Will Barber Taylor
@willbarbertaylor.bsky.social
Host @debatedpodcast.bsky.social
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1 DAY to go until Lion & Unicorn's 🎉10th anniversary🎉, and still no word on our appeal for release from Grok Gaol.
For 10 years we've been a place for writers to post mostly unsaleable pieces they just fancied writing. Occasionally we found a readership.
Help us get to 20 by sharing & following.
For 10 years we've been a place for writers to post mostly unsaleable pieces they just fancied writing. Occasionally we found a readership.
Help us get to 20 by sharing & following.
At the other place, the Lion & Unicorn account has been suspended.
6 days on, we've had no response to our appeal, and we're no wiser as to how we broke the X rules.
It's our 10th anniversary on Saturday.
If you've enjoyed our writing, please spread the word here.
thelionandunicorn.wordpress.com
6 days on, we've had no response to our appeal, and we're no wiser as to how we broke the X rules.
It's our 10th anniversary on Saturday.
If you've enjoyed our writing, please spread the word here.
thelionandunicorn.wordpress.com
August 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
1 DAY to go until Lion & Unicorn's 🎉10th anniversary🎉, and still no word on our appeal for release from Grok Gaol.
For 10 years we've been a place for writers to post mostly unsaleable pieces they just fancied writing. Occasionally we found a readership.
Help us get to 20 by sharing & following.
For 10 years we've been a place for writers to post mostly unsaleable pieces they just fancied writing. Occasionally we found a readership.
Help us get to 20 by sharing & following.
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hey did you know that Bismarck was the one who nicked Alsace Lorraine from France back in the 19th century
that's why historians call him............Grand Theft Otto
that's why historians call him............Grand Theft Otto
May 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
hey did you know that Bismarck was the one who nicked Alsace Lorraine from France back in the 19th century
that's why historians call him............Grand Theft Otto
that's why historians call him............Grand Theft Otto
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It’s actually pronounced bouquet
Experts break down this potentially transformative concept.
Is The 'Reverse Bucket List' The Key To Happiness?
Experts break down this potentially transformative concept.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
It’s actually pronounced bouquet
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For those of us who enjoy snooping around in the archives and are #devolution anoraks, this is an interesting read that says much about the increasing electoral & political challenges facing Trimble and the UUP at that time #stormont
An adviser to David Trimble suggested that a border poll could be held at the same time as the 2001 General Election because he thought it would help get UUP voters out to polling stations. Trimble ultimately adopted the idea, but the Government said no.
UUP advisor suggested border poll to boost party vote but admitted it could seem ‘tacky’
An adviser to David Trimble suggested that a border poll could be held at the same time as the 2001 General Election because he thought it would help get UUP voters out to polling stations.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
For those of us who enjoy snooping around in the archives and are #devolution anoraks, this is an interesting read that says much about the increasing electoral & political challenges facing Trimble and the UUP at that time #stormont
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From Transylvania With Love #ShortStorySunday
From Transylvania With Love
Short Story From Transylvania With Love
northeastbylines.co.uk
April 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
From Transylvania With Love #ShortStorySunday
"Africa is new, revolutionary but this administration has not known that Africa has existed" so said then Senator John F Kennedy in October 1960 and not much has changed since then as Ian Linden's excellent article makes clear: www.thearticle.com/africa-as-th... The failure of western governments
Africa: as the West falters, China consolidates | TheArticle
“Lesotho, which nobody has ever heard of.” This was Donald Trump, with his customary offensiveness, three weeks ago. ...
www.thearticle.com
March 29, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"Africa is new, revolutionary but this administration has not known that Africa has existed" so said then Senator John F Kennedy in October 1960 and not much has changed since then as Ian Linden's excellent article makes clear: www.thearticle.com/africa-as-th... The failure of western governments
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I'm only saying this because it's public and everyone can see what's happening, but with its replacement freeze this is like a quarter of all staff. Dundee hasn't got a hope of clinging on if more rescue doesn't come, and who'll lend to it now? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dundee University to cut 632 jobs to plug £35m deficit
The University and College Union condemned the
www.bbc.co.uk
March 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I'm only saying this because it's public and everyone can see what's happening, but with its replacement freeze this is like a quarter of all staff. Dundee hasn't got a hope of clinging on if more rescue doesn't come, and who'll lend to it now? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Today I unexpectedly learned that scholars generally agree Pandora in fact opened a jar and not a box. The latter is due to a later Renaissance era mistranslation from the Ancient Greek. Dunno why I'm sharing this but thought folk may want to know.
January 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Today I unexpectedly learned that scholars generally agree Pandora in fact opened a jar and not a box. The latter is due to a later Renaissance era mistranslation from the Ancient Greek. Dunno why I'm sharing this but thought folk may want to know.
