Andrew Burchell
@andrewburchell.bsky.social
Historian of UK but living in Sweden - working on stammering, patient organisations, diabetes and rheumatism. https://www.actdisease.org/
Kanske kan vi prata svenska?
Mass Observation fanboy. He/him.
Kanske kan vi prata svenska?
Mass Observation fanboy. He/him.
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I just want to point out that this woman sits in a government supported by a fascist party, her party supports Israel’s genocide in Gaza and she recently said she wanted to institute a ban on niqabs and
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Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
November 20, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I just want to point out that this woman sits in a government supported by a fascist party, her party supports Israel’s genocide in Gaza and she recently said she wanted to institute a ban on niqabs and
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'A new curriculum needs to be written. Currently, it's written by the four largest denominational churches... It has to be written by education professionals and include humanist content.' Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator featured on BBC Newsline. Boyd appears at 1:33 👏
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
'A new curriculum needs to be written. Currently, it's written by the four largest denominational churches... It has to be written by education professionals and include humanist content.' Northern Ireland Humanists Coordinator Boyd Sleator featured on BBC Newsline. Boyd appears at 1:33 👏
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a lot of queer folk can't quite put their fingers on why they're so angry and upset about this shit and yeah no this is it.
We all know and we even know that they know too. Eg the MP can't even give a single line explaining how this phone shit would have helped Brianna.
They're just playing dumb.
We all know and we even know that they know too. Eg the MP can't even give a single line explaining how this phone shit would have helped Brianna.
They're just playing dumb.
I hate this "phones" conversation regarding queer people and queer kids because the bottom line is, cishet society KNOWS. Right-wingers KNOW that the internet is how queer people connect to each other---hell, that marginalized people period use it to organize and educate.
That's why they hate it.
That's why they hate it.
November 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
a lot of queer folk can't quite put their fingers on why they're so angry and upset about this shit and yeah no this is it.
We all know and we even know that they know too. Eg the MP can't even give a single line explaining how this phone shit would have helped Brianna.
They're just playing dumb.
We all know and we even know that they know too. Eg the MP can't even give a single line explaining how this phone shit would have helped Brianna.
They're just playing dumb.
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Tråkigt att dagens nyheter fullständigt drunknar i rapporteringen om det islamofobiska hatbrott som drabbat Stockholms och Sveriges muslimer inatt. Eller ja, inte ett ord om det i media naturligtvis, det är ju bara muslimer som hotas till livet här.
November 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Tråkigt att dagens nyheter fullständigt drunknar i rapporteringen om det islamofobiska hatbrott som drabbat Stockholms och Sveriges muslimer inatt. Eller ja, inte ett ord om det i media naturligtvis, det är ju bara muslimer som hotas till livet här.
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“If the point is that we need to restore these human stories, why frame them within law's stories first?”
Some thoughts on history, law, storytelling and Mrs Burns
williamgpooley.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/h...
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Some thoughts on history, law, storytelling and Mrs Burns
williamgpooley.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/h...
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Her Story
Valerie Margaret Small was born in 1941. In her teens, her domineering father was sick and bedridden, and she was expected to look for work. She trained as a tailor and then, aged 19, took driving …
williamgpooley.wordpress.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:27 AM
“If the point is that we need to restore these human stories, why frame them within law's stories first?”
Some thoughts on history, law, storytelling and Mrs Burns
williamgpooley.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/h...
🗃️
Some thoughts on history, law, storytelling and Mrs Burns
williamgpooley.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/h...
🗃️
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In our new journal article, @tomhulme.bsky.social and I chart the biographies of three queer men who lived in N. Ireland between the 1900s and the 1970s. We show how their lives and sexual subjectivities were shaped by knowledge from beyond Ireland. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...
Project MUSE - Queer Men and Networks of Communication in Northern Ireland Before the 1970s
muse.jhu.edu
November 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
In our new journal article, @tomhulme.bsky.social and I chart the biographies of three queer men who lived in N. Ireland between the 1900s and the 1970s. We show how their lives and sexual subjectivities were shaped by knowledge from beyond Ireland. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...
