Pen The Writer
@penhemingway.bsky.social
Writer/textile historian. Like 19thc writers? I've probably written about their pants. Progressive journalism on Bylines Network. Check out Bylines Network’s starter pack to find other Bylines writers! https://penelopehemingway.substack.com
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· Nov 15
Oswald Mosley and Nigel Farage: how similar are the two?
By comparing the speeches of Mosley with those of Farage and other Reform leaders we can establish just how alike the 1930’s fascist they are
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Here's one I wrote from the run-up to the 2024 GE:
"...At his rallies, Farage stands, handwringing, in his idea of casual wear – looking like Larry Grayson in an ill-fitting double-breasted blazer and slacks. He wants to 'Shut that door' – to immigrants..."
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/osw...
"...At his rallies, Farage stands, handwringing, in his idea of casual wear – looking like Larry Grayson in an ill-fitting double-breasted blazer and slacks. He wants to 'Shut that door' – to immigrants..."
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/osw...
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Liverpool fans boo the national anthem for a reason
Booing the national anthem was not only about protesting the spectacle of royalty and patriotism – it was also about justice for the Hillsborough 97
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Booing the national anthem was not only about protesting the spectacle of royalty and patriotism – it was also about justice for the Hillsborough 97
@penhemingway.bsky.social @northwestbylines.co.uk
Liverpool fans boo the national anthem for a reason
Booing the national anthem was not only about protesting the spectacle of royalty and patriotism – it was also about justice for the Hillsborough 97
northwestbylines.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Liverpool fans boo the national anthem for a reason
Booing the national anthem was not only about protesting the spectacle of royalty and patriotism – it was also about justice for the Hillsborough 97
@penhemingway.bsky.social @northwestbylines.co.uk
Booing the national anthem was not only about protesting the spectacle of royalty and patriotism – it was also about justice for the Hillsborough 97
@penhemingway.bsky.social @northwestbylines.co.uk
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Jonathan Gullis just defected to Reform. Awkward.
December 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Jonathan Gullis just defected to Reform. Awkward.
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2014: “I admire Putin as an operator”
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
2014: “I admire Putin as an operator”
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
Found on eBay, sold by someone flipping random tat. The only extant miniature spinning wheel by Hardys of York, 1824 - 1843, now fully restored. Knew it was good when I saw it but didn't realise it was so important to wheel history. Restoration write-up in 'The Spinning Wheel Sleuth', October, 2025.
December 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Found on eBay, sold by someone flipping random tat. The only extant miniature spinning wheel by Hardys of York, 1824 - 1843, now fully restored. Knew it was good when I saw it but didn't realise it was so important to wheel history. Restoration write-up in 'The Spinning Wheel Sleuth', October, 2025.
Liverpool parade incident: from dreamland to disaster northwestbylines.co.uk/news/liverpo...
May 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Liverpool parade incident: from dreamland to disaster northwestbylines.co.uk/news/liverpo...
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"There has been spittle-flecked hysteria from the right wing press every day this week. The terror is now theirs. Even with such a modest EU deal, they know they have lost."
Pecksniff: EU deal: Glass half full, but Starmer’s chance to fill it to the brim
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
May 24, 2025 at 6:22 AM
"There has been spittle-flecked hysteria from the right wing press every day this week. The terror is now theirs. Even with such a modest EU deal, they know they have lost."
Watch my nerdery hit critical mass and disappear over the event horizon. open.substack.com/pub/penelope...
The Oeconomies on Lamb's Hill
In Which we Visit the Moravian settlement, at Fulneck, Leeds.
open.substack.com
May 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Watch my nerdery hit critical mass and disappear over the event horizon. open.substack.com/pub/penelope...
More nerdery: open.substack.com/pub/penelope...
DOUGHTY'S SPINNING WHEEL
IN WHICH WE STUDY A WHEEL RECOMMENDED IN 1802 FOR "ELEGANCE" AND "USEFULNESS". AND WE LEARN THAT RARE SPINNING WHEELS ARE, INDEED, LIKE THE NUMBER 11.
open.substack.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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11 years on, I revisit Mr Antis and his Contrivance. Taking a look at a US born inventor, musician and Man For All Seasons, who lived in Leeds. His "contrivance" was an add-on widget that turbo-charged ordinary spinning wheels. penelopehemingway.substack.com/p/mr-antis-a...
April 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
11 years on, I revisit Mr Antis and his Contrivance. Taking a look at a US born inventor, musician and Man For All Seasons, who lived in Leeds. His "contrivance" was an add-on widget that turbo-charged ordinary spinning wheels. penelopehemingway.substack.com/p/mr-antis-a...
This week our little table-top spinning wheel - a very rare wheel found randomly on eBay - went to the restorers'.
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April 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This week our little table-top spinning wheel - a very rare wheel found randomly on eBay - went to the restorers'.