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And here's a very nice review from @willbarbertaylor.bsky.social of the new edition of Snowden's autobiography, an ideal stocking filler for the Labour-afflicted in your life
www.thesocialreview.co.uk/2024/09/29/b...
www.thesocialreview.co.uk/2024/09/29/b...
Britain’s Iron Chancellor: Review
100 years ago this year the Labour Party entered government for the first time as the main governing party. It would be a short-lived administration, but it represented a landmark change in British po...
www.thesocialreview.co.uk
December 4, 2024 at 5:10 PM
And here's a very nice review from @willbarbertaylor.bsky.social of the new edition of Snowden's autobiography, an ideal stocking filler for the Labour-afflicted in your life
www.thesocialreview.co.uk/2024/09/29/b...
www.thesocialreview.co.uk/2024/09/29/b...
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What joy it is when communities come together for the greater good! Strawberry Hill farm is now a haven for endangered wildlife, thanks to an incredible £1.5m raised via crowdfunding | Rebecca Kay
@wildlifebcn.bsky.social
@wildlifebcn.bsky.social
A triumphant victory by local people saves wildlife species
Fund raising efforts save a large area of scrubland to protect wildlife in central England - Strawberry Hill
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 2, 2024 at 3:05 PM
What joy it is when communities come together for the greater good! Strawberry Hill farm is now a haven for endangered wildlife, thanks to an incredible £1.5m raised via crowdfunding | Rebecca Kay
@wildlifebcn.bsky.social
@wildlifebcn.bsky.social
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Whilst this is good news, I’d also like to see government focus on the health of spiking, and how we can increase the capacity of spiking tests/supporting victims.
I was spiked in the Parliamentary bar last year, which shows more police presence isn’t everything.
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3190832...
I was spiked in the Parliamentary bar last year, which shows more police presence isn’t everything.
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3190832...
Major drink-spiking crackdown as it will become specific criminal offence
DRINK-spiking is to become a specific criminal offence, with predators more likely to be jailed, PM Sir Keir Starmer will announce today. The aim is to simplify the current system where spiking com…
www.thesun.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Whilst this is good news, I’d also like to see government focus on the health of spiking, and how we can increase the capacity of spiking tests/supporting victims.
I was spiked in the Parliamentary bar last year, which shows more police presence isn’t everything.
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3190832...
I was spiked in the Parliamentary bar last year, which shows more police presence isn’t everything.
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3190832...
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Digging the #OG Worzel Gummidge, my Pa into a compost heap ‘80 @tenacrefilms.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Digging the #OG Worzel Gummidge, my Pa into a compost heap ‘80 @tenacrefilms.bsky.social
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🚨 Free webinar on inequalities in creative industries 🚨
Our upcoming webinar will focus on class inequalities in access to careers in the creative industries, as well as in access to creative degrees.
Join our expert panelists on 4th December ⤵️
www.suttontrust.com/a-class-act-...
Our upcoming webinar will focus on class inequalities in access to careers in the creative industries, as well as in access to creative degrees.
Join our expert panelists on 4th December ⤵️
www.suttontrust.com/a-class-act-...
November 19, 2024 at 12:06 PM
🚨 Free webinar on inequalities in creative industries 🚨
Our upcoming webinar will focus on class inequalities in access to careers in the creative industries, as well as in access to creative degrees.
Join our expert panelists on 4th December ⤵️
www.suttontrust.com/a-class-act-...
Our upcoming webinar will focus on class inequalities in access to careers in the creative industries, as well as in access to creative degrees.
Join our expert panelists on 4th December ⤵️
www.suttontrust.com/a-class-act-...
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Hi all! I’ve just joined Bluesky- so a quick tweet about me.
🌸 I am deputy director of @centrethinktank.co.uk and in oversee policy + internal decisionmaking.
🩺 I also work in health public affairs in the charity sector.
✈️ In my free time, I love to travel and explore the world.
🌸 I am deputy director of @centrethinktank.co.uk and in oversee policy + internal decisionmaking.
🩺 I also work in health public affairs in the charity sector.
✈️ In my free time, I love to travel and explore the world.
November 18, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Hi all! I’ve just joined Bluesky- so a quick tweet about me.
🌸 I am deputy director of @centrethinktank.co.uk and in oversee policy + internal decisionmaking.
🩺 I also work in health public affairs in the charity sector.
✈️ In my free time, I love to travel and explore the world.
🌸 I am deputy director of @centrethinktank.co.uk and in oversee policy + internal decisionmaking.
🩺 I also work in health public affairs in the charity sector.
✈️ In my free time, I love to travel and explore the world.
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Seeing all the good lads arrive on here
November 13, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Seeing all the good lads arrive on here
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Great opportunity to see the archives at People’s History Museum associated with Labour MP Ellen Wilkinson.
sslh.org.uk/2024/10/22/p...
sslh.org.uk/2024/10/22/p...
PHM opens up the Ellen Wilkinson archives
A one-day archive event in celebration of the Labour MP Ellen Wilkinson will take place at People’s History Museum in Manchester on Saturday 9 November. The event marks the centenary of her electio…
sslh.org.uk
October 22, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Great opportunity to see the archives at People’s History Museum associated with Labour MP Ellen Wilkinson.
sslh.org.uk/2024/10/22/p...
sslh.org.uk/2024/10/22/p...
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Completely missed that we were holding this event on #HistoryWritersDay24
You can buy Britain's Iron Chancellor in hardback or ebook at 25% for a limited time thanks to Pen & Sword's tie-in discount code HWD24 (use at checkout)
Use the discount code here👇
pen-and-sword.co.uk/Britains-Iro...
You can buy Britain's Iron Chancellor in hardback or ebook at 25% for a limited time thanks to Pen & Sword's tie-in discount code HWD24 (use at checkout)
Use the discount code here👇
pen-and-sword.co.uk/Britains-Iro...
October 6, 2024 at 7:38 AM
Completely missed that we were holding this event on #HistoryWritersDay24
You can buy Britain's Iron Chancellor in hardback or ebook at 25% for a limited time thanks to Pen & Sword's tie-in discount code HWD24 (use at checkout)
Use the discount code here👇
pen-and-sword.co.uk/Britains-Iro...
You can buy Britain's Iron Chancellor in hardback or ebook at 25% for a limited time thanks to Pen & Sword's tie-in discount code HWD24 (use at checkout)
Use the discount code here👇
pen-and-sword.co.uk/Britains-Iro...
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Brilliant turnout yesterday afternoon for our Snowden event, including some of his descendants in the audience!
Fascinating panel discussion with Andrew Thorpe and Keith Laybourn, charied by @willbarbertaylor.bsky.social
Keighley Library were excellent hosts and displayed great artefacts too
Fascinating panel discussion with Andrew Thorpe and Keith Laybourn, charied by @willbarbertaylor.bsky.social
Keighley Library were excellent hosts and displayed great artefacts too
October 6, 2024 at 7:37 AM
Brilliant turnout yesterday afternoon for our Snowden event, including some of his descendants in the audience!
Fascinating panel discussion with Andrew Thorpe and Keith Laybourn, charied by @willbarbertaylor.bsky.social
Keighley Library were excellent hosts and displayed great artefacts too
Fascinating panel discussion with Andrew Thorpe and Keith Laybourn, charied by @willbarbertaylor.bsky.social
Keighley Library were excellent hosts and displayed great artefacts too
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Delighted to announce this fabulous free event for all those interested in Labour history
Hosted by the incredible @willbarbertaylor.bsky.social, and featuring the creme de la creme of Labour historians in
Andrew Thorpe & Keith Laybourn
Quite simply the hottest ticket(-less event) in town
Hosted by the incredible @willbarbertaylor.bsky.social, and featuring the creme de la creme of Labour historians in
Andrew Thorpe & Keith Laybourn
Quite simply the hottest ticket(-less event) in town
September 16, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Delighted to announce this fabulous free event for all those interested in Labour history
Hosted by the incredible @willbarbertaylor.bsky.social, and featuring the creme de la creme of Labour historians in
Andrew Thorpe & Keith Laybourn
Quite simply the hottest ticket(-less event) in town
Hosted by the incredible @willbarbertaylor.bsky.social, and featuring the creme de la creme of Labour historians in
Andrew Thorpe & Keith Laybourn
Quite simply the hottest ticket(-less event) in town
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British politicians of all parties have been heavily attacked for failing to prevent the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in West London which killed 72 people.
Grenfell Tower report: UK government was ‘complacent and dismissive’ before deadly blaze
Report slams ‘decades of failure’ in the run-up to the 2017 blaze that killed 72 people.
www.politico.eu
September 4, 2024 at 11:02 AM
British politicians of all parties have been heavily attacked for failing to prevent the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in West London which killed 72 people.
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Excellent article
How did our universities get into this morass of existential crisis? Number five: their governance structures and capacity simply are not up to the impossible task being asked of them. Never have been, and never could have been: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...
Crash course
The UK’s universities are among the best in the world. So why do many appear close to collapse?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
August 28, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Excellent article
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We did some animal drawing today!
August 16, 2024 at 8:51 PM
We did some animal drawing today!