Jacqueline Riding
@jacriding.bsky.social
Film/TV historian; Art Newspaper Lit Editor; Exhibitions/Curatorial Consultant; Author #Jacobites #Peterloo #Hogarth (Sun Times Art Book of 2021) #HardStreets OUT 5 FEB “Fascinating” Mike Leigh “Rich & emotive” Hallie Rubenhold “Enthralling” Lucy Worsley 🎉
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Hard Streets | A Talk by Jacqueline Riding - Southwark Cathedral
Join acclaimed historian Jacqueline Riding in conversation with Lucy Worsley.
cathedral.southwark.anglican.org
Join me & fab @lucyworsley.bsky.social 19 Feb for Q&A in the ❤️ of Charlie Chaplin’s London. We’ll explore these Victorian #HardStreets in the company of political reformer William Cuffay, Polly Carr Queen of the 40 Thieves & Charlie himself. Tix here! cathedral.southwark.anglican.org/whats-on/har...
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Hi @profilebooks.bsky.social 6 May An Evening with Charlie Chaplin: @megster.bsky.social interviews @jacriding.bsky.social #HardStreets #booksky + live piano 🎹 accompaniment to silent movies📽️ General booking 1st Feb
www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...
www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...
January 24, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Hi @profilebooks.bsky.social 6 May An Evening with Charlie Chaplin: @megster.bsky.social interviews @jacriding.bsky.social #HardStreets #booksky + live piano 🎹 accompaniment to silent movies📽️ General booking 1st Feb
www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...
www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...
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Pre-order #HardStreets @profilebooks.bsky.social via these links:
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January 10, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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Amazon www.amazon.co.uk/Hard-Streets...
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A rich social history of Victorian London, told through the lens of Charlie Chaplin's early years in working-class Lambeth. Welcome to the hard streets.
#HardStreets by @jacriding.bsky.social is out 5th February.
profilebooks.com/work/hard-st...
#HardStreets by @jacriding.bsky.social is out 5th February.
profilebooks.com/work/hard-st...
January 23, 2026 at 11:54 AM
A rich social history of Victorian London, told through the lens of Charlie Chaplin's early years in working-class Lambeth. Welcome to the hard streets.
#HardStreets by @jacriding.bsky.social is out 5th February.
profilebooks.com/work/hard-st...
#HardStreets by @jacriding.bsky.social is out 5th February.
profilebooks.com/work/hard-st...
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Charlie Chaplin rose from the hard streets of working-class Edwardian London to global fame. Framed through this iconic success story, Jacqueline Riding paints a striking portrait of a vanished city.
#HardStreets by @jacriding.bsky.social is out 5th February.
profilebooks.com/work/hard-st...
#HardStreets by @jacriding.bsky.social is out 5th February.
profilebooks.com/work/hard-st...
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Charlie Chaplin rose from the hard streets of working-class Edwardian London to global fame. Framed through this iconic success story, Jacqueline Riding paints a striking portrait of a vanished city.
#HardStreets by @jacriding.bsky.social is out 5th February.
profilebooks.com/work/hard-st...
#HardStreets by @jacriding.bsky.social is out 5th February.
profilebooks.com/work/hard-st...
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Meet author @jacriding.bsky.social 7.30pm 6 May #booksky General booking 1st Feb www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...
Charlie Chaplin rose from the hard streets of working-class Edwardian London to global fame. Framed through this iconic success story, Jacqueline Riding paints a striking portrait of a vanished city.
#HardStreets by @jacriding.bsky.social is out 5th February.
profilebooks.com/work/hard-st...
#HardStreets by @jacriding.bsky.social is out 5th February.
profilebooks.com/work/hard-st...
January 21, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Meet author @jacriding.bsky.social 7.30pm 6 May #booksky General booking 1st Feb www.campdenmayfestivals.co.uk/literature/e...
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Step into the hard streets of Charlie Chaplin's London in this rich social history of the Edwardian working-class.
#HardStreets by @jacriding.bksy.social is out 5th February.
profilebooks.com/work/hard-st...
#HardStreets by @jacriding.bksy.social is out 5th February.
profilebooks.com/work/hard-st...
January 14, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Step into the hard streets of Charlie Chaplin's London in this rich social history of the Edwardian working-class.
#HardStreets by @jacriding.bksy.social is out 5th February.
profilebooks.com/work/hard-st...
#HardStreets by @jacriding.bksy.social is out 5th February.
profilebooks.com/work/hard-st...
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The UK was better off in the EU and Europe was better off with the UK in it.
All of this Trump driven chaos underlines that and you can practically hear Putin rubbing his hands in Moscow.
WE have deliberately weakened ourselves, our security and our region for absolutely no good purpose at all.
