Dr Megan Barford
@meganbar.bsky.social
Anglican ordinand in the South Pennines. Dogs and hills and music and Jesus and justice. Also map history. #ActuallyJoyfullyAutistic. They/them.
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Today is Intersex Day of Solidarity and Remembrance.
It's an opportunity to highlight the continued struggles faced by intersex people globally, from unnecessary medical intervention or stigma.
We all deserve to be treated with dignity, and live a life free from discrimination.
It's an opportunity to highlight the continued struggles faced by intersex people globally, from unnecessary medical intervention or stigma.
We all deserve to be treated with dignity, and live a life free from discrimination.
November 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Today is Intersex Day of Solidarity and Remembrance.
It's an opportunity to highlight the continued struggles faced by intersex people globally, from unnecessary medical intervention or stigma.
We all deserve to be treated with dignity, and live a life free from discrimination.
It's an opportunity to highlight the continued struggles faced by intersex people globally, from unnecessary medical intervention or stigma.
We all deserve to be treated with dignity, and live a life free from discrimination.
So - drawing inspiration from this brilliant thread, and looking to #theology people out there - which *theologians* would you recommend for thinking about prose style? who would you suggest for examples of clear and also beautiful *writing*?
I’m having intro chats with dissertation students this fortnight, and one of them asked which historians I’d recommend for beautiful writing they could absorb to further develop their own writing style.
So, gang, which are your favourite *writers* among historians, any time, any topic, any place. 🗃️
So, gang, which are your favourite *writers* among historians, any time, any topic, any place. 🗃️
September 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
So - drawing inspiration from this brilliant thread, and looking to #theology people out there - which *theologians* would you recommend for thinking about prose style? who would you suggest for examples of clear and also beautiful *writing*?
Today Hobnob learnt to pick apples…
August 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Today Hobnob learnt to pick apples…
@heritagequay.bsky.social ’s latest exhibition is a fascinating exploration of technical education in Huddersfield, which takes you on a deep dive through the social and cultural history of the town over the last 200 years. Be sure to visit if you are in town!!
#huddersfield #HistoryOfEducation
#huddersfield #HistoryOfEducation
ICYMI our new exhibition, The Town That Taught Itself is now open!
Visit Mon-Fri 9am-5pm to explore the rich history of the @huddersfielduni.bsky.social including the history of teacher training, music, art and much much more.
Free entry and no need to book
heritagequay.org/2025/05/the-...
Visit Mon-Fri 9am-5pm to explore the rich history of the @huddersfielduni.bsky.social including the history of teacher training, music, art and much much more.
Free entry and no need to book
heritagequay.org/2025/05/the-...
August 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
@heritagequay.bsky.social ’s latest exhibition is a fascinating exploration of technical education in Huddersfield, which takes you on a deep dive through the social and cultural history of the town over the last 200 years. Be sure to visit if you are in town!!
#huddersfield #HistoryOfEducation
#huddersfield #HistoryOfEducation
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All famines are man-made, all famines are political. Historians of empire and humanitarianism have known this forever. Gaza is not starving, Gaza is being starved, by Israel, and this starvation is enabled by our government and by every other government that does not step in to force food and aid.
July 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
All famines are man-made, all famines are political. Historians of empire and humanitarianism have known this forever. Gaza is not starving, Gaza is being starved, by Israel, and this starvation is enabled by our government and by every other government that does not step in to force food and aid.
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Gazans 'wasting away' as mass starvation spreads, humanitarian groups, including @christianaiduk.bsky.social warn
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
More than 100 humanitarian groups warn of mass starvation in Gaza
A joint statement says aid workers are
www.bbc.co.uk
July 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Gazans 'wasting away' as mass starvation spreads, humanitarian groups, including @christianaiduk.bsky.social warn
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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📢Attention Cathedrals!📢
Lambeth is opening a new programme to offer free cathedrals visits from our expert collections care team, to advise on a range of preservation issues.📚
More details here:
www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/cathedral-li...
@englishcathedrals.co.uk
Lambeth is opening a new programme to offer free cathedrals visits from our expert collections care team, to advise on a range of preservation issues.📚
More details here:
www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/cathedral-li...
@englishcathedrals.co.uk
June 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
📢Attention Cathedrals!📢
Lambeth is opening a new programme to offer free cathedrals visits from our expert collections care team, to advise on a range of preservation issues.📚
More details here:
www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/cathedral-li...
@englishcathedrals.co.uk
Lambeth is opening a new programme to offer free cathedrals visits from our expert collections care team, to advise on a range of preservation issues.📚
More details here:
www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/cathedral-li...
@englishcathedrals.co.uk
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make me ready, Lord, for whatever
June 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
make me ready, Lord, for whatever
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ICYMI our new exhibition, The Town That Taught Itself is now open!
Visit Mon-Fri 9am-5pm to explore the rich history of the @huddersfielduni.bsky.social including the history of teacher training, music, art and much much more.
Free entry and no need to book
heritagequay.org/2025/05/the-...
Visit Mon-Fri 9am-5pm to explore the rich history of the @huddersfielduni.bsky.social including the history of teacher training, music, art and much much more.
