associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study

Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisyst...

www.thelancet.com

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