Greg Jenner
@gregjenner.bsky.social
~Public Historian 📜🤓
~Host & creator BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME comedy & history podcast😆🧐🎙️📻📜🏛️
~Hon. Dr & Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓
~ Author of 7 funny books for kids & adults ✍️📚
~ Ex-HORRIBLE HISTORIES BBC TV 📺🤣
~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️
www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
~Host & creator BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME comedy & history podcast😆🧐🎙️📻📜🏛️
~Hon. Dr & Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓
~ Author of 7 funny books for kids & adults ✍️📚
~ Ex-HORRIBLE HISTORIES BBC TV 📺🤣
~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️
www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
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Greg Jenner
@gregjenner.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Hi! I’m a Public Historian and I host the funny BBC podcast YOU’RE DEAD TO ME which pairs up expert historians with comedians
I also write funny history books - 3 for kids & 3 for adults - and I used to work on the BBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES TV comedy show
I love TV, movies, books, podcasts & Spurs 😀
I also write funny history books - 3 for kids & 3 for adults - and I used to work on the BBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES TV comedy show
I love TV, movies, books, podcasts & Spurs 😀
I really enjoyed Jay Kelly on Netflix. It’s beautiful, elegant, sad, and basically A Christmas Carol with a hot Scrooge. Clooney is excellent, Adam Sandler is once again sublimely subtle, and it has nice music
December 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I really enjoyed Jay Kelly on Netflix. It’s beautiful, elegant, sad, and basically A Christmas Carol with a hot Scrooge. Clooney is excellent, Adam Sandler is once again sublimely subtle, and it has nice music
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Yinke Bankola says he was 9 when the sixth form Dulwich school prefect Nigel Farage, aged 17, asked him where he was from, then told him "that's the way back to Africa".
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to ‘dismiss’ hurt of alleged targets
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Yinke Bankola says he was 9 when the sixth form Dulwich school prefect Nigel Farage, aged 17, asked him where he was from, then told him "that's the way back to Africa".
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Legendary architect Frank Gehry dead aged 96 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Architect Frank Gehry dead at 96
Gehry was known for his experimental metallic designs.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Legendary architect Frank Gehry dead aged 96 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Infantino to Trump: "You have to basically mingle the balls a little bit"
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Also encourage people to cheek out the wonderful charity listening books. Membership £25 a year or even free in some cases www.listening-books.org.uk/what-we-do/f...
Free Membership - Listening Books
Free membership to the Listening Books audiobook service for those that would find our membership fee prohibitive.
www.listening-books.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Also encourage people to cheek out the wonderful charity listening books. Membership £25 a year or even free in some cases www.listening-books.org.uk/what-we-do/f...
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Many libraries work with Borrow Box and your library card allows you to download audiobooks, kids titles too. All paid for by your taxes, wonderful stuff.
www.borrowbox.com
www.borrowbox.com
BorrowBox – Your library in one app.
Borrow eBooks and eAudiobooks free from your library using the BorrowBox app. Say hello to your future library, wherever you are, whenever you are free.
www.borrowbox.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Many libraries work with Borrow Box and your library card allows you to download audiobooks, kids titles too. All paid for by your taxes, wonderful stuff.
www.borrowbox.com
www.borrowbox.com
Quick note to parents of young kids and teens, there are many wonderful #audiobooks for young listeners. Sadly, sales figures are very low compared to adult audio
Obviously, kids might not have their own phones, but there are other devices (like Yoto players) and libraries can loan CDs...
Obviously, kids might not have their own phones, but there are other devices (like Yoto players) and libraries can loan CDs...
a cell phone is plugged into a book with headphones
ALT: a cell phone is plugged into a book with headphones
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Quick note to parents of young kids and teens, there are many wonderful #audiobooks for young listeners. Sadly, sales figures are very low compared to adult audio
Obviously, kids might not have their own phones, but there are other devices (like Yoto players) and libraries can loan CDs...
Obviously, kids might not have their own phones, but there are other devices (like Yoto players) and libraries can loan CDs...
