Mike Sanders
@bronterre1.bsky.social
# Chartism #C19th Radicalism #Cooperation #TradesUnions, #WorkingClassLiterature with forays into #Cricket #Punk & #Reggae & a reviving interest in Torquay United FC #COYY
"In things essential, unity; in things doubtful, liberty; in all things, charity."
"In things essential, unity; in things doubtful, liberty; in all things, charity."
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Lots of great EACW events happening this week - here's another date for the diary! ✍️ Visiting Fulbright Scholar @amylmontz.bsky.social sharing research on Elizabeth Gaskell and the Female Gothic - Weds 11 Feb, 4–5pm, Sam Alex A1.01 📚
February 10, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Lots of great EACW events happening this week - here's another date for the diary! ✍️ Visiting Fulbright Scholar @amylmontz.bsky.social sharing research on Elizabeth Gaskell and the Female Gothic - Weds 11 Feb, 4–5pm, Sam Alex A1.01 📚
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Question for C19th Labour Historians have you come across references to “shuttle-gathering” as a tactic in industrial disputes? Hoping @katrinanavickas.bsky.social and @sslh.bsky.social might be able to help!
February 6, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Question for C19th Labour Historians have you come across references to “shuttle-gathering” as a tactic in industrial disputes? Hoping @katrinanavickas.bsky.social and @sslh.bsky.social might be able to help!
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An alumni of the Sutton Trust Fulbright US Programme has secured a full scholarship to study at Harvard! 🥳
Tina, who is from Keighley, is set to begin a joint degree in government and East Asian studies at the Ivy League university.
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2582651...
Tina, who is from Keighley, is set to begin a joint degree in government and East Asian studies at the Ivy League university.
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2582651...
Bradford student receives full scholarship to study at Harvard University
Tina Chawira from New College Bradford wins a full Harvard scholarship to study government and East Asian studies, inspiring Bradford students’…
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
An alumni of the Sutton Trust Fulbright US Programme has secured a full scholarship to study at Harvard! 🥳
Tina, who is from Keighley, is set to begin a joint degree in government and East Asian studies at the Ivy League university.
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2582651...
Tina, who is from Keighley, is set to begin a joint degree in government and East Asian studies at the Ivy League university.
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2582651...
Just back from watching @martynjosephwales.bsky.social at @bandonthewall.bsky.social First time I’ve seen Martyn Joseph play & hoping that it won’t be the last. Powerful and thoughtful songs which address the heart and the head.
February 4, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Just back from watching @martynjosephwales.bsky.social at @bandonthewall.bsky.social First time I’ve seen Martyn Joseph play & hoping that it won’t be the last. Powerful and thoughtful songs which address the heart and the head.
Just read a beautiful passage from Book 3, Ch.2 in #Gissing’s ‘The Whirlpool’ where Harvey Rolfe has an epiphanic moment when he realises that some of his childhood wonder will also be experienced by his son. Not quite what you’d expect from Gissing - eirenic rather than acerbic.
February 3, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Just read a beautiful passage from Book 3, Ch.2 in #Gissing’s ‘The Whirlpool’ where Harvey Rolfe has an epiphanic moment when he realises that some of his childhood wonder will also be experienced by his son. Not quite what you’d expect from Gissing - eirenic rather than acerbic.
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Dr Kelechi Anucha joins Dr Carl Death and Prof Jade Munslow Ong for African Climate Futures for an evening digging into how climate change is imagined and contested across the continent.
🗓️ 22 Jan 2026
📍 House of Books and Friends
🕕 17:00–19:00
🎟️ Tickets: tinyurl.com/etzcr4uy
#ClimateJustice
🗓️ 22 Jan 2026
📍 House of Books and Friends
🕕 17:00–19:00
🎟️ Tickets: tinyurl.com/etzcr4uy
#ClimateJustice
January 12, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Dr Kelechi Anucha joins Dr Carl Death and Prof Jade Munslow Ong for African Climate Futures for an evening digging into how climate change is imagined and contested across the continent.
🗓️ 22 Jan 2026
📍 House of Books and Friends
🕕 17:00–19:00
🎟️ Tickets: tinyurl.com/etzcr4uy
#ClimateJustice
🗓️ 22 Jan 2026
📍 House of Books and Friends
🕕 17:00–19:00
🎟️ Tickets: tinyurl.com/etzcr4uy
#ClimateJustice
Pleased to be able to say that ‘my’ Department had now joined Bluesky!
