Wendy Michallat
@wmichallat.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in the School of Languages, Arts & Humanities, Sheffield. Writing a book about northern working class women & languages education in inter-war Britain. Detectorist, allotmenteer, cyclist. Rheumatoid Arthritis doesn't slow me down 😄 🚴♀️👨🌾
Is there a difference between how Reform & the 'new' Green Party do politics? 🤔
Emily Thornberry makes an incredibly patronising, smug video on Labour account on Instagram - even by her standards!
These Labour ministers with Reform- just can't seem to stop talking about the Green Party.
And it's just making membership rise & rise!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
These Labour ministers with Reform- just can't seem to stop talking about the Green Party.
And it's just making membership rise & rise!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Is there a difference between how Reform & the 'new' Green Party do politics? 🤔
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Hard-hitting truth-telling from UCL Prof Anthony Costello….
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Hard-hitting truth-telling from UCL Prof Anthony Costello….
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
“The Covid Public Inquiry is a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants and politicians who led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. More than 230,000 deaths.”
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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I heard a story about a female academic giving a paper at the IHR who, after receiving a long and aggressive question from a senior male professor, simply leaned back with her hands behind her head and replied “Oh, do fuck off.”
One of my colleagues went to a seminar at Berkeley and when someone asked a question Derrida brushed it off saying ‘what you ask may be important but it is not interesting’.
This path leads to chaos.
November 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I heard a story about a female academic giving a paper at the IHR who, after receiving a long and aggressive question from a senior male professor, simply leaned back with her hands behind her head and replied “Oh, do fuck off.”
The fall of Saigon.
1. What was the first major news story you remember as a child?
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The fall of Saigon.
Cost of the Covid furlough scheme was around £70 billion plus £3.5 billion attributed to maladministration & fraud. Not a bad budget, all things considered
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Cost of the Covid furlough scheme was around £70 billion plus £3.5 billion attributed to maladministration & fraud. Not a bad budget, all things considered
@keefstuart.bsky.social Hi Keith (if I may). Would you happen to know how I might reach Matthew (Matt) Bielby? I've a 1980s handwritten script of his he might like back. 😅. Bradford Independent Film Group. Any help gratefully received.
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
@keefstuart.bsky.social Hi Keith (if I may). Would you happen to know how I might reach Matthew (Matt) Bielby? I've a 1980s handwritten script of his he might like back. 😅. Bradford Independent Film Group. Any help gratefully received.
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“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
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Brilliant #Turner2025 exhibition at our Cartwright Hall here in Bradford. Proud that we can do this sort of thing here. Exhibits from shortlisted contenders Nnena Kalu, Mohammed Sami, and Zadie Xa, Rene Matic
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Brilliant #Turner2025 exhibition at our Cartwright Hall here in Bradford. Proud that we can do this sort of thing here. Exhibits from shortlisted contenders Nnena Kalu, Mohammed Sami, and Zadie Xa, Rene Matic
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Fossils in the fabric of the University of Nottingham: Carboniferous corals in the slabs outside the Trent Building, where Important People make decisions.
A bad week: the University has announced it is suspending the Plant Biology BSc course I lead, along with many other courses.
#FossilFriday
A bad week: the University has announced it is suspending the Plant Biology BSc course I lead, along with many other courses.
#FossilFriday
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Fossils in the fabric of the University of Nottingham: Carboniferous corals in the slabs outside the Trent Building, where Important People make decisions.
A bad week: the University has announced it is suspending the Plant Biology BSc course I lead, along with many other courses.
#FossilFriday
A bad week: the University has announced it is suspending the Plant Biology BSc course I lead, along with many other courses.
#FossilFriday
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Really terrible news from the University of Nottingham. The idea you can have a comprehensive university without language and music is absurd. Higher education serves society and you can't have a society with imagination and purpose if the people in charge decide creativity is worth nothing.
Well this is awful news: tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'
Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'
Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Really terrible news from the University of Nottingham. The idea you can have a comprehensive university without language and music is absurd. Higher education serves society and you can't have a society with imagination and purpose if the people in charge decide creativity is worth nothing.
Unbelievable
Well this is awful news: tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'
Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'
Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Unbelievable
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‘The recommendation to abandon the English Baccalaureate at GCSE would eliminate one of the few remaining safeguards for language provision in England’s schools and risk narrowing education for the next generation.’
Our response to the curriculum review
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/the-uks...
Our response to the curriculum review
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/the-uks...
The UK’s national academy for the humanities and social sciences, The British Academy responds to the final report of the curriculum and assessment review
The final report of the Curriculum and Assessment review, released today, raises important questions about how we maintain a balanced and effective education system that works for all. The UK’s nation...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
‘The recommendation to abandon the English Baccalaureate at GCSE would eliminate one of the few remaining safeguards for language provision in England’s schools and risk narrowing education for the next generation.’
Our response to the curriculum review
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/the-uks...
Our response to the curriculum review
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/the-uks...
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OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.
September 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.
Welcome Week & a fun hellooo 👋 meeting with a great bunch of French & Francophone Studies UGs (& plenty of them 😀). Looking forward to teaching them when I return from research leave in February. #FrenchatSheffield
September 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Welcome Week & a fun hellooo 👋 meeting with a great bunch of French & Francophone Studies UGs (& plenty of them 😀). Looking forward to teaching them when I return from research leave in February. #FrenchatSheffield
Excited about the launch of our new School of Languages, Arts & Societies & delighted to be a part of the leadership team. Sabbatical first to finish the book & then back in the fray in February 😄. Onwards & upwards French at Sheffield! ❤️
September 9, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Excited about the launch of our new School of Languages, Arts & Societies & delighted to be a part of the leadership team. Sabbatical first to finish the book & then back in the fray in February 😄. Onwards & upwards French at Sheffield! ❤️
Reform wanting to turn the clock back to the 1920s where working class kids left school at 14 for poverty graft & the upper middle classes reproduced their privilege through education, keeping the professions for themselves.
September 6, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Reform wanting to turn the clock back to the 1920s where working class kids left school at 14 for poverty graft & the upper middle classes reproduced their privilege through education, keeping the professions for themselves.
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Anyone want a quick graphic illustration of what poverty does?
🚨 Wide regional gaps in top grades at A Level 🚨
In 2024, the gap between the region with the highest proportion of top grades and the lowest was 8.8pp (London vs East Midlands).
That gap has now grown to 9.2pp (London vs North East) #ResultsDay2025
In 2024, the gap between the region with the highest proportion of top grades and the lowest was 8.8pp (London vs East Midlands).
That gap has now grown to 9.2pp (London vs North East) #ResultsDay2025
Sutton Trust response to Level 3 Results Day 2025 - The Sutton Trust
Our take on this year's results from A Levels and other qualifications.
www.suttontrust.com
August 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Anyone want a quick graphic illustration of what poverty does?
Makes me start wondering about my Ladybird Book of Garden Birds. Is that, too, a tissue of lies?
July 7, 2025 at 6:17 AM
@yooge.bsky.social
Hello Eugene, I've read your article about my great grandfather. There is a Bradford side of the Michallat family. My father, François-Joseph's grandson wouldn't want that to be forgotten & nor would Henry's Bristolian great-Aunt, Madeleine 🙂.
Hello Eugene, I've read your article about my great grandfather. There is a Bradford side of the Michallat family. My father, François-Joseph's grandson wouldn't want that to be forgotten & nor would Henry's Bristolian great-Aunt, Madeleine 🙂.
July 5, 2025 at 6:09 AM
@yooge.bsky.social
Hello Eugene, I've read your article about my great grandfather. There is a Bradford side of the Michallat family. My father, François-Joseph's grandson wouldn't want that to be forgotten & nor would Henry's Bristolian great-Aunt, Madeleine 🙂.
Hello Eugene, I've read your article about my great grandfather. There is a Bradford side of the Michallat family. My father, François-Joseph's grandson wouldn't want that to be forgotten & nor would Henry's Bristolian great-Aunt, Madeleine 🙂.
Went to see the two Pats today 😄. They were friends with Madeleine Blaess & starred in the film we made about the diary I translated. Pat Marshall & Pat Roddis are true stars 🌟🌟 ❤️ @wrunipress.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Went to see the two Pats today 😄. They were friends with Madeleine Blaess & starred in the film we made about the diary I translated. Pat Marshall & Pat Roddis are true stars 🌟🌟 ❤️ @wrunipress.bsky.social
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Those who support “regime change” because it will “help women” should remember how much Afghanistan women were “helped” by our war there. They don’t do regime changes for women. They do regime changes for oil, money, and power.
June 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Those who support “regime change” because it will “help women” should remember how much Afghanistan women were “helped” by our war there. They don’t do regime changes for women. They do regime changes for oil, money, and power.
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Such a great project!
There's also a super short film about Madeleine at www.madeleineblaessproject.com/resources/ma... that @wmichallat.bsky.social made with filmmaker James Parsons, featuring some of Madeleine's friends.
There's also a super short film about Madeleine at www.madeleineblaessproject.com/resources/ma... that @wmichallat.bsky.social made with filmmaker James Parsons, featuring some of Madeleine's friends.
June 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Such a great project!
There's also a super short film about Madeleine at www.madeleineblaessproject.com/resources/ma... that @wmichallat.bsky.social made with filmmaker James Parsons, featuring some of Madeleine's friends.
There's also a super short film about Madeleine at www.madeleineblaessproject.com/resources/ma... that @wmichallat.bsky.social made with filmmaker James Parsons, featuring some of Madeleine's friends.
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Keep an eye out for news on a forthcoming companion volume exploring the letters MB wrote home.
#WomenInLiterature #MadeleineBlaess #WWIIvoices #HistLit #FrenchHistory
#WomenInLiterature #MadeleineBlaess #WWIIvoices #HistLit #FrenchHistory
June 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Keep an eye out for news on a forthcoming companion volume exploring the letters MB wrote home.
#WomenInLiterature #MadeleineBlaess #WWIIvoices #HistLit #FrenchHistory
#WomenInLiterature #MadeleineBlaess #WWIIvoices #HistLit #FrenchHistory