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Kate Bradley
@katebradleyhistory.bsky.social
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Reader in social history & social policy at the Uni of Kent - Councillor of the Royal Historical Society. 20th & 21st justice, welfare, technology, crime. Views mine. She/her.

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Prof Deborah Lupton, MPH PhD @dalupton.bsky.social · 2d
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The impacts of locking under 16 yos from their social media networks are now beginning to bite for those young people who relied on them for social connection
‘I’ve lost my friends’: advocacy groups warn Australia’s social media ban risks isolating kids with disabilities
Despite the ban’s aim to protect young people, experts are concerned that those in marginalised communities or living with disabilities could lose vital support networks
www.theguardian.com

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Kate Bradley @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social · 7d
Super exciting postal delivery today from @gaystheword.bsky.social: The Log Books by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith! I’m really looking forward to reading it. The Log Books podcast is also brilliant: auntnell.com/projects/the...
A hardback book with an orange dust jacket with black text and print of a photo. Text states: The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened. The photo is of a white man and a white woman sat next to each other taking phone calls.

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Kate Bradley @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social · 9d
Thank you!!

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Kate Bradley @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social · 9d
Thank you - I will keep my eyes peeled as I’m teaching a class at that time who will (like me!) be interested in it!

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Kate Bradley @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social · 9d
Will there be a recording available afterwards, please?

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Kate Bradley @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social · 9d
People offer runners in races jelly babies, Skittles, much-appreciated encouragement etc.

On today’s long run, at mile 11 of 13 on Rochester High St, a man was very keen to offer me… a spliff.

I declined.

Marathon training blocks are always full of little adventures.

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Kirsty Grainger @kirstygrainger.bsky.social · 11d
OOOOH

Researchfish

Is going extinct 🐡🐟🐠

help.researchfish.com/en_US/resear...
Researchfish — Information for Researchers Regarding Researchfish Sunsetting
After careful consideration, Elsevier have made the difficult decision to sunset Researchfish on July 31st 2027, when the product will no longer be availab
help.researchfish.com

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Kate Bradley @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social · 16d
I hope the Sheerness family got their chief wrangler: Dockyard searching for 'chief scorpion wrangler' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kent: Dockyard searching for chief scorpion wrangler
Scorpions have been living in the walls at Sheerness Dockyard for more than 200 years.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Kate Bradley @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social · 16d
Today I learned that the scorpions of Sheerness may also have a branch of the family in the London docklands: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
From scorpions to peacocks: the species thriving in London’s hidden microclimates
An extraordinary mosaic of wildlife has made Britain’s urban jungle its home
www.theguardian.com

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Kate Bradley @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social · 20d
Yeah - people want the choice to be able to interact in the way that suits them best, which could be their pref all the time or dependent on circs. And digital interactions depend on how the platform is set up - you have something that doesn’t quite fit, into the loop of despond you go.

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 20d
Our latest PhD Placement opportunities - come and work at the British Library for 3-6 months to develop your research and professional skills. 8 projects available, deadline for applications 27 February.

www.bl.uk/services/res...
PhD placement scheme
Our annual placement scheme offers doctoral researchers from all disciplines the chance to develop and apply skills and expertise outside the university sector.
www.bl.uk

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 26d
Are you an early career researcher looking for research training in history and related disciplines? You might be eligible for an IHR bursary of up to £500 to help cover the cost of one of our fantastic short courses! Deadline for applications is 31 Jan 2026. www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...
Research Training and Short Courses
We deliver high-quality training programmes and unique learning opportunities to a wide community of historians of all career stages and historical interests.
www.history.ac.uk

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Kate Bradley @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social · 27d
It is! At least - fingers and toes crossed - Medway has avoided issues (different water company, if also problematic in their own ways) so I’m at home with running water. Some poor souls will have no water at home as well as no chance of getting to campus.

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Kate Bradley @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social · 27d
Very little water on the Canterbury campus so we’ve been asked to teach online today to reduce demand for water. V much hoping that students & colleagues have seen the messages before they travel unnecessarily. Completely avoidable havoc courtesy of South East Water.

