Heather Tweed
@heathertweed.bsky.social
Artist, writer, researcher. Veiled & forgotten 19th Century characters, Circus, Music Hall.
SoA, British Music Hall Soc, Circus250
Book Ahoy!
www.heathertweed.net
www.heathertweed.co.uk
SoA, British Music Hall Soc, Circus250
Book Ahoy!
www.heathertweed.net
www.heathertweed.co.uk
Pinned
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Today we launch a new @empirepoduk.bsky.social mini-series to mark the beginning of the Ashes:
A FOREIGN FIELD:
THE HISTORY OF COLONIAL CRICKET
With Tim Wigmore @timwig
Author of Test Cricket: A History
Winner of this year's William Hill Sports Book of the Year
share.google/rukQ1zLzMQT8...
A FOREIGN FIELD:
THE HISTORY OF COLONIAL CRICKET
With Tim Wigmore @timwig
Author of Test Cricket: A History
Winner of this year's William Hill Sports Book of the Year
share.google/rukQ1zLzMQT8...
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Today we launch a new @empirepoduk.bsky.social mini-series to mark the beginning of the Ashes:
A FOREIGN FIELD:
THE HISTORY OF COLONIAL CRICKET
With Tim Wigmore @timwig
Author of Test Cricket: A History
Winner of this year's William Hill Sports Book of the Year
share.google/rukQ1zLzMQT8...
A FOREIGN FIELD:
THE HISTORY OF COLONIAL CRICKET
With Tim Wigmore @timwig
Author of Test Cricket: A History
Winner of this year's William Hill Sports Book of the Year
share.google/rukQ1zLzMQT8...
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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🖼️ Beatrix Potter
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
🖼️ Beatrix Potter
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Viewing objects in isolation allows a deeper understanding of its structure. This mid 18th century bodice would have had an equally sumptuous skirt but without it we can appreciate its shape, construction and even its lining #MuseodelTraje #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Viewing objects in isolation allows a deeper understanding of its structure. This mid 18th century bodice would have had an equally sumptuous skirt but without it we can appreciate its shape, construction and even its lining #MuseodelTraje #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
@rolandmooretv.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 🤗
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
@rolandmooretv.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 🤗
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New project launched to uncover Wales’s forgotten herbal medicine traditions
nation.cymru/news/new-pro...
#History #MedicalHistory #WelshHistory
nation.cymru/news/new-pro...
#History #MedicalHistory #WelshHistory
New project launched to uncover Wales’s forgotten herbal medicine traditions
A major new research project will delve into Wales’s long and often overlooked history of herbal medicine, shedding light on how people treated illness and maintained their health before the arrival o...
nation.cymru
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
New project launched to uncover Wales’s forgotten herbal medicine traditions
nation.cymru/news/new-pro...
#History #MedicalHistory #WelshHistory
nation.cymru/news/new-pro...
#History #MedicalHistory #WelshHistory
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9am TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
The 1958 #Thriller film🎥 “THE SECRET MAN” directed by Ronald Kinnoch and co-written with Brian Clemens (as Tony O’Grady, who also wrote the original story)
🌟 Marshall Thompson, John Loder, Henry Oscar, John Stuart, Anne Aubrey, Magda Miller
The 1958 #Thriller film🎥 “THE SECRET MAN” directed by Ronald Kinnoch and co-written with Brian Clemens (as Tony O’Grady, who also wrote the original story)
🌟 Marshall Thompson, John Loder, Henry Oscar, John Stuart, Anne Aubrey, Magda Miller
November 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
9am TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
The 1958 #Thriller film🎥 “THE SECRET MAN” directed by Ronald Kinnoch and co-written with Brian Clemens (as Tony O’Grady, who also wrote the original story)
🌟 Marshall Thompson, John Loder, Henry Oscar, John Stuart, Anne Aubrey, Magda Miller
The 1958 #Thriller film🎥 “THE SECRET MAN” directed by Ronald Kinnoch and co-written with Brian Clemens (as Tony O’Grady, who also wrote the original story)
🌟 Marshall Thompson, John Loder, Henry Oscar, John Stuart, Anne Aubrey, Magda Miller
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Enjoy the Sunday caption contest. Give away ❤️s, retweet to encourage more competitors, include #GirlsOwnCC
November 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Enjoy the Sunday caption contest. Give away ❤️s, retweet to encourage more competitors, include #GirlsOwnCC
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Eothen #Atlantic 23.11.1872. "We shipped more water on board this big #ship than we did on the #yacht. Everything was knocking about..impossible to..keep still anywhere, except by holding on. The passengers will ill & terrified..one bad accident, besides several broken heads & contusions." #Brassey
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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"Borough Of Bexhill
De La Warr Pavilion
Entertainments Director - Matthew Forsyth,
Official Opening
Thursday, December 12th, 1935, at 3 p.m.
By The
Duke & Duchess Of York
Inaugural Concert
Saturday, December 14th, 1935, at 3 p.m."
Bexhill Observer 23.11.1935. #dlwp #Bexhill #Sussex #history #1930s
De La Warr Pavilion
Entertainments Director - Matthew Forsyth,
Official Opening
Thursday, December 12th, 1935, at 3 p.m.
By The
Duke & Duchess Of York
Inaugural Concert
Saturday, December 14th, 1935, at 3 p.m."
Bexhill Observer 23.11.1935. #dlwp #Bexhill #Sussex #history #1930s
November 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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You can help conserve York’s archives this Christmas!
