I’ve never felt so disheartened. My small business means everything to me and I want to keep going. Please have a look at my website. Buy things, commission me or repost. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk Thank you.

Happened to be in #Birmingham today ahead of my #VPFAExtremes visit: Victorian culture fans, make time to visit the fabulous Museum & Art Gallery just off Victoria Square. Plus, what a great venue in the B&M Institute! Can't wait for Monday @vpfa.bsky.social

Saw Hamlet Hail to the Thief at Factory International / Aviva Studios today and was really impressed. Great version, streamlined with brilliant staging and compelling darkness & energy. Go and see it if you can. Still some tickets coming up on Twickets. #HamletHailtotheThief

For #WorldDonkeyDay here's a hard-working donkey enjoying kindness from children, in an image from one of the 19th century periodicals held in LJMU Special Collections @ljmu-sca.bsky.social #archives

labour party (uk) looking at the c.240k people who work for universities, “nah we will never need those votes”

So here's what's cool about my job: Yesterday morning I said, "We really ought to have TWIN PEAKS available." So then a bunch of people scrambled, worked really hard, and now you can watch every episode of David Lynch & Mark Frost's original series for free on Pluto TV: pluto.tv/us/on-demand...

We are hiring 2 x Postdocs to work on our AHRC project 'Women's Screen Work in the Archives Made Visible' app by:20/01/25 Details below ⬇️ 1) PDRA-Archives jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr... #archivejobs #specialcollections #womenshistory #womeninfilm 1/2

As an entertainer, Truss is the gift that keeps on giving 🤣

Liz Truss’s lawyers have written to Keir Starmer, possibly in green ink www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

Some good news: the stupid idea of destroying historic wills has been entirely rejected. #Archives #History 🗃️

imho Grimshaw has done a really good job & I’m v pleased Laverne, a superb broadcaster, will remain

But not leaving BBC6music. Excellent news. Relieved & happy that Lauren Laverne is returning (on mid mornings).Have enjoyed Nick Grimshaw on breakfast & pleased he's continuing. Any space for some more Deb Grant too? #6music

Cheap history books klaxon! On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe is available for just 99p on Kindle all this month. I’m sorry for the self-promotion, but so glad that these important and marginalised histories are being made easily accessible to wide audience. 🗃️

Oh would you look at that? So the Tories didn’t want to pay the compensation, so continued to kick the can down the road and are now expressing moral indignation on the same issue to have a political swipe at a new government. Beneath contempt.

The Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions Read by Bob Dylan

When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1929 & sound recordings from 1924 will enter the public domain in the US, like: ⚓️ Popeye 🕵️ The Maltese Falcon 📖 The Sound and the Fury 🇮🇹 A Farewell to Arms 🏠️ A Room of One's Own 🙌 Hallelujah 🎺 Bolero and many more! 🧵👇

Knew they wouldn't let us down ❤️ #GavinAndStacey

I have produced some written #Christmas content: The demise of Christmas train services since 1948. In the post, I plot the decline of British Christmas Day and Boxing Day services since 1948 and explore the factors that shaped this process. davidturnerrailway.wordpress.com/2024/12/22/t...

And I can't build myself a throne of skulls if I'm not allowed to commit murder and/or grave robbing. We all live with disappointment, you aren't special

While the UK government considers upending the law to allow AI companies to train on people’s creative work without a license, our statement opposing unlicensed training just hit 38,000 signatures. Still open ➡️ aitrainingstatement.org

Politics & Gender Conference 2025. Celebrating 20 years of @politicsgenderj.bsky.social for scholars working on all aspects of women, gender, & politics. Submit your proposal by January 15, 2025 - cup.org/4gKg8QT Conference dates - May 28-29, 2025

Read PRAN’s newest blog ‘A Very Dickensian Christmas’ written by the brilliant Dr Rachel Broady. The Dickensian Christmas inspires media stories of poverty, often silencing those affected. Read more about inclusive and year-round poverty reporting 👇 www.pran.org.uk/blog/a-very-...

Bravo Gisele Pelicot. A woman of extraordinary courage. Justice.

Re-upping for the Tuesday crowd: My piece on Conclave’s treatment of Vatican politics. Again, all reposts (and subscriptions) much appreciated. x

Today's #AshmoleanAdvent treat is a little bear cub playing in the snow, brought to life by Erin Christopher 🧸 The painting is by Japanese artist Mori Shūhō (1728–1813). Open today's Advent door to learn more: www.ashmolean.org/advent

Good Day! Snow in London by J. Noel Kilgour 1939 Oil on Canvas on Paperboard (New South Wales Gallery)

🗣️Calling all students/ECRs! The London Archives are hosting Lightning Talk sessions in January for any topics on London and Londoners. Sign up and submit abstracts below ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lightning-...

TIL that The Village People had a 1980s New Romantic phase

One last push (I promise!) If anyone is at a loose end in London tonight, or online anywhere then consider coming to hear about the more than 20,000 deserted wives in mid #19thC England & Wales who-for just a few shillings-reclaimed their rights to their children, bodies & property. #history 💙📚 🗃 🌳

Yes, people will post pictures on social media of sleeping arrangements on Xmas Eve and I will once again attempt to leverage this to raise money for charity — just pinning this to my profile to head off the relentless (i.e. sporadic) enquiries

It’s not just the impact it has on school it’s the long term impact it has as well centralbylines.co.uk/news/world/h...

THIS IS MY SHOCKED FACE

An academic advent calendar: each day it's a disastrous email in your inbox.

Since winning a #NorthernWritersAward earlier this year I've been amazed by how much support I've received, far beyond the remit of the award itself. Northern writers, do enter in 2025 - I was rejected MANY times in the past so don't give up! newwritingnorth.com/northern-wri... #writingcommunity

This #BlackFriday don't forget how amazing black cats are 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

If only Louise Haigh had repeatedly kicked her partner… Or been arrested for numerous sexual assault charges Or been found to have frequently bullied her staff Then maybe she’d still be in her position.

Alright, we're 2 days from Thanksgiving, which means most of you will get your Christmas tree this weekend, and maybe start listening to Christmas music. I put together another all-vinyl mix from my collection, all but 4 are things I picked up this year. Download for free here: shorturl.at/YytMQ

@seasideferry.bsky.social Hello, found you! Looking forward to the new book.

⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed. If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath. 👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...

From the FT the other day. I had no idea.

Exploring the Ethnographic Archive: Early Ethnographers in the Long Nineteenth Century. Online conference December 5th and 6th (courtesy of @histanthro.bsky.social; #skystorians, #history): histanthro.org/news/announc...

Fantastic webinar on socio-economic access to the creative industries in early Dec ⤵️

Same again tonight folks. Another cold one and SWEP has been activated. Give them a call if you see anyone in Liverpool sleeping rough.

Jeremy Clarkson said that striking public sector workers should be executed in front of their families. Excuse me if I'm sceptical about his man of the people act now that an issue directly impacts on his own bank balance.

Jeremy Clarkson being held to account by the glorious @vicderbyshire.bsky.social

Help, my cats are the band Sparks

Apparently doctors, nurses, barristers, civil servants, postal staff, BT workers, teachers, bin men & firefighters are greedy Marxist scum when they strike for slightly better pay but farmers (against paying IHT on farms over £3m) need our deepest sympathy #BBCLauraK #TrevorPhillips

📢 @jbhist.bsky.social & I are very pleased to announce that we are seeking a f/t 2-year Research Associate in Victorian Cultural and Material History to join our major @ahrcpress funded research project on the Victorian Hand. Closes 6 December. Spread the word!!! hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...