All of this Trump driven chaos underlines that and you can practically hear Putin rubbing his hands in Moscow.
WE have deliberately weakened ourselves, our security and our region for absolutely no good purpose at all.
January 19, 2026 at 10:05 AM
The UK was better off in the EU and Europe was better off with the UK in it.
All of this Trump driven chaos underlines that and you can practically hear Putin rubbing his hands in Moscow.
WE have deliberately weakened ourselves, our security and our region for absolutely no good purpose at all.
All of this Trump driven chaos underlines that and you can practically hear Putin rubbing his hands in Moscow.
WE have deliberately weakened ourselves, our security and our region for absolutely no good purpose at all.
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My article for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social on why today’s political journalism is at least part of what’s wrong with Britain’s politics. www.thenewworld.co.uk/tom-baldwin-...
The press that thinks it’s the opposition
Westminster journalists are having a tantrum over No 10 briefings. But the real problems are their right wing bias and focus on gossip over policy
www.thenewworld.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
My article for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social on why today’s political journalism is at least part of what’s wrong with Britain’s politics. www.thenewworld.co.uk/tom-baldwin-...
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🍔👑 The Madness of King Donald
The method in the madness; Venezuela, Greenland, Ukraine.
PLUS
The opportunity in the chaos; Starmer boosts his EU reset.
@pimlicat.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social & @snellarthur.bsky.social
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/1G0o...
The method in the madness; Venezuela, Greenland, Ukraine.
PLUS
The opportunity in the chaos; Starmer boosts his EU reset.
@pimlicat.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social & @snellarthur.bsky.social
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/1G0o...
The Madness of King Donald
open.spotify.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:04 AM
🍔👑 The Madness of King Donald
The method in the madness; Venezuela, Greenland, Ukraine.
PLUS
The opportunity in the chaos; Starmer boosts his EU reset.
@pimlicat.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social & @snellarthur.bsky.social
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/1G0o...
The method in the madness; Venezuela, Greenland, Ukraine.
PLUS
The opportunity in the chaos; Starmer boosts his EU reset.
@pimlicat.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social & @snellarthur.bsky.social
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/1G0o...
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"Reform and the Conservatives, the engineers of Brexit, and the champions of the scorched earth policy that saw the UK quit all areas of EU cooperation, voted against the Bill. We don’t hear from either Tories or Reform that Brexit costs every British citizen over £1,300 a year, every year."
#Brexit
#Brexit
Boosting UK trade in one simple step
Rejoining the European Customs Union would boost UK public finances by £25bn, say Westminster LibDems
bylines.scot
January 10, 2026 at 4:59 PM
"Reform and the Conservatives, the engineers of Brexit, and the champions of the scorched earth policy that saw the UK quit all areas of EU cooperation, voted against the Bill. We don’t hear from either Tories or Reform that Brexit costs every British citizen over £1,300 a year, every year."
#Brexit
#Brexit
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If you can't make 19 Feb at Southwark Cathedral catch up with amazing historian @jacriding.bsky.social in the #Cotswolds discussing Charlie Chaplin's London with @megster.bsky.social 7.30pm 6 May at state of the art Cidermill Theatre. General booking from 1st Feb
campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
Join me & fab @lucyworsley.bsky.social 19 Feb for Q&A in the ❤️ of Charlie Chaplin’s London. We’ll explore these Victorian #HardStreets in the company of political reformer William Cuffay, Polly Carr Queen of the 40 Thieves & Charlie himself. Tix here! cathedral.southwark.anglican.org/whats-on/har...
Hard Streets | A Talk by Jacqueline Riding - Southwark Cathedral
Join acclaimed historian Jacqueline Riding in conversation with Lucy Worsley.
cathedral.southwark.anglican.org
January 10, 2026 at 11:17 AM
If you can't make 19 Feb at Southwark Cathedral catch up with amazing historian @jacriding.bsky.social in the #Cotswolds discussing Charlie Chaplin's London with @megster.bsky.social 7.30pm 6 May at state of the art Cidermill Theatre. General booking from 1st Feb
campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
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Readers in #Cotswolds pre-order @jacriding.bsky.social's #HardStreets @profilebooks.bsky.social
from @borzoibookshop.bsky.social Book event tickets from 1st Feb campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
from @borzoibookshop.bsky.social Book event tickets from 1st Feb campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Readers in #Cotswolds pre-order @jacriding.bsky.social's #HardStreets @profilebooks.bsky.social
from @borzoibookshop.bsky.social Book event tickets from 1st Feb campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
from @borzoibookshop.bsky.social Book event tickets from 1st Feb campdenmayfestivals.co.uk
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The richest individual on Earth should not own the keys to the largest disinformation machine on the planet.
