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Joe Redmayne @joeredmayne.bsky.social · 2d

CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research, 7-8 May 2026 @newcastleuni.bsky.social
Deadline: 6 February 2026

More details:
@sslh.bsky.social

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#GeneralStrike1926 #GeneralStrike100

CfP: The British General Strike of 1926: New Directions of Research

To commemorate the centenary of the British General Strike and miners’ lock-out, Newcastle University’s Labour & Society Research Group (LSRG) is organising a conference that revisits the…

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · 2d

New online: The Gay Liberation Front (GLF) collection is now available on LSE Digital Library! We’ve digitised and published the GLF Diaries and the GLF newspaper Come Together. Further series from the archives will be added as digitisation continues.
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Cover image of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) Diary, December 21-30, 1972. A purple and green poster-style image featuring text and a leafy plant design.

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Renewal @renewaljournal.bsky.social · 5d

What did we learn at Labour conference? Four members of the Renewal editorial team offer their reflections:

- @morganj0nes.bsky.social on Starmer vs Burnham
- @dmk1793.bsky.social on the Mair-ian void
- @parth0.bsky.social on Labour's nationalism
- @ben-glover.bsky.social on 'Big tent Starmerism'

What did we learn at Labour Party conference?

Ten days on from the Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool, four members of the Renewal editorial team who attended offer their reflections on the events of the week. A stay of execution Th...

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Peter Mandler @petermandler.bsky.social · 6d

Join us for a roundtable on 'The Modern British City' in January at Senate House, London, with Simon Gunn, Erika Hanna, Owen Hatherley, Peter Mandler, Otto Saumarez Smith and Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, followed by wine! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Roundtable: 'The Modern British City'

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 7d

This collaborative PhD project with the LSE and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, on Planting Decolonization: Plantation Science and Empire in the Twentieth Century, sounds amazing.

I’m sure many of you might be interested.

#STS #HPS #HistSci

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LSE Collaborative Studentship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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Colm Murphy @colmpm.bsky.social · 9d

*Calling PhD students of modern British and imperial history in London*

The @ihrbritainseminar.bsky.social's first session this Thursday (9 Oct.) is dedicated to PhDs, at any stage, for elevator pitches and meet-and-greet. Do come along! Details in the link.

www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

New PhD Student Session

For the first session of term we will be hosting a meet and greet at the IHR for all PhD students in modern British and imperial history.

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Rebecca Goldsmith @beccagold.bsky.social · 10d

Delighted to be admitted as a research fellow at Lise Jardine’s (and Raymond Williams’) college today, in excellent company @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social

A woman in a black gown stands in front of a portrait of Lisa Jardine, smiling

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 16d

Tony Harrison died on 26 September. The 𝘓𝘙𝘉 published nearly thirty of his poems over the years. He will be much missed.

The most famous of those poems was ‘v.’, first published in our pages forty years ago – a fearless, state-of-the-nation epic.

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Tony Harrison · Poem: ‘V.’

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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 19d

Patrick is absolutely right that Labour lacks a sufficient intellectual culture - but instead of reading race-war Whatsapp essays from anonymous crackheads, Labour MPs should subscribe to @renewaljournal.bsky.social for serious and informed strategic analysis and argument

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 20d

Come for the really good essay by Patrick Maguire, stay for the really bad one being shared (approvingly!!) by some Labour MPs: www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

There’s a void at the heart of Labour: it needs a battle of ideas

A withering analysis shared among Keir Starmer’s MPs says his vague incrementalism and absence of critical thinking is steering the party to disaster

www.thetimes.com

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Nick Pearce @iprnickp.bsky.social · 19d

A fine obituary to the brilliant radical English poet www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...

Tony Harrison obituary: acclaimed Yorkshire poet and playwright

Writer whose poem V upset Mary Whitehouse and who was determined to show that the arts are not the preserve of the middle and upper classes dies aged 88

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Otto Saumarez Smith @osaumarezsmith.bsky.social · 23d

A short post about the Modern British City, out in November: www.lundhumphries.com/blogs/featur...

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Sacha Hilhorst @sachahilhorst.bsky.social · 29d

So much talk about Reform voters, but I'm yet to read much about their lives beyond tropes and excuses ('legitimate concerns').

I've been back in the midlands to interview people and learn more. Here's my piece on them and Reform's attempts to present itself as a community-minded, pro-worker party:

Reform’s aesthetics of industry

Renewal 33.2_HilhorstRenewal 33.2_Hilhorst.pdf110 KBdownload-circle In North Nottinghamshire, Reform UK present themselves as the party of workers, community and coalmining heritage. But this image...

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · Sep 15

Stuart Hall Essay Prize. Please disseminate:

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Stuart Hall Essay Prize reopens to submissions - Stuart Hall Foundation

The second Stuart Hall Essay Prize is reopening to submissions. The new submission window is open from now until Monday 3 November. Open to submissions from UK-based entrants aged 18 to 30 inclusive, ...