Free entry and no need to book
heritagequay.org/2025/05/the-...
May 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
ICYMI our new exhibition, The Town That Taught Itself is now open!
Visit Mon-Fri 9am-5pm to explore the rich history of the @huddersfielduni.bsky.social including the history of teacher training, music, art and much much more.
Free entry and no need to book
heritagequay.org/2025/05/the-...
Visit Mon-Fri 9am-5pm to explore the rich history of the @huddersfielduni.bsky.social including the history of teacher training, music, art and much much more.
Free entry and no need to book
heritagequay.org/2025/05/the-...
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It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
May 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
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World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...
World Central Kitchen | WCK Forced to Halt Cooking in Gaza as Supplies Run Out
After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza.
wck.org
May 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...
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The Minister who introduced the Gender Recognition Bill in the House of Lords in 2003 made it clear that "a transsexual person would have protection under the Sex Discrimination Act [the predecessor to the Equality Act] as a person of the acquired sex or gender." /1
April 19, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The Minister who introduced the Gender Recognition Bill in the House of Lords in 2003 made it clear that "a transsexual person would have protection under the Sex Discrimination Act [the predecessor to the Equality Act] as a person of the acquired sex or gender." /1
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There is more and more reason to be deeply deeply worried, from a constitutional not a trans rights perspective, about what the Supreme Court has just done. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Ruling on ‘woman’ definition at odds with UK Equality Act’s aim, says ex-civil servant
Giving trans women same sex discrimination rights as biological women was ‘clear premise’, says key figure
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
There is more and more reason to be deeply deeply worried, from a constitutional not a trans rights perspective, about what the Supreme Court has just done. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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The fight for the rights and dignities of trans people is a fight against the thin edge of fascism. It's a hill we are willing to fight and die on. If you'd like to support us with a donation dedicated to trans rights, you can do so here. I am donating £1,000. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
Fighting fund for trans rights | Good Law Project
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️ Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the rollbacks on trans rights in the UK.
goodlawproject.org
April 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The fight for the rights and dignities of trans people is a fight against the thin edge of fascism. It's a hill we are willing to fight and die on. If you'd like to support us with a donation dedicated to trans rights, you can do so here. I am donating £1,000. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your holy cross you have redeeemed the world.
April 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your holy cross you have redeeemed the world.
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Solidarity with the trans community after this grim Supreme Court decision.
Fixation on biological markers of sex are disproven by Disabled bodies everyday - this decision will impact anyone with a body deemed outside of 'normal'.
None of us are free until all of us are free! 🏳️⚧️
Fixation on biological markers of sex are disproven by Disabled bodies everyday - this decision will impact anyone with a body deemed outside of 'normal'.
None of us are free until all of us are free! 🏳️⚧️
April 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Solidarity with the trans community after this grim Supreme Court decision.
Fixation on biological markers of sex are disproven by Disabled bodies everyday - this decision will impact anyone with a body deemed outside of 'normal'.
None of us are free until all of us are free! 🏳️⚧️
Fixation on biological markers of sex are disproven by Disabled bodies everyday - this decision will impact anyone with a body deemed outside of 'normal'.
None of us are free until all of us are free! 🏳️⚧️
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Despite the reassurances that ‘trans people are still protected under the equality act’ this ruling will enable people who just love calling trans women ‘men’ or trans people ‘delusional’. The level and scale of abuse is going to be amplified horrifically and with no consequences.
April 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Despite the reassurances that ‘trans people are still protected under the equality act’ this ruling will enable people who just love calling trans women ‘men’ or trans people ‘delusional’. The level and scale of abuse is going to be amplified horrifically and with no consequences.
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Only a *little* while since the end of the project, I'm delighted that the Board of Longitude book is available for order (publication date 17 April), and that it is a relatively modest £32 in paperback! #histsci www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
The Board of Longitude | History of science and technology
www.cambridge.org
April 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Only a *little* while since the end of the project, I'm delighted that the Board of Longitude book is available for order (publication date 17 April), and that it is a relatively modest £32 in paperback! #histsci www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
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March 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Fellow authors! The @societyofauthors.bsky.social has issued a statement about Meta’s theft of copyrighted books to train its AI. societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
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March 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Fellow authors! The @societyofauthors.bsky.social has issued a statement about Meta’s theft of copyrighted books to train its AI. societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
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The "Radical Forest" near Almondbury, now maintained by the Almondbury Bank Woodland Preservation Group. The name seems to pre-date the planting of the actual trees and is believed to have been a place where local Chartists and Radicals met in the early 1800s.
March 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The "Radical Forest" near Almondbury, now maintained by the Almondbury Bank Woodland Preservation Group. The name seems to pre-date the planting of the actual trees and is believed to have been a place where local Chartists and Radicals met in the early 1800s.
Visiting old haunts and a few old maps at the National Maritime Museum. Here’s a sea cow on a globe made in 1541 #maps #globes #seamonsters
February 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Visiting old haunts and a few old maps at the National Maritime Museum. Here’s a sea cow on a globe made in 1541 #maps #globes #seamonsters
Candlemas bells at St Stephen’s Lindley
February 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Candlemas bells at St Stephen’s Lindley