Solidarity with Leicester colleagues.

Solidarity with colleagues at Northumbria.

Friday

One is hoping that David apologises on behalf of all the historian community. We don't all think too hard about flimsy evidence that we get the bigger picture utterly wrong. 🙂 #CelebrityTraitors

Going to get rid of this badge as it is no longer true #CelebrityTraitors

I think we all need a stiff drink now ##CelebrityTraitors

FUCKING SHAKESPEARE #TheCelebrityTraitors

I hope it is a good charity

The historian has fucked it, I repeat. The historian has fucked it.

My other half thinks that historians over think evidence far too much #CelebrityTraitors

UK university news just this week: 163 jobs at risk + course closures at Leicester; 300 jobs at risk at Dundee; modern language & music courses being closed at Nottingham. Every week it‘s the same. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ceremonial Pouches is the name of my next band #CelebrityTraitors

Cat has her posters all over the tube stations and she was singing on Strictly so hopefully her album sales will go through the roof

Do the charities know already who wins or do they find out tonight? #CelebrityTraitors

I would have liked Goblin Band to have recorded some folk songs for the soundtrack #CelebrityTraitors

The one thing that this series has missed has been a recruitment #CelebrityTraitors

Alan Carr pulling the least action movie face possible in the face of an explosion <3 #CelebrityTraitors

Nick is the only one who did Taskmaster so he should be good at these tasks #CelebrityTraitors

I love Claudia's tweed coat. If I were to wear it, however, I would look more like Reece Shearsmith in his Withnail coat. #CelebrityTraitors

Why are they not at Courrour station? #CelebrityTraitors

I hope Nick wins. #CelebrityTraitors

This is why Mark 1 new town planning separating pedestrians from traffic doesn't work. There were lairy people around and the underpass leads to an unlit path with bushes on both sides. Hatfield town centre, 5.30pm.

It was great to participate in the Rural Museums Network meeting organised by @themerl.bsky.social this afternoon. I learned a lot about a range of archiving and heritage projects across the UK on land rights and protest.

I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social

On my way to Hatfield to attend some heritage related meetings. There's always some middle aged bloke eearing a Dulwich Hamlet scarf on the Thameslink.

David Olusoga should wear this badge tonight. Not that it's helped him so far. #CelebrityTraitors

Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry

From making witch-bottles to sitting in historic ruins listening to spooky stories, 9th November is a date for your diary if you're in Herts - @herts.ac.uk & @beinghumanfest.bsky.social have teamed up to create a full programme of fun #Folklore family events. Come and join us!

Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/

Great evening with lovely colleagues at the Being Human Festival launch at BFI Tottenham Court Rd. @beinghumanfest.bsky.social

Down a research side track mapping the 🇱🇹 "Colony" in 1891 docklands

1893. 2024.

Waves from Croydon where this is happening.

Currently bed bound so to have this wonderful book by @odavies9.bsky.social and @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social turn up in the post is a double joy. Accessible, erudite and insightful as you would expect, but also gloriously entertaining and engaging.

Congrats to @katrinanavickas.bsky.social on her new book, which I'm very excited to read soon - & am 100% sure will get onto my seminar reading lists. Also lovely to see one of my Covid Picturesque photos make the opening spread. Out on @reaktionbooks.bsky.social reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contest...

Reading week so no Student New Town Development Corporation today. Normal service resumes next week.

I prefer Sewing Bee

Let's just take a moment to reflect on the self-sacrifice and hope this person embodies - not the evil, hateful monsters thirsting for violence.

I am gunning for the German Colin Robinson already #GameofWool

A bit odd seeing Kat do her day job, while Claudia is the only one who knows if she wins or not #Strictly

Enjoying "Ale Hop" on Iggy's show just. nyegenyegetapes.bandcamp.com/album/mapamb...

I've never been in with the In Crowd

Ok, right. Missing from Calder’s account are the rest of the train crew, the existence of secure comms, route knowledge on the part of the driver, and Control, who orchestrated all this with the Police. Professionals doing what professionals need to do (at quite literally 100 mph).

and the signalling staff , in under 4 minutes they had to reroute the train and make sure that didnt lead to it hitting another train that was scheduled to be on that line.

Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC

Thinking of the scene in Poldark wherever villagers burn the fences of Warleggan Castle during the Bread or Blood riots of 1816-17

Programming last night’s #GrandDesigns ego-fest only a week after the absolutely heartbreaking story of Pep, her beloved wife, and their beautiful Viking Longhouse last time was amazing. Made Piers & Emma look even more greedy, vain and stupid than they already are.

yup. The deflection of decision-making to management-accounting (+ external consultants) has been disastrous in shaping the priorities of universities. Staff is now a problem, not an asset. And everything is short-term meeting of cash generation targets for each individual department. Mad.

It did not go Piers way, they have not yet finished it, they overborrowed: sothebysrealty.co.uk/properties/b... #GrandDesigns