Alex Ioannou
@alexjioannou.bsky.social
Doctoral Researcher at Bangor University & SoNaRR Officer at Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru, trying to understand landscape change yng Ngogledd Cymru. (He/him)
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@alexjioannou.bsky.social
· Feb 21
Cynhaliwyd yr arddangosfa ryngweithiol yn Pontio a mae'r deunyddiau a gafodd eu harddangos bellach ar gael i bawb ar-lein yma.
The interactive exhibition was hosted at Pontio and the material on display has now been made available to all through this online space.
reframing.wales/newid-eryri
The interactive exhibition was hosted at Pontio and the material on display has now been made available to all through this online space.
reframing.wales/newid-eryri
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3/ For more on why communities should have the powers to own rivers, woods and moors, have a read of @tomchance.bsky.social's excellent letter here: www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/news-and-eve...
And here's a piece I wrote on this: www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
And here's a piece I wrote on this: www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
Why communities need the power to own environmental assets - Power to Change
Imagine if as well as pubs and village halls, communities could dream big and purchase beloved rivers, woods, and peat bogs. A tweak to Labour’s forthcoming ...
www.powertochange.org.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:20 AM
3/ For more on why communities should have the powers to own rivers, woods and moors, have a read of @tomchance.bsky.social's excellent letter here: www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/news-and-eve...
And here's a piece I wrote on this: www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
And here's a piece I wrote on this: www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
Thrilled to have been invited to present my work with
@ystadaucymru.bsky.social at this year's @archpbu.bsky.social's Annual Lecture.
So humbled by the amount of people that joined and with whom I was also able to chat - before and after the lecture -over some great big archive maps!
@ystadaucymru.bsky.social at this year's @archpbu.bsky.social's Annual Lecture.
So humbled by the amount of people that joined and with whom I was also able to chat - before and after the lecture -over some great big archive maps!
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Thrilled to have been invited to present my work with
@ystadaucymru.bsky.social at this year's @archpbu.bsky.social's Annual Lecture.
So humbled by the amount of people that joined and with whom I was also able to chat - before and after the lecture -over some great big archive maps!
@ystadaucymru.bsky.social at this year's @archpbu.bsky.social's Annual Lecture.
So humbled by the amount of people that joined and with whom I was also able to chat - before and after the lecture -over some great big archive maps!
A new film about my project which looks out to the landscape but also within...
Watch on my project's home page:
reframing.wales
Watch on my project's home page:
reframing.wales
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A new film about my project which looks out to the landscape but also within...
Watch on my project's home page:
reframing.wales
Watch on my project's home page:
reframing.wales
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the fag end of creation - Fascinating insights into value/use of #water as #landscape feature & as part of development of the #Penrhyn Estate #Eryri #Ogwen #heritage Annual Archives & Special Collections Lecture by @alexjioannou.bsky.social
#envhist @ystadaucymru.bsky.social @archpbu.bsky.social
#envhist @ystadaucymru.bsky.social @archpbu.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
the fag end of creation - Fascinating insights into value/use of #water as #landscape feature & as part of development of the #Penrhyn Estate #Eryri #Ogwen #heritage Annual Archives & Special Collections Lecture by @alexjioannou.bsky.social
#envhist @ystadaucymru.bsky.social @archpbu.bsky.social
#envhist @ystadaucymru.bsky.social @archpbu.bsky.social
Brilliant to hear and learn so much in today's workshop hosted by @historicirishho.bsky.social and @heritagecouncil.ie @maynoothuniversity.ie.
Also a privilege to share the work undertaken by @archpbu.bsky.social and @ystadaucymru.bsky.social with such an engaged audience!
Also a privilege to share the work undertaken by @archpbu.bsky.social and @ystadaucymru.bsky.social with such an engaged audience!
November 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Brilliant to hear and learn so much in today's workshop hosted by @historicirishho.bsky.social and @heritagecouncil.ie @maynoothuniversity.ie.
Also a privilege to share the work undertaken by @archpbu.bsky.social and @ystadaucymru.bsky.social with such an engaged audience!
Also a privilege to share the work undertaken by @archpbu.bsky.social and @ystadaucymru.bsky.social with such an engaged audience!
Very exciting to be visiting Maynooth to share the great work undertaken by @archpbu.bsky.social and @ystadaucymru.bsky.social during the Welsh Government Funded Penrhyn Jamaica Papers project!
November 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Very exciting to be visiting Maynooth to share the great work undertaken by @archpbu.bsky.social and @ystadaucymru.bsky.social during the Welsh Government Funded Penrhyn Jamaica Papers project!
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📚🚨 SALE ENDS IN 2 WEEKS 📚🚨
We have 70% off in our new academic year sale!
