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Sam
@sam-80.bsky.social
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Geeks out over medieval history ➡️ real life Game of Thrones 🗡️👑.

Tea drinker, eater of biscuits, paddle boarder, hiker, unapologetic swiftie, ever hopeful.
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sam-80.bsky.social
This May’s elections are expected to bring chaos because our voting system is broken.

I’ve written to my MP to push for fairer elections before it’s too late. It takes 2 minutes to do the same here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
@compassoffice.bsky.social
Tell your MP: our democracy shouldn’t be a gamble!
Our democracy shouldn’t be a gamble. First Past the Post fails 70% of voters. We urgently need to scrap it. I’ve asked my MP to attend a crucial briefing on how to do just that. Join me 👉
actionnetwork.org
January 23, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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lottelydia.bsky.social
Men are extremely keen to explain to me that Britain *needs* a domestic steel production plant and doesn't necessarily *need* universities. Okay. Steel contributed about £1.7bn to the UK economy in 2024. Universities contributed more than £200bn.
May 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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kylekulinskishow.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
sam-80.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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hmalagisi.bsky.social
One book closes and another two to three are magically added to your TBR pile.
January 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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gregjenner.bsky.social
*TRUMPET PARP*

You’re Dead To Me is back!!! Welcome to series 9 of the BBC comedy podcast that takes history seriously

Today’s episode is all about Ancient Greek philosophy superstar Aristotle, featuring @edithmayhall.bsky.social and @schreiberland.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
January 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
sam-80.bsky.social
Wandering round a surprisingly quiet Lincoln this morning and treated myself to #Femina by the amazing @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social . Wanted to read this since it was released but it’s been a crazy year.
December 24, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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drowenemmerson.bsky.social
Christmas as #AnneBoleyn saw it. Illuminations of The Nativity as seen in Anne’s two Books of Hours, housed at her home of Hever Castle. Merry Christmas, all 🎄
December 23, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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nathenamin.bsky.social
Did you know the first-known instance of the phrase 'Merry Christmas' stems from a letter written from prison by Bishop John Fisher in 1534, when he wrote to Thomas Cromwell, perhaps wryly, “And thus our Lord send yow a mery Christenmas".

Fisher was beheaded six months later.
December 23, 2024 at 10:54 AM
sam-80.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 4:02 PM
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anniehistory.bsky.social
English is a bit of a mongrel language. Here's a post about its early development: anniewhitehead2.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-...
The Early History of the English Language
Here’s a little test: Torpenhow . Know how to pronounce it? Know its derivation? If it helps at all, it’s in Cumbria, and it’s a hill… and i...
anniewhitehead2.blogspot.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:59 AM
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gregjenner.bsky.social
Here’s a BBC radio programme I loved making 5 years ago about the overlap between history and comedy - I played funny stuff from the archive and interviewed people like Stephen Fry, Cariad Lloyd, and Natalie Haynes. This is part 1 of 3, part 2 will go out next week? www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Hilarious Histories - What's So Funny About the Past? - 1. A Cad and a Bounder - BBC Sounds
Public Historian Greg Jenner is on a quest to discover why comedy writers love history
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2024 at 11:38 AM
sam-80.bsky.social
Interesting read. @nathenamin.bsky.social , @mattlewishistory.bsky.social what do you guys think about this?
hackblackburn.bsky.social Jack Blackburn @hackblackburn.bsky.social · Dec 1
BREAKING: A "smoking gun" has been found in the Princes in the Tower case

