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Economica: The Hidden History of Women, Wealth, and Power

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Nick Shepley @nickshepley.bsky.social · 13d

I did a great interview yesterday with @vnbateman.bsky.social about her new book Economica, a history of women’s work, wealth and power: open.spotify.com/episode/6z8Q...

Economica: The Hidden History of Women, Wealth, and Power

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Nick Shepley @nickshepley.bsky.social · 13d

I did a great interview yesterday with @vnbateman.bsky.social about her new book Economica, a history of women’s work, wealth and power: open.spotify.com/episode/6z8Q...

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Nick Shepley @nickshepley.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Explaining History Podcast (@theexplaininghistorypodcast)

The two Green Parties, the good and the bad

What Plato can teach us about the crises of the 21st Century

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Angie Hobbs @profangiehobbs.bsky.social · Aug 27

I really enjoyed our conversation - thanks so much @nickshepley.bsky.social

Nick Shepley @nickshepley.bsky.social · Aug 26

I had a great chat with Professor Angie Hobbs, a regular guest on In Our Time today about what Plato would make of the bleak times in which we live: open.spotify.com/episode/10aj...

What Plato can teach us about the crises of the 21st Century

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · Aug 26

A day of shame for the UK. A political party proposes mass deportations and the response from other political parties is not to condemn this as going further than even Mosley or the National Front.

Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · Aug 26

No10 spokesman not prepared to criticise anything about Farage speech today.

Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.

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Nick Shepley @nickshepley.bsky.social · Aug 26

I had a great chat with Professor Angie Hobbs, a regular guest on In Our Time today about what Plato would make of the bleak times in which we live: open.spotify.com/episode/10aj...

Silicon Valley’s quiet takeover

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · Aug 20

Silicon Valley’s quiet takeover

How Elon Musk and Peter Thiel are seeking to embed themselves in Britain’s vital infrastructure

By Ann Moody

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk

How Elon Musk and Peter Thiel are seeking to embed themselves in Britain’s vital infrastructure

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Nick Shepley @nickshepley.bsky.social · Aug 20

The Explaining History Podcast (@theexplaininghistorypodcast)

Morgan McSweeney - historic agent of the British left

Nick Shepley @nickshepley.bsky.social · Aug 20

The Explaining History Podcast (@theexplaininghistorypodcast)

To everyone still insisting “this isn’t genocide”: listen to the perpetrators themselves. Israel’s Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, openly declares: “We conquer, cleanse, and stay… we annihilate e...

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Nick Shepley @nickshepley.bsky.social · Aug 20

Theft of a Nation: Four Decades of Neoliberal Asset-Stripping

There are economic disasters you read about in history books – the South Sea Bubble, the Wall Street Crash, the oil shocks of the 1970s – and then there is the slow-motion calamity that Britain sleepw...

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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · Aug 11

Huge congrats on the book!

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Nick Shepley @nickshepley.bsky.social · Aug 11

Cheers David! Just missing that special secret ingredient ‘the reader’ now.

The Blood of Tharta: A Fire in the Heart of Knowing: Book One

Nick Shepley @nickshepley.bsky.social · Aug 11

Promoting things is an almost unbearable experience, a feeling of fingernails being dragged down the blackboard of my soul…but I did write a book and a pretty good one at that (I think). For all fans of dark fantasy, political intrigue and that sort of thing: amzn.eu/d/4oLkENa

Buy The Blood of Tharta: A Fire in the Heart of Knowing: Book One by Shepley, Nick (ISBN: 9798314942048) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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Dr Andreas Krieg @andreaskrieg.bsky.social · Aug 1

Israel’s Diaspora Ministry is running a Russia-style info war on Europe’s democracies building networks of 'useful idiots' to shield its actions in Gaza and West Bank from accountability

Time to list Israel's Ministry of #Subversion as a threat

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Israel’s Ministry of Subversion

How Israel mirrors Russia's and China's information warfare playbook

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Nick Shepley @nickshepley.bsky.social · Jul 31

The Explaining History Podcast (@theexplaininghistorypodcast)

Hi folks, here’s the full post and episode for today, it was a fascinating interview with Sir Barney White-Spunner, please do check it out - https://explaininghistory.org/2025/07/31/nations-in-arms-fi...

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Nick Shepley @nickshepley.bsky.social · Jul 31

That would be great, I hope you’re well

Sweden urges EU to freeze trade deal with Israel over Gaza aid blockade - Euractiv

Nick Shepley @nickshepley.bsky.social · Jul 31

David! Let’s catch up and chat one time, it would be great to say hi.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · Jul 31

The Swedish government is calling on the EU to freeze its trade deal with Israel in an effort to pressure the country into allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza.

In doing so, Stockholm has joined Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, the Netherlands and Luxembourg...

“Using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare constitutes a war crime,” the country's Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard said

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Nick Shepley @nickshepley.bsky.social · Jul 31

The Explaining History Podcast (@theexplaininghistorypodcast)

Hi folks, here’s the full post and episode for today, it was a fascinating interview with Sir Barney White-Spunner, please do check it out - https://explaininghistory.org/2025/07/31/nations-in-arms-fi...

EXCLUSIVE: Zarah Sultana's First Interview Since Resigning From The Labour Party

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · Jul 29

Hello pals, The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver is currently in Waterstones' summer pre-order sale. Spend a little now, and give yourself a winter of wild magic.

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · Jul 29

Here's my very first interview since resigning from the Labour Party with @novaramedia.com:

YouTube video by Novara Media

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Nick Shepley @nickshepley.bsky.social · Jul 29

Let’s not start tearing each other apart on the left just yet? Things are, for once, looking up.

Nick Shepley @nickshepley.bsky.social · Jul 29

Let’s not start tearing each other apart on the left just yet? Things are, for once, looking up.