@whatintheweald.bsky.social
Work in heritage. Here to read the news. Love reading, knitting and cats. Would love to be good at gardening and my ambition is to have a few chickens. European in England.
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Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds.
Net migration to the UK fell by more than two-thirds to a post-pandemic low in the year ending June 2025, but 67% of the people polled thought it had increased
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Net migration to the UK fell by more than two-thirds to a post-pandemic low in the year ending June 2025, but 67% of the people polled thought it had increased
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds
Exclusive: Voters say they have little confidence that government can control borders despite sharp falls in net migration
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds.
Net migration to the UK fell by more than two-thirds to a post-pandemic low in the year ending June 2025, but 67% of the people polled thought it had increased
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Net migration to the UK fell by more than two-thirds to a post-pandemic low in the year ending June 2025, but 67% of the people polled thought it had increased
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Enemies within and without. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog includes a look at Erasmus, the Mail's anti-emigrant campaign, the great hate at home and the threat from Trump abroad, and the government's response: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/enem...
January 9, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Enemies within and without. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog includes a look at Erasmus, the Mail's anti-emigrant campaign, the great hate at home and the threat from Trump abroad, and the government's response: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/01/enem...
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Are you a PG research student based outside of London? Did you know that you may be eligible for a bursary of up to £500 to take one of our short courses in 2026? Find out more on our IHR Research Training and Short Courses page: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini... Applications open until 31 Jan 2026
Research Training and Short Courses
The IHR offers a wide range of training courses for historians at all career stages, from digital research and oral history to archives and publishing.
www.history.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Are you a PG research student based outside of London? Did you know that you may be eligible for a bursary of up to £500 to take one of our short courses in 2026? Find out more on our IHR Research Training and Short Courses page: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini... Applications open until 31 Jan 2026
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WATCH 📺 Political editor @jamesrball.com explain why some universities across the country could face bankruptcies next year
🔗 Full article: buff.ly/oaEqNhv
🔗 Full article: buff.ly/oaEqNhv
December 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
WATCH 📺 Political editor @jamesrball.com explain why some universities across the country could face bankruptcies next year
🔗 Full article: buff.ly/oaEqNhv
🔗 Full article: buff.ly/oaEqNhv
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Velkommen hjem til ham og tak.
Super proud of this one - sometimes in museums we get to do the right thing & correct a historical wrong.
Honoured to have played a part in returning Preben Holger Larsen's remains to Denmark, and I hope sharing our methods helps other museums follow difficult research threads.
bit.ly/4iZXCpX
Honoured to have played a part in returning Preben Holger Larsen's remains to Denmark, and I hope sharing our methods helps other museums follow difficult research threads.
bit.ly/4iZXCpX
Museum-led repatriation of Second World War human remains: the case of Preben Holger Larsen - Science Museum Group Journal
bit.ly
December 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Velkommen hjem til ham og tak.
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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BLACK SUN: Amorphous Flocks of #Starlings Swell Above the Danish Marshlands - amazing #murmuration #photography by Søren Solkær
Link for more photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/sore...
Link for more photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/sore...
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
BLACK SUN: Amorphous Flocks of #Starlings Swell Above the Danish Marshlands - amazing #murmuration #photography by Søren Solkær
Link for more photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/sore...
Link for more photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/sore...
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Join us next week to hear from a master stonemason share an illuminating journey through Britain's medieval churches.
Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-c...
#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-c...
#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Join us next week to hear from a master stonemason share an illuminating journey through Britain's medieval churches.
Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-c...
#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/event-balh-c...
#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
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Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
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Coldrum Long Barrow looking very fine in the late summer sun.
September 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Coldrum Long Barrow looking very fine in the late summer sun.
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Bumble bee amongst the campions #wildflowerhour
June 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Bumble bee amongst the campions #wildflowerhour
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Today in Skåne, Sweden. #skåne #storkriket
May 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Today in Skåne, Sweden. #skåne #storkriket
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April 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Did you know an estimated 99% of women who die in childbirth or from pregnancy-related complications live in developing countries?
