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Norena Shopland @norenashopland.bsky.social · 4d

You know the really reliable thing about #RoyalMail? They are dependably crap at their job, never deliver a package on time, mine is now 2 days late and tracking has stopped, so no idea when it will arrive. Sell this company to those who know how to be efficient!! #royalmailshame

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 5d

Ukrainian refugees who were offered shelter when Putin’s Russia invaded their homeland have expressed dismay that no action is being taken against Reform UK for spreading lies about the Welsh Government scheme that helped them settle in Caerphilly ✍️Martin Shipton

Ukrainian refugees condemn failure of authorities to take action against Reform over campaign lies

Martin Shipton Ukrainian refugees who were offered shelter when Putin’s Russia invaded their homeland have expressed dismay that no action is being taken against Reform UK for spreading lies about the...

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 5d

This #BlackHistoryMonth, explore the challenges of uncovering the lives of women—especially Black, Asian & ethnic minority women—who left no written record.

Read: womenshistorynetwork.org/searching-fo...

#BHM2025 #InclusiveArchives #WomensHistory #GenderHistory

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Norena Shopland @norenashopland.bsky.social · 6d

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Norena Shopland @norenashopland.bsky.social · 6d

If you're free Wednesday evening, there's this @ystradgynlaishisty.bsky.social www.facebook.com/events/80869...

Diversity in Mining: A Conversation

Event by Welfare Ystradgynlais on Wednesday, October 15 2025

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 9d

Reform UK has doubled down on false claims that the Welsh Government’s Nation of Sanctuary programme is spending £55m on asylum seekers, in a signed letter from party leader Nigel Farage delivered to homes in Caerphilly ✍️Martin Shipton

Farage doubles down on lies about Nation of Sanctuary spending

Martin Shipton Reform UK has doubled down on false claims that the Welsh Government’s Nation of Sanctuary programme is spending £55m on asylum seekers, in a signed letter from party leader Nigel Farag...

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Norena Shopland @norenashopland.bsky.social · 10d

Proud to be associated with this, "Norena Shopland has been supporting the project while compiling a biography of Gwenllian Morgan. She told how she had been struck by how a woman who rarely left her small Welsh town could have had such worldwide significance. www.brecon-radnor.co.uk/news/first-m...

First Minster pays tribute to Wales’ first woman mayor during Brecon visit

First Minister of Wales, Eluned Morgan MS, paid tribute to Wales’ first female mayor during a visit to Brecon today.

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 11d

Members of the Senedd have raised further concerns about Reform UK's links to Russia ✍️ Emily Price

Further concerns raised in Senedd over Reform's links to Russia

Emily Price Members of the Senedd have raised further concerns about Reform UK’s links to Russia. During Questions the the First Minister on Tuesday (October 7), Baroness Eluned Morgan said the integ...

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 12d

Members of the Senedd have raised further concerns about Reform UK's links to Russia ✍️Emil Price

Further concerns raised in Senedd over Reform's links to Russia

Emily Price Members of the Senedd have raised further concerns about Reform UK’s links to Russia. During Questions the the First Minister on Tuesday (October 7), Baroness Eluned Morgan said the integ...

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 13d

1 week ago Nathan Gill pled guilty to 8 charges of Russian bribery.

Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, Dr David Bull and Paul Nuttall, all senior Reform UK leadership, all colleagues of Gill’s through UKIP, Brexit Party and Reform UK.

All have done what guilty people do.

Silence.

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 13d

This #BHM2025, explore the legacy of blues artist Irene Scruggs and the lives of American’s in Europe. 🎶

Ashley Steenson uncovers a powerful story of music, migration & resistance.

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Irene Scruggs and American Expats in Europe – by Ashley Steenson

In Blues Legacies and Black Feminism (1998), philosopher Angela Davis considers the “ideological implications of the blues,” asking “What can we learn from blueswomen like Gertrude ‘Ma’ Rainey, Bes…

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Norena Shopland @norenashopland.bsky.social · 14d

I do things like that all the time! 😆

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Norena Shopland @norenashopland.bsky.social · 16d

Off to stormy Aberystwyth for the Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales conference, I'm on at 2pm Saturday, talking about Gwenllian Morgan - if you're going, do pop over and say hi womensarchivewales.org/en/news?id=342

Women's Archive Wales 28th Annual Conference 2025

The Women's Archive Wales 28th Annual Conference will take place on Saturday 4th October and Sunday 5th October, at Medrus, Aberystwyth University, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, to include the Avril R...

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 17d

Calls for New Inquiry Into Russian Interference After Reform’s Former Welsh Leader Pleads Guilty to Bribery

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Calls for New Inquiry Into Russian Interference After Reform’s Former Welsh Leader Pleads Guilty to Bribery

As the Kremlin steps up its political interference efforts in the West, is it time for a new Russia Report?

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 17d

Senedd members have debated a 10,000-name petition calling for ‘swift bricks’ to be made mandatory in all new buildings to reverse the bird’s alarming decline

Swift action needed: Senedd debates calls to save Wales’ fastest declining bird

Joe Woods, ICNN Senedd reporter Senedd members have debated a 10,000-name petition calling for “swift bricks” to be made mandatory in all new buildings to reverse the bird’s alarming decline. Carolyn...

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 17d

The National Convention for the Defence of the Civic Rights of Women marked a pivotal moment in suffrage history - it took place in October 1903.

Discover more by Dr. Maureen Wright: womenshistorynetwork.org/unreported-h...

Unreported History: the National Convention for the Defence of the Civic Rights of Women, October 1903, By Dr. Maureen Wright.

Unreported History: the National Convention for the Defence of the Civic Rights of Women, October 1903 ©Dr. Maureen Wright, University of Chichester, founder and lead of Women’s Political Rights, …

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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 18d

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 17d

Terry Tume, the Reform UK candidate for Kenn Valley, Teignbridge in next week's by-election was a Tory councillor from 2019-2023 and only attended 32/58 meetings in that time.

He wants you to vote for him as a Reform candidate because "the Conservative couldn't be bothered to turn up".

Kettle.

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 18d

The last remaining female Reform UK branch chair in Wales has resigned, citing ‘personal reasons’, amid an internal row over the lack of elections for senior party positions ✍️Emily Price

Reform UK's last female Welsh branch chair resigns

Emily Price The last remaining female Reform UK branch chair in Wales has resigned, citing ‘personal reasons’, amid an internal row over the lack of elections for senior party positions. The announce...

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Norena Shopland @norenashopland.bsky.social · 18d

There's this tonight if anyone fancies popping along

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 19d

We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for our Spring Seminar Series 2026:

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 19d

Please share 🙂

#WomensHistory #GenderHist #ECR

Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 19d

Women's History Today, the journal of the Women's History Network, is looking for new editorial team members.

Academics/independent scholars/PhD students with an interest in taking on a voluntary role, should contact Kate Murphy, Lead Editor, for more information: [email protected]

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Norena Shopland @norenashopland.bsky.social · 21d

How much Russian money is in Reform?

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 21d

Ex-Brexit Party MEP and Reform UK leader in Wales pleads guilty in Russia bribe case

Ex-Brexit Party MEP pleads guilty in Russia bribe case

Nathan Gill admitted to taking bribes in exchange for making pro-Kremlin statements while he was a member of the European Parliament.

www.politico.eu

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 21d

Urge Nigel Farage to Release His Tax Returns

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Sign the Petition

Urge Nigel Farage to Release His Tax Returns

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