The first trace of the boys' possessions has been found

Edward V's chain has turned up in a 16th century will

And it belonged to the sister-in-law of one of his alleged killers #history

www.thetimes.com/article/0a66...
Princes in the Tower: significant find adds to murder theory
A newly discovered will links a gold chain belonging to Edward V to one of his alleged killers
www.thetimes.com
December 1, 2024 at 10:35 PM
sam-80.bsky.social
Rewatching Dan jones Britain’s Bloody Crown. He really isn’t overly impressed with Henry VI is he? 😂 #waroftheroses #medievalhistory #history
November 29, 2024 at 11:44 PM
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fiadhaich.bsky.social
perhaps one of the clearest arguments i’ve seen as to why disabled people have a right to be scared of the assisted dying bill
Leadbeater’s confidence in these safeguards has been widely contested. The Bill disallows assisted suicide as a result of coercion or pressure. “Pressure” is not a legally defined concept: whether berating a sick person over time over the cost of their care, or their occupation of scarce hospital space, would qualify is unclear. In Canada, exactly these scenarios have played out. Nor is there a mechanism in the legislation by which those approving an application for assisted suicide can look into whether pressure or coercion has been applied. There is no requirement for the High Court judges tasked with approving applications even to speak to the applicant, let alone their GP or family members who might be able to shed light on factors which could have influenced the decision. Designing adequate safeguards is not easy: sifting enough information to be sure there has been no pressure or coercion could involve a process as complex as child custody proceedings, which would negate the Bill’s concern to make the process relatively quick and stress-free. But this only underlines the enormous complexities inherent in legalising assisted death while protecting those who might be driven to it against their will. The Bill is keener to minimise potential obstacles to a person’s decision to kill themselves than to investigate its motives. So it allows effectively secret applications, with no requirement to inform a person’s GP or next of kin, further reducing the chance of pressure coming to light. It also allows doctors to suggest assisted suicide to patients. These weaknesses have been highlighted by the Equality & Human Rights Commission, which notes that since Leadbeater’s is a private member’s Bill, it avoids the need for consideration of whether it conforms to the Human Rights Act. Campaign group Liberty, which is in favour of assisted death in principle, expresses “serious concerns over how it places disabled people, people of colour and other marginalised communities at risk” and warns too many issues are skirted over to be defined later by ministers. “Good laws do not follow a ‘details later’ approach,” it warns.
November 29, 2024 at 8:25 PM
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jasonthorne.bsky.social
An interesting way to help people visualize what a ruin used to be.
Old ruin viewed through a glass frame with the original outlines of the building etched onto the glass
November 26, 2024 at 11:54 AM
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nathenamin.bsky.social
Book this Princes in the Tower course NOW
November 26, 2024 at 5:03 PM
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meglovehistory.bsky.social
On this day, November 25, 1120, the White Ship sank, killing the younger English elite and the heir to the throne of England.

Read about it on my substack!
megloveshistory.substack.com/p/on-this-da...

#otd #onthisday #henryi #englishhistory #england #normans
November 25, 2024 at 7:31 PM
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nathenamin.bsky.social
👑 On this day in history, Elizabeth of York was crowned Queen of England in a glittering ceremony in Westminster Abbey, "to the rejoicing of many a true Englishman’s heart".

Read all about it in my latest article:

nathenamin.substack.com/p/the-corona...
November 25, 2024 at 12:02 PM
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jpwarchaeology.bsky.social
I shall be returning to doing an online talk... for one night only!

This event, looking at the buildings archaeology & folklore of ancient windows will also be the annual Triskele Heritage Christmas Lecture.

More info, FAQs & bookings via the link...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-secret...
November 25, 2024 at 6:42 PM
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hellohistoria.bsky.social
Hello 🌞

I seem to have a few new followers! 👋

I am a social historian specialising in death, psychiatry, and working-class histories in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

I hope you'll enjoy my ramblings ✨️

• linktr.ee/louvainrees
• hellohistoria.substack.com
• instagram.com/louvainrees

#Wales #History
November 14, 2024 at 4:28 PM
sam-80.bsky.social
Happy 82nd birthday to incomparably hilarious #BillyConnolly
a man says there 's no such thing as bad weather
Alt: Billy Connolly says there 's no such thing as bad weather
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2024 at 8:54 PM
sam-80.bsky.social
Optimist: the cup is half full

Pessimist: the cup is half empty

Nurse: I don’t care either way as long as you record how many mls you ve drunk and how many you’ve pee’d out
erinacean.bsky.social Lesley A Hall @erinacean.bsky.social · Nov 24
Optimist: the cup is half full

Pessimist: the cup is half empty

Archivist: either way, it is not permitted in the Reading Room
mthrjo.bsky.social Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · Nov 24
Optimist: the cup is half full

Pessimist: the cup is half empty

Priest (internally): but did I estimate the number of communicants/ amount of wine correctly?
November 24, 2024 at 6:38 PM