Most of these deaths are preventable.
This #WorldHealthDay, stand with them by sharing this tile. ❤️
Most of these deaths are preventable.
This #WorldHealthDay, stand with them by sharing this tile. ❤️
April 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Did you know an estimated 99% of women who die in childbirth or from pregnancy-related complications live in developing countries?
Most of these deaths are preventable.
This #WorldHealthDay, stand with them by sharing this tile. ❤️
Most of these deaths are preventable.
This #WorldHealthDay, stand with them by sharing this tile. ❤️
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William Martin,The Parent's Tao Te Ching
March 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
William Martin,The Parent's Tao Te Ching
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Please share with your students! This a fantastic offer! And if you are not a student, please consider joining, subscribing, or making a donation.
Brand New Student Membership – Just £5! 📢
Are you a student in the UK with a passion for archaeology and heritage? Whether you're studying archaeology, history, or just love exploring the past, you can now join the CBA for only £5! 🎉
Become a student member 👉 buff.ly/4ewkB8k
Are you a student in the UK with a passion for archaeology and heritage? Whether you're studying archaeology, history, or just love exploring the past, you can now join the CBA for only £5! 🎉
Become a student member 👉 buff.ly/4ewkB8k
March 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Please share with your students! This a fantastic offer! And if you are not a student, please consider joining, subscribing, or making a donation.
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As the world feels more and more dangerous, my life shrinks into what I can manage and what brings me joy. My tiny garden feels safe and is endlessly fascinating. Sharing it with you is important too. A bit of sunshine has really helped. #sixonSaturday 🌱
March 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
As the world feels more and more dangerous, my life shrinks into what I can manage and what brings me joy. My tiny garden feels safe and is endlessly fascinating. Sharing it with you is important too. A bit of sunshine has really helped. #sixonSaturday 🌱
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Our next online Coin Talk is with Dr Andrew Brown!
An Introduction to Roman Coins will be on the 25th of February at 12:30 GMT.
Register here: bit.ly/4huRpB3
#coins #money #roman #numismatics #museum
An Introduction to Roman Coins will be on the 25th of February at 12:30 GMT.
Register here: bit.ly/4huRpB3
#coins #money #roman #numismatics #museum
February 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Our next online Coin Talk is with Dr Andrew Brown!
An Introduction to Roman Coins will be on the 25th of February at 12:30 GMT.
Register here: bit.ly/4huRpB3
#coins #money #roman #numismatics #museum
An Introduction to Roman Coins will be on the 25th of February at 12:30 GMT.
Register here: bit.ly/4huRpB3
#coins #money #roman #numismatics #museum
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We’re all set for our Teacher Conference tomorrow! From pens and schedules to our favourite woolly mammoth, we’ve got everything ready to welcome you. We can’t wait to see you there for a day full of inspiration, learning, and museum magic! ✨
February 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We’re all set for our Teacher Conference tomorrow! From pens and schedules to our favourite woolly mammoth, we’ve got everything ready to welcome you. We can’t wait to see you there for a day full of inspiration, learning, and museum magic! ✨
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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When a marginalised community is demonised by the media, it doesn’t stop at words.
Politicians exploit the hatred created by those stories, leading to increasingly hostile government policies stripping away people's basic rights and dignity
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-gb-news
Politicians exploit the hatred created by those stories, leading to increasingly hostile government policies stripping away people's basic rights and dignity
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-gb-news
Stop GB News bringing Trump's playbook to Britain
GB News wants to bring Trump's playbook to Britain — but together we're pushing back. Donate to help get more advertisers to drop GB News.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
When a marginalised community is demonised by the media, it doesn’t stop at words.
Politicians exploit the hatred created by those stories, leading to increasingly hostile government policies stripping away people's basic rights and dignity
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-gb-news
Politicians exploit the hatred created by those stories, leading to increasingly hostile government policies stripping away people's basic rights and dignity
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-gb-news