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Dr Sarah Irving
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Associate Prof of Middle Eastern History (Palestine, earthquakes, archaeology, labour). Gobby feminist, inky, cyclist, cat rehabber, born at 331. She/her. #actuallyautistic. Ed. of @contemplevant.bsky.social. Defender of post-92s, union member.
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Bicycles - Why you might need more than one
Artist: Dave Walker
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Over 11,000 Palestinians from Gaza, mostly women and children, have disappeared since October 7. Their relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, trapped under rubble or detained in Israeli prisons — but they’re desperate to find answers.

www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...
The search for Gaza's missing
Over 11,000 Palestinians have disappeared since Oct. 7. Relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, under rubble or in prison.
www.972mag.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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A new article I can’t wait to read!
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Licoricia of Winchester: Power & Prejudice in Medieval England
Tue 18 Nov 19:30 NW London
Location tbd

Award-winning Oxford author Rebecca Abrams talks about her book ‘Licoricia of Winchester’ - a most successful female financier in medieval England

Book your place

www.jhse.org/event-detail...
Licoricia of Winchester: Power & Prejudice in Medieval England | JHSE
www.jhse.org
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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If you see this, post your bird art.

#birds #linocut #snowyowls
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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'No review can do this book justice. Anyone wanting to understand France’s role in Africa along with the background to the new wave of anti-French and anti-colonial feeling, especially in the Sahel, should give it a read.'
liberationorg.co.uk/comment-anal...
@hurstpublishers.bsky.social
Colonialism Devours Itself: The Waning of Francafrique review - Liberation
On France’s role in Africa in the late 20th and early 21st along with the background to the new wave of anti-French and anti-colonial feeling, this is a must read, writes Bob Newland
liberationorg.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Look at this great fund. £200 for really small charities to spend on boring things. Easy, quick to apply.

Link below.

Please share :)
Boring Fund | Christina Poulton
Applications now open! £200 grants available for small charities, CICs and voluntary groups towards some of those boring but hard-to-fund costs.
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Delightful detail from the Roman “unswept floor” mosaic by Heraclitus, showing a mouse nibbling a walnut.

Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!

2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...

#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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"We seek truth and help people better understand the world."
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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What an incredible online exhibition of Arabic book art spearheaded by Zeina Maasri. "It reveals how the aesthetic concerns & political commitments of a generation of Arab artists & graphic designers transformed the Arabic book in its content, form, & very conception." www.decolonizingthepage.com/en
Decolonizing the Page - Decolonizing the page
www.decolonizingthepage.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Beautiful talk with Basma Ghalayini and Mazan Manrouf on their new book Palestine -1, stories from the Eve of the Nakba at the Edinburgh Radical Book Fair organised by @lighthousebks.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Sky News' Data and Forensics team research proved that the X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content.
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
AI = blithering idiot item number………
How many days in a week?
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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'British Asian families are being urged to record the experiences of relatives who fought for Britain for “future generations” as data reveals half the British public don’t know that Indian members of the armed forces served in the second world war.' 1/2
British Asian families urged to share stories of ‘greatest generation’ who fought for Britain
Half of UK public unaware of contribution made by 2.5m British Asian members of armed forces who served in second world war
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Another water company polluting with impunity. In other words, another average day in the UK.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Environmental catastrophe’ fears as millions of plastic beads wash up on Camber Sands
MP asks for explanation from Southern Water amid concerns the spill could have dire impact on rare sea life
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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I had never seen this one. Genius.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_KR...
We Must Promote The Best Man For The Job, Regardless Of Their Sex | Yes Minister | BBC Comedy Greats
YouTube video by BBC Comedy Greats
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Petition to save Geography at the University of Leicester

c.org/cdSSY6RXJ7
Save Geography at the University of Leicester
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
c.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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This year’s olive harvest in Palestine has been one of the most difficult in memory. Across the West Bank, farmers have faced violence, intimidation, and the constant fear of attack.
Read our latest update here

zaytoun.uk/news/on-this...
On this year's olive harvest: when precious olives fall unpicked - Zaytoun
This year’s olive harvest in Palestine has been one of the most difficult in memory.
zaytoun.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM