Aaron Sheridan
@acsheridan.bsky.social
History PhD at the University of Strathclyde researching social history of council housing in Edinburgh, 1919 - 1999 | Living Rent, Govan and Ibrox branch
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I write a newspaper column about Scottish history, historians and heritage.
I’m keen to feature more Early Career Researchers. Their work might not otherwise be publicised to a wide audience. Do you know anyone who might like to be in the column?
I’m keen to feature more Early Career Researchers. Their work might not otherwise be publicised to a wide audience. Do you know anyone who might like to be in the column?
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I write a newspaper column about Scottish history, historians and heritage.
I’m keen to feature more Early Career Researchers. Their work might not otherwise be publicised to a wide audience. Do you know anyone who might like to be in the column?
I’m keen to feature more Early Career Researchers. Their work might not otherwise be publicised to a wide audience. Do you know anyone who might like to be in the column?
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Wealth in the UK is extremely concentrated at the top: over half belongs to the richest 10%, while the richest 1% control over a fifth by themselves. But the bottom half of the population – nearly 34 million people – have less than 1/20th between them. This is bad for all of us. It has to change.
December 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Wealth in the UK is extremely concentrated at the top: over half belongs to the richest 10%, while the richest 1% control over a fifth by themselves. But the bottom half of the population – nearly 34 million people – have less than 1/20th between them. This is bad for all of us. It has to change.
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In case you missed it… Tom Hulme and I’s new article in the Journal of the History of Sexuality. There are three biographical case studies of queer men from N. Ireland who lived between the early 20th century and the 1960s. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...
Project MUSE - Queer Men and Networks of Communication in Northern Ireland Before the 1970s
muse.jhu.edu
November 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
In case you missed it… Tom Hulme and I’s new article in the Journal of the History of Sexuality. There are three biographical case studies of queer men from N. Ireland who lived between the early 20th century and the 1960s. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...
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#OtD 30 Nov 1923 Scottish revolutionary socialist, John Maclean, known as "Scotland's Lenin", died of pneumonia aged 44 following repeated incarceration and force feeding. His funeral (pictured) was attended by thousands stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
November 30, 2025 at 6:40 AM
#OtD 30 Nov 1923 Scottish revolutionary socialist, John Maclean, known as "Scotland's Lenin", died of pneumonia aged 44 following repeated incarceration and force feeding. His funeral (pictured) was attended by thousands stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1032...
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It'd be cool if the "increasing the cost of motoring hurts poor people" people cared anything like as much about cost to people who rely on public transport - who are disproportionately likely to be poor and disabled, and who consistently face far greater increases in cost.
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It'd be cool if the "increasing the cost of motoring hurts poor people" people cared anything like as much about cost to people who rely on public transport - who are disproportionately likely to be poor and disabled, and who consistently face far greater increases in cost.
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British military troops were trained in Israel during the genocide in Gaza, it has been revealed
British military trained in Israel during Gaza genocide
www.thenational.scot
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
British military troops were trained in Israel during the genocide in Gaza, it has been revealed
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This is one of my favourite poems of all time
Skint, baw ragged, poackets ful eh ma
fingers, cannae afford tae burn toast an
it’s November. Christmas is close…
—William Letford, “This is it”
Published in DIRT, @carcanet.bsky.social 2016
#poem #poetry
www.carcanet.co.uk/978178410200...
fingers, cannae afford tae burn toast an
it’s November. Christmas is close…
—William Letford, “This is it”
Published in DIRT, @carcanet.bsky.social 2016
#poem #poetry
www.carcanet.co.uk/978178410200...
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This is one of my favourite poems of all time
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Many will be pleased to see the back of the awful two-child cap and rape clause, but hard to understand how Reeves was happy to a) keep it going for 16 months and b) see MPs suspended for wanting it ended, if she really thinks it an unconscionable policy
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Many will be pleased to see the back of the awful two-child cap and rape clause, but hard to understand how Reeves was happy to a) keep it going for 16 months and b) see MPs suspended for wanting it ended, if she really thinks it an unconscionable policy
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- Labour MP Meg Hillier is on the board of Re:State, described by OpenDemocracy as "a free market think tank" & a "conduit for privatisation.
- 7 of Re:State's 10 current funders profits from the NHS.
- Look at their Board & Trustees: heavy on corporate lobbyists, private equity
- 7 of Re:State's 10 current funders profits from the NHS.
- Look at their Board & Trustees: heavy on corporate lobbyists, private equity
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
- Labour MP Meg Hillier is on the board of Re:State, described by OpenDemocracy as "a free market think tank" & a "conduit for privatisation.
- 7 of Re:State's 10 current funders profits from the NHS.
- Look at their Board & Trustees: heavy on corporate lobbyists, private equity
- 7 of Re:State's 10 current funders profits from the NHS.
