MJ Herbert
@mjherbert.bsky.social
Socialist Historian. My work includes books on the history of radical women in C19th and 20th. Watching Doctor Who since 1963 and currently working on a biography of Avengers and Doctor Who writer Malcolm Hulke. Gender critical. Pronouns? Of course not!
on X account Phiiip Morris to @benjamin_cook "Benjamin it has been noted you have deleted your posts. As you are fully aware these posts are completely untrue we have all the screenshots. I am prepared to accept a public apology posted and pinned for at least 24 hrs to your timeline."
November 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
on X account Phiiip Morris to @benjamin_cook "Benjamin it has been noted you have deleted your posts. As you are fully aware these posts are completely untrue we have all the screenshots. I am prepared to accept a public apology posted and pinned for at least 24 hrs to your timeline."
Special issue of Doctor Who magazine, 192 on the Sea Devils.https://archive.org/details/doctor_who_magazine_archive/DWMx192%2011%3A1992/
November 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Special issue of Doctor Who magazine, 192 on the Sea Devils.https://archive.org/details/doctor_who_magazine_archive/DWMx192%2011%3A1992/
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8pm MEMORIES OF MAKING SERGEANT CORK with #WilliamGaunt Exclusive introduction before today's channel premiere episode...
November 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
8pm MEMORIES OF MAKING SERGEANT CORK with #WilliamGaunt Exclusive introduction before today's channel premiere episode...
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'Let's make everyone look at our swearing'
Every time I walk past this cafe on Bethnal Green Road I think it embodies all the ways modern London annoys me
November 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
'Let's make everyone look at our swearing'
LEGAL DEFENCE FUND FOR COUNCILLOR MANDY CLARE She is facing trial after being assaulted while quietly observing Winsford Pride 2025 – a supposedly “family-friendly” event – to check child safeguarding standards. www.crowdjustice.com/case/legal-d...
LEGAL DEFENCE FUND FOR COUNCILLOR MANDY CLARE
I’m a serving borough councillor facing a two-day criminal trial – 16 & 17 December 2025 at Chester Magistrates Court after being assaulted while quietly observing Winsford Pride 2025
www.crowdjustice.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
LEGAL DEFENCE FUND FOR COUNCILLOR MANDY CLARE She is facing trial after being assaulted while quietly observing Winsford Pride 2025 – a supposedly “family-friendly” event – to check child safeguarding standards. www.crowdjustice.com/case/legal-d...
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60 years ago today the BBC screened Nigel Kneale’s second adaptation of 1984. Lost for many years it was returned to the archives a few years ago. And it materialised on YouTube over the summer.
Perhaps not as iconic at the 1954 Cartier version but worth your time!
Perhaps not as iconic at the 1954 Cartier version but worth your time!
1984 by George Orwell & Nigel Kneale - starring David Buck and Jane Merrow (1965)
YouTube video by Lordess Tommy Camerom
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 AM
60 years ago today the BBC screened Nigel Kneale’s second adaptation of 1984. Lost for many years it was returned to the archives a few years ago. And it materialised on YouTube over the summer.
Perhaps not as iconic at the 1954 Cartier version but worth your time!
Perhaps not as iconic at the 1954 Cartier version but worth your time!
Their website has just gone live. LabourLGB – A coalition of lesbian, gay & bi Labour Party members campaigning for LGB rights. Same sex attraction is real. labourlgb.org
LabourLGB – A coalition of lesbian, gay & bi Labour Party members campaigning for LGB rights. Same sex attraction is real.
labourlgb.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Their website has just gone live. LabourLGB – A coalition of lesbian, gay & bi Labour Party members campaigning for LGB rights. Same sex attraction is real. labourlgb.org
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buttondown.com/cooray_smith... We're on the lip of apocalypse at Psychic Paper, as we revisit Serial C. In the right order this time. For paid subscribers only, but why not become one and get access to the archive?
The Edge of Destruction
“Back from the edge. Back from the dead. Back before demons took control of my head.” The third Doctor Who serial has a writing and production history almost...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
buttondown.com/cooray_smith... We're on the lip of apocalypse at Psychic Paper, as we revisit Serial C. In the right order this time. For paid subscribers only, but why not become one and get access to the archive?
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Media covers for the various releases of "Warriors from the Deep". We will discuss this story on the podcast in 40 minutes time.
