Sue Wilkes
@suewilkesauthor.bsky.social
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FRHistS. Europhile. Author of Regency Spies, A Visitor's Guide to Jane Austen's England, and more. Young Workers of the Industrial Age, out now! https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Sue-Wilkes/a/1893
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‘Austen said of Emma that she had chosen “a heroine whom no one but myself will much like”. Woolf, too, takes the considerable risk of adopting the point of view of a protagonist whose sense of entitlement makes her hard to warm to.’

David Trotter on 𝘔𝘳𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘺: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Trotter · Unconditional Looking: Mrs Dalloway’s Demons
Woolf admired Austen above all for her ability to grasp the exceptional moment – ‘in which all the happiness of life...
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groomb.bsky.social
Tomorrow evening, all welcome.
groomb.bsky.social
I'll be talking about 'Made in Manchester' at Audlem and District History Society, Cheshire, on Thursday October 16th, 7.30pm. Scout and Guide Hall, Cheshire Street. Visitors welcome, £4.
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chartresfi.bsky.social
One of my favourite churches from last year, I'm so glad we made the effort to go back.
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metsky.bsky.social
Soba cup, mid-18th–18th century
Class: Ceramics
Culture: Japan
Medium: Porcelain with underglaze blue (Hizen ware)
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/63751
Soba cup, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Soba cup, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Soba cup, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Soba cup, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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davidallengreen.bsky.social
Conspiracies, however, often require effort, with people motivated to come together for a common but hidden purpose.

As such they require more evidence to show than a cock-up.

The key question is: what can (and cannot) be explained by the evidence available.

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royalhistsoc.org
We've two new titles forthcoming in our New Historical Perspectives book series:

> Gareth Roddy's 'Atlantic Isles' is published on 30 October bit.ly/3WFhpRg
> Rachael Harkes's 'Forging Fraternity' is available from 6 November bit.ly/4ogSm2H

Full details from @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians 1/2
Cover images for the two forthocming titles in the New Historical Perspectives book series: 

'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940', by Gareth Roddy

Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society. The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow, by Rachael Harkes
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chuarchives.bsky.social
💾 Our Digital Archivist Chris Knowles is supporting the Future Nostalgia project, led by our friends at the @theul.bsky.social.

🕵️The project brings together old hardware to read rare and unusual floppy disks.

Discover how this work is helping prevent a digital dark age in this BBC feature. ⬇️
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oz-of-the-ancients.bsky.social
#HillfortsWednesday Dumpdon Hillfort, with its distinctive clump of beech trees, sits on one of the largest and most striking hills in the Blackdown Hills of Devon

Closer up it has some impressive Iron Age earthworks too!

📸 Blackdown Hills AONB

#archaeology #ancientbluesky #photooftheday 🏺
A landscape of rolling hills, patchwork fields and woodland, with a distinctive hilltop in the distance with a clump of trees
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bylinetimes.bsky.social
🔴Keir Starmer’s ‘Brexit Is Bad, Let’s Make It a Bit Worse’ Strategy

The Chancellor just admitted that Brexit has been an economic disaster. It’s time the Government stopped making it even worse by imitating Nigel Farage’s damaging anti-migration agenda, argues @adambienkov.bsky.social
Keir Starmer's 'Brexit Is Bad, Let's Make It a Bit Worse' Strategy
The Chancellor just admitted that Brexit has been an economic disaster. It's time the Government stopped making it even worse by imitating Nigel Farage's damaging anti-migration agenda, argues Adam Bi...
bylinetimes.com
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paullewismoney.bsky.social
It is may be 3x average pay but 62% tax rate on earnings over £100,000 and cliff edge removal of childcare subsidies limit aspirations of upper middle classes bit.ly/49arr4e misleading to call it ‘working hard’ not ‘being lucky and clever’. Many work very hard on £12.21/hour 48 hours a week or more
This tax trap is killing youthful aspiration
Little wonder the under-40s laud Margaret Thatcher: she valued hard work, unlike the rules that penalise them today
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robfordmancs.bsky.social
62% actually lowballs the problem - perfectly possible for high earners with large families & student loans to face marginal rates of 90% or over 100%. Pretty obvious this blunts the incentive to take on extra work/seek promotion etc. Not beyond wit of man to solve. taxpolicy.org.uk/2023/09/24/7...
Cutting 70%+ marginal rates should be a Tory priority
If I was a Tory Chancellor, I wouldn’t abolish inheritance tax. I’d fix the ridiculous marginal rates that mean there are hundreds of thousands of 30-somethings paying more than 70%
taxpolicy.org.uk
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jresc.bsky.social
Don't forget to check the underside.
I believe this is a female downy woodpecker clinging to the underside of a branch, looking for some upside down bug cake.
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themedievaldrk.bsky.social
hey all you medieval guild fans, you will want to check out @latemedievalist.bsky.social new book- chock full of archival work about a really unique, far-ranging guild in medieval England (and beyond!)
royalhistsoc.org
We've two new titles forthcoming in our New Historical Perspectives book series:

> Gareth Roddy's 'Atlantic Isles' is published on 30 October bit.ly/3WFhpRg
> Rachael Harkes's 'Forging Fraternity' is available from 6 November bit.ly/4ogSm2H

Full details from @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians 1/2
Cover images for the two forthocming titles in the New Historical Perspectives book series: 

'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940', by Gareth Roddy

Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society. The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow, by Rachael Harkes
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eicathomefinn.bsky.social
'Despite AI’s widespread use, 62% of the students said it has had a negative impact on their skills and development at school, while one in four of the students agreed that AI “makes it too easy for me to find the answers without doing the work myself”.' 1/2
Pupils fear AI is eroding their ability to study, research finds
One in four students say AI ‘makes it too easy’ for them to find answers
www.theguardian.com
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dgplacenames.bsky.social
More insane news from Scotland's People. You can't select and copy from the transcripts!
Hitting F12 and pasting this into the console disables whatever is blocking it:
document.querySelectorAll('*').forEach(el => el.style.userSelect = "text");

@tagishsimon.bsky.social
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wokestudies.bsky.social
What books are banned in 2025? Thousands of titles have been removed from public schools across the country.

PEN America has documented nearly 23,000 book bans in public schools nationwide since 2021.
#antifa #library #books #reading #censorship #writers
pen.org/banned-books...
Banned Books List 2025
What books are banned in 2025? Thousands of titles have been removed from public schools across the country.
pen.org
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davidallengreen.bsky.social
"Why are you writing about the China spy prosecutions being dropped? - you are not a foreign policy blog."

It is an almighty legal mess, and I love writing about legal messes.
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kparkerhistorian.bsky.social
Are you using #maps in research?

Want to learn about their history and use as sources?

In London in late January?

Sign up for @ihr.bsky.social short course, Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place!

#maphistory #skystorians 🗃️
Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place
Discovery Course 1
www.sas.ac.uk
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trincolllibcam.bsky.social
Great news from @claire.m.l.bourne about Milton's Library.

The Milton manuscript held in the Wren Library is available to see here:

mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/R...
A flyleaf showing an inscription which says Milton's Juvenile Poems R.3.4 and a printed crest of Trinity College Cambridge