- Look at their Board & Trustees: heavy on corporate lobbyists, private equity
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🚨 We're marking the 1926 General Strike centenary.
Read the latest article by our Assistant GS, @redhen90.bsky.social - https://www.balh.org.uk/blog-making-history-not-reliving-it-the-national-partnership-to-celebrate-100-anniversary-of-the-general-strike-1926-2025-10-05
#GeneralStrike100 #GFTU
Read the latest article by our Assistant GS, @redhen90.bsky.social - https://www.balh.org.uk/blog-making-history-not-reliving-it-the-national-partnership-to-celebrate-100-anniversary-of-the-general-strike-1926-2025-10-05
#GeneralStrike100 #GFTU
October 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🚨 We're marking the 1926 General Strike centenary.
Read the latest article by our Assistant GS, @redhen90.bsky.social - https://www.balh.org.uk/blog-making-history-not-reliving-it-the-national-partnership-to-celebrate-100-anniversary-of-the-general-strike-1926-2025-10-05
#GeneralStrike100 #GFTU
Read the latest article by our Assistant GS, @redhen90.bsky.social - https://www.balh.org.uk/blog-making-history-not-reliving-it-the-national-partnership-to-celebrate-100-anniversary-of-the-general-strike-1926-2025-10-05
#GeneralStrike100 #GFTU
Fantastic piece on the importance of tenants' organising in 21st century Britain, for both those in the private and 'social' housing sector. Points to the central role that women play and have always played in tenant-led organisations
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/join...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/join...
Join A Tenants’ Union
Landlords are allowing precarious, uninhabitable living conditions right across the UK — but as an assertive local fightback by tenants in Manchester shows, major victories can be won through collecti...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Fantastic piece on the importance of tenants' organising in 21st century Britain, for both those in the private and 'social' housing sector. Points to the central role that women play and have always played in tenant-led organisations
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/join...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/join...
Not liking peshwari naan in a family of peshwari naan-lovers is a struggle few acknowledge. A lonely existence
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Not liking peshwari naan in a family of peshwari naan-lovers is a struggle few acknowledge. A lonely existence
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"We realise that people's income is tied up for Christmas, but any donations we can get make such a huge difference."
'This food bank saved my life': Charity volunteer explains why donations matter
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
"We realise that people's income is tied up for Christmas, but any donations we can get make such a huge difference."
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🚨 NEW on Substack, my post on Liverpool’s interwar multi-storey Housing: Building an "A1 community in a properly planned township of flats"
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/liverpools...
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November 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🚨 NEW on Substack, my post on Liverpool’s interwar multi-storey Housing: Building an "A1 community in a properly planned township of flats"
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/liverpools...
municipaldreams.substack.com/p/liverpools...
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Major U-turn: Council considering demolishing Westfield Court in Gorgie. Last week residents told the Minute they live in fear of fire, flooding or even collapse: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...
Today's update: www.midlothianview.com/news/plans-t...
Pic: Living Rent Edinburgh
Today's update: www.midlothianview.com/news/plans-t...
Pic: Living Rent Edinburgh
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Major U-turn: Council considering demolishing Westfield Court in Gorgie. Last week residents told the Minute they live in fear of fire, flooding or even collapse: www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...
Today's update: www.midlothianview.com/news/plans-t...
Pic: Living Rent Edinburgh
Today's update: www.midlothianview.com/news/plans-t...
Pic: Living Rent Edinburgh
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Building the Craigmillar & Niddrie of the Future: Migrant-Led Change in Action workersobservatory.org/building-the... @workersobservatory.org
workersobservatory.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Building the Craigmillar & Niddrie of the Future: Migrant-Led Change in Action workersobservatory.org/building-the... @workersobservatory.org
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From our friends at Hamilton Town House Library:
Celebrate Book Week Scotland at Low Parks Museum with a free illustrated talk by Dr Phil Back on the history and rescue of Chatelherault.
20 Nov at 7pm, doors 6:30. Booking opens 13 Nov. Call The Town House Hamilton 01698 452299 to reserve your spot.
Celebrate Book Week Scotland at Low Parks Museum with a free illustrated talk by Dr Phil Back on the history and rescue of Chatelherault.
20 Nov at 7pm, doors 6:30. Booking opens 13 Nov. Call The Town House Hamilton 01698 452299 to reserve your spot.
November 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
From our friends at Hamilton Town House Library:
Celebrate Book Week Scotland at Low Parks Museum with a free illustrated talk by Dr Phil Back on the history and rescue of Chatelherault.
20 Nov at 7pm, doors 6:30. Booking opens 13 Nov. Call The Town House Hamilton 01698 452299 to reserve your spot.
Celebrate Book Week Scotland at Low Parks Museum with a free illustrated talk by Dr Phil Back on the history and rescue of Chatelherault.
