Tippex joke?

Er… what now?

This has to be the most useless Labour govt ever, which is kinda saying something…

Writing the history of homelessness in Britain in the age of the ‘welfare state’ A new interdisciplinary forum for historians, social scientists and all researchers working on Modern Britain.

York Talk. 7 May. Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite. www.york.ac.uk/history/abou...

This looks amazing. www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

Anyone working in history of comedy/satire, television, modern British politics - there's a fully funded PhD to research the Spitting Image archive @theul.bsky.social, with supervision at Exeter Uni. All disciplines considered, pls do share widely.
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Very likely, yeah. Starmer’s decision ultimately, for sure

If Starmer isn’t making this up - big if - isn’t this a case of civil servants undermining Labour? I mean that has no historical precedent, does it?

Wyn Grant?

Lynks - I Didn't Come Here for Art (Official Music Video) YouTube video by Lynks

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‘I will take money for the arts...’: The British state as cultural patron Join Dr Scott Anthony, Project Lead at the Science Museum Group, for a talk about UK arts and culture funding from the 1960s.

York talk. 16 April. Scott Anthony on the state as a cultural patron: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/i-will-tak...

Universities: you must complete a risk assessment and ethical review for this perfectly safe activity.

Also universities: please embrace this energy-hungry water-guzzling plagiarism machine that is frequently wrong. Also, it makes you thick and may encourage you to kill yourself.

Is this by LJK Setright?

Underrated that the era of neoliberal globalism characterized by fierce defense of intellectual property as rents, patents, and copyrights gave way so quickly to a new paradigm marked by the blithe plunder of all human creativity for LLM training data.

From Our Archive: The Choice Before the Labour Party Published in 1932, R.H. Tawney’s 'The Choice Before the Labour Party' argued that the party must abandon cautious reformism for a radical, socialist commitment to overthrowing the capitalist…

From Our Archive: 'The Choice Before the Labour Party'

Was society to be dominated by bankers, industrialists and landowners, or will it ‘distribute the product of its labours in accordance with some generally recognised principles of justice?’

Mass Observing British politics - British Politics British Politics - The current political moment in Britain is characterised by disaffection, affective polarisation, and populist mobilisation of these (dis)affections. How best to research these...

New paper:

Mass Observing British Politics

On what Mass Observation might contribute to political studies (and what political studies might contribute to Mass Observation). With @jmoss88.bsky.social and Alex Hill. Also paging @massobsarchive.bsky.social

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Why isn't 'political dissensus' in more common usage?

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Some History jobs: features.york.ac.uk/history-jobs...

Interesting: www.jstor.org/stable/3317548

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Trump’s post-truth agenda beaten back as Americans refuse to accept ICE lies Effort to manipulate killing of Alex Pretti collapsed after footage torpedoed ‘domestic terrorist’ claim – could this be a turning point?

Historians are cited: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Amazon’s Promotion of ‘Melania’ Has Critics Questioning Its Motives

bizarre detail from the nyt (I’m not amongst the 6)

“Vue, a major European cinema operator, is offering nine showings (451 seats in all) at its multiplex in York, England, from Friday through Sunday, one analyst noted. As of Wednesday, it had sold six seats.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/b...

Have Grant Shapps joined both parties?

How would Britain vote at the start of 2026? | YouGov We take a detailed look at voting intention across multiple factors, including a new socio-economic classification

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I agree ban the over 16s

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I mean, its a relevant question… www.penguin.co.uk/books/469346...

In 1930 the OSCAR for best actor went to an actor portraying which British PM?

Is there a link between Arnold Wesker the DC comics Batman ventriloquist and Arnold Wesker the disgruntled / brilliant playwright?

C'mon... admit it was you.