Sarah Crook
@sarahcrook.bsky.social
Senior lecturer & historian of modern Britain. Activism & experience. Books: mothering & feeling; student mental health. Director of GENCAS & Co-Ed Modern British History. Mother x 3. Book: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526140128/
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An excellent PhD opportunity for someone to work on family separation during WW1 or WW2. I've done some research on Italian emigrant families separated when the father was serving in the Italian Army and it's a really fascinating area of study. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/phd...
PhD Studentship on Family Separation, funded by ERC - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - RHS
PhD Studentship on Family Separation, funded by European Research Council Call for Applications, deadline - 1 March 2026 This is a call for expressions of interest for a European Research Council-fund...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
An excellent PhD opportunity for someone to work on family separation during WW1 or WW2. I've done some research on Italian emigrant families separated when the father was serving in the Italian Army and it's a really fascinating area of study. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/phd...
Sharing this because it’s wonderful news for Wales and because my astounding, magnificent, whip smart civil servant partner has been putting in SUCH a shift, alongside colleagues, to make this happen and I am SO crazy proud www.gov.wales/written-stat...
Written Statement: Affordable housing provision | GOV.WALES
Jayne Bryant MS, Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
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November 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Sharing this because it’s wonderful news for Wales and because my astounding, magnificent, whip smart civil servant partner has been putting in SUCH a shift, alongside colleagues, to make this happen and I am SO crazy proud www.gov.wales/written-stat...
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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BBC5: The new BBC channel devoted solely to programmes about the BBC
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
BBC5: The new BBC channel devoted solely to programmes about the BBC
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Marking the anniversary of the Miners' Strike of 1984/5, Keith Gildart reflects on a selection of recent titles in a new Review Article: 'Which Side Are You On Boys? Revisiting the History of British Coal Miners and the Strike of 1984/5'
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#MinersStrike
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#MinersStrike
Which Side Are You On Boys? Revisiting the History of British Coal Miners and the Strike of 1984/5
The year 2025 marks the fortieth anniversary of the end of the bitter twelve-month miners’ strike of 1984/5. The dominance of coal in British energy produc
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November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Marking the anniversary of the Miners' Strike of 1984/5, Keith Gildart reflects on a selection of recent titles in a new Review Article: 'Which Side Are You On Boys? Revisiting the History of British Coal Miners and the Strike of 1984/5'
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#MinersStrike
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#MinersStrike
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The British Miner in the Age of De-Industrialization: A Political and Cultural History. By Jörg Arnold ;
Backbone of the Nation: Mining Communities and the Great Strike of 1984–85. By Robert Gildea;
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Backbone of the Nation: Mining Communities and the Great Strike of 1984–85. By Robert Gildea;
@yalepress.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The British Miner in the Age of De-Industrialization: A Political and Cultural History. By Jörg Arnold ;
Backbone of the Nation: Mining Communities and the Great Strike of 1984–85. By Robert Gildea;
@yalepress.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
Backbone of the Nation: Mining Communities and the Great Strike of 1984–85. By Robert Gildea;
@yalepress.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
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The perfect photo to challenge narratives of progress.
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The perfect photo to challenge narratives of progress.
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Truly beautiful insane tweet
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Truly beautiful insane tweet
Delivering my paper in Oxford was a delight, but it was also a reminder that the contexts in which we price work are profoundly unequal. How is my department supposed to produce comparable work when our physical, social, and cultural environment is so depleted? There are buckets in the hallways!
November 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Delivering my paper in Oxford was a delight, but it was also a reminder that the contexts in which we price work are profoundly unequal. How is my department supposed to produce comparable work when our physical, social, and cultural environment is so depleted? There are buckets in the hallways!
Honestly that “have women ruined the workplace?” NYT article was such a mid-term gift. Just as I’m getting tired it arrived! Going into work with headphones booming and a “going to finish this article, write that review, do some teaching and fuck up the office” vibe is the energy week 7 needs
November 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Honestly that “have women ruined the workplace?” NYT article was such a mid-term gift. Just as I’m getting tired it arrived! Going into work with headphones booming and a “going to finish this article, write that review, do some teaching and fuck up the office” vibe is the energy week 7 needs
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🌟PSA PRIZES🌟 Nominations for Academic Prizes are now open!
📢 We invite prize nominations outstanding Research, Professional Contributions and Teaching & Learning.
📆 Deadline for nominations 1 December 2025
➡️ Full details, eligibility, guidelines and forms online
📢 We invite prize nominations outstanding Research, Professional Contributions and Teaching & Learning.
📆 Deadline for nominations 1 December 2025
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November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
🌟PSA PRIZES🌟 Nominations for Academic Prizes are now open!
📢 We invite prize nominations outstanding Research, Professional Contributions and Teaching & Learning.
📆 Deadline for nominations 1 December 2025
➡️ Full details, eligibility, guidelines and forms online
📢 We invite prize nominations outstanding Research, Professional Contributions and Teaching & Learning.
📆 Deadline for nominations 1 December 2025
➡️ Full details, eligibility, guidelines and forms online
Spotify is like “we think you’ll love this” and it’s always Winnie and Wilbur Vol. 2 or The Wiggles or That’s Not My Lion.
Yes, parenthood has warped my cultural consumption.
