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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 8h

Loved chatting to the always interesting and thoughtful @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social about her brilliant new book. Listen to the interview via the link below ⬇️

HistFest @histfest.bsky.social · 8h

"There is a sense of pre-emptive mourning for something that we know is on the way"

Interview: Prof. Sadiah Qureshi on her career, research and latest book, Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction histfest.substack.com/p/there-is-a...

"There is a sense of pre-emptive mourning for something that we know is on the way"

Sadiah Qureshi on her career, research and latest book, Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction

histfest.substack.com

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 15h

How wonderful! www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

‘Almost unheard of’: experts find more music by English composer Henry Purcell

Printed score and keyboard manuscript by Purcell, who died in 1695, unearthed in Worcestershire and Norfolk

www.theguardian.com

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, so House of Guinness is extremely well done. Five stars from me.

(Caveat - I’m not Irish, so I can’t comment on the accents!)

Promotion still for Netflix’s House of Guinness. Shows the four Guinness siblings in a dark grand room

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 3d

I’m about 40% of the way through and I’d highly recommend!

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 3d

Ps. If you have read it or are planning to read it, why not join the @histfest.bsky.social book club? Details are here bsky.app/profile/hist...

HistFest @histfest.bsky.social · 13d

*HISTORY BOOK CLUB*

We’re looking forward to continuing our reading journey with you. New members very welcome! Our titles for October are:

NONFICTION - An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi
FICTION - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Sign up histfest.org/history-book...

Book club titles. Left - An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi.
Right - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks to Zeinab Badawi’s brilliant book, I have a new obsession with Kushite Hieroglyphs. Where can I learn more??

Audiobook cover - An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 5d

Dear lord

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

One Manchester synagogue terror attack victim died after accidental police shooting – latest updates

Manchester synagogue terror attack victim died after accidental police shooting – latest updates

Police say attacker was not armed and second member of the public suffered non-life threatening gunshot injuries

www.theguardian.com

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 5d

Could not be more ready for this if I tried youtu.be/8aulMPhE12g?...

Frankenstein | Guillermo del Toro | Official Trailer | Netflix

YouTube video by Netflix

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6d

Manchester synagogue attack latest: police say suspect shot after four people injured by vehicle and stabbings

Police say they are responding to an incident in Crumpsall, Greater Manchester Greater Manchester Police said a suspect has been shot and four people have suffered injuries caused by a vehicle and stabbings at a synagogue in Crumpsall north of the city. The force said: Police were called to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, on Middleton Road, Crumpsall, at 9.31am by a member of the public, stating he had witnessed a car being driven towards members of the public, and one man had been stabbed. GMP declared PLATO and a major incident at 9.37am. Shots were fired by Greater Manchester Police firearms officers at 9.38am. One man has been shot, believed to be the offender. Continue reading...

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 6d

Shop bought, but the coop has boiled eggs with a delicious mustard mayo in their lunch fridges.

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 6d

Boiled egg

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 6d

Who did what in early modern England?

New #OpenAccess book, 'The Experience of Work in Early Modern England' by @jwhittle.bsky.social, @markhailwood.bsky.social, @hkrobb.bsky.social & @aucointaylor.bsky.social, based on thousands of #EarlyModern court depositions 🗃️

Read it: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

This book applies the innovative work-task approach to the history of work, which captures the contribution of all workers and types of work to the early modern economy. Drawing on tens of thousands of court depositions, the authors analyse the individual tasks that made up everyday work for women and men, shedding new light on the gender division of labour, and the ways in which time, space, age and marital status shaped sixteenth and seventeenth-century working life. Combining qualitative and quantitative analysis, the book deepens our understanding of the preindustrial economy, and calls for us to rethink not only who did what, but also the implications of these findings for major debates about structural change, the nature and extent of paid work, and what has been lost as well as gained over the past three centuries of economic development. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Cover of Whittle, Jane, Mark Hailwood, Hannah Robb, and Taylor Aucoin. The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. of Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025.

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Sarah Elizabeth Cox @oispooky.bsky.social · 6d

A feature I wrote for the print issue of BBC History Magazine earlier this year is now online! Introducing Alf Ball, Hezekiah Moscow, Henry 'Sugar' Goodson, the Sisters Mills and Jem Smith 🦁🥊🤜🏻🤛🏾

Steven Knight not going straight for that chapel fight is wild...

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From a lion-taming lightweight to the Muscular Maids: 5 Victorian boxing sensations you need to know about

Sarah Elizabeth Cox introduces the pugilists who punched their way into Britons’ affections during the dying days of bare-knuckle prize-fighting

www.historyextra.com

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 6d

Pleased that Vogue UK has gone with a recent pic. That’s the one I’ve shared.

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 7d

Indeed

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 7d

Very grateful to live in a world where LOTR extended editions exist and a free Saturday is on the horizon.

a close up of a man 's face with the words " i would have gone with you to the end "

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words " i would have gone with you to the end "

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 8d

Available wherever you get your podcasts

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 8d

Episode two of the new season of my award-winning podcast series is now available.

I’ve been a producer for nearly two decades, but I think this is one of the most important things I’ve ever produced. It touches on something that is incredibly hard to confront - harm in spaces of trust.

Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 11d

Wow. The podcast I produced has been given a billboard on Times Square. I’ve never had this before.

(Very weird work / life juxtaposition this weekend)

Photo of Mind of a monster podcast bill board in Times Square

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 10d

I’m so very sorry

Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 10d

I’m so sorry for your loss

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 11d

Should you wish to listen to the first episode, follow this link: music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/c94...

For the best experience accessing Amazon Music, we recommend using the latest version of Firefox, Chrome, Safari or Edge.

music.amazon.co.uk

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you x

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 11d

I’m very sorry for your loss x

Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 11d

Wow. The podcast I produced has been given a billboard on Times Square. I’ve never had this before.

(Very weird work / life juxtaposition this weekend)

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 12d

Like, why does it mean Homo erectus split into lots of groups 1 million years ago? Could it not just mean that there were many splits over time with Homo longi being the earliest example we now know of?

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