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I’m not saying the academic monograph I’m reading right now is not engaging with the most recent literature, but the author, writing in 2011, just cited David Hume (yes, that David Hume) as their scholarly reference for the start of Viking raids in Western Europe.
December 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I’m not saying the academic monograph I’m reading right now is not engaging with the most recent literature, but the author, writing in 2011, just cited David Hume (yes, that David Hume) as their scholarly reference for the start of Viking raids in Western Europe.
Your Netflix package is about to cost more, and your cinemas will have fewer movies to show, but *jazz hands* Thaaaaat’s Capitalism, Baaaaaby!
Breaking news: Netflix has agreed an $83bn takeover of the studios and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery, in a deal set to reshape Hollywood and create a new global entertainment powerhouse. on.ft.com/3MGC59K
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Your Netflix package is about to cost more, and your cinemas will have fewer movies to show, but *jazz hands* Thaaaaat’s Capitalism, Baaaaaby!
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Breaking news: Netflix has agreed an $83bn takeover of the studios and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery, in a deal set to reshape Hollywood and create a new global entertainment powerhouse. on.ft.com/3MGC59K
December 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Breaking news: Netflix has agreed an $83bn takeover of the studios and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery, in a deal set to reshape Hollywood and create a new global entertainment powerhouse. on.ft.com/3MGC59K
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FIFA invited President Donald Trump to address the World Cup 2026 draw Friday after he receives the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize, per multiple sources briefed on the event’s planning
@adamcrafton.bsky.social has the full story ⬇️
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
@adamcrafton.bsky.social has the full story ⬇️
🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/686...
December 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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The Lewis Chessmen
These 12th-century chess pieces are packed with personality, and have such charmingly expressive eyes! ♟️ 👀
From a large gaming hoard discovered on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, in 1831.
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
These 12th-century chess pieces are packed with personality, and have such charmingly expressive eyes! ♟️ 👀
From a large gaming hoard discovered on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, in 1831.
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The Lewis Chessmen
These 12th-century chess pieces are packed with personality, and have such charmingly expressive eyes! ♟️ 👀
From a large gaming hoard discovered on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, in 1831.
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
These 12th-century chess pieces are packed with personality, and have such charmingly expressive eyes! ♟️ 👀
From a large gaming hoard discovered on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, in 1831.
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
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Last week I was delighted to host the Information Book Awards 2025, organised by the School Library Association -- these awards champion brilliant non-fiction books for children. Many wonderful books were nominated, and you can learn who won here sla.org.uk/Public/News/...
Information Book Award ceremony celebrates four winners
Announcing the 2025 Information Book Award winners!
sla.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Last week I was delighted to host the Information Book Awards 2025, organised by the School Library Association -- these awards champion brilliant non-fiction books for children. Many wonderful books were nominated, and you can learn who won here sla.org.uk/Public/News/...
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Applications are now invited for the Society's 2026-27 Centenary PhD Fellowships for early career historians completing a doctorate bit.ly/48pWB72
Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Applications invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships, 2026-27 - RHS
Applications are now invited for the Royal Historical Society’s Centenary PhD Fellowships to support postgraduate historians to complete a doctorate. Two Fellowships, of six months each, are offered f...
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Applications are now invited for the Society's 2026-27 Centenary PhD Fellowships for early career historians completing a doctorate bit.ly/48pWB72
Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Last week I was delighted to host the Information Book Awards 2025, organised by the School Library Association -- these awards champion brilliant non-fiction books for children. Many wonderful books were nominated, and you can learn who won here sla.org.uk/Public/News/...
Information Book Award ceremony celebrates four winners
Announcing the 2025 Information Book Award winners!
sla.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Last week I was delighted to host the Information Book Awards 2025, organised by the School Library Association -- these awards champion brilliant non-fiction books for children. Many wonderful books were nominated, and you can learn who won here sla.org.uk/Public/News/...
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it is MIRACULOUS that we got rid of lead paint and asbestos when we did. if we had tried that today, there would be people whining about how we're restricting their rights.
