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Because I’m a well organised parent, our youngest is going to nursery on st David’s day dressed as a… Welsh squirrel?

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“The State is the name by which we call the great human conspiracy against hunger and cold, against loneliness and ignorance; [it is the] warden of the arts, of love, of comradeship, of all that redeems from despair that strange adventure which we call human life.” - Tom Kettle (1910)

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JOB OPPORTUNITY: Professor in Latin Palaeography The Faculty of History and @wadhamcollege.bsky.social are seeking an outstanding palaeographer to join the team of medieval historians. Applications are welcome from candidates at all post-doctoral career stages, including at professorial level.

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Thinking about how many of my lovely academic friendships stem from early Twitter I also realise with a lurch how many academics I’m truly convinced hate me because one time I commented on something they’d tweeted and they didn’t reply

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Kicking off his presentation @alexclegg.bsky.social looks at the internatioanal picture on child poverty. For a rich country the UK has a pretty terrible record. We are among the worst of advanced economies when it comes to the share of our children living below the poverty line. This must change.

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If you're curious how a democracy transitions from a free press to state-run media, this is the kind of step you'd expect to see.

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Taken at work to mark the fourth time someone cracked “d’ya have one for every day of the week?” at me today

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Writing a piece on 1990s feminisms and absolutely felled by this piece about Cherie Blair QC and the glowing endorsement of her care for casseroles

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The Fort Knox conspiracy theory seems to have begun with this exchange on X. 2 days later Fox ran a segment about it. A few days after that Trump began bringing it up w reporters. Hard to overstate how much influence posters on a far-right forum have over the national conversation right now

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Cull? I hate these headlines, which are framed almost entirely on the pace and aggression of the actions taken and not on the danger they represent.

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Lol this sign "Do not bring food into the library Food residue will attract mice Mice will acquire knowledge in the library Get into university Then replace you" 😂

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Last call for my new Substack post on Swansea before and after the First World War when the borough was in the vanguard of housing reform: Early Municipal Housing in Swansea: breaking ‘the thrall of dreary terracing’ municipaldreams.substack.com/p/early-muni...

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buzzing to see @willhaycardiff.bsky.social discuss Taith in his newsletter (to which everyone interested in Wales should subscribe!). Taith was designed by my magnificent civil servant partner from our spare room during Covid & its emphasis on access for marginalised learners makes me so proud

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Publication day! A social & architectural history of post-war Scottish new towns: planning & buildings plus community, family, gender, work, education, home. The ebook is FREE via bit.ly/4hLkxn9. Print copy (more attractive!) via www.bloomsbury.com/uk/building-... - do ask libraries to purchase

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For those interested in Milton Keynes, new towns history, and the history of community: my new article in Modern British History @mbhjournal.bsky.social. Open Access at doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...

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We're recruiting a Book Reviews Editor! This is a great role for ECRs working in Modern British History (broadly defined). Details at the link below. Any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch with Hannah! 🗃️ academic.oup.com/tcbh/pages/c...

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My middle kid (4) is away for the night and I’m just walking around patting his stuff like a lost goose

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"Women of the World Unite: The United Nations Decade for Women and Transnational Feminisms 1975 to Now' - new exhibition opening on 10 February.

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My cartoon for today’s @guardian books.

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Well, today’s Guardian blind date column is ADORABLE and I wholly recommend it if you need some sweetness in your day www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Can we all agree it is very annoying when you dutifully read a whole book only to find that the best quote is, in fact, on p1

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Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/historians-p...

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This isn't something to scoff at in any way. Well done, guys.

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Mellon Research Fellow in American History- University of Cambridge - Faculty of History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLW329/m...

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Please sign if you believe: 1. Protecting jobs = the priority, not an extra % on last years pay 2. A pay rise is meaningless if you're made redundant 3. We shouldn't spend £200k on a strike ballot "to see what happens" See if the UCU Left majority on HEC agrees with you Then #vote for a new NEC

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🚨Attention UCU members in HE: we have started an open letter for you to sign in support of a motion we're bringing to the meeting on Weds 19th which calls for a focus on defending jobs, reforming HE, & calling off a national ballot. docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/...

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I hope all those people who didn’t want to be part of a European superpower are feeling happy with their choice. How’s the transatlantic alliance working out for ya?

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‘I didn’t want to spend time with my children. I was just going through the motions’: the pain of parental burnout www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Lots of useful links in this very helpful post.

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