Rebecca Goldsmith
@beccagold.bsky.social
Writing about politics, the ‘vernacular’, selfhood and class. Research Fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge.
PhD on ‘The making of “Labour’s working class” 1931-1951’. She/her
PhD on ‘The making of “Labour’s working class” 1931-1951’. She/her
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Fantastic funded PhD opportunity here in the School of Humanities at Reading - please share widely! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Young Refugees to Britain in the early Twentieth Century at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Young Refugees to Britain in the early Twentieth Century at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Fantastic funded PhD opportunity here in the School of Humanities at Reading - please share widely! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Rebecca Orr, research fellow @kingscollege.bsky.social, wins Duncan Tanner Essay Prize for outstanding scholarship in modern British history 👏👏
Orr was awarded by @mbhjournal.bsky.social for her article: The Growth of the British Private Security Industry & the Ends of Empire, 1960-74
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Orr was awarded by @mbhjournal.bsky.social for her article: The Growth of the British Private Security Industry & the Ends of Empire, 1960-74
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February 12, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Rebecca Orr, research fellow @kingscollege.bsky.social, wins Duncan Tanner Essay Prize for outstanding scholarship in modern British history 👏👏
Orr was awarded by @mbhjournal.bsky.social for her article: The Growth of the British Private Security Industry & the Ends of Empire, 1960-74
Read more ⬇️
Orr was awarded by @mbhjournal.bsky.social for her article: The Growth of the British Private Security Industry & the Ends of Empire, 1960-74
Read more ⬇️
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Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...
February 10, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...
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We're looking to capture experiences of what it means to be queer in the UK today! To do that we're collecting day diaries for 12th February. It doesn't matter what you get up to, or how you record it, we'd love to have it!🧵 (1/4) #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26
In 1982, inspired by the work of MO the National Lesbian and Gay survey began, it sought to capture what everyday life was like for queer people living in the UK. For our latest open call we're continuing the work of NLGS and asking what does it mean to be queer every day?
#lgbtqhistory
#lgbtqhistory
February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
We're looking to capture experiences of what it means to be queer in the UK today! To do that we're collecting day diaries for 12th February. It doesn't matter what you get up to, or how you record it, we'd love to have it!🧵 (1/4) #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26
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Good to see this up!
In this piece itself, I argue the problem is not *just* Keir Starmer.
In this piece itself, I argue the problem is not *just* Keir Starmer.
A useful reminder on today of all days from our @qmulsse.bsky.social colleague @colmpm.bsky.social
Labour's problem isn't Keir Starmer | LSE British Politics
Labour's dismal performance in the polls has lead to Keir Starmer's leadership of the Labour Party being openly contested. But Colm Murphy argues that, while Starmer is a flawed politician, many of th...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
February 4, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Good to see this up!
In this piece itself, I argue the problem is not *just* Keir Starmer.
In this piece itself, I argue the problem is not *just* Keir Starmer.
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Three scholarships for PhD in Arthur Scargill Archive - quite the opportunity. Believe me when I say that I am sure that some of the stuff in here will be quite the eye-opener! (if the good stuff hasn't been already shredded or slapped with an embargo)
FindAPhD : PhD Studentships to support doctoral research in the Arthur Scargill Archive at the University of Sheffield at University of Sheffield
Apply for a PhD: PhD Studentships to support doctoral research in the Arthur Scargill Archive at the University of Sheffield at University of Sheffield
www.findaphd.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Three scholarships for PhD in Arthur Scargill Archive - quite the opportunity. Believe me when I say that I am sure that some of the stuff in here will be quite the eye-opener! (if the good stuff hasn't been already shredded or slapped with an embargo)
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I really enjoyed reviewing @kitkowol.bsky.social's "Blue Jerusalem" - an excellent new study of WW2-era British Conservatism, highlighting both its intellectual vitality and its practical political impact
#Skystorians New review drop! @dmk1793.bsky.social on Kit Kowol's Blue Jerusalem: British Conservatism, Winston Churchill, and the Second World War (OUP, 2024), doi.org/10.1111/1468...