Bring back residential-use lead paint, you cowards.
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
it is MIRACULOUS that we got rid of lead paint and asbestos when we did. if we had tried that today, there would be people whining about how we're restricting their rights.
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This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
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This is such a sad story! An important collection that had been sent for digitisation (though why from Kent to Scotland, I'm not sure) 📜 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Museum staff 'devastated' after drawings worth £500,000 destroyed
About 1,700 military drawings from the Royal Engineers Museum were destroyed in the theft last month.
www.bbc.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is such a sad story! An important collection that had been sent for digitisation (though why from Kent to Scotland, I'm not sure) 📜 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Younger people who didn't witness it cannot fathom the hype around the Segway. Every news station agreed it would revolutionize the entire social fabric of the Earth. That all future humans would divide history between the savage days of the past, and the soon to be new era of zoom zoom scoot scoot.
December 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Younger people who didn't witness it cannot fathom the hype around the Segway. Every news station agreed it would revolutionize the entire social fabric of the Earth. That all future humans would divide history between the savage days of the past, and the soon to be new era of zoom zoom scoot scoot.
My daughter ADORES this film! And the soundtrack is ace 👇
Had a great time talking to Sergio about Megamind’s 15th anniversary. Check it out!
Megamind Flipped the Superman-Lex Luthor Dynamic on Its Head to Create a Cult Classic Superhero Comedy [Exclusive Interview]
December 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
My daughter ADORES this film! And the soundtrack is ace 👇
Fair play, @variety.com, the new series of Actors On Actors promises some excellent conversations with really great partnerships… apart from one obvious exception… (ahem 🫣)
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Fair play, @variety.com, the new series of Actors On Actors promises some excellent conversations with really great partnerships… apart from one obvious exception… (ahem 🫣)
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This is the first History Reclaimed attack on @davidolusoga.bsky.social’s BBC Empire series, in The Spectator. The thread on its recycled Telegraph version shows how criticisms of the representation of Mike Mountain Horse and the invasion of Ijebu are based on untruths. But else do they argue?
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
This is the first History Reclaimed attack on @davidolusoga.bsky.social’s BBC Empire series, in The Spectator. The thread on its recycled Telegraph version shows how criticisms of the representation of Mike Mountain Horse and the invasion of Ijebu are based on untruths. But else do they argue?
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Here's my Bluesky Wrapped for 2025
- I scolded 64 other users (top 72% of Bluesky users)
- I was scolded by 112 users (top 54% of Bluesky users)
- I explained the joke to the original poster 14 times (top 62% of Bluesky users)
Get yours at bskywrapped2025.bsky.app
- I scolded 64 other users (top 72% of Bluesky users)
- I was scolded by 112 users (top 54% of Bluesky users)
- I explained the joke to the original poster 14 times (top 62% of Bluesky users)
Get yours at bskywrapped2025.bsky.app
November 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Here's my Bluesky Wrapped for 2025
- I scolded 64 other users (top 72% of Bluesky users)
- I was scolded by 112 users (top 54% of Bluesky users)
- I explained the joke to the original poster 14 times (top 62% of Bluesky users)
Get yours at bskywrapped2025.bsky.app
- I scolded 64 other users (top 72% of Bluesky users)
- I was scolded by 112 users (top 54% of Bluesky users)
- I explained the joke to the original poster 14 times (top 62% of Bluesky users)
Get yours at bskywrapped2025.bsky.app
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Wake up babe, a new Spurs meme template just dropped
December 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Wake up babe, a new Spurs meme template just dropped
DEAD FUNNY HISTORY! Our new podcast & radio comedy history for families and kids, coming soon on the BBC!! 👇
I'll tell you where the new scripted comedy is this Christmas - on the facking wireless, mate. Radio 4, Quarter to 3 on the 19th Dec for our brilliant episode about Ramesses II; same time on Boxing Day for our History of Football. Tell yer kids! tell yer nan! Let's go!
December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
DEAD FUNNY HISTORY! Our new podcast & radio comedy history for families and kids, coming soon on the BBC!! 👇