it’s not hyperbole, JKR literally said support for HP is support for her transphobia and she uses the money she makes from it to TRY TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY if you watch that show please don’t ever speak to me again trans lives are more important than your fandom of a terrible human’s IP

The most scrupulously polite fuck off I’ve ever seen in my life. And it couldn’t have happened to a more deserving organisation.

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Early bird booking for the @histassoc.bsky.social conference in Newcastle/Gateshead ends today. Come to our wonderful city and experience brilliant history CPD! www.haconference.com

This is Trump's America.

If you're thinking of telling your students tomorrow about how King Harold sailed his army to Hastings, maybe make it a lesson in source criticism. www.marcmorris.org.uk/2026/03/did-...

Did King Harold Really Sail to the Battle of Hastings? I'm not convinced... www.marcmorris.org.uk/2026/03/did-...

Every time a Chelsea manager moans about being tired before a home game, Harold Godwinson just shakes his head and says "if I could travel across country and kill the King of Norway and my own brother to win at Stamford Bridge, you can play two games in 4 days".

It's only force majeure if it comes from the Majeure region of France. Otherwise it's just a sparkling shitshow.

Remember this when Reform say that migrants are a threat to women.

Incredibly excited about this! I’m also leading a workshop on local history and how I’ve been trying to make it matter in this wonderful part of the world.

If you're a history teacher, and you've never been to a history teacher conference, or if you're a primary teacher and you lead or love history, then you cannot miss @histassoc.bsky.social conference, 15 & 16 May, in Newcastle. Two days packed with workshops – inspiration & history-geekery galore.

I was asked to comment by the Guardian and declined. I simply referred them to my review of his previous book. www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...

Whaaaaaatt www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

A reminder- always advocate for yourself when medical care is concerned. After a hospital admission last week I’ve been waiting for a follow up and made some phone calls to find that the unit hadn’t produced a discharge letter for me, no referral, and it wouldn’t have happened if I hadn’t called.

Doctors say that most serious childhood diseases are caused by viruses. A guy who eats dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says they are caused by radiation from 5G cell phone towers. For a busy parent, it can be hard to know who to trust.

Private Eye on the recent hissy fit Farage had when YouGov published polling results that show he isn’t as popular as he thinks he is… “He's a thin-skinned, corrupt demagogue whose party has dodgy Russian links and most true British patriots would rather chop their hand off than vote for him” Yes!

If you're looking for some summer #historyteacher inspiration, look no further than @1972shp.bsky.social Summer Conference. Always a highlight! youtu.be/MdiFX8mDz0E?...

Think I’m in love with Mamdani…

Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh! I had the pleasure of being back on the Emerald Isle this weekend on the beautiful Lough Erne.

Reform’s TV suggests that military veterans are denied health and housing support while ‘illegal immigrants’ are prioritised. In fact there is dedicated support for veterans while asylum seekers share no choice housing & basic GP access. Lies, lies, lies www.nhs.uk/nhs-services...

Lots more of these here!

'Evil witch poisons a good man' trope puts in an appearance. And yes it is in the newspaper that described the rapist Donald Trump as a "feminist champion" and a "feminist hero".

Please tell me how on earth this doesn’t breach standards?! @stopfundinghate.bsky.social can we list this in calls to boycott advertisers? It’s absolutely shocking.

Happy Friday! Off to Ireland for a wedding. Sláinte!

To say it has been a mad week would be putting it mildly, I’ve had a hospital admission, lumbar puncture, CT scan but finished it off with talking about Irish History for the wonderful HA North East Teacher Network! Thank you to everyone who attended and now if you don’t mind I’m going to lie down.

Labour MP Charlotte Nichols reveals she was raped as an MP as she opposes the governments jury trial reforms Every Labour MP should listen to her incredibly powerful and brave statement in parliament today

A brilliant session tonight on “Teaching Irish history in English schools” by @msquinnhistory.bsky.social. Jam packed with strategies and knowledge to make this possible. Thanks to the @histassoc.bsky.social NE network for putting it on.

Please read this and share with anyone peddling nonsense.

A compromise we can all get behind surely

Long shot, but I’m going to ask anyway: has anyone got a book of sources concerning the correspondence around MQS’s execution? There’s a photo of a draft letter to Parliament in John Guy’s Elizabeth: the Forgotten Years and it’s distracting me that I can’t fully contextualise it! #HistoryTeacher

Teaching: so all encompassing and busy that when you’re off sick you actually do life admin that otherwise you can’t do. I’ve been sorting out my phone contract for the last from my bed.

gambling monk, germany, 15th century

How likely is it that Alfred the Great sent two emissaries to India in the ninth century? ⌛️ Last chance to read this recent History Matters for free www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...

Late to the party on watching Civilisations: Rise and Fall (Aztecs) and why oh why is someone who isn’t an expert in this area getting so much bloody airtime. Unless I’ve missed something, he has no credentials in this field at least in comparison to the other wonderful experts. What an insult.

Time is running out to get your free tickets to this webinar organised by the HA North East Teacher Branch. I will be sharing my experiences and ideas about teaching Irish history in English schools. Open to everyone! Why is there a Northern Ireland www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/why-is-the...

In English, the word “wife” means “woman you are married to”. In Dutch, the word “wijf” (more or less the same pronunciation, despite the weird spelling) means something like “hag”, “broad” or an even less pleasant word for a woman that I am not going to type here. Let me tell you how come.

Time is running out to get your free tickets to this webinar organised by the HA North East Teacher Branch. I will be sharing my experiences and ideas about teaching Irish history in English schools. Open to everyone! Why is there a Northern Ireland www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/why-is-the...

This FOl enquiry for the Guardian has taken up a great deal of my life for the past 2 years. (1/3)

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Wait… do Reform think free schools are literally free? As in, no-cost?

@carolinepennock.bsky.social Hi Caroline, one my students had an interesting question this week regarding Mexica religious belief. Did they have any specific beliefs around a solar eclipse given that it could look like the sun wasn’t powerful? Sorry if it’s a very in depth question!

Probably my favourite thing this week: children writing that Hadrian’s Wall was the height of “3 Ms Quinns”. #historyteaching

My daughter is a foreign born citizen. I assume she’s included in Reform’s plans to stop “foreign born citizens” voting…except she’s white so I assume she gets a pass because she’s definitely not the sort of person he was talking about.

"Foreign-born Citizens" are actually just called citizens. "Foreign-born voters" are just called voters "non-citizen voters" (yes, this is a thing here in 🇬🇧) are just voters.

Farage and the mainstream media are much graver risks to British democracy, constantly spouting nonsense and worse.

If any journalists out there look at the USA in horror and wonder how it got there, this is how.

I had a wonderful afternoon with my daughter exploring Newcastle castle. So much rich history. The view from the top is exceptional.