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Sep 4

British History 1500-1900 at Christ's College, Cambridge. Deadline 26 September. www.christs.cam.ac.uk/college-lect...

College Lectureship and Fellowship in British History | Christs College Cambridge

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Rebecca Goldsmith @beccagold.bsky.social · Sep 3

Congrats Colm! Richly deserved

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Remaking Britain: South Asian Connections and Networks @remakingbritain.bsky.social · Sep 2

We've recorded nearly 100 hours of oral histories from British South Asians across the UK—spanning generations, identities & regions. Archived with the @britishlibrary.bsky.social & free to access: southasianbritain.org/oral-histories/project-collection/ @UoBArtsMatter @BL_Learning @QMULsed

Project Collection | South Asian Britain

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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · Aug 15

Very pleased a) to be reviving the Rita Hinden Memorial Lecture, and b) to have secured such an excellent first speaker.

Please do sign up to attend!

Renewal @renewaljournal.bsky.social · Aug 15

Renewal is excited to announce Dr. Anneliese Dodds MP as the inaugural speaker for our new annual Rita Hinden Memorial Lecture.

The Lecture will be held on Tuesday 9th September at City St. George's University.

Register for free here: www.eventbrite.com/e/renewal-pr...?

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Piers Haslam 🌺 @phghaslam.bsky.social · Aug 9

My first article is out! It examines the conjunction of fiscal policy and gender politics, highlighting the moment in 1920 when different income tax rates for the married and unmarried were first introduced into the British tax system 🧵 1/7

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Debating the Bachelor Tax: Masculinity and the Politics of Taxation in Britain, 1894–1920

Abstract. ‘Bachelor tax’ was a popular shorthand for controversial changes in government policy regarding income tax and marital status. From 1918, men wer

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Political Quarterly @politicalquarterly.bsky.social · Aug 1

David Marquand’s Intellectual & Political Legacy

SI edited by @pjsloman.bsky.social Colin Crouch & Ben Jackson with @emilyrobinson.bsky.social Will Hutton @npjgarland.bsky.social @anthonybarnett.bsky.social Hilary Wainwright Andrew Gamble Jean Seaton & +

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David Marquand’s Intellectual and Political Legacy

David Marquand, who died in April 2024, was a prominent figure in late 20th century British politics. This collection is devoted to analysing, criticising and celebrating his political and academic co...

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Jul 30

The Women’s History Network is offering one £250 prize for an undergraduate dissertation on any aspect of women’s or gender history (though with a strong focus on women) written during the 2024-2025 academic year.

Find out more! womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-undergra...

#GenderHist #WomensHistory

WHN Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2024-2025

The Women’s History Network is offering one £250 prize for an undergraduate dissertation on any aspect of women’s or gender history (though with a strong focus on women) written during the 2024-202…

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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · Jul 29

🚨 | NEW PAPER: Community spaces are vanishing, and with them, the ties that bind us.
A year on from the Southport riots, we explore how the loss of pubs, parks and youth clubs is weakening social connection, and how to rebuild it 👉 ippr.org/articles/places-to-come-together

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Megan Corton Scott @mcortonscott.bsky.social · Jul 23

As a recess treat, I wrote about the week where the Labour Party lost two Chrises, and what it means for the ongoing discourse on growth, planning and Labour YIMBYism.

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The Chris of It All

Last week the Labour Party shed two Chrises. On Wednesday, the whips suspended Chris Hinchliff MP, for persistent rebellions against the government. On Saturday, Chris Worrall’s defection to the Conse...

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Remaking Britain: South Asian Connections and Networks @remakingbritain.bsky.social · Jul 22

We are proud to announce that South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories, a landmark educational website on the histories of South Asians in Britain, is now live!

Visit southasianbritain.org

@qmul.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social #AHRC @uobartsmatter.bsky.social

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Lyndsey Jenkins @teadevotee.bsky.social · Jul 21

2 year teaching role in c20 British history

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Teaching Fellowship in Twentieth-Century British History

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Laura Tisdall @lauratisdall.bsky.social · Jul 21

Terrible. When I got my AHRC PhD funding I applied directly to the AHRC with my own project. Now students are increasingly tied in to what universities and partner organisations want them to do, stifling research independence - plus fewer projects getting funded overall.

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Jul 21

'The number of student-initiated PhD scholarships funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is set to fall by 60 per cent when new doctoral training arrangements come into effect next year, new figures show.' 1/3

‘Student-led’ AHRC PhD places ‘to fall by at least 60 per cent’

Internal modelling released under Freedom of Information enquiry reveals extent of PhD scholarship cuts, with academics fearing impact could be greater still

www.timeshighereducation.com

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