Celebrate the start of a new term with some fantastic discounts ⤵️
www.uwp.co.uk/sel-sale/
We have 70% off in our new academic year sale!
Celebrate the start of a new term with some fantastic discounts ⤵️
www.uwp.co.uk/sel-sale/
October 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📚🚨 SALE ENDS IN 2 WEEKS 📚🚨
We have 70% off in our new academic year sale!
Celebrate the start of a new term with some fantastic discounts ⤵️
www.uwp.co.uk/sel-sale/
We have 70% off in our new academic year sale!
Celebrate the start of a new term with some fantastic discounts ⤵️
www.uwp.co.uk/sel-sale/
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Think you know the British countryside? From Welsh sheep farms to Cornish copper mines, Professor Corinne Fowler uncovers the colonial roots behind our most picturesque landscapes in our latest talk.
📅 15 October, 7pm
Book now: https://f.mtr.cool/ksqvansghy
📅 15 October, 7pm
Book now: https://f.mtr.cool/ksqvansghy
October 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Think you know the British countryside? From Welsh sheep farms to Cornish copper mines, Professor Corinne Fowler uncovers the colonial roots behind our most picturesque landscapes in our latest talk.
📅 15 October, 7pm
Book now: https://f.mtr.cool/ksqvansghy
📅 15 October, 7pm
Book now: https://f.mtr.cool/ksqvansghy
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
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LANSIAD LLYFR | BOOK LAUNCH
Dr Shaun Evans
Mewn sgwrs gyda | In conversation with Dr Lowri Ann Rees
COMING OF AGE CELEBRATIONS ON WELSH LANDED ESTATES: GENTRY, CULTURE & SOCIETY c.1770-1920
5.30pm, 23/10/2015
Lecture Room 2 Prifysgol Bangor | Bangor University
Croeso i bawb | All welcome!
Dr Shaun Evans
Mewn sgwrs gyda | In conversation with Dr Lowri Ann Rees
COMING OF AGE CELEBRATIONS ON WELSH LANDED ESTATES: GENTRY, CULTURE & SOCIETY c.1770-1920
5.30pm, 23/10/2015
Lecture Room 2 Prifysgol Bangor | Bangor University
Croeso i bawb | All welcome!
October 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
LANSIAD LLYFR | BOOK LAUNCH
Dr Shaun Evans
Mewn sgwrs gyda | In conversation with Dr Lowri Ann Rees
COMING OF AGE CELEBRATIONS ON WELSH LANDED ESTATES: GENTRY, CULTURE & SOCIETY c.1770-1920
5.30pm, 23/10/2015
Lecture Room 2 Prifysgol Bangor | Bangor University
Croeso i bawb | All welcome!
Dr Shaun Evans
Mewn sgwrs gyda | In conversation with Dr Lowri Ann Rees
COMING OF AGE CELEBRATIONS ON WELSH LANDED ESTATES: GENTRY, CULTURE & SOCIETY c.1770-1920
5.30pm, 23/10/2015
Lecture Room 2 Prifysgol Bangor | Bangor University
Croeso i bawb | All welcome!
Reposted by Alex Ioannou
1. On political gaslighting. Yesterday Jenrick defended his comments on Handsworth by lashing out at 2 pieces of work I was centrally involved with to imply it's people like me who are divisive, not him...
October 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
1. On political gaslighting. Yesterday Jenrick defended his comments on Handsworth by lashing out at 2 pieces of work I was centrally involved with to imply it's people like me who are divisive, not him...
Reposted by Alex Ioannou
1. On reparation for transatlantic slavery.
I have not read Lenny Henry's book yet but I want to provide some general context in the face of his apparent shock suggestion
Sir Lenny Henry calls for slavery reparations for all black Brits - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I have not read Lenny Henry's book yet but I want to provide some general context in the face of his apparent shock suggestion
Sir Lenny Henry calls for slavery reparations for all black Brits - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sir Lenny Henry calls for slavery reparations for all black Brits
The comedian's new book supports the case for the UK to give £18 trillion in compensatory payments.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
1. On reparation for transatlantic slavery.
I have not read Lenny Henry's book yet but I want to provide some general context in the face of his apparent shock suggestion
Sir Lenny Henry calls for slavery reparations for all black Brits - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I have not read Lenny Henry's book yet but I want to provide some general context in the face of his apparent shock suggestion
Sir Lenny Henry calls for slavery reparations for all black Brits - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Alex Ioannou
Are you of African/Caribbean descent with ties to the Valleys? The Black Valleys Project would love to hear your story!
Help support the creation of new Black Welsh History resources for local schools.