It's not censorship to switch X off. It's common sense.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's not censorship to switch X off. It's common sense.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Musk says X outcry is 'excuse for censorship'
The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 9:26 AM
The richest individual on Earth should not own the keys to the largest disinformation machine on the planet.
It's not censorship to switch X off. It's common sense.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's not censorship to switch X off. It's common sense.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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💥🇬🇧💥🇬🇧
This is a prospective REFORM MP.
Both Farage and Badenoch support creating a UK ICE force.
You ask how did the Nazis take over Germany? By dividing the populace, media propaganda and lies.
This is how Trump was elected. We still have a few more years … but I see it creeping into our discourse
This is a prospective REFORM MP.
Both Farage and Badenoch support creating a UK ICE force.
You ask how did the Nazis take over Germany? By dividing the populace, media propaganda and lies.
This is how Trump was elected. We still have a few more years … but I see it creeping into our discourse
January 10, 2026 at 9:24 AM
💥🇬🇧💥🇬🇧
This is a prospective REFORM MP.
Both Farage and Badenoch support creating a UK ICE force.
You ask how did the Nazis take over Germany? By dividing the populace, media propaganda and lies.
This is how Trump was elected. We still have a few more years … but I see it creeping into our discourse
This is a prospective REFORM MP.
Both Farage and Badenoch support creating a UK ICE force.
You ask how did the Nazis take over Germany? By dividing the populace, media propaganda and lies.
This is how Trump was elected. We still have a few more years … but I see it creeping into our discourse
Join me & fab @lucyworsley.bsky.social 19 Feb for Q&A in the ❤️ of Charlie Chaplin’s London. We’ll explore these Victorian #HardStreets in the company of political reformer William Cuffay, Polly Carr Queen of the 40 Thieves & Charlie himself. Tix here! cathedral.southwark.anglican.org/whats-on/har...
Hard Streets | A Talk by Jacqueline Riding - Southwark Cathedral
Join acclaimed historian Jacqueline Riding in conversation with Lucy Worsley.
cathedral.southwark.anglican.org
January 10, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Join me & fab @lucyworsley.bsky.social 19 Feb for Q&A in the ❤️ of Charlie Chaplin’s London. We’ll explore these Victorian #HardStreets in the company of political reformer William Cuffay, Polly Carr Queen of the 40 Thieves & Charlie himself. Tix here! cathedral.southwark.anglican.org/whats-on/har...
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Important piece from the Prime Minister.
Today, Labour introduces legislation to scrap the two child limit and pave the way for the largest reduction in child poverty in a single parliament.
A pro-learning, anti-poverty policy that backs working families.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Today, Labour introduces legislation to scrap the two child limit and pave the way for the largest reduction in child poverty in a single parliament.
A pro-learning, anti-poverty policy that backs working families.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Keir Starmer: What Isla, 9, taught me about child poverty
The Prime Minister sets out what his Government is doing to tackle child poverty, amid rising pressure over his leadership
inews.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Important piece from the Prime Minister.
Today, Labour introduces legislation to scrap the two child limit and pave the way for the largest reduction in child poverty in a single parliament.
A pro-learning, anti-poverty policy that backs working families.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Today, Labour introduces legislation to scrap the two child limit and pave the way for the largest reduction in child poverty in a single parliament.
A pro-learning, anti-poverty policy that backs working families.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Charlie Chaplin rose from the streets of Edwardian London to worldwide fame. But his work and outlook were always shaped by the world he came from. Welcome to the hard streets.
#HardStreets by @jacriding.bsky.social is out 5th February.
profilebooks.com/work/hard-st...
#HardStreets by @jacriding.bsky.social is out 5th February.
profilebooks.com/work/hard-st...
January 8, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Charlie Chaplin rose from the streets of Edwardian London to worldwide fame. But his work and outlook were always shaped by the world he came from. Welcome to the hard streets.
#HardStreets by @jacriding.bsky.social is out 5th February.
profilebooks.com/work/hard-st...
#HardStreets by @jacriding.bsky.social is out 5th February.
profilebooks.com/work/hard-st...
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It has become increasingly clear that X - a platform now actively producing explicit and abusive material against women and children - is not an appropriate platform to be using for our comms.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
January 7, 2026 at 4:16 PM
It has become increasingly clear that X - a platform now actively producing explicit and abusive material against women and children - is not an appropriate platform to be using for our comms.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.
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Big thanks @XOBikes for fixing my broken wheel today at their new shop at 176 Blackfriars Rd.
XO is a social enterprise which fixes & sells donated bikes.
Staff are ex-offenders who've been trained as profession mechanics. All profits go towards training more ex-offenders.
