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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 6h

An unexpected archaeological discovery in Oxfordshire County Council’s proposed new HQ could transform our understanding of Oxford’s history. Madeline Odent @oldenoughtosay.com unearths a fascinating site – and floats an intriguing possibility…

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Have we found St Frideswide’s Priory?

An unexpected discovery at Oxfordshire County Council’s proposed new HQ could transform our understanding of Oxford’s history. Madeline Odent explains more… Oxfordshire County Council received some u...

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 12h

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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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 1d

This lurid headline is about British tourists no longer getting away with overstaying in Schengen. Or being 'illegals', as it's often called in the UK.

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Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 1d

A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe.

I'm horrified.
I'm angry.

A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone who advocates for turning the UK into the UAE assumes they'll be the one with a marina penthouse rather than the guy working on a building site in 50c heat

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Modern Humanities Research Association @themhra.bsky.social · Mar 21

The MHRA has transitioned from Twitter/X and will now use Bluesky to communicate our work. We are excited to contribute to establishing Bluesky as a dynamic, inclusive, and engaging platform for academic exchange and collaboration.

To celebrate this new chapter, we are hosting a book giveaway! 👇

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Paul Cotterill @bickerrecord.bsky.social · 1d

FWIW, this is the best book on how Handsworth came together as a multicultural community in the 1960s and 1970s in the context of overtly racist government policies. Brilliant sociological study of resilience.

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Michael H Whitworth @profmhwhitworth.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

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TR Virginia Woolf Topluluğu - Virginia Woolf Society of Turkey @vwoolfturkiye.bsky.social · 1d

We’re excited to kick off the new season of Woolf Seminars with Luca Pinelli’s talk. Registration is now open from the link below 👇

virginiawoolfsocietyturkey.org/etkinlikler/...

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 1d

Awful news from Wales, the St Fagan's Museum has been broken into and prehistoric goldwork has been taken. Its painful to think what objects might now be at risk. Thoughts with the museum team who must be devastated, all speed to the police and a curse on the crooks.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem

Police are investigating a burglary at St Fagans museum in the early hours of Monday morning.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Michael H Whitworth @profmhwhitworth.bsky.social · 2d

A long shot: does anyone have an image of Iseult Gonne’s signature?

I acquired a 1930s book signed “Iseult” on the flyleaf and, as it’s an uncommon name, wondered if it had been hers.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 1d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 2d

‘It’s not about skin’ says man who repeatedly refers to skin in speeches about ethnicity

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 2d

“Well preserved” walls potentially dating back to Saxon times have been discovered in excavations at Speedwell House, the building just off St Aldates which is proposed as Oxfordshire County Council’s new HQ. As first reported by the Clarion, relocation plans are currently on hold after the find.

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 16d

Plans to move Oxfordshire County Council’s HQ to Speedwell House, just off St Aldates, could be rethought after “a potentially significant archaeological find” at the site. OCC has recently sold County Hall for redevelopment as a hotel, meaning the council will need a new home from spring 2027.

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Michael H Whitworth @profmhwhitworth.bsky.social · 2d

A long shot: does anyone have an image of Iseult Gonne’s signature?

I acquired a 1930s book signed “Iseult” on the flyleaf and, as it’s an uncommon name, wondered if it had been hers.

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Andy Miller @iammilliam.bsky.social · 2d

RIP lovely Jilly Cooper, the only subject of a @backlisted.bsky.social episode to write us all thank you letters afterwards. ❤️

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Jilly Cooper, author of Rivals and Riders, dies aged 88

The author of 18 ‘bonkbuster’ novels including Riders, Rivals and Bella has died following a fall Jilly Cooper has died at the age of 88, her agent has confirmed. The author, whose 18 novels include Riders and Rivals, “defined culture, writing and conversation since she was first published over fifty years ago,” said her agent Felicity Blunt. “You wouldn’t expect books categorised as bonkbusters to have so emphatically stood the test of time but Jilly wrote with acuity and insight about all things - class, sex, marriage, rivalry, grief and fertility.” Continue reading...

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 2d

I was well over 30 when I wrote and published my first novel, and fully agree with you!

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 3d

When I turned 30 I had not yet written my first published book or my first published novel and did not know (or know of) some of the most important people in my life. I didn't know how much my life could still change, and did, after the age of 30. There is so much your life still yet to live.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Sarah C E Ross @sarahceross.bsky.social · 3d

Job alert! University of Auckland, lectureship in English, in the long 19th century:

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Lecturer - English

Company Description: Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of AucklandThe University of Auckland is New Zealand’s pre-eminent University, with a turnover of $1.1bn, including research revenue of over $...

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Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 3d

Not sure you’ve seen these images here, but in the UK they’re arresting dangerous anti genocide protestors for “supporting terrorism”. You can sleep easier knowing these thugs are off the streets.

Blind man with a walking stick being led off by a police man in a yellow vest.

Two seniors in motorized wheelchairs and holding Palestine flags being loaded up into a police van by several agents.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 3d

Feels like a situation where -- and look, I'm just spitballing here -- the media could take some reporters and cameras to various parts of Portland and report what they see rather than just do stenography for someone with a long history trying to game the system with lies and exaggeration.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d

The protests are on one block. Nothing is burning down. His justification for sending in troops is all based on lies.

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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 2d

I'm 48 now and regret not keeping a diary because I'm alarmed at how much of my life I've utterly forgotten. I mentioned this to a writing workshop comprised mainly of older people I taught last year, and one woman said, "Start now. START NOW. I'm 77 and I WISH had started keeping a diary at 50."

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Nick Sturm @nicksturm.bsky.social · 3d

A student in my publishing course is interested in researching book pulping and book recycling. Do we know any work or introductory material in this area?

(Work on remainders, print runs, supply chain, raw materials all relevant, too.)

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scott lyall @scottlyall.bsky.social · 3d

Reading MacDiarmid's A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle again. It was published 100 years ago next year. Kenneth Buthlay's annotated edition from 1987, published by @asls.org.uk, remains the best guide. The poem itself is as thrilling, ambitious and flawed as ever it was.

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Natalie (prev “NanouTheNomad”) @drnataliestahl.bsky.social · 3d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
⬇️ this (claiming that Jewish donors and media leaders who support democratic ideals and the Democratic Party are funding terrorism, or are “globalists” with nefarious and selfish goals) is antisemitism, and it is scary as hell

Trump sets sights on liberal megadonor George Soros: ‘A chilling message to other donors’

Billionaire ticks all the boxes on the antisemitic score card as Trump attacks Democratic contributors before midterms

www.theguardian.com

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Michael H Whitworth @profmhwhitworth.bsky.social · 3d

RIP Pat Fish, who died four years ago today

Michael H Whitworth @profmhwhitworth.bsky.social · 9d

Six years ago, one of Pat’s first performances of this song, which transfixed me when I heard it a few months later at the Lexington. I love how the lyric plays on different senses of not knowing someone. #thejazzbutcher

The Jazz Butcher live by Cathimini

YouTube video by Cathy “Not Only R'n'R” Viale

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