Dr Penny Miles
@pennymiles31.bsky.social
Researches gender/sexual politics/estudia política de género y sexualidad & fútbol/football, supporter of the underdog, she/her/ella
Wales/Cymru & Chile/América Latina
Wales/Cymru & Chile/América Latina
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... and Leicester... Languages, History...
It's so easy to destroy, so hard to create. So much talent. So many lives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's so easy to destroy, so hard to create. So much talent. So many lives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Leicester to consult on redundancies
University bosses are also planning to stop a number of courses.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
... and Leicester... Languages, History...
It's so easy to destroy, so hard to create. So much talent. So many lives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's so easy to destroy, so hard to create. So much talent. So many lives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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c.org/qZcXBxHHGG Sign to show your anger and disappointment in the decisions taken at the University of Nottingham, where Music and Modern Languages are being cut.
Sign the Petition
Stop the suspension of undergraduate music courses at The University of Nottingham
c.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
c.org/qZcXBxHHGG Sign to show your anger and disappointment in the decisions taken at the University of Nottingham, where Music and Modern Languages are being cut.
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🎟️ TICKETS NOW ON SALE 🎟️
Wales Social Justice Conference, 4 Dec, Cardiff. Theme: "Sustaining the Voluntary and Community Sector" - an important event for Wales, the voluntary and the criminal justice sectors.
Tickets are available from wsjc.info
#WSJC #IOSW #ReducingReoffending #Rehabilitation
Wales Social Justice Conference, 4 Dec, Cardiff. Theme: "Sustaining the Voluntary and Community Sector" - an important event for Wales, the voluntary and the criminal justice sectors.
Tickets are available from wsjc.info
#WSJC #IOSW #ReducingReoffending #Rehabilitation
Wales Social Justice Conference – Sustaining the Voluntary and Community Sector
wsjc.info
October 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🎟️ TICKETS NOW ON SALE 🎟️
Wales Social Justice Conference, 4 Dec, Cardiff. Theme: "Sustaining the Voluntary and Community Sector" - an important event for Wales, the voluntary and the criminal justice sectors.
Tickets are available from wsjc.info
#WSJC #IOSW #ReducingReoffending #Rehabilitation
Wales Social Justice Conference, 4 Dec, Cardiff. Theme: "Sustaining the Voluntary and Community Sector" - an important event for Wales, the voluntary and the criminal justice sectors.
Tickets are available from wsjc.info
#WSJC #IOSW #ReducingReoffending #Rehabilitation
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"It's not for me to say to people 'don't vote Labour because you're going to split the vote'. It's Labour's job to offer a better solution".
Perfectly put.
People are sick of being told there are only two options: bad or worse.
join.greenparty.org.uk
Perfectly put.
People are sick of being told there are only two options: bad or worse.
join.greenparty.org.uk
People aren't leaving the Labour Party.
The Labour Party have left them.
I spoke today with Sky News - live from Swindon.
youtu.be/hJ0EJTakhxU?...
The Labour Party have left them.
I spoke today with Sky News - live from Swindon.
youtu.be/hJ0EJTakhxU?...
Green Party leader reveals defection of three Labour councillors
YouTube video by Sky News
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"It's not for me to say to people 'don't vote Labour because you're going to split the vote'. It's Labour's job to offer a better solution".
Perfectly put.
People are sick of being told there are only two options: bad or worse.
join.greenparty.org.uk
Perfectly put.
People are sick of being told there are only two options: bad or worse.
join.greenparty.org.uk
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Award-winning Welsh singer-songwriter, Ani Glass, has launched her 'futuristic, fascinating' new album ‘Phantasmagoria’ today, featuring songs in Welsh, Cornish and English wp.me/p8Mk4U-167E
September 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Award-winning Welsh singer-songwriter, Ani Glass, has launched her 'futuristic, fascinating' new album ‘Phantasmagoria’ today, featuring songs in Welsh, Cornish and English wp.me/p8Mk4U-167E
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#Sportslaw Blog!
With Faraz Shahlaei we prepared a symposium for Strasbourg Observers focused on the #Semenya judgement of the Grand Chamber of the #ECtHR.
Our opening blog introducing the symposium is at strasbourgobservers.com/2025/10/01/e...
#ECHR #HumanRights #DSDRegulations #WorldAthletics
With Faraz Shahlaei we prepared a symposium for Strasbourg Observers focused on the #Semenya judgement of the Grand Chamber of the #ECtHR.
Our opening blog introducing the symposium is at strasbourgobservers.com/2025/10/01/e...
#ECHR #HumanRights #DSDRegulations #WorldAthletics
Examining the Grand Chamber's Ruling in Semenya v Switzerland: Introducing the Symposium - Strasbourg Observers
Dr. Antoine Duval & Dr. Faraz Shahlaei1 *** Between the first and the eight of October, the Strasbourg Observers blog is hosting a symposium examining various aspects of the ECtHR’s ruling in Semenya ...
strasbourgobservers.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
#Sportslaw Blog!
With Faraz Shahlaei we prepared a symposium for Strasbourg Observers focused on the #Semenya judgement of the Grand Chamber of the #ECtHR.