🗓️Friday 24th October
🕰️2pm
📍Rhondda Heritage Park Museum
Help support the creation of new Black Welsh History resources for local schools.
🗓️Friday 24th October
🕰️2pm
📍Rhondda Heritage Park Museum
October 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Are you of African/Caribbean descent with ties to the Valleys? The Black Valleys Project would love to hear your story!
Help support the creation of new Black Welsh History resources for local schools.
🗓️Friday 24th October
🕰️2pm
📍Rhondda Heritage Park Museum
Help support the creation of new Black Welsh History resources for local schools.
🗓️Friday 24th October
🕰️2pm
📍Rhondda Heritage Park Museum
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Published this month: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940', by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/48Hkjfu
The next in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series, available from 30 October: Open Access and paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians
The next in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series, available from 30 October: Open Access and paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians
October 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Published this month: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940', by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/48Hkjfu
The next in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series, available from 30 October: Open Access and paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians
The next in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series, available from 30 October: Open Access and paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians
Honoured to be invited to share my work as the guest speaker at @archpbu.bsky.social's Annual Archives and Special Collections Lecture.
November 12
17:30 -18:30
See you there!
I am thankful for all the support I have received from the BUASC staff and @ystadaucymru.bsky.social.
November 12
17:30 -18:30
See you there!
I am thankful for all the support I have received from the BUASC staff and @ystadaucymru.bsky.social.
Challenging time(s): Exploring how we shape the past and future of Eryri through the exchange of material culture, Alex Ioannou
The first Annual Archives and Special Collections Lecture was delivered by Professor Owen Dudley Edwar
www.bangor.ac.uk
September 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Honoured to be invited to share my work as the guest speaker at @archpbu.bsky.social's Annual Archives and Special Collections Lecture.
November 12
17:30 -18:30
See you there!
I am thankful for all the support I have received from the BUASC staff and @ystadaucymru.bsky.social.
November 12
17:30 -18:30
See you there!
I am thankful for all the support I have received from the BUASC staff and @ystadaucymru.bsky.social.
Reposted by Alex Ioannou
Most recently, we ran a workshop with participants at the @qubhistory.bsky.social Centre for Public History annual conference. Here are some of the results. Thanks @emmajmca.bsky.social, @alexjioannou.bsky.social and others for sharing your work.
September 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Most recently, we ran a workshop with participants at the @qubhistory.bsky.social Centre for Public History annual conference. Here are some of the results. Thanks @emmajmca.bsky.social, @alexjioannou.bsky.social and others for sharing your work.
"Commonplacing" at Queen's University Belfast with @leoniehannan.bsky.social. Allowing for more connections and reflection during the the Public Histories Annual Conference!
@commonplaces.bsky.social
@commonplaces.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"Commonplacing" at Queen's University Belfast with @leoniehannan.bsky.social. Allowing for more connections and reflection during the the Public Histories Annual Conference!
@commonplaces.bsky.social
@commonplaces.bsky.social
VICTORY!
The @archpbu.bsky.social team have been maintained, with a small reduction in staffing hours.
The petition was a success in helping ensure that the service remains resilient and sustainable, and that the collections are preserved for future generations and made accessible to all.
The @archpbu.bsky.social team have been maintained, with a small reduction in staffing hours.
The petition was a success in helping ensure that the service remains resilient and sustainable, and that the collections are preserved for future generations and made accessible to all.
September 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
VICTORY!
The @archpbu.bsky.social team have been maintained, with a small reduction in staffing hours.
The petition was a success in helping ensure that the service remains resilient and sustainable, and that the collections are preserved for future generations and made accessible to all.
The @archpbu.bsky.social team have been maintained, with a small reduction in staffing hours.
The petition was a success in helping ensure that the service remains resilient and sustainable, and that the collections are preserved for future generations and made accessible to all.
So great to have been invited to share during a session at #RGSIBG25 about co-creating place-based climate adaptation action.
Business as usual does overwhelm... but it was uplifting to hear about the many methods being tested to challenge the status-quo.
Business as usual does overwhelm... but it was uplifting to hear about the many methods being tested to challenge the status-quo.
August 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
So great to have been invited to share during a session at #RGSIBG25 about co-creating place-based climate adaptation action.
Business as usual does overwhelm... but it was uplifting to hear about the many methods being tested to challenge the status-quo.
Business as usual does overwhelm... but it was uplifting to hear about the many methods being tested to challenge the status-quo.
Reposted by Alex Ioannou
🗓️ Wednesday 10 September | 6.30pm
📍Boutflour Hall, Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester
🎟️Free to attend - book now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/our-future...
