Joanne Knowles
@joanneknowlesuk.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Media, Culture, Communication @LJMU. Research interests in culture, media & literary studies #C19 to now. My views, RT ≠ endorsement.
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I’ve never felt so disheartened. My small business means everything to me and I want to keep going.
Please have a look at my website. Buy things, commission me or repost.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thank you.
Please have a look at my website. Buy things, commission me or repost.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thank you.
If I’m being honest, I’m feeling pretty crap about my small business.
It’s so bloody difficult at the moment with rising costs, US tariffs, Brexit nonsense and the threat of AI.
Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word gailmyerscough.co.uk
It’s so bloody difficult at the moment with rising costs, US tariffs, Brexit nonsense and the threat of AI.
Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word gailmyerscough.co.uk
September 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I’ve never felt so disheartened. My small business means everything to me and I want to keep going.
Please have a look at my website. Buy things, commission me or repost.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thank you.
Please have a look at my website. Buy things, commission me or repost.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Thank you.
Happened to be in #Birmingham today ahead of my #VPFAExtremes visit: Victorian culture fans, make time to visit the fabulous Museum & Art Gallery just off Victoria Square. Plus, what a great venue in the B&M Institute! Can't wait for Monday @vpfa.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Happened to be in #Birmingham today ahead of my #VPFAExtremes visit: Victorian culture fans, make time to visit the fabulous Museum & Art Gallery just off Victoria Square. Plus, what a great venue in the B&M Institute! Can't wait for Monday @vpfa.bsky.social
Saw Hamlet Hail to the Thief at Factory International / Aviva Studios today and was really impressed. Great version, streamlined with brilliant staging and compelling darkness & energy. Go and see it if you can. Still some tickets coming up on Twickets. #HamletHailtotheThief
May 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Saw Hamlet Hail to the Thief at Factory International / Aviva Studios today and was really impressed. Great version, streamlined with brilliant staging and compelling darkness & energy. Go and see it if you can. Still some tickets coming up on Twickets. #HamletHailtotheThief
For #WorldDonkeyDay here's a hard-working donkey enjoying kindness from children, in an image from one of the 19th century periodicals held in LJMU Special Collections @ljmu-sca.bsky.social #archives
May 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
For #WorldDonkeyDay here's a hard-working donkey enjoying kindness from children, in an image from one of the 19th century periodicals held in LJMU Special Collections @ljmu-sca.bsky.social #archives
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labour party (uk) looking at the c.240k people who work for universities, “nah we will never need those votes”
May 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
labour party (uk) looking at the c.240k people who work for universities, “nah we will never need those votes”
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So here's what's cool about my job:
Yesterday morning I said, "We really ought to have TWIN PEAKS available." So then a bunch of people scrambled, worked really hard, and now you can watch every episode of David Lynch & Mark Frost's original series for free on Pluto TV: pluto.tv/us/on-demand...
Yesterday morning I said, "We really ought to have TWIN PEAKS available." So then a bunch of people scrambled, worked really hard, and now you can watch every episode of David Lynch & Mark Frost's original series for free on Pluto TV: pluto.tv/us/on-demand...
January 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
So here's what's cool about my job:
Yesterday morning I said, "We really ought to have TWIN PEAKS available." So then a bunch of people scrambled, worked really hard, and now you can watch every episode of David Lynch & Mark Frost's original series for free on Pluto TV: pluto.tv/us/on-demand...
Yesterday morning I said, "We really ought to have TWIN PEAKS available." So then a bunch of people scrambled, worked really hard, and now you can watch every episode of David Lynch & Mark Frost's original series for free on Pluto TV: pluto.tv/us/on-demand...
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We are hiring 2 x Postdocs to work on our AHRC project 'Women's Screen Work in the Archives Made Visible' app by:20/01/25 Details below ⬇️
1) PDRA-Archives
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
#archivejobs #specialcollections #womenshistory #womeninfilm
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1) PDRA-Archives
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
#archivejobs #specialcollections #womenshistory #womeninfilm
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December 12, 2024 at 12:43 PM
We are hiring 2 x Postdocs to work on our AHRC project 'Women's Screen Work in the Archives Made Visible' app by:20/01/25 Details below ⬇️
1) PDRA-Archives
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
#archivejobs #specialcollections #womenshistory #womeninfilm
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1) PDRA-Archives
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#archivejobs #specialcollections #womenshistory #womeninfilm
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As an entertainer, Truss is the gift that keeps on giving 🤣
Liz Truss’s lawyers have written to Keir Starmer, possibly in green ink www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
January 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
As an entertainer, Truss is the gift that keeps on giving 🤣
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Liz Truss’s lawyers have written to Keir Starmer, possibly in green ink www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
January 9, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Liz Truss’s lawyers have written to Keir Starmer, possibly in green ink www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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Some good news: the stupid idea of destroying historic wills has been entirely rejected.