February 3, 2026 at 3:37 PM
I really enjoyed reviewing @kitkowol.bsky.social's "Blue Jerusalem" - an excellent new study of WW2-era British Conservatism, highlighting both its intellectual vitality and its practical political impact
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Job opportunity: 18 month fellowship in British Studies working @ihr.bsky.social to undertake own research and prep for NACBS2027 @thenacbs.bsky.social
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Jacob Price Fellowship in British Studies (18 month FTC):London Senate House - Hybrid
The University of London is both the UK’s largest provider of international distance and online learning and the convenor of a federation of 17 renowned higher education institutions.
www.jobs.london.ac.uk
February 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Job opportunity: 18 month fellowship in British Studies working @ihr.bsky.social to undertake own research and prep for NACBS2027 @thenacbs.bsky.social
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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An Injury To All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class will be published by Verso in October!
Today I submitted responses to last comments from my editor and worked on the blurb. It's getting closer and closer!
Today I submitted responses to last comments from my editor and worked on the blurb. It's getting closer and closer!
January 28, 2026 at 8:53 PM
An Injury To All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class will be published by Verso in October!
Today I submitted responses to last comments from my editor and worked on the blurb. It's getting closer and closer!
Today I submitted responses to last comments from my editor and worked on the blurb. It's getting closer and closer!
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First lecture now available online - www.history.ox.ac.uk/event/founda... - if you’re in Oxford tomorrow, 29th, come hear the second live with drinks reception afterwards.
January 28, 2026 at 6:21 PM
First lecture now available online - www.history.ox.ac.uk/event/founda... - if you’re in Oxford tomorrow, 29th, come hear the second live with drinks reception afterwards.
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Prof @petermandler.bsky.social will give the James Ford Lectures 2026 @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social
Peter Mandler will chart the spread & use of the language of social science into everyday life in 20th-century Britain.
Thursdays, 5pm
Weeks 1-6 Hilary Term
🔗 www.history.ox.ac.uk/james-ford-l...
Peter Mandler will chart the spread & use of the language of social science into everyday life in 20th-century Britain.
Thursdays, 5pm
Weeks 1-6 Hilary Term
🔗 www.history.ox.ac.uk/james-ford-l...
The James Ford Lectures in British History
The Language of Social Science in Everyday Life - Peter Mandler (Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge)
www.history.ox.ac.uk
January 21, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Prof @petermandler.bsky.social will give the James Ford Lectures 2026 @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social
Peter Mandler will chart the spread & use of the language of social science into everyday life in 20th-century Britain.
Thursdays, 5pm
Weeks 1-6 Hilary Term
🔗 www.history.ox.ac.uk/james-ford-l...
Peter Mandler will chart the spread & use of the language of social science into everyday life in 20th-century Britain.
Thursdays, 5pm
Weeks 1-6 Hilary Term
🔗 www.history.ox.ac.uk/james-ford-l...
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and once again: you can pre order here www.amazon.co.uk/No-Second-Ch...
January 22, 2026 at 2:35 PM
and once again: you can pre order here www.amazon.co.uk/No-Second-Ch...
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So pleased to be part of this, reflecting on the fraught place of disability in Labour's history, distant and recent
NEW ISSUE: Renewal 33/3&4
Guest co-edited by @neilwarner.bsky.social & @beccagold.bsky.social, this special double issue features nineteen (19) brilliant essays analysing Labour's statecraft and debating the strategic challenges for social democracy in Britain and beyond
Guest co-edited by @neilwarner.bsky.social & @beccagold.bsky.social, this special double issue features nineteen (19) brilliant essays analysing Labour's statecraft and debating the strategic challenges for social democracy in Britain and beyond
Volume 33, Issue 3-4
A quarterly journal of politics and ideas, committed to exploring and expanding the radical potential of social democracy.
renewal.org.uk
January 20, 2026 at 5:43 PM
So pleased to be part of this, reflecting on the fraught place of disability in Labour's history, distant and recent
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FREE TO READ: Rebecca Goldsmith (@beccagold.bsky.social) argues that post-war Labour governments suceeded electorally by channelling voters' desire for the "good life", and warns the contemporary Labour Party against underestimating public idealism
Progressive politics, trust, and the ‘good life’
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The Starmer administration has been widely criticised for failing to articulate a positive vision of change. In ...