#DoctorWho #WarriorsfromtheDeep #podcastdiscussion #TardisTime #WhovianCommunity #ClassicWho #WhovianLife
#DoctorWho #WarriorsfromtheDeep #podcastdiscussion #TardisTime #WhovianCommunity #ClassicWho #WhovianLife
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Media covers for the various releases of "Warriors from the Deep". We will discuss this story on the podcast in 40 minutes time.
#DoctorWho #WarriorsfromtheDeep #podcastdiscussion #TardisTime #WhovianCommunity #ClassicWho #WhovianLife
#DoctorWho #WarriorsfromtheDeep #podcastdiscussion #TardisTime #WhovianCommunity #ClassicWho #WhovianLife
from 1974 "All Good Men" by Trevor Griffiths. A senior Labour politician (played by Bill Fraser) is interviewed for television ... Jack Shepherd plays his left-wing son who accuses him of betrayal archive.org/details/play...
archive.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
from 1974 "All Good Men" by Trevor Griffiths. A senior Labour politician (played by Bill Fraser) is interviewed for television ... Jack Shepherd plays his left-wing son who accuses him of betrayal archive.org/details/play...
"It is the people who create ..." Bernadette Hyland looks back at the 1976 series "Bill Brand" in which Jack Shepherd plays a leftwing Labour MP who often clashes with his own party lipsticksocialist.com/2012/05/17/b...
Bill Brand; It is the People who Create………
Bill Brand (played by Jack Shepherd) speaking at a workers occupation Bill Brand, a TV series broadcast on ITV in the summer of 1976, was written by one of Britain’s (and Manchester’s) greate…
lipsticksocialist.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
"It is the people who create ..." Bernadette Hyland looks back at the 1976 series "Bill Brand" in which Jack Shepherd plays a leftwing Labour MP who often clashes with his own party lipsticksocialist.com/2012/05/17/b...
From 1977 three part drama of the life of Eleanor Marx, daughter of Karl Marx. Jennie Stoller plays Eleanor... www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyWp...
Eleanor Marx part 1
YouTube video by Mary Quaile Club
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November 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
From 1977 three part drama of the life of Eleanor Marx, daughter of Karl Marx. Jennie Stoller plays Eleanor... www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyWp...
In my biography of the tv scriptwriter Malcolm Hulke "Things are not always what they seem" I discuss his work on The Avengers in 1964 including "Concerto" ; Steed and Cathy join forces with their opponent Zelanko to protect a Russian pianist... www.lulu.com/shop/michael...
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 AM
In my biography of the tv scriptwriter Malcolm Hulke "Things are not always what they seem" I discuss his work on The Avengers in 1964 including "Concerto" ; Steed and Cathy join forces with their opponent Zelanko to protect a Russian pianist... www.lulu.com/shop/michael...
In my biography of the tv scriptwriter Malcolm Hulke "Things are not always what they seem" i discuss his work on The Avengers in 1963 including "The Trojan Horse". Steed and Cathy investigate what is really going on at the racing stables.. www.lulu.com/shop/michael...
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
In my biography of the tv scriptwriter Malcolm Hulke "Things are not always what they seem" i discuss his work on The Avengers in 1963 including "The Trojan Horse". Steed and Cathy investigate what is really going on at the racing stables.. www.lulu.com/shop/michael...
From 1977, a three part drama by Andrew Davies on the life and politics of Eleanor Marx. Jennie Stoller plays Eleanor ....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyWp0YEDrzA
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
From 1977, a three part drama by Andrew Davies on the life and politics of Eleanor Marx. Jennie Stoller plays Eleanor ....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyWp0YEDrzA
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It seems Labour have come into government with the express purpose of pissing off everyone that voted for them. It's a new form of politics called "unpopulism".
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
It seems Labour have come into government with the express purpose of pissing off everyone that voted for them. It's a new form of politics called "unpopulism".
B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم
@btselem
Since the “ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip took effect on 10 October 2025, Israel has killed at least 345 Palestinians there, including at least 119 children, and wounded about 889.
@btselem
Since the “ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip took effect on 10 October 2025, Israel has killed at least 345 Palestinians there, including at least 119 children, and wounded about 889.
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم
@btselem
Since the “ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip took effect on 10 October 2025, Israel has killed at least 345 Palestinians there, including at least 119 children, and wounded about 889.
@btselem
Since the “ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip took effect on 10 October 2025, Israel has killed at least 345 Palestinians there, including at least 119 children, and wounded about 889.
"It is the people who create"... Bernadette Hyland looks back at the 1976 tv series Bill Brand by Trevor Griffiths in which Jack Shepherd, who died this week, played a left wing Labour MP from Manchester who clashes with his own party lipsticksocialist.com/2012/05/17/b...