#Archives #History 🗃️
#Archives #History 🗃️
Thanks to the 1,600 people and organisations who responded to the UK Ministry of Justice’s proposals on the retention of wills. Good news: The UK Government has determined not to proceed with any reforms that involve the destruction of original wills
Read in full here: www.gov.uk/government/c...
Read in full here: www.gov.uk/government/c...
January 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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imho Grimshaw has done a really good job & I’m v pleased Laverne, a superb broadcaster, will remain
Blimey - Nick Grimshaw is taking over the 6Music Breakfast reins and Lauren Laverne is moving to mid-morning
January 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
imho Grimshaw has done a really good job & I’m v pleased Laverne, a superb broadcaster, will remain
But not leaving BBC6music. Excellent news. Relieved & happy that Lauren Laverne is returning (on mid mornings).Have enjoyed Nick Grimshaw on breakfast & pleased he's continuing. Any space for some more Deb Grant too? #6music
Lauren Laverne to leave BBC 6 Music breakfast show
Lauren Laverne to leave BBC 6 Music breakfast show
The radio host is stepping down after six years to return to mid-morning broadcasting
BBC presenter Lauren Laverne has announced that she will be stepping down as host of BBC Radio 6 Music. After six years of helming the morning show, she will be…
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
But not leaving BBC6music. Excellent news. Relieved & happy that Lauren Laverne is returning (on mid mornings).Have enjoyed Nick Grimshaw on breakfast & pleased he's continuing. Any space for some more Deb Grant too? #6music
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Cheap history books klaxon! On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe is available for just 99p on Kindle all this month. I’m sorry for the self-promotion, but so glad that these important and marginalised histories are being made easily accessible to wide audience. 🗃️
On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe eBook : Pennock, Caroline Dodds: Amazon.co.uk: Books
On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe eBook : Pennock, Caroline Dodds: Amazon.co.uk: Books
www.amazon.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Cheap history books klaxon! On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe is available for just 99p on Kindle all this month. I’m sorry for the self-promotion, but so glad that these important and marginalised histories are being made easily accessible to wide audience. 🗃️
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Oh would you look at that? So the Tories didn’t want to pay the compensation, so continued to kick the can down the road and are now expressing moral indignation on the same issue to have a political swipe at a new government. Beneath contempt.
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in case you’re wondering why the Tories didn’t implement the Alexis Jay report into child sex abuse
we reveal tonight that her proposal for a compensation scheme for victims would cost £5-10bn according to preliminary Whitehall estimates
www.ft.com/content/cef1...
in case you’re wondering why the Tories didn’t implement the Alexis Jay report into child sex abuse
we reveal tonight that her proposal for a compensation scheme for victims would cost £5-10bn according to preliminary Whitehall estimates
www.ft.com/content/cef1...
Whitehall estimates child sexual abuse compensation could hit £10bn
Starmer has criticised previous Conservative government for not implementing recommendations of 2022 Jay review
www.ft.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Oh would you look at that? So the Tories didn’t want to pay the compensation, so continued to kick the can down the road and are now expressing moral indignation on the same issue to have a political swipe at a new government. Beneath contempt.
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The Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions Read by Bob Dylan
The Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions Read by Bob Dylan
From 2006 to 2009, Bob Dylan hosted the Theme Time Radio Hour on Sirius Satellite Radio.
www.openculture.com
January 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions Read by Bob Dylan
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When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1929 & sound recordings from 1924 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
⚓️ Popeye
🕵️ The Maltese Falcon
📖 The Sound and the Fury
🇮🇹 A Farewell to Arms
🏠️ A Room of One's Own
🙌 Hallelujah
🎺 Bolero
and many more!
🧵👇
⚓️ Popeye
🕵️ The Maltese Falcon
📖 The Sound and the Fury
🇮🇹 A Farewell to Arms
🏠️ A Room of One's Own
🙌 Hallelujah
🎺 Bolero
and many more!
🧵👇
December 26, 2024 at 3:56 PM
When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1929 & sound recordings from 1924 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
⚓️ Popeye
🕵️ The Maltese Falcon
📖 The Sound and the Fury
🇮🇹 A Farewell to Arms
🏠️ A Room of One's Own
🙌 Hallelujah
🎺 Bolero
and many more!
🧵👇
⚓️ Popeye
🕵️ The Maltese Falcon
📖 The Sound and the Fury
🇮🇹 A Farewell to Arms
🏠️ A Room of One's Own
🙌 Hallelujah
🎺 Bolero
and many more!
🧵👇
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Knew they wouldn't let us down ❤️ #GavinAndStacey
“Our original thing was that everything is fascinating. So Pete needing a new pair of oven gloves is fascinating. A group of people ordering a curry is fascinating.”