Yes, parenthood has warped my cultural consumption.
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Spotify is like “we think you’ll love this” and it’s always Winnie and Wilbur Vol. 2 or The Wiggles or That’s Not My Lion.
Yes, parenthood has warped my cultural consumption.
Yes, parenthood has warped my cultural consumption.
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The History of Parliament is excited to announce this year's Annual Lecture!
On 16 December in Portcullis House, Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds will be speaking on 'Clement Attlee’s Labour Governments of 1945-51: A Reappraisal'.
Tickets are FREE and can be found in the link below:
On 16 December in Portcullis House, Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds will be speaking on 'Clement Attlee’s Labour Governments of 1945-51: A Reappraisal'.
Tickets are FREE and can be found in the link below:
Annual Lecture: Clement Attlee’s Labour Governments of 1945-51
Join us for the History of Parliament Annual Lecture for 2025, given by Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The History of Parliament is excited to announce this year's Annual Lecture!
On 16 December in Portcullis House, Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds will be speaking on 'Clement Attlee’s Labour Governments of 1945-51: A Reappraisal'.
Tickets are FREE and can be found in the link below:
On 16 December in Portcullis House, Rt Hon. Nick Thomas-Symonds will be speaking on 'Clement Attlee’s Labour Governments of 1945-51: A Reappraisal'.
Tickets are FREE and can be found in the link below:
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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
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If you're a PG student or an ECR working on any aspect of London's history, do consider submitting! And if you're not but you know of, or maybe even supervise, someone who does, encourage them to submit!
Applications are now open for the Curriers Prize, awarded by the Worshipful Company of Curriers in association with ourselves and the @ihr.bsky.social for the best entered essay on any aspect of London's history from Roman times to the present.
The Curriers’ Prize
The Worshipful Company of Curriers, has established an essay prize on the history of London, in association with The London Journal Trust and the IHR.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
If you're a PG student or an ECR working on any aspect of London's history, do consider submitting! And if you're not but you know of, or maybe even supervise, someone who does, encourage them to submit!
The trouble with my partner being a senior civil servant is that all my
texts feel very pointed
WHY HASN’T WALES ELECTRIFIED ITS RAILWAY LINES YET someone should do something about this.
It’s a general point, really.
texts feel very pointed
WHY HASN’T WALES ELECTRIFIED ITS RAILWAY LINES YET someone should do something about this.
It’s a general point, really.
November 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The trouble with my partner being a senior civil servant is that all my
texts feel very pointed
WHY HASN’T WALES ELECTRIFIED ITS RAILWAY LINES YET someone should do something about this.
It’s a general point, really.
texts feel very pointed
WHY HASN’T WALES ELECTRIFIED ITS RAILWAY LINES YET someone should do something about this.
It’s a general point, really.
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Precisely. We have a quisling problem.
Notable that the supposedly “patriotic” wing of British politics wants to destroy / defund almost all of our national institutions
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Precisely. We have a quisling problem.
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Who’d have guessed it? The main BBC board member resisting a simple apology and reinforcing the right wing attack on the BBC from within, was a Tory government appointee and founder of GB TV. If you want impartiality, Gibb has to go. Nick Robinson on X:
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Who’d have guessed it? The main BBC board member resisting a simple apology and reinforcing the right wing attack on the BBC from within, was a Tory government appointee and founder of GB TV. If you want impartiality, Gibb has to go. Nick Robinson on X:
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This week's Substack post looks a the Honor Oak Estate in Lewisham, built as a slum clearance estate in the 1930s. A marginalised community, stigmatised by some but a proud respectable community for many of its residents.
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The Honor Oak Estate, Lewisham: ‘A warning for planners’
To some, the Honor Oak Estate is better known as Tenement Town, one of the London County Council’s largest interwar block estates and one of its worst.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
This week's Substack post looks a the Honor Oak Estate in Lewisham, built as a slum clearance estate in the 1930s. A marginalised community, stigmatised by some but a proud respectable community for many of its residents.
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/the-honor-...
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Join us for a roundtable on 'The Modern British City' in January at Senate House, London, with Simon Gunn, Erika Hanna, Owen Hatherley, Peter Mandler, Otto Saumarez Smith and Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, followed by wine! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Roundtable: 'The Modern British City'
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October 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Join us for a roundtable on 'The Modern British City' in January at Senate House, London, with Simon Gunn, Erika Hanna, Owen Hatherley, Peter Mandler, Otto Saumarez Smith and Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, followed by wine! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Just having such a lovely time with the Mamdani win, more of this please (no really, more of this)
November 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Just having such a lovely time with the Mamdani win, more of this please (no really, more of this)
In a deeply indie millennial move, I just got tickets to see Bloc Party AND Interpol AND Maximo Park in 2026
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
In a deeply indie millennial move, I just got tickets to see Bloc Party AND Interpol AND Maximo Park in 2026
Nothing more chastening than coming across a to do list from 2023 and realising that some of those things are still on your to do list in 2025
November 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Nothing more chastening than coming across a to do list from 2023 and realising that some of those things are still on your to do list in 2025
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It’s spelt petits, you idiots
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Louvre jewellery heist carried out by petty criminals, Paris prosecutor says
The Paris prosecutor says four suspects arrested so far are
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November 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It’s spelt petits, you idiots
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