Happened to be on Leeds main station last evening and was surprised at the huge numbers of local Arsenal fans off the London train after the big parade. Never seen such a diverse bunch of football supporters in this part of the world, which was rather wonderful @philippeauclair.bsky.social

"The future of modern languages will not be secured simply by attempting to reverse falling demand. It will depend on expanding access to the point where demand can genuinely be expressed" by @anademedeiros.bsky.social and @marcecazzoli.bsky.social

When one of your favourite podcasts features one of your favourite films. Richly informative discussion of TheThird Man @ppfideas.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

A nugget from @jackpittbrooke.bsky.social in @nytimes.com “(…) Abramovich, it was reported in 2019 book The Club, had briefly considered buying Spurs instead, but drove through Tottenham once in his Mercedes and declared that part of London “worse than Omsk” — a city in Siberia)”.

Can Tottenham break their Stamford Bridge curse tonight? My piece on the fixture Spurs find harder than any other www.nytimes.com/athletic/727...

We're looking for a Lecturer in Global Medieval History (ongoing) to join us in the vibrant School of History @universityofleeds.bsky.social ! Deadline 1 June. Full details jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #jobfairy #medievalsky #history

Some worrying figures here www.thetimes.com/article/d758...

Some old haunts in Vienna

Not before time!

You need to read this. @timothysnyder.bsky.social has been warning us since 2016 about Trump. He knows: he’s one of world’s leading experts on authoritarianism & always ahead of the game. V proud to publish him in @thenerve.news. He’s an essential voice. www.thenerve.news/p/donald-tru...

The leading ultra groups from both clubs, FCSP's Ultra Sankt Pauli and Bayern's Schickeria München, hold a long-year friendship, also based on both groups' antifascist stance. Schickeria München's full story: medium.com/@ftamsut/unw...

Peter Magyar has offered a template which can be used, without too much alteration, in defeating populists worldwide open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

JD Vance, Marine le Pen, Sergei Lavrov, Geert Wilders, James Orr, Matt Goodwin, Alice Weidel, Frank Furedi, RT, Nigel Farage, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin… your boy took a hell of a beating.

My view is that researchers who submit/publish papers with fake citations should face serious sanctions (which is not currently the case). Accurate documentation of sources is really the bare minimum when it comes to research integrity and academic practice. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The Hungarian election is about Russian oligarchy and its support of the international far right. That’s why Vance is there. He is a node in that network.

"The issue is the system, not the subject.” Professor Charles Forsdick FBA on higher education funding cuts hitting language courses hardest and the wider risks to skills, research and opportunity in Times Higher Education: bit.ly/4tFzJbD

Guess what! I was in both groups at some stage.

The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies is running a free course on the Holodomor and asked me to share it to help reach people who might be interested www.coursera.org/learn/holodo...

Delighted for colleagues in Linguistics to receive this recognition from their University for their outstanding achievement.

Think you know what happened in 1066? Think again. Research by Leverhulme Major Research Fellow Professor Tom Licence @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social has uncovered that King Harold’s famous 200‑mile march to the Battle of Hastings never happened. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"A stiff drink is recommended". Just read this, need one.

#OTD Heute vor 36 Jahren wurde Namibia unabhängig, wenige Monate später Deutschland wiedervereinigt. Es ist sehr enttäuschend, dass es immer noch keine Anerkennung Genozid Herero Nama durch Bundestag u keine offiz. Entschuldigung gibt, von Wiedergutmachung ganz zu schweigen. /2

History in the GDR is rarely a straightforward story of ‘failure’ or ‘success’. Our new series, LBI Scholars in Conversation, opens by exploring exactly these grey areas with our Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Alexander Brown. www.lbilondon.ac.uk/research/lbi...

The University of Essex has proposed to discontinue most of their undergraduate language provisions as well as the Languages for All programme as part of large-scale restructuring. Sign their petition to urge the Executive Committee to reconsider the proposal: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Jürgen Habermas Dies at 96; One of Postwar Germany’s Most Influential Thinkers www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/b...