Speaking only to Big Issue, Ruth Jones and James Corden reveal all about Gavin & Stacey's farewell
https://buff.ly/3VQGGYR
Speaking only to Big Issue, Ruth Jones and James Corden reveal all about Gavin & Stacey's farewell
https://buff.ly/3VQGGYR
December 25, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Knew they wouldn't let us down ❤️ #GavinAndStacey
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I have produced some written #Christmas content: The demise of Christmas train services since 1948.
In the post, I plot the decline of British Christmas Day and Boxing Day services since 1948 and explore the factors that shaped this process.
davidturnerrailway.wordpress.com/2024/12/22/t...
In the post, I plot the decline of British Christmas Day and Boxing Day services since 1948 and explore the factors that shaped this process.
davidturnerrailway.wordpress.com/2024/12/22/t...
The demise of Christmas train services since 1948
This article was originally published in the 27 December 2023 edition of RAIL magazine. In December 1950 children on British Railway’s (BR) long-distance trains got a surprise – Santa Claus arrived…
davidturnerrailway.wordpress.com
December 22, 2024 at 11:04 AM
I have produced some written #Christmas content: The demise of Christmas train services since 1948.
In the post, I plot the decline of British Christmas Day and Boxing Day services since 1948 and explore the factors that shaped this process.
davidturnerrailway.wordpress.com/2024/12/22/t...
In the post, I plot the decline of British Christmas Day and Boxing Day services since 1948 and explore the factors that shaped this process.
davidturnerrailway.wordpress.com/2024/12/22/t...
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And I can't build myself a throne of skulls if I'm not allowed to commit murder and/or grave robbing. We all live with disappointment, you aren't special
OpenAI is begging the British Parliament to allow it to use copyrighted works because it's supposedly "impossible" for the company to train its artificial intelligence models — and continue growing its multi-billion-dollar business — without them. futurism.com/the-byte/ope...
OpenAI Pleads That It Can’t Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Free
OpenAI is begging Parliament to allow it to use copyrighted works because it's "impossible" for the company to make money without them.
futurism.com
December 20, 2024 at 9:15 PM
And I can't build myself a throne of skulls if I'm not allowed to commit murder and/or grave robbing. We all live with disappointment, you aren't special
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While the UK government considers upending the law to allow AI companies to train on people’s creative work without a license, our statement opposing unlicensed training just hit 38,000 signatures.
Still open ➡️ aitrainingstatement.org
Still open ➡️ aitrainingstatement.org
December 20, 2024 at 7:12 PM
While the UK government considers upending the law to allow AI companies to train on people’s creative work without a license, our statement opposing unlicensed training just hit 38,000 signatures.
Still open ➡️ aitrainingstatement.org
Still open ➡️ aitrainingstatement.org
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Politics & Gender Conference 2025.
Celebrating 20 years of @politicsgenderj.bsky.social for scholars working on all aspects of women, gender, & politics.
Submit your proposal by January 15, 2025 - cup.org/4gKg8QT
Conference dates - May 28-29, 2025
Celebrating 20 years of @politicsgenderj.bsky.social for scholars working on all aspects of women, gender, & politics.
Submit your proposal by January 15, 2025 - cup.org/4gKg8QT
Conference dates - May 28-29, 2025
December 20, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Politics & Gender Conference 2025.
Celebrating 20 years of @politicsgenderj.bsky.social for scholars working on all aspects of women, gender, & politics.
Submit your proposal by January 15, 2025 - cup.org/4gKg8QT
Conference dates - May 28-29, 2025
Celebrating 20 years of @politicsgenderj.bsky.social for scholars working on all aspects of women, gender, & politics.
Submit your proposal by January 15, 2025 - cup.org/4gKg8QT
Conference dates - May 28-29, 2025
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Read PRAN’s newest blog ‘A Very Dickensian Christmas’ written by the brilliant Dr Rachel Broady. The Dickensian Christmas inspires media stories of poverty, often silencing those affected. Read more about inclusive and year-round poverty reporting 👇
www.pran.org.uk/blog/a-very-...
www.pran.org.uk/blog/a-very-...
A Very Dickensian Christmas — Poverty Research & Advocacy Network
The Dickensian Christmas inspires media stories of poverty, often silencing those affected. Rachel Broady urges inclusive reporting, amplifying voices to tackle stereotypes and year-round poverty.
www.pran.org.uk
December 12, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Read PRAN’s newest blog ‘A Very Dickensian Christmas’ written by the brilliant Dr Rachel Broady. The Dickensian Christmas inspires media stories of poverty, often silencing those affected. Read more about inclusive and year-round poverty reporting 👇
www.pran.org.uk/blog/a-very-...
www.pran.org.uk/blog/a-very-...
Bravo Gisele Pelicot. A woman of extraordinary courage. Justice.
December 19, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Bravo Gisele Pelicot. A woman of extraordinary courage. Justice.