Dr Claire Robinson
@mcrclaire.bsky.social
Cultural and social historian of 19th and 20th Century. Mostly researches Victorian and Edwardian theatre and periodicals in Manchester. Historical Pantomime. Public Engagement. Fashion and costume history. Arty stuff. Foodie. Nature.
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Dr Claire Robinson
@mcrclaire.bsky.social
· Jan 17
Cultural and social historian of 19th and 20th Century. Mostly researches Victorian and Edwardian theatre and periodicals in Manchester. Historical Pantomime. Public Engagement. Fashion and costume history. Arty stuff. Foodie. Nature.
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During the shutdown, many theories emerged as to what Republicans were up to. But there was one explanation that I kept hearing from House Democrats: it was all about the Epstein Files. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/it-w...
It Was the Epstein Shutdown All Along
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
During the shutdown, many theories emerged as to what Republicans were up to. But there was one explanation that I kept hearing from House Democrats: it was all about the Epstein Files. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/it-w...
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🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
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Hey everyone, check out this interview with All Music Magazine. It includes a little preview of what we have planned for the Cavalcade shows 😁
www.allmusicmagazine.co.uk/post/intervi...
www.allmusicmagazine.co.uk/post/intervi...
October 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hey everyone, check out this interview with All Music Magazine. It includes a little preview of what we have planned for the Cavalcade shows 😁
www.allmusicmagazine.co.uk/post/intervi...
www.allmusicmagazine.co.uk/post/intervi...
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Have you listened to our latest podcast episode yet? Dr Oliver Coulson (who’s also responsible for these fab cartoons) discusses humour in Medieval England.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Have you listened to our latest podcast episode yet? Dr Oliver Coulson (who’s also responsible for these fab cartoons) discusses humour in Medieval England.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
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A real time tracker on how trump is destroying democracy as instructrd by the oligarchy that put him there. www.trumpactiontracker.info?
www.trumpactiontracker.info
October 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
A real time tracker on how trump is destroying democracy as instructrd by the oligarchy that put him there. www.trumpactiontracker.info?
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An excellent summation of why trump allied with Arab interests while Netanyahu got in line youtu.be/Y8s9kEpaEEY?...
Netanyahu’s US schmooze went from 'hugging the bear' to 'riding the elephant': Marwan Bishara
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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October 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
An excellent summation of why trump allied with Arab interests while Netanyahu got in line youtu.be/Y8s9kEpaEEY?...
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I wish to travel to Lewes, East Sussex in 1759 and feast upon Apple-fritters a la Bavarre as found in William Verral's book A Complete System of Cookery.
Will you join me?
Will you join me?
March 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I wish to travel to Lewes, East Sussex in 1759 and feast upon Apple-fritters a la Bavarre as found in William Verral's book A Complete System of Cookery.
Will you join me?
Will you join me?
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Just read a reference to working in archives as the 'second oldest' profession. am imagining the world where there are only two jobs on offer: sex worker or archivist
September 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Just read a reference to working in archives as the 'second oldest' profession. am imagining the world where there are only two jobs on offer: sex worker or archivist
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Creeg Tol: This outcrop of rock, also known as the Giant’s Footprint, is beside the footpath from the A30 lay-by kissing gate to Boscawen Un, though you may not notice it there on your way to the circle. There is a small, presumably modern stone circle close by, photos of that are on our page.
September 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Creeg Tol: This outcrop of rock, also known as the Giant’s Footprint, is beside the footpath from the A30 lay-by kissing gate to Boscawen Un, though you may not notice it there on your way to the circle. There is a small, presumably modern stone circle close by, photos of that are on our page.
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We might be about to find out just how supine the following institutions are about the 1st amendment
1) The media companies
2) Congress
3) The Supreme Court
Likely answer? Probably (in decreasing order) very supine.
1) The media companies
2) Congress
3) The Supreme Court
Likely answer? Probably (in decreasing order) very supine.
September 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
We might be about to find out just how supine the following institutions are about the 1st amendment
1) The media companies
2) Congress
3) The Supreme Court
Likely answer? Probably (in decreasing order) very supine.