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January 20, 2026 at 2:32 PM
FREE TO READ: Rebecca Goldsmith (@beccagold.bsky.social) argues that post-war Labour governments suceeded electorally by channelling voters' desire for the "good life", and warns the contemporary Labour Party against underestimating public idealism
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NEW ISSUE: Renewal 33/3&4
Guest co-edited by @neilwarner.bsky.social & @beccagold.bsky.social, this special double issue features nineteen (19) brilliant essays analysing Labour's statecraft and debating the strategic challenges for social democracy in Britain and beyond
Guest co-edited by @neilwarner.bsky.social & @beccagold.bsky.social, this special double issue features nineteen (19) brilliant essays analysing Labour's statecraft and debating the strategic challenges for social democracy in Britain and beyond
Volume 33, Issue 3-4
A quarterly journal of politics and ideas, committed to exploring and expanding the radical potential of social democracy.
renewal.org.uk
January 20, 2026 at 1:46 PM
NEW ISSUE: Renewal 33/3&4
Guest co-edited by @neilwarner.bsky.social & @beccagold.bsky.social, this special double issue features nineteen (19) brilliant essays analysing Labour's statecraft and debating the strategic challenges for social democracy in Britain and beyond
Guest co-edited by @neilwarner.bsky.social & @beccagold.bsky.social, this special double issue features nineteen (19) brilliant essays analysing Labour's statecraft and debating the strategic challenges for social democracy in Britain and beyond
It’s been a real treat to help with this issue. Huge credit to @morganj0nes.bsky.social and @neilwarner.bsky.social for bringing it together. There are some great free-to-read pieces (including Neil’s excellent article on anti-oligarchy as anti-fascism), but you should subscribe for the full thing!
NEW ISSUE: Renewal 33/3&4
Guest co-edited by @neilwarner.bsky.social & @beccagold.bsky.social, this special double issue features nineteen (19) brilliant essays analysing Labour's statecraft and debating the strategic challenges for social democracy in Britain and beyond
Guest co-edited by @neilwarner.bsky.social & @beccagold.bsky.social, this special double issue features nineteen (19) brilliant essays analysing Labour's statecraft and debating the strategic challenges for social democracy in Britain and beyond
Volume 33, Issue 3-4
A quarterly journal of politics and ideas, committed to exploring and expanding the radical potential of social democracy.
renewal.org.uk
January 20, 2026 at 6:57 PM
It’s been a real treat to help with this issue. Huge credit to @morganj0nes.bsky.social and @neilwarner.bsky.social for bringing it together. There are some great free-to-read pieces (including Neil’s excellent article on anti-oligarchy as anti-fascism), but you should subscribe for the full thing!
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Gordon Forster Essay Prize 2026
Deadline: 1 May 2026
Open to postgraduate students and ECRs, the winner receives £200 and their essay will be considered for publication. Essays should fit within the journal’s aims & scope, and be between 7000-10000 words (inc. footnotes).
Please repost.
Deadline: 1 May 2026
Open to postgraduate students and ECRs, the winner receives £200 and their essay will be considered for publication. Essays should fit within the journal’s aims & scope, and be between 7000-10000 words (inc. footnotes).
Please repost.
www.tandfonline.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Gordon Forster Essay Prize 2026
Deadline: 1 May 2026
Open to postgraduate students and ECRs, the winner receives £200 and their essay will be considered for publication. Essays should fit within the journal’s aims & scope, and be between 7000-10000 words (inc. footnotes).
Please repost.
Deadline: 1 May 2026
Open to postgraduate students and ECRs, the winner receives £200 and their essay will be considered for publication. Essays should fit within the journal’s aims & scope, and be between 7000-10000 words (inc. footnotes).
Please repost.
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The new edition of @renewaljournal.bsky.social is one of the most exciting yet, featuring essays from four Labour MPs, as well as from some of the sharpest writers and academics from across the wider left.
Subscribe now to get the print edition delivered straight to your doorstep!
renewal.org.uk
Subscribe now to get the print edition delivered straight to your doorstep!
