Michelle Gwynn
@michgreig.bsky.social
Falling off bikes, fighting men in swimming pools, history and rampant imposer syndrome. Undertaking a PhD at University of Glasgow. Interested in space, conflict and 20C Britain.
wappingtransformation.wordpress.com
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If you’re around, I’ll be talking at the Highgate Lit & Sci on Monday (17th) 2pm, about my latest book. The Undesirables tells the story of the lives impacted by a terrible piece of UK legislation (which operated for 46 years)
hlsi.org.uk/courses/hist...
hlsi.org.uk/courses/hist...
November 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re around, I’ll be talking at the Highgate Lit & Sci on Monday (17th) 2pm, about my latest book. The Undesirables tells the story of the lives impacted by a terrible piece of UK legislation (which operated for 46 years)
hlsi.org.uk/courses/hist...
hlsi.org.uk/courses/hist...
How much fun am I having with audacity and isolating and putting oral history into my presentation? None. None at all. None. Not a bit.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
How much fun am I having with audacity and isolating and putting oral history into my presentation? None. None at all. None. Not a bit.
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Let's play Bucks Name or Name Name
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Let's play Bucks Name or Name Name
Got the tattoo. Smaller version. It was strange. The colour hurt, felt like being cut slowly but not unpleasantly and that has freaked me out a bit.
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Got the tattoo. Smaller version. It was strange. The colour hurt, felt like being cut slowly but not unpleasantly and that has freaked me out a bit.
...I can just see me getting this thing so he doesnt feel bad and hating it for the rest of my life. The only mitigation I can think of is to turn up absolutely shit face drunk and hope he wont do it. But then everyone has a drunk tattoo.
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
...I can just see me getting this thing so he doesnt feel bad and hating it for the rest of my life. The only mitigation I can think of is to turn up absolutely shit face drunk and hope he wont do it. But then everyone has a drunk tattoo.
My husband just sent me a picture of a tattoo done in dedication to me. It is a little frog (there is a frog back story) I am so touched at such a lasting gesture. He has now booked me in so it can be his and hers and I dont have the heart to tell him I love the gesture but hate the tattoo style.
November 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
My husband just sent me a picture of a tattoo done in dedication to me. It is a little frog (there is a frog back story) I am so touched at such a lasting gesture. He has now booked me in so it can be his and hers and I dont have the heart to tell him I love the gesture but hate the tattoo style.
....and I keep interupting. Totally invested in it all, and forgeting it is an oral history and so I am giving it all a running commentary all "OOh" and "Noooo" quite a few "Blimey" I should have done medieval history and I could have just been stoopid in latin and quietly.
November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
....and I keep interupting. Totally invested in it all, and forgeting it is an oral history and so I am giving it all a running commentary all "OOh" and "Noooo" quite a few "Blimey" I should have done medieval history and I could have just been stoopid in latin and quietly.
Listening to my Oral History discussions for audio clips and in fear of dying of cringe. I cracked an awful joke on one, it was shit and (mercifully) no reaction, but I kept chuckling at it for 38seconds. I am such an idiot. Listening to these has finally killed off any self confidence.
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Listening to my Oral History discussions for audio clips and in fear of dying of cringe. I cracked an awful joke on one, it was shit and (mercifully) no reaction, but I kept chuckling at it for 38seconds. I am such an idiot. Listening to these has finally killed off any self confidence.
@ncardon.bsky.social sorry to miss your talk at Glasgow. I am in London atm and I dont think it is online. Hope it goes well and you have a good trip.
November 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
@ncardon.bsky.social sorry to miss your talk at Glasgow. I am in London atm and I dont think it is online. Hope it goes well and you have a good trip.
My god he is so annoying. Just shouts and sings the entire time. Goes off for a wander. How can someone I birthed do my head in so much. #gettingbeatenatchessbya10yearold
November 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My god he is so annoying. Just shouts and sings the entire time. Goes off for a wander. How can someone I birthed do my head in so much. #gettingbeatenatchessbya10yearold
Got my first chess set out (my son's baby one) and seen most of the pawns are replaced by Lego men. FFS. He will still absolutely tank me. I'd blame his photographic memory but he's also just smarter than me. I'd best face up to that now.
November 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Got my first chess set out (my son's baby one) and seen most of the pawns are replaced by Lego men. FFS. He will still absolutely tank me. I'd blame his photographic memory but he's also just smarter than me. I'd best face up to that now.
Any reccomendations for audio clipping software that an absolute idiot (and I mean that) can use. Just need to clip and then put in powerpoint. Preferably free but not losing the content to some evil company. EyethankYou.
October 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Any reccomendations for audio clipping software that an absolute idiot (and I mean that) can use. Just need to clip and then put in powerpoint. Preferably free but not losing the content to some evil company. EyethankYou.
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Interested in the history of Seven Dials or London or the 1920s and 1930s? I'm doing some walking tours of the Dials with @stanfordstravel.bsky.social on Sat 15 Nov.
There's loads to see, but Seven Dials is so small you don't need to walk far.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/songs...
There's loads to see, but Seven Dials is so small you don't need to walk far.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/songs...
October 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Interested in the history of Seven Dials or London or the 1920s and 1930s? I'm doing some walking tours of the Dials with @stanfordstravel.bsky.social on Sat 15 Nov.
There's loads to see, but Seven Dials is so small you don't need to walk far.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/songs...
