Michelle Gwynn
@michgreig.bsky.social
Falling off bikes, fighting men in swimming pools, history and rampant imposer syndrome. Undertaking a PhD at University of Glasgow. Interested in space, conflict and 20C Britain.
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Sitting in an institution Club, sinking into a warm leather sofa, coal fire gently warming behind me, peaceful but for the russling of newspapers and hushed talk, christmas tree and decorations tastefully twinkling. I know none of this is PC but it is lovely. I do have an urge to shout BOGEYS though
November 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Sitting in an institution Club, sinking into a warm leather sofa, coal fire gently warming behind me, peaceful but for the russling of newspapers and hushed talk, christmas tree and decorations tastefully twinkling. I know none of this is PC but it is lovely. I do have an urge to shout BOGEYS though
reached that age when other half requested a 'really nice bone china mug for my tea' for his birthday and I was utterly on board with it instead of taking the piss. I got 4. Sipping our Twinnings like little princelings here.
November 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
reached that age when other half requested a 'really nice bone china mug for my tea' for his birthday and I was utterly on board with it instead of taking the piss. I got 4. Sipping our Twinnings like little princelings here.
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Anyone know of any work on Gilt Strikes in the 1970s please? I have the usual (treasury/BoE/Government) but looking for more everyday detail. Thanks! #skyhistorians #economichistorians
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Anyone know of any work on Gilt Strikes in the 1970s please? I have the usual (treasury/BoE/Government) but looking for more everyday detail. Thanks! #skyhistorians #economichistorians
Anyone know of any work on Gilt Strikes in the 1970s please? I have the usual (treasury/BoE/Government) but looking for more everyday detail. Thanks! #skyhistorians #economichistorians
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Anyone know of any work on Gilt Strikes in the 1970s please? I have the usual (treasury/BoE/Government) but looking for more everyday detail. Thanks! #skyhistorians #economichistorians
Reading a treasury study and they seem to have published a bit with notes which just states "There was much talk of thin edges of wedges" ha ha. Ace.
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Reading a treasury study and they seem to have published a bit with notes which just states "There was much talk of thin edges of wedges" ha ha. Ace.
'Survival capitalism' and the Big Bang: culture, contingency and capital in the making of the 1980s financial revolution by Emma Barrett is absolutely brilliant. I read it a bit last year, but reading it properly now I have more context and it is so, so good on so many levels
November 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
'Survival capitalism' and the Big Bang: culture, contingency and capital in the making of the 1980s financial revolution by Emma Barrett is absolutely brilliant. I read it a bit last year, but reading it properly now I have more context and it is so, so good on so many levels
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Have you, a family member or friend moved from council housing to renting privately?
I’m a PhD researcher looking into what drives these moves, how it impacts tenants' lives and their views of the council housing tenure.
Please reach out and share among your contacts! 👇
#socialhousing
#renting
I’m a PhD researcher looking into what drives these moves, how it impacts tenants' lives and their views of the council housing tenure.
Please reach out and share among your contacts! 👇
#socialhousing
#renting
November 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Have you, a family member or friend moved from council housing to renting privately?
I’m a PhD researcher looking into what drives these moves, how it impacts tenants' lives and their views of the council housing tenure.
Please reach out and share among your contacts! 👇
#socialhousing
#renting
I’m a PhD researcher looking into what drives these moves, how it impacts tenants' lives and their views of the council housing tenure.
Please reach out and share among your contacts! 👇
#socialhousing
#renting
First morning back in the pool. Royally lost my shit at the misogynistic crap from Middle Aged Man Swimming Down the Middle Slowly. Not the way to start a Monday after a holiday. I wonder how many men stop women participating in sport in various everyday unchallenged agressions? Lots I would think.
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
First morning back in the pool. Royally lost my shit at the misogynistic crap from Middle Aged Man Swimming Down the Middle Slowly. Not the way to start a Monday after a holiday. I wonder how many men stop women participating in sport in various everyday unchallenged agressions? Lots I would think.
The Limey is on Prime. This is my public service announcement.
November 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The Limey is on Prime. This is my public service announcement.