📚Read ‘Our Future in the Land’ 👉
ffcc.co.uk/publications...
📍Boutflour Hall, Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester
🎟️Free to attend - book now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/our-future...
📚Read ‘Our Future in the Land’ 👉
ffcc.co.uk/publications...
Our Future in the Land ~ 180th Lecture Series
The world depends more critically than ever on how we use the land. How can better decisions and approaches to managing land help us?
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🗓️ Wednesday 10 September | 6.30pm
📍Boutflour Hall, Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester
🎟️Free to attend - book now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/our-future...
📚Read ‘Our Future in the Land’ 👉
ffcc.co.uk/publications...
📍Boutflour Hall, Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester
🎟️Free to attend - book now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/our-future...
📚Read ‘Our Future in the Land’ 👉
ffcc.co.uk/publications...
Reposted by Alex Ioannou
Out 28th August: Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment & Identity in Modern England & Wales by Andrew McTominey published w/ @royalhistsoc.org & @ihr.bsky.social.
The 23rd book in the #NewHistoricalPerspectives series, all of which are #OpenAccess w/ no author charge.
uolpress.co.uk/book/watersc...
The 23rd book in the #NewHistoricalPerspectives series, all of which are #OpenAccess w/ no author charge.
uolpress.co.uk/book/watersc...
Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment and Identity in Modern England and Wales - University of London Press
The building of reservoirs in England and Wales was key to urban growth across the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, with the management of waterworks projects closely tied to the social ...
uolpress.co.uk
August 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Out 28th August: Waterscapes: Reservoirs, Environment & Identity in Modern England & Wales by Andrew McTominey published w/ @royalhistsoc.org & @ihr.bsky.social.
The 23rd book in the #NewHistoricalPerspectives series, all of which are #OpenAccess w/ no author charge.
uolpress.co.uk/book/watersc...
The 23rd book in the #NewHistoricalPerspectives series, all of which are #OpenAccess w/ no author charge.
uolpress.co.uk/book/watersc...
Find out about our initiative to foster community connections and conversations within Dyffryn Ogwen, building upon the foundations laid by my doctoral research project:
www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/news/ne...
@ystadaucymru.bsky.social, @archpbu.bsky.social, Partneriaeth Ogwen and other collaborators.
www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/news/ne...
@ystadaucymru.bsky.social, @archpbu.bsky.social, Partneriaeth Ogwen and other collaborators.
August 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Find out about our initiative to foster community connections and conversations within Dyffryn Ogwen, building upon the foundations laid by my doctoral research project:
www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/news/ne...
@ystadaucymru.bsky.social, @archpbu.bsky.social, Partneriaeth Ogwen and other collaborators.
www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/news/ne...
@ystadaucymru.bsky.social, @archpbu.bsky.social, Partneriaeth Ogwen and other collaborators.
Reposted by Alex Ioannou
Sut mae Dyffryn Ogwen wedi newid?
How has Dyffryn Ogwen Changed?
How has Dyffryn Ogwen Changed?
June 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Sut mae Dyffryn Ogwen wedi newid?
How has Dyffryn Ogwen Changed?
How has Dyffryn Ogwen Changed?
Join us for an inspiring evening of exploration and reflection on the Biblical Landscapes of Wales @prifysgolbangor.bsky.social
Organised by @ystadaucymru.bsky.social, the National Centre of Religious Education for Wales and @archpbu.bsky.social.
www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/events/...
Organised by @ystadaucymru.bsky.social, the National Centre of Religious Education for Wales and @archpbu.bsky.social.
www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/events/...
May 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Join us for an inspiring evening of exploration and reflection on the Biblical Landscapes of Wales @prifysgolbangor.bsky.social
Organised by @ystadaucymru.bsky.social, the National Centre of Religious Education for Wales and @archpbu.bsky.social.
www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/events/...
Organised by @ystadaucymru.bsky.social, the National Centre of Religious Education for Wales and @archpbu.bsky.social.
www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/events/...
A kind request to sign the petition to show support and solidarity with the Archives Team at the University of Bangor.
The knowledge, skills and amazing resource is under direct threat of being lost due to proposed cuts.
Help save our archives!
The knowledge, skills and amazing resource is under direct threat of being lost due to proposed cuts.
Help save our archives!
SAVE YOUR ARCHIVE / ACHUBWCH EICH ARCHIFDY
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
chng.it
May 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A kind request to sign the petition to show support and solidarity with the Archives Team at the University of Bangor.
The knowledge, skills and amazing resource is under direct threat of being lost due to proposed cuts.
Help save our archives!
The knowledge, skills and amazing resource is under direct threat of being lost due to proposed cuts.
Help save our archives!