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Quirky Wheel on eBay
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Quirky Wheel on eBay
How a Tiny Table-Top Spinning Wheel Found Itself Back Home after 200 Years...
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April 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Quirky Wheel on eBay
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There's bees on the blackthorn (sloe)! And a beautiful blue sky, earlier this afternoon. It's been a long winter. Spring, soon.
March 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
There's bees on the blackthorn (sloe)! And a beautiful blue sky, earlier this afternoon. It's been a long winter. Spring, soon.
Colour and Light, York Minster, last night. Dragons on the Minster!
March 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Colour and Light, York Minster, last night. Dragons on the Minster!
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If you’d like to apply for this job at our ‘ultra-progressive institution’ please visit the National Trust Jobs website. NB our member retention has remained higher than average throughout the cost of living crisis and visits & donations have increased. www.gbnews.com/news/nationa...
‘Woke’ National Trust SLAMMED for 'Head of Inclusivity' job - 40k a year for THREE days a week, huge pension, 32 days off and more
The ultra-progressive institution saw membership drop last year as it pursued various woke policies including mandatory vegan food quotas in cafes and slavery reports
www.gbnews.com
February 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
If you’d like to apply for this job at our ‘ultra-progressive institution’ please visit the National Trust Jobs website. NB our member retention has remained higher than average throughout the cost of living crisis and visits & donations have increased. www.gbnews.com/news/nationa...
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Every constituency in Britain favours trade with EU over US, new poll suggests
The poll saw just 21 per cent of people say the US should be the UK’s priority over the EU
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
The poll saw just 21 per cent of people say the US should be the UK’s priority over the EU
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Every constituency in Britain favours trade with EU over US, new poll suggests
The poll saw just 21 per cent of people say the US should be the UK’s priority over the EU
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Every constituency in Britain favours trade with EU over US, new poll suggests
The poll saw just 21 per cent of people say the US should be the UK’s priority over the EU
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
The poll saw just 21 per cent of people say the US should be the UK’s priority over the EU
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Check out today's Substack. I am not a Jane Austen fan. So was pleased to stumble on the contemporaneous diaries of a no bullshit Regency mill owner who was too busy making money in the wool industry, to sit around eating cucumber sandwiches. He's no Mr Darcy...
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No Mr Darcy
He's a Prosperous Regency Man. But he's No Mr Darcy. Inside a Scribbling Mill - Taking A Look into the Journals of Forthright Leeds Mill Owner, Joseph Rogerson.
open.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Check out today's Substack. I am not a Jane Austen fan. So was pleased to stumble on the contemporaneous diaries of a no bullshit Regency mill owner who was too busy making money in the wool industry, to sit around eating cucumber sandwiches. He's no Mr Darcy...
open.substack.com/pub/penelope...
open.substack.com/pub/penelope...
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this new Tesla speedometer looks awful
January 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
this new Tesla speedometer looks awful
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Egg prices are up 37% and rising.
It’s day 4.
It’s day 4.
January 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Egg prices are up 37% and rising.
It’s day 4.
It’s day 4.
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Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
January 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
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Thou shalt accept that DEI didn't hold your career back -- you're just mid, bro.
January 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Thou shalt accept that DEI didn't hold your career back -- you're just mid, bro.
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Even more relevant now…
January 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Even more relevant now…
We all need some escapism from this future dystopia we find ourselves living in, so how about some 18th and 19th century escapees? Check out my new Substack and subscribe if you can. It's free! open.substack.com/pub/penelope...
January 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We all need some escapism from this future dystopia we find ourselves living in, so how about some 18th and 19th century escapees? Check out my new Substack and subscribe if you can. It's free! open.substack.com/pub/penelope...
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“No Mr Elon Musk, we do not want you to buy Liverpool Football Club. Not now, not ever.
From a lifelong LFC fan”
From a lifelong LFC fan”
No Elon, just no – not our Liverpool FC
No Mr Elon Musk, we do not want you to buy Liverpool Football Club. Not now, not ever. From a lifelong LFC fan
northwestbylines.co.uk
January 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“No Mr Elon Musk, we do not want you to buy Liverpool Football Club. Not now, not ever.
From a lifelong LFC fan”
From a lifelong LFC fan”
Elon Musk is amplifying far-right figures, spreading harmful disinformation, and meddling in UK politics. Let’s stop billionaire interference—join me and sign this @hopenothate.org.uk petition today: secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/163807/...
Stop Billionaires Meddling in UK Politics ❌
Foreign billionaires like Elon Musk shouldn’t have the power to shape our democracy. Let’s change the law.
secure.hopenothate.org.uk
January 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Elon Musk is amplifying far-right figures, spreading harmful disinformation, and meddling in UK politics. Let’s stop billionaire interference—join me and sign this @hopenothate.org.uk petition today: secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/163807/...