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Joe Moran @joemoransblog.bsky.social · 7d

Sandersons Throat Specific Mixture has worked for me in a similar situation

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Joe Moran @joemoransblog.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks Jeff!

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Joe Moran @joemoransblog.bsky.social · 7d

thank you!

Joe Moran @joemoransblog.bsky.social · 8d

I reviewed Sarah Perry's Death of an Ordinary Man here www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Death of an Ordinary Man by Sarah Perry review – a brilliant meditation on mortality

The Essex Serpent author offers a moving account of her father-in-law’s final illness that will resonate widely

www.theguardian.com

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Ian Greaves @greavesian.bsky.social · Aug 18

Calling historians and researchers. The BBC Written Archives Centre has changed its access rules without consultation. This means an end to proper independent research into the BBC's rich history. 178 have already signed the open letter. Please join the campaign here:

tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign

Open letter BBC Written Archives - August 2025

Join the campaign to protect the future of independent research at the BBC Written Archives Centre The following text is an open letter expressing the concern of historians and researchers about chan...

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Joe Moran @joemoransblog.bsky.social · Aug 13

Richard Briers agreed with you - he didn't like his character either. Mostly the character gets away with it because the actor playing him is so likeable.

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The TLS @thetls.bsky.social · Jul 27

'The newsreader Tina Ritchie imagines she is reading the midnight news to King Charles, who she knows listens in bed.'

Joe Moran on night as a space of fear and imagination

Under the cover of darkness

www.the-tls.com

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Joe Moran @joemoransblog.bsky.social · Jul 23

Brilliant news - Congratulations!

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Joe Moran @joemoransblog.bsky.social · Jul 20

Oxford supervision, mid 1980s style. From Richard Flanagan's Question 7

Joe Moran @joemoransblog.bsky.social · Jul 19

Congratulations Claire!

Joe Moran @joemoransblog.bsky.social · Jul 15

Just added to my collection of graduation booklets (useful for recalling names of past students). No prizes for guessing why there are three for 2022 and none for 2020 and 2021

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Jul 11

Join us! We are advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop in 2025-27.

Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team.
www.historyworkshop....

Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025

History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Joe Moran @joemoransblog.bsky.social · Jun 30

I wonder if the Microsoft Bing algorithm feels hurt that so many people type 'Google' into its search box

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Joe Moran @joemoransblog.bsky.social · Jun 24

I reviewed Ian Mayes's history of the Guardian here www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Witness in a Time of Turmoil by Ian Mayes review – a lively history of the Guardian

A lively history of the paper from 1986 to 1995 covers global upheaval, internal conflict and a bold but brilliant redesign

www.theguardian.com

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Richard Beard @richbeard.bsky.social · Jun 24

The Universal Turing Machine now live. Read online for free. Think about how you'd write your own.
universalturingmachine.co.uk

Richard Beard

universalturingmachine.co.uk

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Jun 1

“It’s very important history, but above all, it’s very readable and enjoyable history.” bit.ly/43yzlS9

Histories of news in the news: surviving editions of the 'Belfast News Letter', the world’s oldest, continuously published English-language daily, can now be accessed free #Skystorians

‘It’s thrilling’: almost three centuries of the Belfast News Letter go online

The surviving editions of the world’s oldest, continuously published English-language daily can now be accessed free

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Joe Moran @joemoransblog.bsky.social · May 26

Happy birthday!

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David Hendy @davidhendy.bsky.social · May 11

‘‘The mood over in Germany was, inevitably, distinctly more sombre. The defeated country was under military occupation by the Allies, towns and cities had been devastated by bombing, and millions were on the move - refugees in their own homeland, hungry and afraid’

Listening to the BBC on VE Day

VE Day 80

A day in which the BBC would try to capture the mood not just of Britain, but of the wider world.

canvas-story.bbcrewind.co.uk

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · Apr 23

Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine

• Al Overview
The idiom "you can't lick a badger twice" means you can't trick or deceive someone a second time after they've been tricked once. It's a warning that if someone has already been deceived, they are unlikely to fall for the same trick again.
Here's a more detailed explanation:
• Licking: "Licking" in this context means to trick or deceive someone.
• Badger: The badger is a wild animal, and the phrase likely originates from the historical sport of badger baiting where dogs were used to harass

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Joe Moran @joemoransblog.bsky.social · Apr 1

Richard Cobb did a lot of hanging around French villages. He writes about this in his memoir, End of the Line, I think. Julia Blackburn's Threads might be worth a look too.

Joe Moran @joemoransblog.bsky.social · Mar 27

I reviewed Fara Dabhoiwala's book about free speech here www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

What Is Free Speech? by Fara Dabhoiwala review – a brilliant history of a weaponised mantra

This fascinating book questions whether such a misunderstood ideal should be lauded as an end in itself

www.theguardian.com

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Joe Moran @joemoransblog.bsky.social · Mar 19

Really enjoying this new book by @jakecampbell88.bsky.social . A modern pilgrimage through the north country in the footsteps of saints and poets

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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · Mar 15

The Times / Sunday Times paywall is down all weekend, so here's👇where you can read all my stuff for free, with selected highlights to follow: 🧵

www.thetimes.com/profile/john...

John Self | The Times & The Sunday TimesTwitter Icon

John Self is a freelance writer and book critic. In his previous career he was a lawyer, which like his present role involved the art of persuasion.

www.thetimes.com

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Mar 13

"universities are communities, sites of knowledge production, & of collective and collaborative problem-solving. However, they are no longer treated, funded, or indeed governed, as if they are any of these things."

Dave Hitchcock on a decade of crisis.

www.historyworkshop....

A Decade of Crisis

The UK's universities are in crisis. Dave Hitchcock on how the sector became 'broken' and why it must be understood as an interdependent system.

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · Mar 13

A truly lovely review by @joemoransblog.bsky.social of my book in the TLS (@thetls.bsky.social). www.the-tls.co.uk/politics-soc...

Liverpool and the Unmaking of Britain by Sam Wetherell | Book review

This history of postwar Liverpool begins, predictably enough, with the darkest period of its recent history: the early 1980s. The vast Victorian docks are

www.the-tls.co.uk

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