Mark Shanahan
@markshanahan.bsky.social
Political historian into US & UK politics. Associate Professor at the University of Surrey, sometimes on the radio/TV. Follower of the mighty Wycombe Wanderers & the underperforming Middlesex CCC. Into books, theatre & jangly guitars.
Next up on my random #favourites of 2025 is another listen. This time the excellent vocals and all round fine instrumentation of the latest #WolfAlice album. It has accompanied many an hour of marking recently! #VinylSky
December 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Next up on my random #favourites of 2025 is another listen. This time the excellent vocals and all round fine instrumentation of the latest #WolfAlice album. It has accompanied many an hour of marking recently! #VinylSky
December 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
So #Trump is looking to ban anyone from entering the #US, even on a tourist visa, if they are deemed to oppose the Administration. Where does the line get drawn? Social media posts that disagree with 47's inflated view of himself or his march towards sutocracy? America may be pretty quiet next year
December 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Another from the #favourites of 2025 - a decent year for music, and a fair bit of my disposable income has gone on #vinyl. One album I've returned to time and again is the superb Rebecca Lucy Taylor's @selfesteem.music-social.com #AComplicatedWoman. Just an immensely rewarding listen. #VinylSky
December 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Another from the #favourites of 2025 - a decent year for music, and a fair bit of my disposable income has gone on #vinyl. One album I've returned to time and again is the superb Rebecca Lucy Taylor's @selfesteem.music-social.com #AComplicatedWoman. Just an immensely rewarding listen. #VinylSky
December 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
It's that time when people post their annual #favourites among the good stuff of life we've read, listened to or experienced. I read well this year, and these two tomes from @patrickryannyc.bsky.social and #JohnIrving connected with me. United by orphans, Ryan reminds me, a bit, of Irving. #Booksky
December 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It's that time when people post their annual #favourites among the good stuff of life we've read, listened to or experienced. I read well this year, and these two tomes from @patrickryannyc.bsky.social and #JohnIrving connected with me. United by orphans, Ryan reminds me, a bit, of Irving. #Booksky
December 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Irony that #piersmorgan is lecturing us all about lying this morning @bbclaurak.bsky.social. #BBCLauraK
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Irony that #piersmorgan is lecturing us all about lying this morning @bbclaurak.bsky.social. #BBCLauraK
Dull line of questioning from @bbclaurak.bsky.social to the Chancellor this morning - and Reeves clearly spent yesterday doing her homework and rehearsing for the 'gotchas'. The result, though, is hardly a meeting of minds. Is adversarial the best form of interview? ##bbclaurak
November 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Dull line of questioning from @bbclaurak.bsky.social to the Chancellor this morning - and Reeves clearly spent yesterday doing her homework and rehearsing for the 'gotchas'. The result, though, is hardly a meeting of minds. Is adversarial the best form of interview? ##bbclaurak
Funny how every generation thinks that they're the first generation of modern men #bbclaurak. I hate to burst your bubble @davidgandy.bsky.social...
November 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Funny how every generation thinks that they're the first generation of modern men #bbclaurak. I hate to burst your bubble @davidgandy.bsky.social...
November 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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November 27, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Anything to read into @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social not sitting on the Gov Front Bench for today's #Budget speech? He's a beneficiary and certainly has seniority. Yet he's choosing to park himself (in a good camera shot) beside The Speaker's chair. #BudgetCommentary
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Anything to read into @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social not sitting on the Gov Front Bench for today's #Budget speech? He's a beneficiary and certainly has seniority. Yet he's choosing to park himself (in a good camera shot) beside The Speaker's chair. #BudgetCommentary
How much fiscal headroom does the Chancellor create by sacking the #OBR's digital media team? #BudgetCommentary
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
How much fiscal headroom does the Chancellor create by sacking the #OBR's digital media team? #BudgetCommentary