1) The media companies
2) Congress
3) The Supreme Court
Likely answer? Probably (in decreasing order) very supine.
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Letterman on Kimmel and Colbert 🔥
"You can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian—a criminal—administration in the Oval Office. That’s just not how this works"
"You can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian—a criminal—administration in the Oval Office. That’s just not how this works"
September 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Letterman on Kimmel and Colbert 🔥
"You can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian—a criminal—administration in the Oval Office. That’s just not how this works"
"You can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian—a criminal—administration in the Oval Office. That’s just not how this works"
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It’s not a question of whether you agree with Jimmy Kimmel.
When someone uses their government position to threaten speech they don't like, that undermines the First Amendment and our entire democracy.
Everyone should care about this—no matter what your political view is.
When someone uses their government position to threaten speech they don't like, that undermines the First Amendment and our entire democracy.
Everyone should care about this—no matter what your political view is.
September 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
It’s not a question of whether you agree with Jimmy Kimmel.
When someone uses their government position to threaten speech they don't like, that undermines the First Amendment and our entire democracy.
Everyone should care about this—no matter what your political view is.
When someone uses their government position to threaten speech they don't like, that undermines the First Amendment and our entire democracy.
Everyone should care about this—no matter what your political view is.
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MAGA ambassador Pete Hoosktra is telling Canada that he doesn't like the term "elbows up." He says it's anti-American.
Sorry Pete, your president might be able to fire Jimmy Kimmel but you don't get to tell Canadians how to talk.
Elbows up Mother-stucker.
Sorry Pete, your president might be able to fire Jimmy Kimmel but you don't get to tell Canadians how to talk.
Elbows up Mother-stucker.
September 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
MAGA ambassador Pete Hoosktra is telling Canada that he doesn't like the term "elbows up." He says it's anti-American.
Sorry Pete, your president might be able to fire Jimmy Kimmel but you don't get to tell Canadians how to talk.
Elbows up Mother-stucker.
Sorry Pete, your president might be able to fire Jimmy Kimmel but you don't get to tell Canadians how to talk.
Elbows up Mother-stucker.
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Brazil’s supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup
Brazil’s supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup
Former president faces decades-long jail sentence for seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing 2022 election
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Anatomy of a coup plot: why Jair Bolsonaro is on trial
A majority of Brazil’s supreme court judges have voted to convict the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a military coup, leaving the far-right populist facing a decades-long sentence for leading the criminal conspiracy.
Justice Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha ruled on Thursday that Bolsonaro – a former paratrooper who was elected president in 2018 – was guilty of seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing the 2022 election, meaning three of the five judges involved in the trial had found Brazil’s former leader guilty. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Brazil’s supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup
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BREAKING: A majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court panel has voted to convict ex-President Jair Bolsonaro for plotting to overturn the 2022 election
September 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
BREAKING: A majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court panel has voted to convict ex-President Jair Bolsonaro for plotting to overturn the 2022 election
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News | Perth Art Gallery announces long-term loan of private Millais collection – more than 300 objects to go on display in Scotland for the first time
Perth Art Gallery announces long-term loan of private Millais collection - Museums Association
More than 300 objects to go on display in Scotland for the first time
www.museumsassociation.org
July 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
News | Perth Art Gallery announces long-term loan of private Millais collection – more than 300 objects to go on display in Scotland for the first time
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A book lover’s haven—Chetham’s Library, Manchester!
July 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A book lover’s haven—Chetham’s Library, Manchester!
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'𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐮𝐭-𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞'
Today's discovery at the @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social Research Centre in #Crewe while looking through some material relating to Leighton Hospital!
Counters and dice anyone .....
Today's discovery at the @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social Research Centre in #Crewe while looking through some material relating to Leighton Hospital!
Counters and dice anyone .....
July 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
'𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐮𝐭-𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞'
Today's discovery at the @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social Research Centre in #Crewe while looking through some material relating to Leighton Hospital!
