Sam Harper
@sharper1509.bsky.social
Medievalist / Social Science impact specialist hybrid. Tastes, and posts, eclectic.
[sigh]
It would have been hard to believe, when I moved to the UK over 15 yrs ago to start my PhD at Edinburgh, that successive Conservative and Labour governments would actively undermine one of the UK's most successful and strategic sectors and run it to the ground. Unbelievable, really. And here we are
November 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
[sigh]
Seriously, who thought this was a good name for a wheelchair....?
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Seriously, who thought this was a good name for a wheelchair....?
Important perspective on Leicester vs Coogan.
Updated thread on The Lost King film:
I’m digging over old ground but I have to challenge Steve Coogan's line. He claims it’s all true (as has Philippa Langley): Langley will be celebrated for her achievement, Richard Taylor & his personal gripes will be forgotten
So what’s the real story? 1/15
I’m digging over old ground but I have to challenge Steve Coogan's line. He claims it’s all true (as has Philippa Langley): Langley will be celebrated for her achievement, Richard Taylor & his personal gripes will be forgotten
So what’s the real story? 1/15
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Important perspective on Leicester vs Coogan.
I'm sorry, you want to do what...?
September 26, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I'm sorry, you want to do what...?
Quick IQ test....
September 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Quick IQ test....
Reposted by Sam Harper
The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co
September 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
How have we come to this?
This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely
September 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
How have we come to this?
Watching Farage's performance on Sky News. For some reason they failed to report this bit...
I've a feeling Mr Farage might very much be regretting his trip... round about ...
Now 👇
Now 👇
Rep. Jamie Raskin tears into Nigel Farage as a "far-right pro-Putin politician" and a "Donald Trump sycophant and wannabe".
September 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Watching Farage's performance on Sky News. For some reason they failed to report this bit...
Another classic from the dictator playbook- mess with history until you like the narrative
Breaking news: The White House will launch an aggressive review of Smithsonian exhibitions, collections and operations ahead of America’s 250th birthday celebrations next year.
White House announces more aggressive review of Smithsonian museums
In a letter to the Smithsonian’s leader, White House officials said they would review exhibition text, curation, exhibition planning and collections starting with eight museums.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Another classic from the dictator playbook- mess with history until you like the narrative
Sent this by my boss. Her comment was 'You could easily fill both jars'. Fuck yeah.
August 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Sent this by my boss. Her comment was 'You could easily fill both jars'. Fuck yeah.
I really want to set up a collaboration with the penguins!
Uninhabited and remote islands are tariff loopholes, explained the newly-minted US commerce secretary [via CNBC] 🧪🚢💲📰
"Nations may collaborate with penguins and other species in those remote islands to get around tariffs, he said." 🤡
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/03/5...
#species #collusion #tariffs #USA
"Nations may collaborate with penguins and other species in those remote islands to get around tariffs, he said." 🤡
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/03/5...
#species #collusion #tariffs #USA
These bizarre locations have been hit by Trump's tariffs — including an uninhabited island
U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive and far-reaching "reciprocal tariffs" were signed into effect on Wednesday, hitting over 180 countries.
www.cnbc.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I really want to set up a collaboration with the penguins!
I feel perhaps it's time for a remake....
If you'd like to see a California-based billionaire with his own space programme blasted out of an airlock by a representative of the British government, Moonraker is free-to-view on ITVx.
March 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I feel perhaps it's time for a remake....
I spoke to an academic recently who is soon to take up a visiting fellowship at Harvard researching the rise of far right political entities in the USA. He fears he might be put under pressure to change the emphasis of his research. Not a problem he anticipated when he planned the trip last year.
This is mortifying. It's the kind of calculation you would normally make about a dictatorship.
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
March 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I spoke to an academic recently who is soon to take up a visiting fellowship at Harvard researching the rise of far right political entities in the USA. He fears he might be put under pressure to change the emphasis of his research. Not a problem he anticipated when he planned the trip last year.
Grave of Tibbles, the much-loved church cat of St. Mary's, Fairford
February 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Grave of Tibbles, the much-loved church cat of St. Mary's, Fairford
Matt is spot on again...
February 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Matt is spot on again...
Worryingly on the money...
Amazing how many Brexiters who wanted to take back control from unelected bureaucrats and foreign billionaires - are suddenly totally in thrall to an unelected billionaire, huh
January 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Worryingly on the money...
Christmas Book Haul! What did you get? #bookhaul #Christmas
December 26, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Christmas Book Haul! What did you get? #bookhaul #Christmas
My work colleague, Echo, and her pet. Echo is so called because you never call a spaniel once...
December 19, 2024 at 10:51 AM
My work colleague, Echo, and her pet. Echo is so called because you never call a spaniel once...
And yet the English class system is based on the notion that the bloodstock of the elite is better than ours...
Room full of satire writers will struggle to find a funnier line that the BBC Newsreader just now saying “The Chinese approached Prince Andrew in the hope of finding intelligence’”
December 17, 2024 at 12:36 PM
And yet the English class system is based on the notion that the bloodstock of the elite is better than ours...
Been working in Oxford for 6 years in January and still learning about the place....
One extremely obscure hill I will die on is that the small road north of Cornmarket in Oxford is ‘Mag-duh-len’ Street not ‘Maudlin’ Street, as it’s named after the church of Mary Magdalen not the college.
December 11, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Been working in Oxford for 6 years in January and still learning about the place....
Early birthday present from my sister.
Yes, it will stay on the fridge.
Yes, it will stay on the fridge.
December 8, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Early birthday present from my sister.
Yes, it will stay on the fridge.
Yes, it will stay on the fridge.
Reposted by Sam Harper
I will be watching the programme tonight but really this is the biggest historical non-story of recent years. It’s not even a new discovery!
December 3, 2024 at 8:17 AM
I will be watching the programme tonight but really this is the biggest historical non-story of recent years. It’s not even a new discovery!
I really must get around to publishing my paper on Capell....
Regarding the upcoming programme on the Capell Chain, please see the Richard III Society statement: richardiii.net/society-stat...
December 3, 2024 at 9:45 AM
I really must get around to publishing my paper on Capell....
And yet flying scares me more than driving...
Sometimes, the most important news is when something *isn’t* happening:
Since the last plane crash by a US airline, they have transported passengers for more than two *light-years*
Since the last plane crash by a US airline, they have transported passengers for more than two *light-years*
December 2, 2024 at 2:15 PM
And yet flying scares me more than driving...