Our opening blog introducing the symposium is at strasbourgobservers.com/2025/10/01/e...
#ECHR #HumanRights #DSDRegulations #WorldAthletics
With Faraz Shahlaei we prepared a symposium for Strasbourg Observers focused on the #Semenya judgement of the Grand Chamber of the #ECtHR.
Our opening blog introducing the symposium is at strasbourgobservers.com/2025/10/01/e...
#ECHR #HumanRights #DSDRegulations #WorldAthletics
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Discover what's driving the conversation in Latin American Studies! Explore BLAR's most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef data.
See which research is making the biggest impact: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1470...
See which research is making the biggest impact: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1470...
Bulletin of Latin American Research
Click on the title to browse this journal
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Discover what's driving the conversation in Latin American Studies! Explore BLAR's most cited articles based on citations published in the last three years, according to CrossRef data.
See which research is making the biggest impact: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1470...
See which research is making the biggest impact: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1470...
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In this thread, you will find BLAR's (44:3) 📚BOOK REVIEWS📚.
An indispensable and critical review of the most recent and exciting publications about Latin America.
An indispensable and critical review of the most recent and exciting publications about Latin America.
📚BLAR's (44:3) BOOK REVIEWS📚
1⃣Linda A. Newson (University of London) reviews The History of a Periphery: Spanish Colonial Cartography from Colombia's Pacific Lowlands (2023 University of Texas Press) by Juliet B. Wiersema.
READ HERE: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
1⃣Linda A. Newson (University of London) reviews The History of a Periphery: Spanish Colonial Cartography from Colombia's Pacific Lowlands (2023 University of Texas Press) by Juliet B. Wiersema.
READ HERE: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
In this thread, you will find BLAR's (44:3) 📚BOOK REVIEWS📚.
An indispensable and critical review of the most recent and exciting publications about Latin America.
An indispensable and critical review of the most recent and exciting publications about Latin America.
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Backing up photos from an old phone and found a little bit of history on there...
Meet Carrie Jones; she's 15 years old and just about to make her Wales debut in our 6-0 win over the Faroe Islands.
Wonder what became of her...
Meet Carrie Jones; she's 15 years old and just about to make her Wales debut in our 6-0 win over the Faroe Islands.
Wonder what became of her...
September 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Backing up photos from an old phone and found a little bit of history on there...
Meet Carrie Jones; she's 15 years old and just about to make her Wales debut in our 6-0 win over the Faroe Islands.
Wonder what became of her...
Meet Carrie Jones; she's 15 years old and just about to make her Wales debut in our 6-0 win over the Faroe Islands.
Wonder what became of her...
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A web archive pdf version of 'Forgotten Glories', a comprehensive record of British amateur international football
b/w 1901-1974
web.archive.org/web/20170728...
b/w 1901-1974
web.archive.org/web/20170728...
September 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A web archive pdf version of 'Forgotten Glories', a comprehensive record of British amateur international football
b/w 1901-1974
web.archive.org/web/20170728...
b/w 1901-1974
web.archive.org/web/20170728...
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NEW CFP ALERT! 📣 Check out the details of our upcoming special issue on Latin American Fandoms guest edited by Yazmín Carrizales and Libertad Garzón at the following link: buff.ly/9PupLIf ! Deadline is 1/1/2026!
buff.ly
September 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
NEW CFP ALERT! 📣 Check out the details of our upcoming special issue on Latin American Fandoms guest edited by Yazmín Carrizales and Libertad Garzón at the following link: buff.ly/9PupLIf ! Deadline is 1/1/2026!
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playing ANI GLASS 'Acwariwm' aniglass.bandcamp.com @Ani_Glass #BBCIntroducingOnRadioWales
Ani Glass
Ani Glass is the persona of Cardiff-based electronic pop musician, producer and artist, Ani Saunders. Glass sings in her native languages Welsh and Cornish and in March 2020 released her self-produced...
aniglass.bandcamp.com
August 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
playing ANI GLASS 'Acwariwm' aniglass.bandcamp.com @Ani_Glass #BBCIntroducingOnRadioWales
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Chilean govt to expropriate part of Colonia Dignidad - German sect colony where opponents of Pinochet ‘disappeared’
My story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Once home to a cult, the Chilean tourist village haunted by torture and child abuse
Chile wants to turn the site where a cult leader tortured prisoners and abused his followers into a memorial.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Chilean govt to expropriate part of Colonia Dignidad - German sect colony where opponents of Pinochet ‘disappeared’
My story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My story:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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In light of Trump’s worsening cruelty, vindictiveness, and ever more belligerent attacks on democracy, many of you ask: “What can I do now?”
Here are a baker’s dozen of recommendations. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-f3d
Here are a baker’s dozen of recommendations. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-f3d
August 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
In light of Trump’s worsening cruelty, vindictiveness, and ever more belligerent attacks on democracy, many of you ask: “What can I do now?”
Here are a baker’s dozen of recommendations. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-f3d
Here are a baker’s dozen of recommendations. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-you-can-do-f3d
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Reminder our online symposium at 14:00 UK time!
Keeping the conversation going from our conference in April, we're pleased to share the details of our PILAS online symposium on Wednesday 6 August 2025, from 14:00–18:30 (BST).
Non-speakers are welcome to register using this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Non-speakers are welcome to register using this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
August 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Reminder our online symposium at 14:00 UK time!
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Trennydd | In two days time
Pêl-droed a'r Gymraeg
📆 Friday 8 August | Dydd Gwener 8 Awst
⏲️ 13.30
📍 Maes D
with/gyda Nicky John, Dylan Jones (Ar y Marc), Lili Mai Jones (@wrexhamafc.co.uk), Paul Evans (CPD Caernarfon)
📆 Friday 8 August | Dydd Gwener 8 Awst
⏲️ 13.30
📍 Maes D
with/gyda Nicky John, Dylan Jones (Ar y Marc), Lili Mai Jones (@wrexhamafc.co.uk), Paul Evans (CPD Caernarfon)
August 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Trennydd | In two days time
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NEW CFP ALERT! 📣 Check out the details of our upcoming special issue on Latin American Fandoms guest edited by Yazmín Carrizales and Libertad Garzón at the following link: buff.ly/9PupLIf ! Deadline is 1/1/2026!
July 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
NEW CFP ALERT! 📣 Check out the details of our upcoming special issue on Latin American Fandoms guest edited by Yazmín Carrizales and Libertad Garzón at the following link: buff.ly/9PupLIf ! Deadline is 1/1/2026!
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Anyone know where a record of Wales B international results can be found? Found bits n pieces online (mainly from sources related to other nations) but nothing definitive
July 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Anyone know where a record of Wales B international results can be found? Found bits n pieces online (mainly from sources related to other nations) but nothing definitive
Researcher question:
Did anyone see any Welsh language signage in the public sphere during Euro 2016?
Eg on signs, posters, UEFA branding, etc?
@podcastpeldroed.bsky.social @buzzboncath.bsky.social @iwanwills.bsky.social @martinjohnes.bsky.social @robdowling.bsky.social
Did anyone see any Welsh language signage in the public sphere during Euro 2016?
Eg on signs, posters, UEFA branding, etc?
@podcastpeldroed.bsky.social @buzzboncath.bsky.social @iwanwills.bsky.social @martinjohnes.bsky.social @robdowling.bsky.social
July 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Researcher question:
Did anyone see any Welsh language signage in the public sphere during Euro 2016?
Eg on signs, posters, UEFA branding, etc?
@podcastpeldroed.bsky.social @buzzboncath.bsky.social @iwanwills.bsky.social @martinjohnes.bsky.social @robdowling.bsky.social
Did anyone see any Welsh language signage in the public sphere during Euro 2016?
Eg on signs, posters, UEFA branding, etc?
@podcastpeldroed.bsky.social @buzzboncath.bsky.social @iwanwills.bsky.social @martinjohnes.bsky.social @robdowling.bsky.social
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The world is losing its mind. 🙃💔
July 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The world is losing its mind. 🙃💔
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Having announced his retirement from professional football yesterday, Iwan Williams looks back at the career of a Cymru great buff.ly/Kpeu9XT
July 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Having announced his retirement from professional football yesterday, Iwan Williams looks back at the career of a Cymru great buff.ly/Kpeu9XT
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📢New BLAR Special Issue out now!📢
"Convection Currents in Latin American and Caribbean Geo-aesthetics" explores the shifting relations between space, politics, and aesthetics across the region.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14709856...
In this thread, you’ll find the links to all the articles.
"Convection Currents in Latin American and Caribbean Geo-aesthetics" explores the shifting relations between space, politics, and aesthetics across the region.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14709856...
In this thread, you’ll find the links to all the articles.
July 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
📢New BLAR Special Issue out now!📢
"Convection Currents in Latin American and Caribbean Geo-aesthetics" explores the shifting relations between space, politics, and aesthetics across the region.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14709856...
In this thread, you’ll find the links to all the articles.
"Convection Currents in Latin American and Caribbean Geo-aesthetics" explores the shifting relations between space, politics, and aesthetics across the region.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14709856...
In this thread, you’ll find the links to all the articles.
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Pascal Kaiser wasn’t fully prepared for his #comingout moment in German football but he’s embraced being visible, building a social media following of 170,000 - rare for a referee.
He says gay and bi players can “change the space” in the men’s game.
For @outsports.com
#LGBTQ #CourageIsContagious
He says gay and bi players can “change the space” in the men’s game.
For @outsports.com
#LGBTQ #CourageIsContagious
Out bi soccer referee urges gay players to be strong - Outsports
Pascal Kaiser officiates in German soccer and has become a vocal advocate for gay and bi men in the sport worldwide.
www.outsports.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Pascal Kaiser wasn’t fully prepared for his #comingout moment in German football but he’s embraced being visible, building a social media following of 170,000 - rare for a referee.
He says gay and bi players can “change the space” in the men’s game.
For @outsports.com
#LGBTQ #CourageIsContagious
He says gay and bi players can “change the space” in the men’s game.
For @outsports.com
#LGBTQ #CourageIsContagious