Manchester’s English, American Studies and Creative Writing department is now on Bluesky! Follow for updates on research and events.
January 12, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Pleased to be able to say that ‘my’ Department had now joined Bluesky!
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End of year Marxist Aesthetics volume!
Just published…
Tobias Dias, @routhier.bsky.social, and I have edited a special issue of the Nordic Journal of Aesthetics on ‘Marxist Aesthetics’ with a suite of excellent contributions by Hannah Black, Mikkel Bolt, Tobias Dias, Tobias Ertl, E.C. Feiss, Jackqueline Frost, Seb B. Grossmann …
Tobias Dias, @routhier.bsky.social, and I have edited a special issue of the Nordic Journal of Aesthetics on ‘Marxist Aesthetics’ with a suite of excellent contributions by Hannah Black, Mikkel Bolt, Tobias Dias, Tobias Ertl, E.C. Feiss, Jackqueline Frost, Seb B. Grossmann …
Vol. 34 No. 70 (2025): Special issue: Marxist Aesthetics
| The Nordic Journal of Aesthetics
tidsskrift.dk
December 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
End of year Marxist Aesthetics volume!
Fantastic line-up which includes @jenniferballads.bsky.social Congratulations Jennifer!
Legendary folk singer, musician and political activist Peggy Seeger is to perform at a special one-off concert to mark International Workers Day. More…
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/15/p...
sslh.org.uk/2025/12/15/p...
Peggy Seeger to perform ‘Songs for the Workers’
Legendary folk singer, musician and political activist Peggy Seeger is to perform at a special one-off concert to mark International Workers Day. The event will take place at Cecil Sharp House, Lon…
sslh.org.uk
December 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Fantastic line-up which includes @jenniferballads.bsky.social Congratulations Jennifer!
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Like we always say, it is in the materiality of archival encounters that true wonder often lies.
🕷 🕸 🖊
🕷 🕸 🖊
I am encountering M. R. James's handwriting for the first time, and until now I didn't know the true meaning of horror 😱
December 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Like we always say, it is in the materiality of archival encounters that true wonder often lies.
🕷 🕸 🖊
🕷 🕸 🖊
Thanks to the good people of #ThirskRepairCafe my #Defiant set is once more serving as my Bluetooth speaker and I’m listening to ‘Christmas Across Europe’ on @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Thanks to the good people of #ThirskRepairCafe my #Defiant set is once more serving as my Bluetooth speaker and I’m listening to ‘Christmas Across Europe’ on @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social
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Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
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General Strike 100
National museums, libraries, archives, community groups, and individuals across the UK are marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike.
All the details here: generalstrike100.com #GeneralStrike100
National museums, libraries, archives, community groups, and individuals across the UK are marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike.
All the details here: generalstrike100.com #GeneralStrike100
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
General Strike 100
National museums, libraries, archives, community groups, and individuals across the UK are marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike.
All the details here: generalstrike100.com #GeneralStrike100
National museums, libraries, archives, community groups, and individuals across the UK are marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike.
All the details here: generalstrike100.com #GeneralStrike100
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Delighted to welcome this into the world. Paperback for £9.99 or kindle for £8.99.
Hope you’ll treat yourself to an early Christmas present 📚🎄
Please repost this if you can.
#Chartism #C19th #History
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
Hope you’ll treat yourself to an early Christmas present 📚🎄
Please repost this if you can.
#Chartism #C19th #History
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Delighted to welcome this into the world. Paperback for £9.99 or kindle for £8.99.
Hope you’ll treat yourself to an early Christmas present 📚🎄
Please repost this if you can.
#Chartism #C19th #History
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
Hope you’ll treat yourself to an early Christmas present 📚🎄
Please repost this if you can.
#Chartism #C19th #History
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G3Q7PR7Y
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Joshua Hobson, printer, publisher and editor of the Chartist Northern Star newspaper, was born #OnThisday 20 November 1810 www.chartistancestors.co.uk/joshua-hobso...
Joshua Hobson, 1810 - 1876 - chartist ancestors
Joshua Hobson was printer, publisher and later editor of the Northern Star. Though Feargus O’Connor
www.chartistancestors.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Joshua Hobson, printer, publisher and editor of the Chartist Northern Star newspaper, was born #OnThisday 20 November 1810 www.chartistancestors.co.uk/joshua-hobso...