Bill Brand; It is the People who Create………
Bill Brand (played by Jack Shepherd) speaking at a workers occupation Bill Brand, a TV series broadcast on ITV in the summer of 1976, was written by one of Britain’s (and Manchester’s) greate…
lipsticksocialist.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
"It is the people who create"... Bernadette Hyland looks back at the 1976 tv series Bill Brand by Trevor Griffiths in which Jack Shepherd, who died this week, played a left wing Labour MP from Manchester who clashes with his own party lipsticksocialist.com/2012/05/17/b...
Voting intentions
RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @YouGov
, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @YouGov
, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Voting intentions
RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @YouGov
, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
RFM: 25% (-2)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (+1)
GRN: 16% (-1)
LDM: 15% (+2)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @YouGov
, 23-24 Nov.
Changes w/ 16-17 Nov.
In my biography of the television scriptwriter Malcolm Hulke "Things are not always what they seem" I discuss his work on The Avengers in 1963 including "The Medicine Men". Steed and Cathy investigate fraud and murder at a pharmaceuticals firm. www.lulu.com/shop/michael...
November 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
In my biography of the television scriptwriter Malcolm Hulke "Things are not always what they seem" I discuss his work on The Avengers in 1963 including "The Medicine Men". Steed and Cathy investigate fraud and murder at a pharmaceuticals firm. www.lulu.com/shop/michael...
In my biography of the television scriptwriter Malcolm "Mac" Hulke I discuss his work on the series "The Avengers" in 1963, including "The Undertakers". www.lulu.com/shop/michael...
November 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
In my biography of the television scriptwriter Malcolm "Mac" Hulke I discuss his work on the series "The Avengers" in 1963, including "The Undertakers". www.lulu.com/shop/michael...
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Morning all.
Unknown photographer via Lee Shulman’s Anonymous Project
“When We Were Young: Memories of Growing Up in Britain”
www.we-heart.com/2020/11/11/w...
Unknown photographer via Lee Shulman’s Anonymous Project
“When We Were Young: Memories of Growing Up in Britain”
www.we-heart.com/2020/11/11/w...
November 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Morning all.
Unknown photographer via Lee Shulman’s Anonymous Project
“When We Were Young: Memories of Growing Up in Britain”
www.we-heart.com/2020/11/11/w...
Unknown photographer via Lee Shulman’s Anonymous Project
“When We Were Young: Memories of Growing Up in Britain”
www.we-heart.com/2020/11/11/w...
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This week the Randomizer maroons us in The Space Pirates, the six-part “epic” so padded it should come with its own flotation device. Is this Bob Holmes’ secret experiment to recreate the worst parts of Star Trek?
Spotify: open.spotify.com/epi...
YouTube: youtu.be/EuZY1KFoSIY
Spotify: open.spotify.com/epi...
YouTube: youtu.be/EuZY1KFoSIY
November 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
This week the Randomizer maroons us in The Space Pirates, the six-part “epic” so padded it should come with its own flotation device. Is this Bob Holmes’ secret experiment to recreate the worst parts of Star Trek?
Spotify: open.spotify.com/epi...
YouTube: youtu.be/EuZY1KFoSIY
Spotify: open.spotify.com/epi...
YouTube: youtu.be/EuZY1KFoSIY
Love or hate it ? Rachael on ChatAboutItDont ShoutAboutIt discusses the 1st Doctor serial "The Celestial Toymaker" www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls4q...
TERRIBLE Animation | The Celestial Toymaker #bbc #doctorwho #drwho
YouTube video by Chat About It, Don't Shout About It
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November 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Love or hate it ? Rachael on ChatAboutItDont ShoutAboutIt discusses the 1st Doctor serial "The Celestial Toymaker" www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls4q...
Now available in print: “All help possible will be given”: The complete Minutes of the Manchester and Salford Women’s Trades Union Council, 1895 to 1919. £17.99 . The Minutes have been transcribed in full and are a unique item of national significance. www.lulu.com/shop/bernade...
"All help possible will be given"
The Manchester and Salford Women’s Trades Union Council was established in 1895 to organise women into trade unions, and lasted until 1919. The Council employed organisers such as Sarah Dickenson, Eva...
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November 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Now available in print: “All help possible will be given”: The complete Minutes of the Manchester and Salford Women’s Trades Union Council, 1895 to 1919. £17.99 . The Minutes have been transcribed in full and are a unique item of national significance. www.lulu.com/shop/bernade...