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The issue features @anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social's Rita Hinden lecture on how social democracy should relate to big tech; @sarahowen.org.uk on Labour as a feminist project; @alistrathern.bsky.social on 'commuter Labour'; and @pollybillington.bsky.social on the party's narrative.
January 10, 2026 at 11:36 AM
The new edition of @renewaljournal.bsky.social is one of the most exciting yet, featuring essays from four Labour MPs, as well as from some of the sharpest writers and academics from across the wider left.
Subscribe now to get the print edition delivered straight to your doorstep!
renewal.org.uk
Subscribe now to get the print edition delivered straight to your doorstep!
renewal.org.uk
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We're putting the finishing touches on the next issue of @renewaljournal.bsky.social, which is a double issue about Labour's time in power.
January 10, 2026 at 11:21 AM
We're putting the finishing touches on the next issue of @renewaljournal.bsky.social, which is a double issue about Labour's time in power.
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JOB ALERT!
3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.
PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.
PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
January 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
JOB ALERT!
3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.
PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
3-year postdoc at @girtoncollege.bsky.social - research anything you like in History, Archaeology or Anthropology in a wonderful, welcoming scholarly community.
PLEASE SHARE! Closes 12 January
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/job-vacancie...
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Parth Patel and Nick Garland essay on national identity and ethnonationalism for @ippr.org
www.ippr.org/articles/the...
www.ippr.org/articles/the...
Reclaiming Britain: The nation against ethno-nationalism | IPPR
Last summer, after the most widespread racist rioting since 1919, IPPR wrote it was “a testament to progress” that deporting black and brown people living
www.ippr.org
December 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Parth Patel and Nick Garland essay on national identity and ethnonationalism for @ippr.org
www.ippr.org/articles/the...
www.ippr.org/articles/the...
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This destruction at Essex isn’t going to result in an improved learning or working environment. It will ossify research, it will diminish student learning environments, it will be catastrophic for working conditions.
Hard to see what the outcome will be aside from something not like a university.
Hard to see what the outcome will be aside from something not like a university.
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
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
December 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This destruction at Essex isn’t going to result in an improved learning or working environment. It will ossify research, it will diminish student learning environments, it will be catastrophic for working conditions.
Hard to see what the outcome will be aside from something not like a university.
Hard to see what the outcome will be aside from something not like a university.
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If you are a historian with policy-facing interests who has recently submitted their PhD (or will do so imminently), this fantastic new London-based postdoc fellowship in Applied History could be for you. www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...
Robert Mcintosh Applied History & Policy Fellowship
Robert Mcintosh Applied History & Policy Fellowship
www.history.ac.uk
December 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
If you are a historian with policy-facing interests who has recently submitted their PhD (or will do so imminently), this fantastic new London-based postdoc fellowship in Applied History could be for you. www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...
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Not enough attention is being paid to the effective closure of the bulk of one of the 2 or 3 most important public archives for modern British history. A terrible own goal for the BBC as a public-service agency.
WAC wrong-headedness
(that's the BBC Written Archives Centre)
I've brought together the key links for the campaign against the changes which now make independent and exploratory research at WAC impossible - and why this matters.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/wac-wrong-he...
(that's the BBC Written Archives Centre)
I've brought together the key links for the campaign against the changes which now make independent and exploratory research at WAC impossible - and why this matters.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/wac-wrong-he...
WAC wrong-headedness - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: Some of you will know that I have been very involved over the past months with attempts to reverse the wrong-headed changes to access at the BBC Written Archives Centre (above, with...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Not enough attention is being paid to the effective closure of the bulk of one of the 2 or 3 most important public archives for modern British history. A terrible own goal for the BBC as a public-service agency.
For those in Oxford, I’ll be speaking tomorrow at the Modern British History seminar! Come along to hear some of the findings from my recently completed PhD thesis on ‘The making of “Labour’s working class”, 1931-51’.
October 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
For those in Oxford, I’ll be speaking tomorrow at the Modern British History seminar! Come along to hear some of the findings from my recently completed PhD thesis on ‘The making of “Labour’s working class”, 1931-51’.