Jürgen Habermas war ein politischer Denker, der unermüdlich kämpfte: gegen die Irrationalität, für Vernunft und die bedrohten westlichen Werte. Ein Nachruf

@thegsa.bsky.social @ags-gbi.bsky.social

Reds: A Global History of Communism - out in August 2026 geni.us/Redscovrev

You'll get more relevant facts and incisive analysis in this 30 minute episode, than in a whole week of watching the national news. If you prefer your opinions to come from experts, this is the podcast for you.

As outgoing Chair I am genuinely heartened and excited to welcome an exceptional group of new trustees.Their appointment leaves me with real confidence in the organisation’s future contribution to the region and the wider cultural landscape. yorkshirecontemporary.org/yorkshire-co...

The Burnden Park stadium disaster (often aka “the forgotten disaster”) was the worst loss of life at an English football ground before the 1980s. Thirty-three people died and around 400-500 were injured in a crush at an FA Cup tie between Bolton Wanderers Official and Stoke City. #BWFC

These days I find that I can't be bothered To argue with them, well, what's the point? Better to take your shots and drop down dead Then they send you home in a pine overcoat With a letter to your mum Saying, 'Find enclosed one son, One medal and a note to say we won'

Our classical columnist, Ian Bostridge, marks the 400th anniversary of John Downland’s death. The English composer was—is—one of the greats. But was he also a spy? A Catholic informer? An agent provocateur at Elizabeth I’s court?

A previously unknown species of butterfly which had been discovered in Peru in 2024 is now officially named "Vanewrightia borussiadortmund" after a BvB fan called Peter Klausmeier, struck by its colouring, spent 2,800 euros sponsoring its scientific naming.

‘We remain deeply concerned that universities will be unable to absorb the cost of the levy’s introduction. The loss of cross-subsidy for domestic teaching & research will harm universities’ ability to deliver their core functions’ Our response to the levy www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/60...

Man kann übrigens das menschenverachtende Regime im Iran ablehnen, es für verbrecherisch halten, und dennoch auf Einhaltung des Völkerrechts pochen, und zwar aus prinzipiellen Gründen und historisch-praktischen, da solche Interventionen in der Regel alles schlimmer machen...

A great morning to revisit @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social's profile of Matt Goodwin, who now isn't the MP for Gorton and Denton www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philos...

European Sites of Holocaust Memory (ESHEM) is a new network for Holocaust sites to strengthen their role in research, education, and commemoration and is seeking members. Apply by 31 March. holocaust-memory-sites.ec.europa.eu/members_en?p...

Where next for Labour after a bad by-election defeat? Labour needs to learn that a rebrand only works if the substance of what you are offering genuinely changes By Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social

26 February 1901: Thomas Mann's novel 'Buddenbrooks' is published and causes an uproar in Lübeck www.ndr.de/geschichte/c... via @ndr.de

Researchfish is dead. Good. A private parasite with all the wrong principles about intellectual value, knowledge as metrics and poor design. It was a bloody stupid name as well.

Job! A 21-month postdoc at Birmingham on French-language print publications in England to 1685 led by the marvellous team of Peter Auger and Suzanne Jones. International applicants are welcome and Birmingham can support a visa application where required. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQN896/r...

A very necessary PhD project! Deadline 30 March.

Absolute shocker of a rights grab - academics may want to push back hard

‘News has a much more capacious definition across early modern Europe. It’s news if there washes up in Denmark a giant fish that looks like a bishop – that’s news, in just the same way as a recent battle.’ @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social on the podcast. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

We are advertising 4 jobs at York for historians (1 year medieval, 2 years modern Britain and public history, 3 years modern China, and open ended modern Middle Eastern) features.york.ac.uk/history-jobs/

Culture is not an industry… so what is it for? Join Professor Justin O’Connor (University of Adelaide), author of Culture is Not an Industry, for a live talk and conversation that challenges the default story in cultural policy. UK folks: grab your coffee and feel free to join: bit.ly/4aX4Dpf