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Gilbert Hill
@gilberthill.bsky.social
Privacy Technologist & lapsed archaeologist; guitars, bass & vocals in SE London bands
In last weekend’s @data.ft.com - reincarnation & the art of pension planning
August 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Reposted by Gilbert Hill
In the latest issue of History Workshop Journal, Jack Hanlon
(@jackhanlon.bsky.social) examines the Smithfield meat porter as a contested symbol of working-class racism.

Available to read Open Access in HWJ 99 🗃️
The Meat Porter: Metropolitan Labour, ‘Rivers of Blood’, and the White Working Class
Abstract. At the turn of the twentieth century the Smithfield meat porter entered the public imagination as a distinct ‘London Type’, a frequently caricatu
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July 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Delighted to hear on @therestpolitics.bsky.social Rory attended lavish banquet for Catterick royalty as boost to local gov - then realised it was his pronunciation of Qatari - oops
December 12, 2024 at 9:49 AM