Louise
@thefloralhistorian.bsky.social
Ex-Florist now a historian with an Masters in history from Liverpool Hope University. Writing a book on Liverpool social history, I hope to have it finished by the end of 2025. I'm a Mum of three in my other life & have been roped into being a dance mum.
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Every flag left flying and every case quietly dropped tells extremists they’re winning. The authorities’ fear has become the far right’s fuel – and it’s ordinary people who pay the price.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
Government, councils and police: all scared to act as far right run riot
Violent mobs try to intimidate with their flags, while we wonder what those in charge are doing about it
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Every flag left flying and every case quietly dropped tells extremists they’re winning. The authorities’ fear has become the far right’s fuel – and it’s ordinary people who pay the price.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
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Congratulations to the 2025 recipient of the Volvo Prize, @naomioreskes.bsky.social! Naomi's work addresses vital issues such as why we need to trust science; a topic that becomes even more important with every new day.
Read more here: www.environment-prize.com/laureates/na...
Read more here: www.environment-prize.com/laureates/na...
Why we should trust scientists
Many of the world's biggest problems require asking questions of scientists -- but why should we believe what they say? Historian of science Naomi Oreskes thinks deeply about our relationship to belie...
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November 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Congratulations to the 2025 recipient of the Volvo Prize, @naomioreskes.bsky.social! Naomi's work addresses vital issues such as why we need to trust science; a topic that becomes even more important with every new day.
Read more here: www.environment-prize.com/laureates/na...
Read more here: www.environment-prize.com/laureates/na...
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"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.
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Great investigation of the Nazis, racists and criminals mobilising the flag-on-lamp-posts movement. This is the kind of journalism that the national media could and should have conducted:
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Great investigation of the Nazis, racists and criminals mobilising the flag-on-lamp-posts movement. This is the kind of journalism that the national media could and should have conducted:
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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Fireworks PIF countdown: BLIND CHILD (1974) feels like a mini horror movie...
November 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Fireworks PIF countdown: BLIND CHILD (1974) feels like a mini horror movie...
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Morning all.
Photographer Peter Mitchell
‘Concorde Wallpaper, Devon Road, 1970s.’
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Photographer Peter Mitchell
‘Concorde Wallpaper, Devon Road, 1970s.’
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November 2, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Morning all.
Photographer Peter Mitchell
‘Concorde Wallpaper, Devon Road, 1970s.’
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Photographer Peter Mitchell
‘Concorde Wallpaper, Devon Road, 1970s.’
strangelyfamiliar.co.uk/products/010...
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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Lancashire was accepted as a county only when a royal exchequer official, in the audit for 1181-2, wrote out a separate parchment under the heading Lancastra quia non erat ei locus in Northumberland: ‘Lancaster, because there is no place for it in Northumberland.’
November 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Lancashire was accepted as a county only when a royal exchequer official, in the audit for 1181-2, wrote out a separate parchment under the heading Lancastra quia non erat ei locus in Northumberland: ‘Lancaster, because there is no place for it in Northumberland.’
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Bette Davis, on a press tour for Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte with Olivia de Havilland, weighs in on Julie Andrews and the 1964 Best Actress Oscar.
"I have" 😂😂😂
"I have" 😂😂😂
August 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Bette Davis, on a press tour for Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte with Olivia de Havilland, weighs in on Julie Andrews and the 1964 Best Actress Oscar.
"I have" 😂😂😂
"I have" 😂😂😂
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New Brighton, 1983-5, photo by Martin Parr.
September 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
New Brighton, 1983-5, photo by Martin Parr.
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Fangs against the western sky
September 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Fangs against the western sky
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Just Chips Grandad, painting by Geoff Butterworth, Rochdale-based artist. #NorthernArt #FishandChipArt
August 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Just Chips Grandad, painting by Geoff Butterworth, Rochdale-based artist. #NorthernArt #FishandChipArt
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This is not Autumn. This is drought distress in Islington, London
Trees shed leaves to reduce water intake. It’s happening all over England
Trees shed leaves to reduce water intake. It’s happening all over England
August 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This is not Autumn. This is drought distress in Islington, London
Trees shed leaves to reduce water intake. It’s happening all over England
Trees shed leaves to reduce water intake. It’s happening all over England
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Yesterday, I saw a post mocking Bruno Fernandes for missing his pen.
I commented that I wondered how much the loss of Diogo is impacting him since they were teammates.
The amount of vitriol and hate I’ve received because of that comment has been ridiculous.
#ManUnited
1/4
I commented that I wondered how much the loss of Diogo is impacting him since they were teammates.
The amount of vitriol and hate I’ve received because of that comment has been ridiculous.
#ManUnited
1/4
August 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Yesterday, I saw a post mocking Bruno Fernandes for missing his pen.
I commented that I wondered how much the loss of Diogo is impacting him since they were teammates.
The amount of vitriol and hate I’ve received because of that comment has been ridiculous.
#ManUnited
1/4
I commented that I wondered how much the loss of Diogo is impacting him since they were teammates.
The amount of vitriol and hate I’ve received because of that comment has been ridiculous.
#ManUnited
1/4
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Daniil Medvedev after a loss at the US Open.
Another grown man throwing a tantrum like he's a 3yo toddler. Ffs, mate. Do the world a favour—get off the court and stay off.
Another grown man throwing a tantrum like he's a 3yo toddler. Ffs, mate. Do the world a favour—get off the court and stay off.
August 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Daniil Medvedev after a loss at the US Open.
Another grown man throwing a tantrum like he's a 3yo toddler. Ffs, mate. Do the world a favour—get off the court and stay off.
Another grown man throwing a tantrum like he's a 3yo toddler. Ffs, mate. Do the world a favour—get off the court and stay off.
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Haworth, Yorkshire, 1964, painting by Bradford-born Richard Eurich (1903-92). #NorthernArt
August 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Haworth, Yorkshire, 1964, painting by Bradford-born Richard Eurich (1903-92). #NorthernArt
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Boy in a tin hat and his friends eat apples and read a comic, Liverpool, 1940, photo by Bert Hardy for Picture Post (Hulton/Getty).
August 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Boy in a tin hat and his friends eat apples and read a comic, Liverpool, 1940, photo by Bert Hardy for Picture Post (Hulton/Getty).
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i often think about Lauré, the black woman who often modeled for Manet & other artists - she appears in 2 poems in The Second Stop Is Jupiter, once as an accomplice in the murder of Olympia then again in the media trial for the murder.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laure_(...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laure_(...
August 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
i often think about Lauré, the black woman who often modeled for Manet & other artists - she appears in 2 poems in The Second Stop Is Jupiter, once as an accomplice in the murder of Olympia then again in the media trial for the murder.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laure_(...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laure_(...
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Rosedale Abbey, north Yorkshire, photo by Elise Garland.
August 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Rosedale Abbey, north Yorkshire, photo by Elise Garland.
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Hey folks - do your bit this bank holiday weekend to stop the 2029 General Election being a Farage Coronation. Demand rules are tightened so broadcasters stop overplatforming REFORM & give our other represented parties proper coverage. Sign here & pass on. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
August 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Hey folks - do your bit this bank holiday weekend to stop the 2029 General Election being a Farage Coronation. Demand rules are tightened so broadcasters stop overplatforming REFORM & give our other represented parties proper coverage. Sign here & pass on. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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Our conference is approaching soon!
There is still time to book to explore & celebrate the challenges of uncovering the presence of women within archives, libraries, museums & personal collections.
Info here: womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
#WomensHistory #GenderHist #Archives #Museums
There is still time to book to explore & celebrate the challenges of uncovering the presence of women within archives, libraries, museums & personal collections.
Info here: womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
#WomensHistory #GenderHist #Archives #Museums
August 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Our conference is approaching soon!
There is still time to book to explore & celebrate the challenges of uncovering the presence of women within archives, libraries, museums & personal collections.
Info here: womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
#WomensHistory #GenderHist #Archives #Museums
There is still time to book to explore & celebrate the challenges of uncovering the presence of women within archives, libraries, museums & personal collections.
Info here: womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
#WomensHistory #GenderHist #Archives #Museums
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Do you know your Thomas Cromwell from your Thomas Wolsey, your Thomas Cranmer from your Thomas More?
This time on MY LIFE IN THE PAST - take my Tudor test!
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This time on MY LIFE IN THE PAST - take my Tudor test!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
August 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Do you know your Thomas Cromwell from your Thomas Wolsey, your Thomas Cranmer from your Thomas More?
This time on MY LIFE IN THE PAST - take my Tudor test!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
This time on MY LIFE IN THE PAST - take my Tudor test!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Architect Alfred Waterhouse, Liverpool-born Quaker, died #OTD 1905. Buildings include Manchester Town Hall, London’s Natural History Museum, Liverpool University's Victoria building. His love of red brick and terracotta led to him being nicknamed 'Slaughterhouse Waterhouse'.
August 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Architect Alfred Waterhouse, Liverpool-born Quaker, died #OTD 1905. Buildings include Manchester Town Hall, London’s Natural History Museum, Liverpool University's Victoria building. His love of red brick and terracotta led to him being nicknamed 'Slaughterhouse Waterhouse'.
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Liverpool school strike against Thatcher's Youth Training Scheme, 1985, photo by Dave Sinclair. Scheme was criticised as exploitation. There were school strikes in several cities.
August 22, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Liverpool school strike against Thatcher's Youth Training Scheme, 1985, photo by Dave Sinclair. Scheme was criticised as exploitation. There were school strikes in several cities.
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L.S. Lowry walking through the back streets of Salford, August 1957. In the background are Oldfield Road Dwellings.
August 22, 2025 at 7:19 AM
L.S. Lowry walking through the back streets of Salford, August 1957. In the background are Oldfield Road Dwellings.