XO is a social enterprise which fixes & sells donated bikes.
Staff are ex-offenders who've been trained as profession mechanics. All profits go towards training more ex-offenders.
January 5, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Big thanks @XOBikes for fixing my broken wheel today at their new shop at 176 Blackfriars Rd.
XO is a social enterprise which fixes & sells donated bikes.
Staff are ex-offenders who've been trained as profession mechanics. All profits go towards training more ex-offenders.
XO is a social enterprise which fixes & sells donated bikes.
Staff are ex-offenders who've been trained as profession mechanics. All profits go towards training more ex-offenders.
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The UK foreign secretary makes a statement on the USA & Venezuela in the Commons.
She emphasises the importance of upholding international law in all circumstances and raised these issues with the US yesterday.
1/6
She emphasises the importance of upholding international law in all circumstances and raised these issues with the US yesterday.
1/6
January 5, 2026 at 6:46 PM
The UK foreign secretary makes a statement on the USA & Venezuela in the Commons.
She emphasises the importance of upholding international law in all circumstances and raised these issues with the US yesterday.
1/6
She emphasises the importance of upholding international law in all circumstances and raised these issues with the US yesterday.
1/6
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Contrary to what you may think, I do not care one jot about Starmer's fate. I do care about the number of people who seem to mistake precipitousness for moral clarity and bravado for courage - even in circumstances where getting it wrong might have catastrophic consequences.
It frightens me deeply.
It frightens me deeply.
January 5, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Contrary to what you may think, I do not care one jot about Starmer's fate. I do care about the number of people who seem to mistake precipitousness for moral clarity and bravado for courage - even in circumstances where getting it wrong might have catastrophic consequences.
It frightens me deeply.
It frightens me deeply.
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I'm hoping a few of your followers might support our campaign to protect a 170 year old oak tree in Wivenhoe. We have launched a crowdjustice fundraiser to be able to challenge Aviva and the Town Council from felling a beloved tree, known affectionately as Old King George.
January 2, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I'm hoping a few of your followers might support our campaign to protect a 170 year old oak tree in Wivenhoe. We have launched a crowdjustice fundraiser to be able to challenge Aviva and the Town Council from felling a beloved tree, known affectionately as Old King George.
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On MONDAY, friends! It's VICTORIAN MURDER CLUB, at 9pm on BBC Two!
At this point I forget all the early starts and freezing locations. But I don't forget the magnificent people behind the scenes who make it all possible. If you appreciate them as much as I do, do let them know in the comments!
At this point I forget all the early starts and freezing locations. But I don't forget the magnificent people behind the scenes who make it all possible. If you appreciate them as much as I do, do let them know in the comments!
January 4, 2026 at 1:43 PM
On MONDAY, friends! It's VICTORIAN MURDER CLUB, at 9pm on BBC Two!
At this point I forget all the early starts and freezing locations. But I don't forget the magnificent people behind the scenes who make it all possible. If you appreciate them as much as I do, do let them know in the comments!
At this point I forget all the early starts and freezing locations. But I don't forget the magnificent people behind the scenes who make it all possible. If you appreciate them as much as I do, do let them know in the comments!
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BREAKING: “What is becoming increasingly apparent is the falsehoods that were peddled by Nigel Farage and others at the time of the Brexit referendum…all you had to do was leave the EU & you would have £350m a week for your NHS, well it hasn’t materialised”
PM Keir Starmer
PM Keir Starmer
January 4, 2026 at 10:07 AM
BREAKING: “What is becoming increasingly apparent is the falsehoods that were peddled by Nigel Farage and others at the time of the Brexit referendum…all you had to do was leave the EU & you would have £350m a week for your NHS, well it hasn’t materialised”
PM Keir Starmer
PM Keir Starmer
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Here’s full interview of #KeirStarmer by Laura Kuenssberg. Most interesting IMO,is his clear steer that we will be aligning more closely with the EU+the single market.
[Pls don’t shout at me. I don’t work for the #BBC. I don’t choose its employees+I think it’s important to hear this to be informed]
[Pls don’t shout at me. I don’t work for the #BBC. I don’t choose its employees+I think it’s important to hear this to be informed]
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg - Interview with the Prime Minister
Laura speak to prime minister Keir Starmer in the first of a series of New Year interviews with party leaders.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Here’s full interview of #KeirStarmer by Laura Kuenssberg. Most interesting IMO,is his clear steer that we will be aligning more closely with the EU+the single market.
[Pls don’t shout at me. I don’t work for the #BBC. I don’t choose its employees+I think it’s important to hear this to be informed]
[Pls don’t shout at me. I don’t work for the #BBC. I don’t choose its employees+I think it’s important to hear this to be informed]