Latest #vinyl at Oxfam Market Harborough @desdelboy.bsky.social

The instructions on my new washing machine remind you to check that your pet is not in the drum before you start it. No wonder Reform poll 25%

When people do the ' don't speak ill of the dead' thing, they mean *NOT YET* The more horrible they were, the less time you have to wait.

To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.

It's official, the Clacton by-election will be held on August 13. The announcement from Tendring Council includes a nice picture of the writ for the by-election, which is not something I've ever seen before.

James Cleverley is competent. Quite a novelty for a tory in #pmqs

The problem Justin Webb has is when talking about the credibility of the Daily Mail is that he writes for it. #r4today

This is not a statement, it's a party political broadcast. Why is the BBC airing Farage lying, unchecked? Why put this out live when you don't know what lies he's going to tell? Why not wait until he's put it out, and then broadcast it with analysis that fact checks it... or not broadcasting it?

Is Farage going to announce that he will be spending his fortune on dental floss? He needs to.

I lived in Thanet and nearly everybody had a ring doorbell- including the house we bought. I dismantled it. Here in the Notswolds of South Leicestershire they are rarer except in new builds. What is the sociology of these doorbells? www.vox.com/advice/49399...

Yates's Wine Lodge, Liverpool V, 1968, photo by German photographer Candida Höfer.

#mystery solved! For many years, the old #KingEdwardsSchool in central #Bath has been empty. Nobody seems to know why. @HumphreySmith

Morning all. Photographer Ian Macdonald Alvin Stardust in South Bank Teesside 1982.

The remarkable historian and writer Juliet Gardiner has died. I used many of her books for research and was lucky enough to become friends with her - she had the most extraordinary, rich & vivid life... 1/2

This is my worry too; and his two attempts were not even near-misses. I witnessed the 2015 attempt and he was bloody hopeless.

Painted a blackbird 🐦‍⬛ today 🥰 #watercolours #birdart 🪶 #blackbird

So Labour forces out a decent man delivering on a manifesto following a large election win to install a pathetic lightweight like Burnham - who couldn't win a leadership vote twice Dark day for Labour & democracy

I fear Andy Burnham's honeymoon period will be about as long as the PM's resignation speech. He has been given a relatively easy ride because our media loves the spectacle of a challenger, and delights in instability. A rude awakening coming I feel.

Bad taste- blasting out the Ode to Joy Bad politics- including the German words, which is not part of the anthem anyway.

The constituency MP's workload has increased over the years

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Claire Coutinho is such a lightweight, I'm surprised she isn't tethered to the benches to stop her from floating away. 🎈 #pmqs

Andy Burnham's father was a BT telephone engineer. “Andy is not old Labour, but he is certainly left of New Labour. He is in the middle, I suppose.” he said in 2010 www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/local-n...

Rather than launching weekly essays for his supporters Farage would do better to offer them reading lessons.

What is it Starmer thinks kids will *do* instead of spending that time on social media? Because last I checked we were a bit short on accessible and welcoming youth spaces and activities

Starmer reminds me of the weak teacher who dishes out a collective punishment to a class because he can't tackle the five people doing the damage. The collective punishment is never enforced. When the teacher is sacked, the new one, Mr Burnham, is the same but without the suit.

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⚫ Mort du peintre David Hockney : le Britannique, chantre d’une peinture figurative virtuose, immédiate et sensuelle, lorgnant un pop art empreint de gigantisme, est mort à 88 ans. ➡️ https://l.liberation.fr/KjC

After a little break from writing, my brand new article about the discomforts and embodied experience of travelling by carriage in the 18th century is now available open access on the Social History of Medicine website: @uniofexeternews.bsky.social academic.oup.com/shm/advance-...

Nine year anniversary of the General Election that crippled 'Strong and Stable' Teresa May.

Bullseye.

When you look at what social media companies can do when it comes to removing Premier League content (and how quickly they can remove it), you see clearly what they can do to protect children but choose not to @mrjamesob.bsky.social

This is what happens when you use AI www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

He really is an empty suit isn’t he

We will never understand it! END BIRD SHOOTING.

I write blogs on the social history of the late Georgian/ Early Victorian period, with an emphasis on the poor. Like this one about1816.wordpress.com/2022/02/11/t.

A moment in time- Saturday September 10, 1898. Local and quite successful #Brighton builder Harry Packham sits with his wife Clara and their two children, Annie and Walter. Their choice is quite upmarket too, Donovans of St James Street.

Another disadvantage of a Burnham victory ( Newspaper post from 2025) www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

In Sept 2014 I stood next to Burnham in Manchester. I was waiting for him to speak at a talk on the NHS. He had already exploited Harry Smith, introducing him and basking in the limelight. He was doing absolutely nothing; I had to leave because I didn't want to be late. He waited until he was late.

Burnham has no fixed principles, follows rather than leads, and will support or jettison any policy when it suits. I fell for this with Starmer; never again. I still remember his pathetic vacillating performance in 2015 leadership vote and his support of Corbyn so he could be Mayor of Manchester

If Burnham doesn't win, what is Plan B? Its not a subject much discussed.

My memoir, A Mind Of My Own is now available in paperback which means it’s cheaper. Hurrah! If you’d like a dedicated copy repost this and I’ll do a random pick of five winners in the next couple of days. If you’ve already bought/read or listened to the audible version thank you! ♥️📚

The “name and shame” section on their website is a joy to behold. www.boddamwildlifesanctuary.org/name-and-sha...

They certainly had his number.

Lower migration won't appease the racists. They don't want a reduced number, they want a minus number.

Labour - this will help us with reform voters Reform voters - there are still brown people in my supermarket

Burnham has no fixed principles, follows rather than leads, and will support or jettison any policy when it suits. I fell for this with Starmer; never again. I still remember his pathetic vacillating performance in 2015 leadership vote and his support of Corbyn so he could be Mayor of Manchester

The speed that Burnham is surrendering to the right, with absolutely no pressure on him, is genuinely a bit shocking. He might be even more lost than Starmer.