In a world where capitalism is failing, this place always fills me with optimism and enthusiasm. The combined weight of socialist what could have been. A better, fairer world was possible and people fought for it and wrote about it. If you haven't visited MML, you should.

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Drawn 133 years ago, and the con hasn't changed one bit.

Still Talking about Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump #releasethefiles #listentothevictims #swearinadelitagrijalva

Inspired by the story of Angel Meadow in Manchester for teaching Industrial living conditions for OCR B, I've done something similar for the East End of London in the 20th century using the amazing The Abyss of London by the aptly named Jack London. This story really helps build the East End world

What did Watson and Crick discover in 1953?” “Rosalind Franklin’s notes!” Now would be a good time to listen to my interview with the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social about Franklin, Watson, Crick and the discovery of the double helix. geneticsunzipped.com/blog/2023/8/...

November 7, 2025

#nobodysgirl #listentothevictims #releasetheepsteinfiles

"The great dividers want you to think the problems in society are caused by migrants and refugees. They’re wrong. They’re caused by an economic system that protects the interests of the super-rich." Jeremy Corbyn. #billionaires #wealthtax

Still Talking about Jeffrey Epstein & Donald Trump #releasetheepsteinfiles #listentothevictims

3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇 1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK 2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves 3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...

If you’re still on X, why? Why are you happily contributing to this? Is your follower count so important that you can’t make a stand? observer.co.uk/news/columni...

October 31, 2025

Huge thanks to Educate for this feature on our @endsexisminschools.bsky.social History report, alongside @katemossewriter.bsky.social ‘Change is needed’. 💪🏻

This book is great for setting the scenes for each section of Viking Expansion. It can be quite tricky for students to get into the Vikings, as it’s so different from everything else they’ve studied; I think this will help. #historyteacher #GCSE I haven’t got to kings yet, which is where we struggle

Neat way of visualising extreme wealth… Didcot is most avg town in England (pop. 32,186) Mean net worth in England is about £305k per person. If a millionaire came to live in Didcot, the mean worth would rise by 22p per person. If Elon Musk arrived it would rise by £11.5 million #itsnotnormal

Very good article. I also feel sorry for people who have to read Biggar's rubbish in order to rebut it.

Proudly using the important ‘F’ word today on the ReTeach History podcast…fairness! Fascinating convo with @katemossewriter.bsky.social & @sashasmith.bsky.social @reteachuk.bsky.social focusing on the End Sexism in Schools History Report. So important to educate to counter toxic attitudes 🎧🙌🏻

I wrote the book INTERMEDIARIES and I say with certainty that #ICE is essentially equivalent to the German paramilitary Freikorps who ultimately gave rise to Nazi storm troops. This is shorthand but I’ve got the receipts in the research. brandyschillace.com/book/the-int...

October 22, 2025

#CambridgeOCR History has another date for Exam Review webinar: 27th November – 16:00-17:30 Follow the link: www.ocr.org.uk/qualificatio... #ALHistory #HistoryTeacher

@buxtocl.bsky.social has written a wonderful blog on why she teaches the French Revolution at A Level. Read it here: www.ocr.org.uk/blog/a-level... And if you have a particular topic that you love to teach and want to write about it for #CambridgeOCR, please get in touch: [email protected]

Places available on our shared event with the Marx Memorial Library. This is a free event mixing some actual archive use with a tour of this most fantastic of buildings and a brief lecture on Anti-Apartheid with Rachel King, Associate Professor of Cultural Heritage Studies, UCL. lnkd.in/emz_rD5h

The Prince Andrew scandal is not just about Andrew. It is about the archaic institution - the UK Royal Family - which is not some irrelevant body but a core part of the unreformed British state. And Andrew has not given up his titles; he is just choosing not to use them.

The royal houses of Europe cost from £10-40million per year to run, the Netherlands being the most expensive at £40M. The British royals cost (when all sources are added) £500M per year. Why? #monarchy #downwiththecrown

This is an incredible resource for anyone teaching #LGBTQ+ history in schools @missrcarter89.bsky.social @citoyenneclaire.bsky.social @willgoodfellow82.bsky.social

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October 13, 2025

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

Very excited to share the forthcoming SHP Understanding event from @1972shp.bsky.social: Unearthed (Nov 10 5-6pm). The first in a series of webinars looking at the transformative and radical power of gardening - from the Diggers to Mary Seacole to settler colonialism we've got it covered!

I am absolutely delighted to be able to share the news about our next @1972shp.bsky.social Yorkshire History Forum which will be taking place in York on November 24th. We have a superb line up of workshops for #primary and #secondary #historyteachers and all for a bargain basement price ...

October 9, 2025

#OtD 10 or 19 Oct 1609 pioneering English revolutionary Gerrard Winstanley was born. He was a farmworker and the primary theoretician of the Diggers, or True Levellers, during the English Civil War who took over enclosed lands and farmed them stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8239...

Our new short course 'The French Revolution - Not just a Revolution in France' starts this evening. There is still time to sign up and all sessions are recorded. Historian William Doyle emeritus professor of @uobrishistory.bsky.social is the opening speaker www.history.org.uk/historian/ca...

Hello #UK friends! I’m touring the book THE INTERMEDIARIES starting next week. It’s a deeply researched look at the way #LGBTQ and #women used science and rebel alliances to fight fascists—it offers up a reminder that we can fight back. Nazis are not inevitable—they just want you to think so.

There's always a headwind in the fens! Beautiful church in March, north Cambs.

The @telegraphnews.bsky.social, @dailymail.co.uk and @thespectator1828.bsky.social have all promoted Nigel Biggar’s latest book as the definitive riposte to reparations claims. But what exactly are its arguments and how do they stand up to scrutiny? alanlester.co.uk/blog/the-ant...

I've just beaten my daughter, my son and his partner at Catan, and I'm so happy. I never win at this bloody game.

October 2, 2025

TES article on our ESIS report after Natasha and I were interviewed, and featuring great examples of curricula change from history teachers across the country. www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

From fashion to frontline – the life of trailblazing photographer, Lee Miller www.channel4.com/news/from-fa...

Just to let everyone know, in the run-up to the centenary of the 1926 general strike, we're going to be mapping lots more stories about the strike. You can keep track of them all on the new website, and our main map - generalstrike100.com/ #generalstrike100

How about a history that demonstrates how normal and natural #transgender identity really is—with examples of how it was actually more accepted until Nazi dickheads made it a platform issue

@hcrichardson.bsky.social A good read that gives important background as to what Signalgate clown is saying. I WOULD like to include the official Oglala Sioux Tribe response to this. I shared before, separately, but I feel this piece should be here as well.

Ooh. Does look good.

This looks fabulous and exactly the sort of enthusiasm OCR B was designed to build on.

Excellent as ever. If you need to know about Wounded Knee, this is for you.