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University of Glasgow Library has a remarkably generous visiting research fellowship scheme - come hang out with me in Glasgow! Get funded! www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
University of Glasgow - MyGlasgow - Library - Research Fellows
www.gla.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
University of Glasgow Library has a remarkably generous visiting research fellowship scheme - come hang out with me in Glasgow! Get funded! www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
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Mum missed me when I left for uni. I sneaked home as a surprise, and jumped out at her and Dad for a laugh. But this was Northern Ireland in 1993, I was dressed in goth black, and Dad was police. The poor guy thought the IRA had come to kill him. Still feel awful about it.
November 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Mum missed me when I left for uni. I sneaked home as a surprise, and jumped out at her and Dad for a laugh. But this was Northern Ireland in 1993, I was dressed in goth black, and Dad was police. The poor guy thought the IRA had come to kill him. Still feel awful about it.
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Now there's a soundscape!
November 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Now there's a soundscape!
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Opportunity to work with other me on a funded PhD at Queens - may suit anyone interested in gender, history of the child and family in 20thC Ireland. Happy to chat to anyone thinking of it!
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Childcare provision in late twentieth-century Northern Ireland (1960s-1990s)'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Childcare provision in late twentieth-century Northern Ireland (1960s-1990s)'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
REF: DfEHIS - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Opportunity to work with other me on a funded PhD at Queens - may suit anyone interested in gender, history of the child and family in 20thC Ireland. Happy to chat to anyone thinking of it!
When you spend a week confused and reading everything and tracing it backwards and you then realise one of your supervisors wrote the seminal paper. The OG. The proper OG. I am hopeless.
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
When you spend a week confused and reading everything and tracing it backwards and you then realise one of your supervisors wrote the seminal paper. The OG. The proper OG. I am hopeless.
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We've published another new Viewpoint article: 'The Survey of London Today: Reconciling the Granular with the Global' by Sarah A. Dowding, Emily Mann and Aileen Reid, which @tandfresearch.bsky.social are making freely available for all to read for a limited time period.
A short 🧵on its contents...
A short 🧵on its contents...
The Survey of London Today: Reconciling the Granular with the Global
Published in The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and Present (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We've published another new Viewpoint article: 'The Survey of London Today: Reconciling the Granular with the Global' by Sarah A. Dowding, Emily Mann and Aileen Reid, which @tandfresearch.bsky.social are making freely available for all to read for a limited time period.
A short 🧵on its contents...
A short 🧵on its contents...
I am at a Danish sports resort in Spain. Lots of all nationalities, but I think there are a few Scottish triathlon teams training here. Either way, the bagpipes have been playing in the square since 10am.
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I am at a Danish sports resort in Spain. Lots of all nationalities, but I think there are a few Scottish triathlon teams training here. Either way, the bagpipes have been playing in the square since 10am.
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Woah. To be fair the Danes seem to be taking this well here. Every other nationality (there are a lot) including the English were absolutely behind Scotland. Top night.
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Woah. To be fair the Danes seem to be taking this well here. Every other nationality (there are a lot) including the English were absolutely behind Scotland. Top night.
Another Massive Groan. Ha ha. Gwan Scotland.
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Another Massive Groan. Ha ha. Gwan Scotland.
I'm sitting at a Denmark resort and the noise!
November 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I'm sitting at a Denmark resort and the noise!
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You can see when to apply for funding from us for 2026 on our website now.
Next year programmes will be running two funding rounds, with closing dates in March and September.
www.jrct.org.uk/when-to-apply
Next year programmes will be running two funding rounds, with closing dates in March and September.
www.jrct.org.uk/when-to-apply
November 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
You can see when to apply for funding from us for 2026 on our website now.
Next year programmes will be running two funding rounds, with closing dates in March and September.
www.jrct.org.uk/when-to-apply
Next year programmes will be running two funding rounds, with closing dates in March and September.
www.jrct.org.uk/when-to-apply
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I'm going to get flamed for this but it you live amongst the flag hoisting, hotel 'campaigners' you very quickly realise this is the massive majority. Only those in London see it as a bubble but they are the minority. It's Brexit on steroids. Labour have to ramp up on asylum (I agree it abhorrent)
November 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I'm going to get flamed for this but it you live amongst the flag hoisting, hotel 'campaigners' you very quickly realise this is the massive majority. Only those in London see it as a bubble but they are the minority. It's Brexit on steroids. Labour have to ramp up on asylum (I agree it abhorrent)
London looks utterly beautiful tonight.
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
London looks utterly beautiful tonight.