Susan Major
@suemajor.bsky.social
Railway historian, living in York UK. https://susanmajorhistory.wordpress.com. Working class railway excursions mid-19c Britain, inc women's leisure mobility. Women railway workers WWII. FellowRHS. Local history for www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk
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Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
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Compare and contrast the Government language.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Compare and contrast the Government language.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
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#DisabilityHistoryMonth starts today!
The Railway Work, Life & Death project is an important resource for understanding occupational disability in the past, via the railways.
Read more about just a few of the people whose life stories we've explored:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk?s=disability
The Railway Work, Life & Death project is an important resource for understanding occupational disability in the past, via the railways.
Read more about just a few of the people whose life stories we've explored:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk?s=disability
You searched for disability - Railway Work, Life & Death
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
#DisabilityHistoryMonth starts today!
The Railway Work, Life & Death project is an important resource for understanding occupational disability in the past, via the railways.
Read more about just a few of the people whose life stories we've explored:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk?s=disability
The Railway Work, Life & Death project is an important resource for understanding occupational disability in the past, via the railways.
Read more about just a few of the people whose life stories we've explored:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk?s=disability
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As the shadows around the old York prison loom large upon an evening - the spirits of those once housed within begin to stir and their tales await the curious.
We walk the long months of NOVEMBER and DECEMBER in YORK from 7pm.
Our Box Office Awaits.
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante #StillSleuthing 🔍
We walk the long months of NOVEMBER and DECEMBER in YORK from 7pm.
Our Box Office Awaits.
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante #StillSleuthing 🔍
November 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As the shadows around the old York prison loom large upon an evening - the spirits of those once housed within begin to stir and their tales await the curious.
We walk the long months of NOVEMBER and DECEMBER in YORK from 7pm.
Our Box Office Awaits.
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante #StillSleuthing 🔍
We walk the long months of NOVEMBER and DECEMBER in YORK from 7pm.
Our Box Office Awaits.
#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante #StillSleuthing 🔍
Many thanks Tee!
In search of a festive stocking filler?
Why not treat the history sleuth in your life with the new book about MICKLEGATE from @clemhallhistory.bsky.social
Although Micklegate is famous for its many taverns - there is much to discover about this 'Great Street of York' within the pages of this book.
Why not treat the history sleuth in your life with the new book about MICKLEGATE from @clemhallhistory.bsky.social
Although Micklegate is famous for its many taverns - there is much to discover about this 'Great Street of York' within the pages of this book.
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Many thanks Tee!
Did you know that York used to have a Festival Concert Hall behind the Assembly Rooms? Ian Tempest is giving a #YAYAS talk about these large concert rooms,l in Museum St, long gone.
November 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Did you know that York used to have a Festival Concert Hall behind the Assembly Rooms? Ian Tempest is giving a #YAYAS talk about these large concert rooms,l in Museum St, long gone.
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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This is very much the majority/median position in the Labour Party, among Labour voters and the general public.
We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This is very much the majority/median position in the Labour Party, among Labour voters and the general public.
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Here’s something that’s really important for everyone to understand.
If we design our cities just for cars, they fail everyone, including drivers.
If we design our cities with many great CHOICES in how to get around, they work better for everyone, including drivers.
Spread the word.
If we design our cities just for cars, they fail everyone, including drivers.
If we design our cities with many great CHOICES in how to get around, they work better for everyone, including drivers.
Spread the word.
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Here’s something that’s really important for everyone to understand.
If we design our cities just for cars, they fail everyone, including drivers.
If we design our cities with many great CHOICES in how to get around, they work better for everyone, including drivers.
Spread the word.
If we design our cities just for cars, they fail everyone, including drivers.
If we design our cities with many great CHOICES in how to get around, they work better for everyone, including drivers.
Spread the word.
I recorded a short Great Rail Tale podcast recently for #Railway200, about the experiences of women working on the railways in WWII. It's live today at Great Rail Tales podcast railway200.co.uk/stories/grea... @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
Great Rail Tales podcast
A celebration of the people of our railways through their own stories, told in their own words.
Great Rail Tales is a collection of short engaging, moving, funny and often surprising stories about ou...
railway200.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I recorded a short Great Rail Tale podcast recently for #Railway200, about the experiences of women working on the railways in WWII. It's live today at Great Rail Tales podcast railway200.co.uk/stories/grea... @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
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Lots of stuff here that you won't read in most of the legacy media which seems completely uninterested in the backgrounds, associations and possible motivations of those behind the BBC crisis.
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Lots of stuff here that you won't read in most of the legacy media which seems completely uninterested in the backgrounds, associations and possible motivations of those behind the BBC crisis.
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
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Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
Code UFB!!!
The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025.
Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.
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You can be assured that tendentious memo by Michael Prescott, and the co-ordinated combination of the Telegraph, Mail, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the White House means that the BBC hit job has been long in the planning, and has some insider help
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
You can be assured that tendentious memo by Michael Prescott, and the co-ordinated combination of the Telegraph, Mail, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and the White House means that the BBC hit job has been long in the planning, and has some insider help
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The Mamdani text generator has some important messages to share.
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
The Mamdani text generator has some important messages to share.
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
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Looking forward to today's @uophistory.bsky.social open day!
It's great to be able to share our excellent degree programmes (History; History & Politics; English & History) & talk to guests.
Do come along - & you can see our project exhibition in the Park Building display area!
It's great to be able to share our excellent degree programmes (History; History & Politics; English & History) & talk to guests.
Do come along - & you can see our project exhibition in the Park Building display area!
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Looking forward to today's @uophistory.bsky.social open day!
It's great to be able to share our excellent degree programmes (History; History & Politics; English & History) & talk to guests.
Do come along - & you can see our project exhibition in the Park Building display area!
It's great to be able to share our excellent degree programmes (History; History & Politics; English & History) & talk to guests.
Do come along - & you can see our project exhibition in the Park Building display area!
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Don’t forget to watch this much needed and long overdue series on the British Empire. Remarkably, it’s not based on the opinions of a travelling ‘personality’, but on what historians who’ve actually researched it say!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Two - Empire with David Olusoga, Series 1, Episode 1
David Olusoga tells the story of the beginnings of the British Empire under Elizabeth I.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Don’t forget to watch this much needed and long overdue series on the British Empire. Remarkably, it’s not based on the opinions of a travelling ‘personality’, but on what historians who’ve actually researched it say!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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So Yaxley-Lennon is not guilty of terrorism offences but grannies holding Palestine Action placards are. Go figure.
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
So Yaxley-Lennon is not guilty of terrorism offences but grannies holding Palestine Action placards are. Go figure.
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The (new) Northern Sea route linking China and Europe makes shipping cheaper. Economically very attractive but of course only possible due to a somewhat sudden lack of sea ice.
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The (new) Northern Sea route linking China and Europe makes shipping cheaper. Economically very attractive but of course only possible due to a somewhat sudden lack of sea ice.
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In Finland they’ve been taught how to spot fake news as part of a critical thinking curriculum since 2014 including how to spot a doctored photo, check for inconsistencies as well as countering misinformation that sows division. We are more than 10 years behind on this.
School pupils are to be taught how to tackle conspiracy theories, spot 'fake news' & root out misinformation. The Daily Mail, ajudged by Wikipedia to be an unreliable new source, is furious. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out why.
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
In Finland they’ve been taught how to spot fake news as part of a critical thinking curriculum since 2014 including how to spot a doctored photo, check for inconsistencies as well as countering misinformation that sows division. We are more than 10 years behind on this.
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Some call it mass uncontrolled migration. Others call it the British empire.
November 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Some call it mass uncontrolled migration. Others call it the British empire.
The second period of open access for this starts today for a week.#railway200 @jtransporthist.bsky.social
My paper on mid 19th century railway excursion agents is part of this collection, on open access to mark #railway200.
Dear Followers,
‼️JTH created an open-access collection of papers to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first railway journey in Britain‼️
Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
‼️JTH created an open-access collection of papers to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first railway journey in Britain‼️
Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/topic/collec...
November 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The second period of open access for this starts today for a week.#railway200 @jtransporthist.bsky.social
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"For reasons that have nothing to do with informing, educating and entertaining, but are likely instead about some team’s target stats, the BBC decided to actively tell millions of people they should be frightened by asylum seekers. Brilliant work."
Newsletter's out.
Newsletter's out.
Clickbait Will Kill Us All
This week: a brief rant about news values; some stuff that probably shouldn’t be taught in schools; and a journey planner for your trip to early modern Europe.
jonn.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"For reasons that have nothing to do with informing, educating and entertaining, but are likely instead about some team’s target stats, the BBC decided to actively tell millions of people they should be frightened by asylum seekers. Brilliant work."
Newsletter's out.
Newsletter's out.
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter