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Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 Academic Conference Alert! 🚨

Keynote title for our Opposition to Thatcher conference by the amazing Dr Amy Edwards: 'Begrudging bedfellows and oppositional allies: Thatcherism and the limits of Popular Capitalism'

It will be great. See all speakers & sign up 👇 forms.cloud.microsoft/e/WFugaYiSyh

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Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 1d

Oct 7, 1959: Luna 3 Snaps Moon’s Far Side! 🌑 A Space Race Triumph! #SpaceHistory

Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 2d

Very competitive fields though. But even just to be out forward is a big achievement

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Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 2d

Oh wow. Very very interesting.

Definitely a topic that much more could be written about!!! 👏👏👏

Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 2d

Anthropology very popular at QUB. Very interesting topics 👏

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Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 2d

I can live with losses etc, it's performance levels. We have no style or identity

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Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 3d

Plymouth, Fulham, Palace X2, Chelsea X2, PSG, Gala, Brighton, Newcastle, PSV, Spurs and Milan (albeit this was a friendly)

Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 3d

When you’re a historian who gets sent a book of ancient remedies… and suddenly you’re convinced you were a medieval healer in a past life 🧙‍♂️📜

I feel like Merlin with WiFi — easily my favourite PR gift yet 😂
#Historian #AncientRemedies #BookTok #HistoryNerd #WitchyVibes #ContentCreator

Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 3d

It's more than just the last 3 games, it's Liverpool's performance levels. They've been very poor.

Yes there are mitigating circumstances, I completely get that!

But form has fallen off a cliff throughout 2025. Played 41, win 22, lost 13, drew 6. Scored 75, conceded 50. Very worrying #lfc

Dramatic Chelsea win makes a statement and raises a question: Are Liverpool in crisis?

While Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca got a big statement win, worries for Liverpool and Mohamed Salah deepen.

www.espn.com

Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 4d

Thrilled to share the poster for our inter-disciplinary 'Opposition to Thatcher' conference on 14 Nov!

Includes sign-up info - please share. Thanks to Keynote Dr Amy Edwards, all speakers & QUB HAPP for funding. @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @qubhistory.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

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Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 6d

Absolutely delighted with the response so far. Still plenty of time to sign up to this conference on Opposition to Thatcher. Please share with anyone who might be interested in attending. Would be of interest to all disciples but especially History and Politics etc #Thatcherconference

Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 13d

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Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 6d

Fully deserved. It's an amazing book. Congratulations Kieran 👏

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 8d

I’m honoured that my book, MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY has been shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize. Hugely grateful to the judges and the many people who have supported this work along the way

@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social

www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...

2025 Wolfson History Prize shortlist announced

The Wolfson History Prize has revealed its 2025 shortlist, with six books in contention for the UK's most prestigious history writing prize.

www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk

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Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 6d

What's everyone's thoughts on this?

Genghis Khan’s burial place is a mystery. Can modern science solve it?

What cutting-edge technology has revealed in the 800-year-old search for the Mongol ruler's lost tomb.

www.nationalgeographic.com

Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 9d

Very interesting read this regarding the Council Tax. My own research analyses its predecessors (the poll tax and domestic rates) but I also look at the introduction of the Council Tax. So very much related to my field of interest. Great Read!!! #counciltax #currentaffairs

Council tax is an unfair mess – here’s a system that could work better | British Politics and Policy at LSE

The consensus says that it's a bad tax, yet politicians have been shying away from reforming council tax for decades. Paul Cheshire offers an alternative.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 9d

No desk is complete without a flower 🌷😂 #flower

Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 9d

This is super tense... #rydercup

Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 10d

Sep 28, 1864: First International Founded! 🛠️ The Fight for Workers’ Rights Begins! #LaborHistory

Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 11d

Sep 27, 1540: Jesuit Order Founded! 🕊️ Ignatius of Loyola’s Vision Shapes History! #ReligiousHistory

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Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 11d

History seminar absolutely packed out today. Amazing 👏👏👏 @qubhistory.bsky.social

Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 12d

A question for all Historians!!!

Apologies if this is a stupid question, what are some good institutes to join? I actually only found out about this today.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 12d

Completely agree. I'm sure Historians in 50 years time will be looking back on this last 5 years and will have a lot to say about it

Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 12d

Be definitely interesting to see how this plays out, both politically and socially

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Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 12d

I agree times have changed, no doubt. And ID is definitely more common. But I can definitely see the parallels regarding control...

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Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 12d

One of the major reasons people resisted the Poll Tax, and there were many, was because many believed it was a form of control that would potentially lead to ID cards etc... Interesting to see where this goes.

Starmer to unveil plan for digital ID cards to crack down on illegal immigration

The so-called "Brit card" would verify a citizen's right to live and work in the UK.

news.sky.com

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Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks so much @historylabplus.bsky.social and @sophcocooper.bsky.social for the amazing presentation today. It was fantastic.

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