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Ben Mechen @benmechen.bsky.social · 28d
Brilliant new article by @malcolmrussell73.bsky.social on glue-sniffing panics, youth boredom and deindustrialising towns c. 1970s-80s, published in @mbhjournal.bsky.social

This began life as an exceptional MA dissertation at @uclhistory.bsky.social

Congrats Malcolm!

doi.org/10.1093/tcbh...
‘All the Kids Wanna Sniff Some Glue’: glue-sniffing, deindustrialization, and moral panic in 1980s Britain
Abstract. This article analyses anxieties surrounding glue-sniffing in 1980s Britain and their entanglement with the era’s accelerated deindustrialization.
doi.org

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Dr Helen Glew @helenglew.bsky.social · Jan 8
PSA for fellow Manchester University Press authors:

I received an email today about opting in/out of an AI licensing agreement.

The message states that they are contacting authors in stages so you may not have been sent it yet, but check your junk mail - mine went there!

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Kate Bradley @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social · Jan 2
I’m so sorry, Cath - thinking of you all. Xx

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Kate Bradley @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social · Dec 31
I’m really sorry you have had such a horrible year this year, but I am very glad you are still here! Wishing you the very best for next year. Xx

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Kate Bradley @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social · Dec 30
A telephone story to round the year off… the saving of a K6 in North Norfolk village. There are around 14,000 boxes still in operation, down from 100K in the 1990s.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
What happened next: the man who saved the last phone box in his village
When BT earmarked the kiosk for closure in January, Derek Harris began to campaign. The fight gave him purpose at a difficult time in his life
www.theguardian.com

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Dec 21
Looking for a New Year's resolution that is good for your mind and (relatively) easy to keep? Check out the Institute of Historical Research seminars for January 2026. Fourteen seminars in week 1 alone. Free, broad-ranging, open to the public and usually available both in person and online.
Events
Stay up to date with the upcoming events organised or hosted by the Institute of Historical Research
www.history.ac.uk

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Kate Bradley @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social · Dec 16
It’s so grim. A considerable amount of Chad Varah’s Befriending… is given over to this very question.

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Dec 16
Today we are launching a new series of articles and podcasts to mark the 100th issue of History Workshop Journal 🎉✊🗃️

In this introductory article, Barbara Taylor reflects on a picnic she shared with other editors in 1984, and what it meant to be part of the HWJ collective.
An Editors' Picnic
Barbara Taylor introduces our new series with her memories of a picnic she enjoyed with other History Workshop Journal editors in 1984.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Kate Bradley @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social · Dec 15
I’m so sorry - sending solidarity.

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Kate Bradley @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social · Dec 15
No, it’s 15 years, surely??!

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Daniel Grey @djrgrey.bsky.social · Dec 15
At the National Library of Lithuania today and tomorrow to discuss imperial family violence in 19th & 20th centuries with @mmuravyeva.bsky.social @joannabourke.bsky.social and other colleagues and friends 📃https://blogs.helsinki.fi/fourepochsofviolence/program/
Program – 'Till Death Do Us Part': Four Epochs of Violence in Every Family in Russia – what makes it Russian? (FEVER)
blogs.helsinki.fi

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Sarah Wride @srwride.bsky.social · Dec 12
If you’re a #Humanities #ECR & in/willing to travel to York on 17 December, join me & the @historylabplus.bsky.social team for our 2025 ‘Christmas Connections’ event, a FREE & informal opportunity to support each other, build professional connections, & sample the city’s heritage & eatables. 👇&🧵

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Kate Bradley @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social · Dec 11
I am so very sorry, Lucy - this is such awful news.

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lucynoakes1.bsky.social @lucynoakes1.bsky.social · Dec 11
For avoidance of confusion, that’s just about all academic staff, excluding Heads of Dept and- of course - Senior Management Team.
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Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:

Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.

Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk

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lucynoakes1.bsky.social @lucynoakes1.bsky.social · Dec 11
Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:

Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.

Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk