Peter Whitewood
@pwhitewood.bsky.social
Associate Prof & Head of History @YSJ. Early Soviet history and Stalinism. Working on POWs and the Soviet Red Cross. Occasional drummer https://shorturl.at/LRaWz
Through the looking glass when the Telegraph has *serious concerns* about the accuracy of journalism
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Through the looking glass when the Telegraph has *serious concerns* about the accuracy of journalism
Out this month and a good line up of contributors
The Cambridge Companion to the Nazi-Soviet War | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
www.cambridge.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Out this month and a good line up of contributors
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
How am I only just learning about ‘Proletarian TV’?
‘Josef Stalin will forever be remembered by those able to look past the ahistorical formulations and hysterical propaganda churned out by bourgeois ‘experts’.’ 😂
‘Josef Stalin will forever be remembered by those able to look past the ahistorical formulations and hysterical propaganda churned out by bourgeois ‘experts’.’ 😂
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
How am I only just learning about ‘Proletarian TV’?
‘Josef Stalin will forever be remembered by those able to look past the ahistorical formulations and hysterical propaganda churned out by bourgeois ‘experts’.’ 😂
‘Josef Stalin will forever be remembered by those able to look past the ahistorical formulations and hysterical propaganda churned out by bourgeois ‘experts’.’ 😂
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
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Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News.
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Enforced veganism’: Ofcom lets GB News flout accuracy rules, say climate campaigners
Exclusive: Regulator has received 1,221 complaints about UK broadcasters since 2020 but found no breaches of its code
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News.
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This looks rather meaningful.
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
This looks rather meaningful.
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Since we’re in the mood for strict accuracy in broadcast news, worth noting that a rival channel had a pundit - unchallenged - say asylum seekers in hotels committed 44% of sexual offences in one county, seemingly because she cannot understand basic maths.
A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Since we’re in the mood for strict accuracy in broadcast news, worth noting that a rival channel had a pundit - unchallenged - say asylum seekers in hotels committed 44% of sexual offences in one county, seemingly because she cannot understand basic maths.
History lessons have been simplified: just one version, updated overnight
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
History lessons have been simplified: just one version, updated overnight
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Heart-warming story of the day on.ft.com/47Kk7dz
How this 31-year-old made $250mn in 30 months
[FREE TO READ] Christopher Eppinger kept trading Russian oil when sanctions meant others stopped
on.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Heart-warming story of the day on.ft.com/47Kk7dz
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"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
It seems giant poppies are now part of the lamppost nationalism in York
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It seems giant poppies are now part of the lamppost nationalism in York
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
The ‘leading academics’ were from History Reclaimed
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The ‘leading academics’ were from History Reclaimed
In a shocking twist, billionaires unable to buy election.
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 AM
In a shocking twist, billionaires unable to buy election.
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The British Library’s chief executive has resigned with immediate effect midway through strike action over what has been called a “derisory” pay offer
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
British Library chief executive quits amid strike action over pay
National library chief Rebecca Lawrence will be replaced by interim head Jeremy Silver with immediate effect
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The British Library’s chief executive has resigned with immediate effect midway through strike action over what has been called a “derisory” pay offer
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
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Dick Cheney Vice Presidential Library Opens In Pitch-Dark, Sulfurous Underground Cave
Dick Cheney Vice Presidential Library Opens In Pitch-Dark, Sulfurous Underground Cave
SUMNER, NE—The Richard B. Cheney Vice Presidential Library and Museum officially opened to the public on Wednesday, housing a variety of exhibits honoring the legacy of the former vice president on di...
theonion.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Dick Cheney Vice Presidential Library Opens In Pitch-Dark, Sulfurous Underground Cave
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‘If the industrial strategy is to succeed, we’ll need English graduates as well as engineers, historians alongside computer scientists, and social scientists together with health professionals.’
www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/do-we-n... @timeshighered.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/do-we-n... @timeshighered.bsky.social
Do we need humanities graduates to deliver the industrial strategy?
Policymakers should take a broad view of the value of degree courses when building our future workforce, says Charlotte Hallahan
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
‘If the industrial strategy is to succeed, we’ll need English graduates as well as engineers, historians alongside computer scientists, and social scientists together with health professionals.’
www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/do-we-n... @timeshighered.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/do-we-n... @timeshighered.bsky.social
Exit Stalin:The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991, by Mark Smith - out in January - will be good
www.penguin.co.uk/books/314043...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/314043...
November 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Exit Stalin:The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991, by Mark Smith - out in January - will be good
www.penguin.co.uk/books/314043...
www.penguin.co.uk/books/314043...
Some turbocharged optimism in the Telegraph
November 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Some turbocharged optimism in the Telegraph
The Humanities pretty good at this, and exist already…
Labour considers A-level in AI to help pupils spot bias ⬇️
The idea is part of a drive for digital literacy and science education that’s true to modern life
The idea is part of a drive for digital literacy and science education that’s true to modern life
Labour considers A-level in AI to help pupils spot bias
Labour considers A-level in AI to help pupils spot bias
www.thetimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The Humanities pretty good at this, and exist already…
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Matt Goodwin’s stance on migration is pretty much indistinguishable from that of the BNP in the past 1990s and not a million miles from that of the NF in the 1970s.
Matt Goodwin attributes a crime that he now knows appears to have been committed by people born in Britain in the early 1990s to "mass uncontrolled immigration"
November 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Matt Goodwin’s stance on migration is pretty much indistinguishable from that of the BNP in the past 1990s and not a million miles from that of the NF in the 1970s.
And a guest on Question Time this week. Why book him; what’s the gain?
Matt Goodwin attributes a crime that he now knows appears to have been committed by people born in Britain in the early 1990s to "mass uncontrolled immigration"
November 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
And a guest on Question Time this week. Why book him; what’s the gain?
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Great investigation of the Nazis, racists and criminals mobilising the flag-on-lamp-posts movement. This is the kind of journalism that the national media could and should have conducted:
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Great investigation of the Nazis, racists and criminals mobilising the flag-on-lamp-posts movement. This is the kind of journalism that the national media could and should have conducted:
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
James Reed on the weak graduate job market, impacted by AI and very dismissive of anything other than STEM. But isn’t it clear that critical thinking skills and ethical literacy, taught through subjects in the Humanities and Social Sciences, are more important than ever?
November 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
James Reed on the weak graduate job market, impacted by AI and very dismissive of anything other than STEM. But isn’t it clear that critical thinking skills and ethical literacy, taught through subjects in the Humanities and Social Sciences, are more important than ever?