20 Nov at 7pm, doors 6:30. Booking opens 13 Nov. Call The Town House Hamilton 01698 452299 to reserve your spot.
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Yesterday was my final day at @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social. Thank you to the librarians, canteen staff, security, and fellow lecturers and researchers for making my time there so enjoyable. Thanks also to the students who kept it entertaining and I can't wait to see what you go on to achieve. ❤️
October 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Yesterday was my final day at @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social. Thank you to the librarians, canteen staff, security, and fellow lecturers and researchers for making my time there so enjoyable. Thanks also to the students who kept it entertaining and I can't wait to see what you go on to achieve. ❤️
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At 185 mph maximum sustained winds, Cat 5 Hurricane #Melissa is now just 7 mph shy of what @michaelfwehner.bsky.social r.bsky.social & Jim Kossin have defined as the cutoff for a prospective "Cat 6" hurricane:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
At 185 mph maximum sustained winds, Cat 5 Hurricane #Melissa is now just 7 mph shy of what @michaelfwehner.bsky.social r.bsky.social & Jim Kossin have defined as the cutoff for a prospective "Cat 6" hurricane:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Discovered that my lecture for the Scottish Historic Buildings Trust from 2023 is on YouTube! Its a history of working-class living conditions, renting, the development of slum neighbourhoods and the responses by authorities in Old Edinburgh from c.1750s - 1919.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEXI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEXI...
Tenements, the working class and slum clearance in Old Edinburgh
YouTube video by Scottish Historic Buildings Trust
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Discovered that my lecture for the Scottish Historic Buildings Trust from 2023 is on YouTube! Its a history of working-class living conditions, renting, the development of slum neighbourhoods and the responses by authorities in Old Edinburgh from c.1750s - 1919.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEXI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEXI...
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We've made some progress, thank you so much! I could still use around another £400 if Bluesky can find a way to dig deep this month to help a trans dude get back on his meds.
Folks, I need to ask for some help this month.
My US testosterone scrip has run out & I can't wait the 7+ years it takes to get seen by the UK NHS to renew it. I've been working w private practitioners to fast track getting hormones & this has been an extra £500 this month
Any help is appreciated
My US testosterone scrip has run out & I can't wait the 7+ years it takes to get seen by the UK NHS to renew it. I've been working w private practitioners to fast track getting hormones & this has been an extra £500 this month
Any help is appreciated
October 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We've made some progress, thank you so much! I could still use around another £400 if Bluesky can find a way to dig deep this month to help a trans dude get back on his meds.
What a horrible decision. The high cost of tuition in England and Wales already saddles students with life-long debt burdens. Raising them further will only widen the attainment gap. All in the name of making students pay off the debts that their institutions have taken on. Shameful.
🚨 NEW: University tuition fees will increase in line with forecast inflation for the next two years
October 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
What a horrible decision. The high cost of tuition in England and Wales already saddles students with life-long debt burdens. Raising them further will only widen the attainment gap. All in the name of making students pay off the debts that their institutions have taken on. Shameful.
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The Workers' Stories Project published 55 stories from Scottish workers during the COVID-19 lockdown.
I've co-authored a new journal article on the project and working-class narratives of the pandemic with three other members of the project team Hailey Maxwell, Ruth Gilbert and Suki Sangha.
I've co-authored a new journal article on the project and working-class narratives of the pandemic with three other members of the project team Hailey Maxwell, Ruth Gilbert and Suki Sangha.
Scottish Workers’ Stories of Life and Labour during Covid-19 from the Workers’ Stories Project
This article explores how Scottish workers narrated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their life and work, by analysing 55 fifty-five submissions to the Workers' Stories Project. Between 2020 and...
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October 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The Workers' Stories Project published 55 stories from Scottish workers during the COVID-19 lockdown.
I've co-authored a new journal article on the project and working-class narratives of the pandemic with three other members of the project team Hailey Maxwell, Ruth Gilbert and Suki Sangha.
I've co-authored a new journal article on the project and working-class narratives of the pandemic with three other members of the project team Hailey Maxwell, Ruth Gilbert and Suki Sangha.
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A mainstream “journalist” calling for a British MP to be deported. Is it because I’m Muslim? Next time, just say it with your chest.
October 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A mainstream “journalist” calling for a British MP to be deported. Is it because I’m Muslim? Next time, just say it with your chest.
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I'm very pleased to have received my copy of Ned Newitt's thoroughly researched and finely illustrated history of social housing in Leicester. I recommend it not just to locals but to anyone interested in our housing history. waterstones.com/book/housing...
October 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'm very pleased to have received my copy of Ned Newitt's thoroughly researched and finely illustrated history of social housing in Leicester. I recommend it not just to locals but to anyone interested in our housing history. waterstones.com/book/housing...