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I haven't seen an adaptation studies #starterpack doing the rounds, so thought I'd create it myself! One for you if you're interested in #adaptation in a cultural context in all of its wonderfully various forms. Let me know in the replies if you'd like to be added.
November 11, 2024 at 2:48 PM
I haven't seen an adaptation studies #starterpack doing the rounds, so thought I'd create it myself! One for you if you're interested in #adaptation in a cultural context in all of its wonderfully various forms. Let me know in the replies if you'd like to be added.
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📢 Solidarity in Action: Day One Strike Highlights
Today was powerful! Our members showed incredible unity and resolve on the first day of strike action. We stood together, loud and proud, demonstrating our commitment to fighting in our dispute!!!
#SaveSheffieldHallam
Today was powerful! Our members showed incredible unity and resolve on the first day of strike action. We stood together, loud and proud, demonstrating our commitment to fighting in our dispute!!!
#SaveSheffieldHallam
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
📢 Solidarity in Action: Day One Strike Highlights
Today was powerful! Our members showed incredible unity and resolve on the first day of strike action. We stood together, loud and proud, demonstrating our commitment to fighting in our dispute!!!
#SaveSheffieldHallam
Today was powerful! Our members showed incredible unity and resolve on the first day of strike action. We stood together, loud and proud, demonstrating our commitment to fighting in our dispute!!!
#SaveSheffieldHallam
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I’m teaching Oliver Goldsmith’s 1770 Deserted Village tomorrow. He says princes can be made and unmade and that the country is in trouble when the super rich accumulate wealth and farmers are put out of business. How on earth do I make any of that relevant to today’s students?
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I’m teaching Oliver Goldsmith’s 1770 Deserted Village tomorrow. He says princes can be made and unmade and that the country is in trouble when the super rich accumulate wealth and farmers are put out of business. How on earth do I make any of that relevant to today’s students?
As part of the General Strike 1926 commemorations I'm doing a talk on the strike novels of Elizabeth Gaskell and Ellen Wilkinson for Elizabeth Gaskell House on 20th May 2026. Details here:
elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk/events/south...
elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk/events/south...
Online Talk: South and North Rather than North and South: Ellen Wilkinson, Elizabeth Gaskell and the ‘Big Strike’ novel » elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk
elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
As part of the General Strike 1926 commemorations I'm doing a talk on the strike novels of Elizabeth Gaskell and Ellen Wilkinson for Elizabeth Gaskell House on 20th May 2026. Details here:
elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk/events/south...
elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk/events/south...
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Russell Hoban's masterpiece *Riddley Walker* is 45 years old today!
“In fear and tremmering only not running a way. In emtyness and ready to be fult. Not to lern no body nothing I cant even lern my oan self all I can do is try not to get in front of whats coming.”
@russellhoban.bsky.social
“In fear and tremmering only not running a way. In emtyness and ready to be fult. Not to lern no body nothing I cant even lern my oan self all I can do is try not to get in front of whats coming.”
@russellhoban.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Russell Hoban's masterpiece *Riddley Walker* is 45 years old today!
“In fear and tremmering only not running a way. In emtyness and ready to be fult. Not to lern no body nothing I cant even lern my oan self all I can do is try not to get in front of whats coming.”
@russellhoban.bsky.social
“In fear and tremmering only not running a way. In emtyness and ready to be fult. Not to lern no body nothing I cant even lern my oan self all I can do is try not to get in front of whats coming.”
@russellhoban.bsky.social
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If trade union education (including working-class history) matters to you - please consider becoming a Friend of the GFTUET.
If trade union education (including working-class history) matters to you - please consider becoming a Friend of the GFTUET.
Become a friend of the GFTU's educational trust
Join me and become a friend of the GFTU’s educational trust, supporting union education for all.
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October 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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If trade union education (including working-class history) matters to you - please consider becoming a Friend of the GFTUET.
If trade union education (including working-class history) matters to you - please consider becoming a Friend of the GFTUET.
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"the classroom has political relevance in creating opportunity for experience not conditioned by what Jäger calls “hyperpolitics.” Hold open this one last precious space of focused attention of careful deliberation of understanding before criticizing."
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October 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"the classroom has political relevance in creating opportunity for experience not conditioned by what Jäger calls “hyperpolitics.” Hold open this one last precious space of focused attention of careful deliberation of understanding before criticizing."
adamkotsko.substack.com/p/pedagogy-i...
adamkotsko.substack.com/p/pedagogy-i...