York talk. 16 April. Scott Anthony on the state as a cultural patron: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/i-will-tak...

Universities: you must complete a risk assessment and ethical review for this perfectly safe activity. Also universities: please embrace this energy-hungry water-guzzling plagiarism machine that is frequently wrong. Also, it makes you thick and may encourage you to kill yourself.

Is this by LJK Setright?

Underrated that the era of neoliberal globalism characterized by fierce defense of intellectual property as rents, patents, and copyrights gave way so quickly to a new paradigm marked by the blithe plunder of all human creativity for LLM training data.

From Our Archive: 'The Choice Before the Labour Party' Was society to be dominated by bankers, industrialists and landowners, or will it ‘distribute the product of its labours in accordance with some generally recognised principles of justice?’

New paper: Mass Observing British Politics On what Mass Observation might contribute to political studies (and what political studies might contribute to Mass Observation). With @jmoss88.bsky.social and Alex Hill. Also paging @massobsarchive.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Why isn't 'political dissensus' in more common usage?

Some History jobs: features.york.ac.uk/history-jobs...

Interesting: www.jstor.org/stable/3317548

Open call for thematic issues of the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: For further details and how to apply, please visit 👉 iamhist.net/call-for-pro... ✍️

Look at this: www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

Historians are cited: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

bizarre detail from the nyt (I’m not amongst the 6) “Vue, a major European cinema operator, is offering nine showings (451 seats in all) at its multiplex in York, England, from Friday through Sunday, one analyst noted. As of Wednesday, it had sold six seats.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/b...

Have Grant Shapps joined both parties?

I agree ban the over 16s

I mean, its a relevant question… www.penguin.co.uk/books/469346...

In 1930 the OSCAR for best actor went to an actor portraying which British PM?

Is there a link between Arnold Wesker the DC comics Batman ventriloquist and Arnold Wesker the disgruntled / brilliant playwright?

Stumbled upon this 1966 Joseph Strick film of hecklers at the 1964 General election. Amazing footage of hecklers and politicians in creative dialogue. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

Why do I instinctively dislike it when people claim a city is really just a number of villages?

Oh no. I consumed plenty of Hayes on LBC back in, you know, the day. radiotoday.co.uk/2025/11/form...

A very comprehensive and informed analysis (as usual) from the Wonkhe team, helpfully putting the pieces of the English jigsaw in one place.

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Looks interesting

How to finance old age has been a problem since the inception of Britain’s welfare state. Why is #pensionreform so difficult? 🔓 Chris Renwick’s new Behind the Times is free for 7 days www.historytoday.com/archive/behi...

I’d also be interested to see polling differentiating between the willingness of ex-Labour voters to hold their noses and vote Labour vs. ex-Labour members to return to the fold. For many (not all), leaving Labour is a last resort, deep decision. A key cord is cut & that release can feel visceral.

Interesting that the BBC is no.2. I’ve always been a fan of the weather channel: today.yougov.com/politics/art...

An AI is spreading the rumour that the University of Yorkshire is planning on renaming AI, Aye Up.

Things I only just learned. Rachel Bowlby, the brilliant scholar of shopping (and other things), is the other Bowlby's progeny. Who knew? Presumably everyone but me. I blame the parents.

Amusing review. TLDR: a book, not a good book. I wonder if it touches on his utterly hopeless management of Middlesbrough? www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

interesting(ish) if this is in any way your jam: rateyourmusic.com/list/Kentuck...

So I've been reading the Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper. There's some good things in there. But when it comes to universities there's very little to cheer. The situation is very tough and will get worse. The last chance to preserve what we've got has passed. Let me explain why. (1/?)

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A rival to 'Labour isn't working'...? (1978)

FT columnist Janan Ganesh recently wrote of his conversion to the 'Great Man' theory of history - but only a minority agree -History is primarily shaped by major figures: 27% -Primarily shaped by broad social / economic / cultural / tech changes: 51% yougov.co.uk/topics/enter...

A personal opinion is that if an archive is moving to ‘structured content releases’, it is no longer an archive but a private comms repository. What an incredible loss to our understanding of UK culture and heritage.

Isn’t this extended opening hours idea straight outta Crosland?

Or boiling lobsters...

la-di-da...

I'll be putting a tie on... shoddily x

We offer #bursaries up to £500 for final-year undergraduates or taught Masters students to support archival and library research that will contribute to a dissertation on a labour history. Find out more sslh.org.uk/bursaries-gr...

The Modern British City 1945-2000 is out on November 28th, and is available for pre-order from ‪@lhartbooks.bsky.social‬: www.lundhumphries.com/products/the....

Calling historians and researchers. The BBC Written Archives Centre has changed its access rules without consultation. This means an end to proper independent research into the BBC's rich history. 178 have already signed the open letter. Please join the campaign: tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign

And you can now read the (just published) book for free on the @uolpress.bsky.social website uolpress.co.uk/book/democra... !

Interesting... newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

Deep play: notes for a Bethesda dust bath.’ ?? I know nothing about birds, had to google what on earth was going on