Dog with head on pillpw tucked under blanket

It's a hard life

I caved and bought a peony plant 😅 anyone successfully grew one in a large pot?

*we didnt pay a penny and had it planned for us because obvs we don't support the hateful franchise creator but we do support my club members from underrepresented backgrounds learning creative careers are an option for them

Nice day with our students and Warner Bros learning about creative careers 🪄

Radical Histories - Manchester University Press The Radical Histories series encourages innovative and field-defining research in the history of individuals, groups, movements and ideas which challenged the political, social and cultural status quo...

I'm pleased to announce I'm a founding co-editor of the new @manchesterup.bsky.social book series, Radical Histories.

Do let me know if you have a proposal for a book that fits our inclusive remit on radical histories.

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Teacher CPD yesterday, first aid course tommorow, trip with 50 kids to Warner Bros on Saturday. Half way through!

We're seeking interdisciplinary perspectives on radicalism, protest, and the political power of print, from satirical caricatures and regional newspapers to the "hidden agency" of those working within the trade. Full submission details are included in the poster 5/5

Desperate Business cartoon from Private Eye

Contemporary archaeology joke from @moderntoss.bsky.social in the current @privateeyenews.bsky.social

Leaflet of three candidates, white blokes with limited hair, all in glasses. --- **GATESHEAD IS BROKEN. VOTE REFORM UK TO FIX IT** Introducing your Reform UK candidates for Low Fell leaflet text: **ATKINSON, John** Reform UK John has lived in Low Fell for 30+ years. His background is in civil engineering, policing, teaching and transport. He wants to bring back a sense of community, listen to residents' concerns and focus on local issues such as crime, roads and streets, and better services. --- **HENDERSON, Iain** Reform UK Iain has lived and worked in Gateshead all his life. Now retired, he wants to give something back to the borough. With a positive outlook, Iain is looking forward to making a real difference to the lives of the residents of Low Fell and to working closely with them. --- **MURRAY, Arthur** Reform UK Arthur has owned several businesses for many years. He has lived locally for 50 years and employs local staff, servicing the northeast and Scotland. His priorities are to see the ward and area prospering once again, caring for the old and infirm and maintaining our parks and open spaces. ---

This Reform leaflet from three Gateshead candidates looks like a timelapse of the same person

Image of a library with "Scrap tuition fees" written in big bold writing. Real hope real change written at the top and Green Party logo with imprint at the bottom.

Capping student loan interest rates at 6%? Not good enough.

After months of criticism this is the Labour government's insufficient response to the debt trap that is student loans.

It's time to scrap tuition fees altogether.

Museum of the Home Almshouse tour, V & A Storehouse visit, and a stroll through Greenwich Park on this beautiful day = a pretty perfect birthday if you ask me 🎂

Cheers

CfP Global Histories of Hair

Working on the history of hair? Or just found a hairy case study you would like to explore? We are looking forward to it! Please answer our CfP on „Global Histories of Hair, c. 1500-2026“ and join us in Lucerne this October! #skystorians #earlymodern

Wooden paving with visible grain

Being related to carpenters is having then point out every rafter and wooden paving stone in Cambridge on your 'fun day out'

I'd maybe even allow myself a positive response if it weren't for the 4 mil ish renters paying the highest rents ever recorded who won't benefit

This government can't be trusted to end the housing crisis because its ministers are bought and paid for by the developers, landlords and corporate interests who profit from it.

Yep! BL RB.31.c.593

Modern day reform are also mere fudge

Picture of a hawker with a top hat and signs advertising pamphlets about Jack Shepherd

I liked this picture from the Londoners on Trial mini exhibition at the London Archives

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) PhD Studentship Rediscovering a Woman Collector at the British Library: New Sources and Perspectives on Sarah Sophia Banks

Great PhD on Sarah Sophia Banks! Deadline 14th April www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

I'm 30 week and didn't quite love the Dr's statement this morning 'I love when people don't have botox and I ask them to look up, how refreshing' even though it was well intentioned 😂

I was only moaning about this at lunch today to someone. Amelia Opie - Adeline Mowbray would be a good one to retell given the themes!

Mary Wollstonecraft warned you that women who are only objects of pity and love, due to their “fascinating graces,” their “soft phrases, susceptibility of heart, [and] delicacy of sentiment” — in a word, due to their weakness (and not strength) — “will soon become objects of contempt.”

Pink ruffley tulip

Frilly tulips are out - one more job before OOO goes on - now we just need the sun

One day of work left 😎

Houseplant, pouffe and person with their legs up, dyson fan

Day 2 of the migraine and blurry vision means a lie down in the mini therapy chairs/ hospital rooms on campus

Dog lying on person on a sofa

Pinned down to finish series 3 of the Night Agent

Started revising for a project management exam - first time I've got flash card out since maybe first year of undergrad? And it feels like a brain training exercise 😂

Today: witch trial comparisons in modern journalism, feminism and the glass ceiling, the history of the equal pay campaign, biodiversity friendly architecture, 18th century french fashion's impact on modern culture, the effectiveness of anti discrimination campaigns on football, et al

I've sat in some of our ToP sessions. Cool PhD on a cool outreach programme!

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