We are selling our archive inspired Christmas Cards. The designs are inspired by collections of the Knowles Family papers in the archives.
A pack of five cards are availble for £6.
The cards are availble this week in most Explore locations
We are selling our archive inspired Christmas Cards. The designs are inspired by collections of the Knowles Family papers in the archives.
A pack of five cards are availble for £6.
The cards are availble this week in most Explore locations
November 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
You can help conserve York’s archives this Christmas!
We are selling our archive inspired Christmas Cards. The designs are inspired by collections of the Knowles Family papers in the archives.
A pack of five cards are availble for £6.
The cards are availble this week in most Explore locations
We are selling our archive inspired Christmas Cards. The designs are inspired by collections of the Knowles Family papers in the archives.
A pack of five cards are availble for £6.
The cards are availble this week in most Explore locations
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My PhD thesis is now available online through the University of Leicester repository! 'Sociability, Provincial Antiquarianism and Networks of Knowledge in the Spalding Gentlemen's Society, 1710-1755'. figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/the...
December 14, 2024 at 1:54 PM
My PhD thesis is now available online through the University of Leicester repository! 'Sociability, Provincial Antiquarianism and Networks of Knowledge in the Spalding Gentlemen's Society, 1710-1755'. figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/the...
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I’ve been appointed a Fellow of The Society of Authors. Very nice :)
Kit de Waal, Vineet Lal, Maggie Gee and Nicola Beauman appointed Society of Authors fellows
The Society of Authors has appointed four new fellows: Kit de Waal, Vineet Lal, Maggie Gee and Nicola Beauman.
www.thebookseller.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I’ve been appointed a Fellow of The Society of Authors. Very nice :)
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Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
Restoring our services – November 2025 update
In the coming weeks and months we will be restoring a number of key functions.
www.bl.uk
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
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And good news also for those looking for UK theses: "interim, metadata-only version of EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) in early 2026" with links to repositories & further worked planned. 👍
Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
Restoring our services – November 2025 update
In the coming weeks and months we will be restoring a number of key functions.
www.bl.uk
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
And good news also for those looking for UK theses: "interim, metadata-only version of EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) in early 2026" with links to repositories & further worked planned. 👍
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Can you help?
I found a post box with ER VII
#PostboxSaturday
In the deep Shropshire lanes
Is this from Edward 7th?
It looked very old and cracked but still in use!
I found a post box with ER VII
#PostboxSaturday
In the deep Shropshire lanes
Is this from Edward 7th?
It looked very old and cracked but still in use!
November 22, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Can you help?
I found a post box with ER VII
#PostboxSaturday
In the deep Shropshire lanes
Is this from Edward 7th?
It looked very old and cracked but still in use!
I found a post box with ER VII
#PostboxSaturday
In the deep Shropshire lanes
Is this from Edward 7th?
It looked very old and cracked but still in use!
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📣 NOW ACCEPTING ESSAYS! The Leah Leneman Prize for research on women’s or gender history is open to students & independent scholars. Submit your 8-10k word essay by 22 Dec 2025 📅
Full details: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...
Full details: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...
October 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
📣 NOW ACCEPTING ESSAYS! The Leah Leneman Prize for research on women’s or gender history is open to students & independent scholars. Submit your 8-10k word essay by 22 Dec 2025 📅
Full details: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...
Full details: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...
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It's been a big week for me.
On Monday, @degruyterbrill.bsky.social published my first book, Selling Out Santa, which was a development of my PhD thesis which I defended one year ago today. It's been a long and difficult year since then, but I'm taking today to be proud of those two achievements.
On Monday, @degruyterbrill.bsky.social published my first book, Selling Out Santa, which was a development of my PhD thesis which I defended one year ago today. It's been a long and difficult year since then, but I'm taking today to be proud of those two achievements.
Selling Out Santa: Hollywood Christmas Films in the Age of McCarthy|Hardcover
Christmas is not just a day or a frame of mind as Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) imparts in Miracle on 34th Street (1947); Christmas is also a vehicle for national mythmaking as an idealising mirror for ...
www.barnesandnoble.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It's been a big week for me.
On Monday, @degruyterbrill.bsky.social published my first book, Selling Out Santa, which was a development of my PhD thesis which I defended one year ago today. It's been a long and difficult year since then, but I'm taking today to be proud of those two achievements.
On Monday, @degruyterbrill.bsky.social published my first book, Selling Out Santa, which was a development of my PhD thesis which I defended one year ago today. It's been a long and difficult year since then, but I'm taking today to be proud of those two achievements.
@niftybuckles.bsky.social well hello there! We were acquainted in ‘The Other Place’
Good to meet you here 🤗
Good to meet you here 🤗
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
@niftybuckles.bsky.social well hello there! We were acquainted in ‘The Other Place’
Good to meet you here 🤗
Good to meet you here 🤗
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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We've all been there
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
We've all been there
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Frosty walk this morning #edinburgh
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Frosty walk this morning #edinburgh
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We're not using this photograph of a mesmerist performance in open air for the cover of 'Performing magnetism: the theatrics of persuasion in the nineteenth century' (out with Leuven UP in 2026!) but it's such a nice and evocative picture that I'll share it with you here
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
We're not using this photograph of a mesmerist performance in open air for the cover of 'Performing magnetism: the theatrics of persuasion in the nineteenth century' (out with Leuven UP in 2026!) but it's such a nice and evocative picture that I'll share it with you here