Counters and dice anyone .....
Today's discovery at the @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social Research Centre in #Crewe while looking through some material relating to Leighton Hospital!
Counters and dice anyone .....
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Sundial Sunday
Time is in your hands, c. 1784.
Travel handbook with bells and whistles at #NewberryLibrary i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01...
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Time is in your hands, c. 1784.
Travel handbook with bells and whistles at #NewberryLibrary i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01...
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July 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Sundial Sunday
Time is in your hands, c. 1784.
Travel handbook with bells and whistles at #NewberryLibrary i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01...
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Time is in your hands, c. 1784.
Travel handbook with bells and whistles at #NewberryLibrary i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01...
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Only 100 more signatures to get to 10k 💥
Help us hold Google and Apple to account 👇
goodlawproject.org/petition/tim...
Help us hold Google and Apple to account 👇
goodlawproject.org/petition/tim...
It’s time for app stores to ban fake age ratings
Google and Apple must stop making cash out of conning kids and their parents through fake app store age ratings. Join our fight!
goodlawproject.org
July 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Only 100 more signatures to get to 10k 💥
Help us hold Google and Apple to account 👇
goodlawproject.org/petition/tim...
Help us hold Google and Apple to account 👇
goodlawproject.org/petition/tim...
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We have announced our next #ForgottenWomenFriday - join us for a fun day of collaborative research by contacting us on the link in the post below
#FamilyHistory
#WomensHistory
#Collaboration
#FamilyHistory
#WomensHistory
#Collaboration
Time to volunteer for our next Forgotten Women Friday on 11 July www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/join-us... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #WomensHistory
Join us for the Next Forgotten Women Friday 11 July
Our ninth Forgotten Women Friday, collaborative research project, is on 11 July. If you are new to Forgotten Women Fridays, there is more information about how these days work here. This time, it is s...
www.fewforgottenwomen.com
May 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
We have announced our next #ForgottenWomenFriday - join us for a fun day of collaborative research by contacting us on the link in the post below
#FamilyHistory
#WomensHistory
#Collaboration
#FamilyHistory
#WomensHistory
#Collaboration
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"Free and Independent".
Cover of the suffrage newspaper "The Vote" in 1928, celebrating universal suffrage for women.
The three party leaders (together): "Want a pilot, madam?"
New voter: "No thanks!"
Cover of the suffrage newspaper "The Vote" in 1928, celebrating universal suffrage for women.
The three party leaders (together): "Want a pilot, madam?"
New voter: "No thanks!"
July 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"Free and Independent".
Cover of the suffrage newspaper "The Vote" in 1928, celebrating universal suffrage for women.
The three party leaders (together): "Want a pilot, madam?"
New voter: "No thanks!"
Cover of the suffrage newspaper "The Vote" in 1928, celebrating universal suffrage for women.
The three party leaders (together): "Want a pilot, madam?"
New voter: "No thanks!"
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'Jack's Coffee House, Dean Street' (from 'Relics & Memorials of London City', 1910) by James Ogilvy
July 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
'Jack's Coffee House, Dean Street' (from 'Relics & Memorials of London City', 1910) by James Ogilvy
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Excited about this! Join us for a special live-streamed event with Professor Dame Angela McLean, the Government Chief Scientific Adviser, on Monday 7 July at 2.30pm. She'll discuss the value of the humanities and social sciences in policymaking.
Join live: vimeo.com/event/5202389
Join live: vimeo.com/event/5202389
In Conversation with Professor Dame Angela McLean: The Humanities and Social Sciences in Policymaking
Hear from Dame Angela on the value of the humanities and social sciences in delivery of the Government Chief Scientific Adviser’s (GCSA) priorities in putting…
vimeo.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Excited about this! Join us for a special live-streamed event with Professor Dame Angela McLean, the Government Chief Scientific Adviser, on Monday 7 July at 2.30pm. She'll discuss the value of the humanities and social sciences in policymaking.
Join live: vimeo.com/event/5202389
Join live: vimeo.com/event/5202389