There's loads to see, but Seven Dials is so small you don't need to walk far.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/songs...
I have seen longer tweets than the word count on this paper
October 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I have seen longer tweets than the word count on this paper
Written this paper as tightly as I can and still 1k to cut. I am going through now taking out all Zombie nouns, all adjectives and soon shall be doing the whited out hyphenation. Then it is tears. Mainly tears.
October 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Written this paper as tightly as I can and still 1k to cut. I am going through now taking out all Zombie nouns, all adjectives and soon shall be doing the whited out hyphenation. Then it is tears. Mainly tears.
Got a happy haul of 6 books from WoB - amazing quality. £23. All second hand. I cannot believe (and a bit sus of) people that have books and dont write their name on them, or doodle on the pages or underline stuff. Its an interactive relationship and journey. New slippers too. A very happy Monday.
October 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Got a happy haul of 6 books from WoB - amazing quality. £23. All second hand. I cannot believe (and a bit sus of) people that have books and dont write their name on them, or doodle on the pages or underline stuff. Its an interactive relationship and journey. New slippers too. A very happy Monday.
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We also offer 2 dissertation prizes, for undergraduate (£100) and Masters (£150) dissertations, on any aspect of the history of the 2 counties. Open to students studying history or any related discipline, e.g. geography, politics.
Deadline: 10 December
www.hslc.org.uk/grants-prize...
Deadline: 10 December
www.hslc.org.uk/grants-prize...
Dissertation Prizes - The Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire
www.hslc.org.uk
October 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We also offer 2 dissertation prizes, for undergraduate (£100) and Masters (£150) dissertations, on any aspect of the history of the 2 counties. Open to students studying history or any related discipline, e.g. geography, politics.
Deadline: 10 December
www.hslc.org.uk/grants-prize...
Deadline: 10 December
www.hslc.org.uk/grants-prize...
...and I will delete 70 per cent of them in the final edit anyway, it is just that I am so shit scared of plagerism or a lost thread of thought that I do it like this. I think I have a hunchback now. Have a lovely weekend all.
October 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
...and I will delete 70 per cent of them in the final edit anyway, it is just that I am so shit scared of plagerism or a lost thread of thought that I do it like this. I think I have a hunchback now. Have a lovely weekend all.
I use endnote. I always ref the page(s) and thoughts in footnotes as I go. Everysinglebloodytime it takes me DAYS to clean them up. It is ridiculous. I have no idea what happens to space and time when I start checking footnotes then look up and 7 hours have evaporated (and I am still not finished)
October 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I use endnote. I always ref the page(s) and thoughts in footnotes as I go. Everysinglebloodytime it takes me DAYS to clean them up. It is ridiculous. I have no idea what happens to space and time when I start checking footnotes then look up and 7 hours have evaporated (and I am still not finished)
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Should you find yourself in the general Peterborough area, I'm giving a talk in aid of the John Clare Cottage appeal on Sat 15 Nov, 3pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inconvenie...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inconvenie...
Inconvenient People: Madness, Misdiagnosis & the 19th Century
Join Sarah Wise for a talk on Victorian 'madness', misdiagnosis and John Clare - supporting the Clare Cottage thatch appeal.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Should you find yourself in the general Peterborough area, I'm giving a talk in aid of the John Clare Cottage appeal on Sat 15 Nov, 3pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inconvenie...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inconvenie...
Blimey. The Glasgow airport bus has had a bit of a glow up. Just needs a designated lane and it'll be full flounce.
October 21, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Blimey. The Glasgow airport bus has had a bit of a glow up. Just needs a designated lane and it'll be full flounce.
I have spent two months arguing myself right back to my original argument, but with considerably more understanding of why I had that original argument - including now knowing it is not an original argument. Academia blows.
October 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I have spent two months arguing myself right back to my original argument, but with considerably more understanding of why I had that original argument - including now knowing it is not an original argument. Academia blows.
To be fair, I'd love to read a lot of these. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
October 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
To be fair, I'd love to read a lot of these. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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We are delighted to announce that MBS2026 will be held at the University of Birmingham, 3-5 June 2026!
Papers may consider the opening day's theme of 'Polycrisis', but we also welcome all submissions related to modern British studies.
For any questions please contact mbs2026@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Papers may consider the opening day's theme of 'Polycrisis', but we also welcome all submissions related to modern British studies.
For any questions please contact mbs2026@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Modern British Studies Conference 2026 - University of Birmingham
Conference information
www.birmingham.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We are delighted to announce that MBS2026 will be held at the University of Birmingham, 3-5 June 2026!
Papers may consider the opening day's theme of 'Polycrisis', but we also welcome all submissions related to modern British studies.
For any questions please contact mbs2026@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Papers may consider the opening day's theme of 'Polycrisis', but we also welcome all submissions related to modern British studies.
For any questions please contact mbs2026@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Andrew wfh (rare) so I am kicked out my office. He came down and put the coffee machine on when I was on a call, so now he is going onto a conference call, I am printing out an unessesary 200 page document on our ancient and noisy printer. This is why him wfh is rare.
October 17, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Andrew wfh (rare) so I am kicked out my office. He came down and put the coffee machine on when I was on a call, so now he is going onto a conference call, I am printing out an unessesary 200 page document on our ancient and noisy printer. This is why him wfh is rare.