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When the suspects appear to be white guys, it’s not a bombing — it’s an intentional explosion.
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
When the suspects appear to be white guys, it’s not a bombing — it’s an intentional explosion.
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Here’s the cover for LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK, out 16 April with @sceptrebooks.bsky.social
Preorder here: lnk.to/LikeaCatLove...
Please share! The book doing well means I can write another (and fulfil my dream of owning a pizza oven), so it’s pretty serious
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Preorder here: lnk.to/LikeaCatLove...
Please share! The book doing well means I can write another (and fulfil my dream of owning a pizza oven), so it’s pretty serious
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November 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Here’s the cover for LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK, out 16 April with @sceptrebooks.bsky.social
Preorder here: lnk.to/LikeaCatLove...
Please share! The book doing well means I can write another (and fulfil my dream of owning a pizza oven), so it’s pretty serious
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Preorder here: lnk.to/LikeaCatLove...
Please share! The book doing well means I can write another (and fulfil my dream of owning a pizza oven), so it’s pretty serious
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“The future of the House of Windsor will be a conveyor belt of cloistered and confused men attempting to force consensus on an ungovernable country.”
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Abolish the monarchy
It’s more than Prince Andrew – the whole House of Windsor is rotten to the core
www.newstatesman.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“The future of the House of Windsor will be a conveyor belt of cloistered and confused men attempting to force consensus on an ungovernable country.”
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
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This from X is a striking example of what I argue in today’s column. Reform and the Tories are out here gleefully saying disabled people on Motability should be forced to drive a 3-wheeler, like a scarlet letter. The stigma is not an accident - it’s the design.
October 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
This from X is a striking example of what I argue in today’s column. Reform and the Tories are out here gleefully saying disabled people on Motability should be forced to drive a 3-wheeler, like a scarlet letter. The stigma is not an accident - it’s the design.
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Och Uppsala! ❤️
October 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Och Uppsala! ❤️
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*Optometrist hands person glasses* - “now, you wear them glasses AND YOU KEEP THEM GLASSES”
October 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
*Optometrist hands person glasses* - “now, you wear them glasses AND YOU KEEP THEM GLASSES”
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British Library workers are sick of poor pay, overwork, and feeling the fallout of a cyber-attack which left them vulnerable to identity theft and blackmail. Now, they are going on strike for a fortnight.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/from...
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From National Treasure to National Scandal
British Library workers are sick of poor pay, overwork, and feeling the fallout of a cyber-attack which left them vulnerable to identity theft and blackmail. Now, they are going on strike for a fortni...
tribunemag.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
British Library workers are sick of poor pay, overwork, and feeling the fallout of a cyber-attack which left them vulnerable to identity theft and blackmail. Now, they are going on strike for a fortnight.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/from...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/10/from...
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The British Library would amount to nothing if it only had its hordes of books. The real power is in the immeasurable treasures of staff expertise and dedication. Pay them real money!
Out this morning supporting British Library workers demanding decent pay. I have been using the library regularly for 20+ years
October 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The British Library would amount to nothing if it only had its hordes of books. The real power is in the immeasurable treasures of staff expertise and dedication. Pay them real money!
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
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In “Peanuts,” Linus first mentioned the Great Pumpkin on October 26, 1959, and it went on to become a pop-culture mainstay. Here's that strip and the ensuing week of dailies:
October 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
In “Peanuts,” Linus first mentioned the Great Pumpkin on October 26, 1959, and it went on to become a pop-culture mainstay. Here's that strip and the ensuing week of dailies:
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We're looking for a new PhD! Read more below and apply before November 23rd.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We're looking for a new PhD! Read more below and apply before November 23rd.
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This is also my explanation for why the far-right grew so fast in Sweden: because they basically promised "social democracy for white people". For very many Swedish people (especially men) this was merely saying a quiet part out loud.
This is the logical endpoint of social democracy (and this case also of the whiteness of the U.S. left) by the way.
What socdems ultimately want is a strong state + capitalist economy with some welfare/redistribution esp. for non-foreigners/non-immigrants
What socdems ultimately want is a strong state + capitalist economy with some welfare/redistribution esp. for non-foreigners/non-immigrants
October 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM
This is also my explanation for why the far-right grew so fast in Sweden: because they basically promised "social democracy for white people". For very many Swedish people (especially men) this was merely saying a quiet part out loud.
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Varje gång politiker vill sätta filter på nätet
October 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Varje gång politiker vill sätta filter på nätet
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Sometimes you have to just gasp in horror.
It's not that she just ignores her own family history. It's that she understands it, has discussed it with her actual refugee grandfather, & still thinks he's not just wrong, but "nuts", & her vile exclusionary racism is good.
Completely conscious evil.
It's not that she just ignores her own family history. It's that she understands it, has discussed it with her actual refugee grandfather, & still thinks he's not just wrong, but "nuts", & her vile exclusionary racism is good.
Completely conscious evil.
October 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Sometimes you have to just gasp in horror.
It's not that she just ignores her own family history. It's that she understands it, has discussed it with her actual refugee grandfather, & still thinks he's not just wrong, but "nuts", & her vile exclusionary racism is good.
Completely conscious evil.
It's not that she just ignores her own family history. It's that she understands it, has discussed it with her actual refugee grandfather, & still thinks he's not just wrong, but "nuts", & her vile exclusionary racism is good.
Completely conscious evil.
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There’s a grim logic that the way this whole thing has played out in relation to the intersection between British foreign and race relations policy, whereby some ‘communities’ are seen as an inevitable threat to each other and it is for the state to decide who gets protected over the other.
Intelligence on ‘extreme’ Maccabi fans with history of violence led to Villa Park ban
Exclusive: West Midlands police were told supporters randomly attacked Muslims in Amsterdam last year
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
There’s a grim logic that the way this whole thing has played out in relation to the intersection between British foreign and race relations policy, whereby some ‘communities’ are seen as an inevitable threat to each other and it is for the state to decide who gets protected over the other.
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Join us on Wednesday afternoon next week for the @cshhh.bsky.social 20th anniversary! We have two fantastic public lectures from Tracey Loughran & @joannabourke.bsky.social! Tell your friends, tell your students and come along! #HistSex #HistMed
October 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Join us on Wednesday afternoon next week for the @cshhh.bsky.social 20th anniversary! We have two fantastic public lectures from Tracey Loughran & @joannabourke.bsky.social! Tell your friends, tell your students and come along! #HistSex #HistMed
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"The BBC has clanged their doors shut on those histories, those stories, those lives and ways of working that are revealed through the joint industry of the historian and the archivist." @helenwheatley.bsky.social on the devastating decision to limit access to BBC archives. tinyurl.com/y4tnyw9a
Defending the WAC: All the things I haven’t (yet) written by Helen Wheatley
People following the last few weeks of the Critical Studies in Television blog will have seen my brilliant colleagues discussing the essential work that they have been able to do thanks to the…
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October 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
"The BBC has clanged their doors shut on those histories, those stories, those lives and ways of working that are revealed through the joint industry of the historian and the archivist." @helenwheatley.bsky.social on the devastating decision to limit access to BBC archives. tinyurl.com/y4tnyw9a
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Isabel Oakeshott lives in Dubai. Under an Islamic absolute monarchy. Under sharia law. A place where slavery is not only legal, but the foundation of the labour system.
And she gets paid by a British newspaper to spout racism as if it's a defence of democracy.
www.ituc-csi.org/uae-labour-l...
And she gets paid by a British newspaper to spout racism as if it's a defence of democracy.
www.ituc-csi.org/uae-labour-l...
October 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Isabel Oakeshott lives in Dubai. Under an Islamic absolute monarchy. Under sharia law. A place where slavery is not only legal, but the foundation of the labour system.
And she gets paid by a British newspaper to spout racism as if it's a defence of democracy.
www.ituc-csi.org/uae-labour-l...
And she gets paid by a British newspaper to spout racism as if it's a defence of democracy.
www.ituc-csi.org/uae-labour-l...