@profwit.bsky.social
Likes the sea, Stoke City, a wee bet on the gg's, custard, genealogy
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There’s a Ladybird book for every occasion.
“In 1850 there were quite a number of Football Clubs. Each club drew up its own rules at a special meeting. The rules were not the same for every club”
From ‘The Story of Football’
Artist: Jack Matthew
(Man City)
“In 1850 there were quite a number of Football Clubs. Each club drew up its own rules at a special meeting. The rules were not the same for every club”
From ‘The Story of Football’
Artist: Jack Matthew
(Man City)
September 30, 2026 at 6:42 PM
There’s a Ladybird book for every occasion.
“In 1850 there were quite a number of Football Clubs. Each club drew up its own rules at a special meeting. The rules were not the same for every club”
From ‘The Story of Football’
Artist: Jack Matthew
(Man City)
“In 1850 there were quite a number of Football Clubs. Each club drew up its own rules at a special meeting. The rules were not the same for every club”
From ‘The Story of Football’
Artist: Jack Matthew
(Man City)
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On this day 30th September 1868 the first volume of 'Little Women' by Louisa May Alcott was published.
Artist: Terry Gabbey
Artist: Terry Gabbey
September 30, 2026 at 7:25 AM
On this day 30th September 1868 the first volume of 'Little Women' by Louisa May Alcott was published.
Artist: Terry Gabbey
Artist: Terry Gabbey
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It’s #OnePlaceWednesday! Coming up from us today:
❖ 4 new #OnePlaceStudies
❖ Our OPS blogging & social media prompt for October
❖ The September issue of our journal Destinations
❖ New blog posts from 3 one-place studies
❖ And more!
Share your OPS news, views, pics, links and chat with the hashtag!
❖ 4 new #OnePlaceStudies
❖ Our OPS blogging & social media prompt for October
❖ The September issue of our journal Destinations
❖ New blog posts from 3 one-place studies
❖ And more!
Share your OPS news, views, pics, links and chat with the hashtag!
September 30, 2026 at 6:30 AM
It’s #OnePlaceWednesday! Coming up from us today:
❖ 4 new #OnePlaceStudies
❖ Our OPS blogging & social media prompt for October
❖ The September issue of our journal Destinations
❖ New blog posts from 3 one-place studies
❖ And more!
Share your OPS news, views, pics, links and chat with the hashtag!
❖ 4 new #OnePlaceStudies
❖ Our OPS blogging & social media prompt for October
❖ The September issue of our journal Destinations
❖ New blog posts from 3 one-place studies
❖ And more!
Share your OPS news, views, pics, links and chat with the hashtag!
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[1963] Snow – Hypnotic British Transport Film showing the efforts of railway workmen to keep trains running in hazardous snowy conditions.
September 27, 2026 at 6:01 AM
[1963] Snow – Hypnotic British Transport Film showing the efforts of railway workmen to keep trains running in hazardous snowy conditions.
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And add the cost of assessing it on top of that. It is phenomenal how much time we spend just so that we can maintain the ideology of meritocratic competition.
About 2.7 million hours of work for no return.
21,627 applications for the Marie Curie early career fellowships.
September 21, 2026 at 8:52 AM
And add the cost of assessing it on top of that. It is phenomenal how much time we spend just so that we can maintain the ideology of meritocratic competition.
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Part of petrichor, the delish earthy smell released when rain hits parched ground, is geosmin,a compound from soil bacteria-human👃s can detect it in lower concentrations than sharks can detect blood in water. Seeking out water on dry plains was essential for our ancestors. Here’s a geosmin molecule:
August 18, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Part of petrichor, the delish earthy smell released when rain hits parched ground, is geosmin,a compound from soil bacteria-human👃s can detect it in lower concentrations than sharks can detect blood in water. Seeking out water on dry plains was essential for our ancestors. Here’s a geosmin molecule:
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The colours here are interesting.The sunlight keeps changing the way it looks, which is why I NEVER work from photographs.. It would be so flat compared to the effects of the sun, the wind, the clouds, the shadows. All I can say is that I look and I find the colours by looking.
August 13, 2026 at 7:36 PM
The colours here are interesting.The sunlight keeps changing the way it looks, which is why I NEVER work from photographs.. It would be so flat compared to the effects of the sun, the wind, the clouds, the shadows. All I can say is that I look and I find the colours by looking.
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Reform received more than Labour and the Tories combined last year - and £22,799,565.40 more than Count Binface did!
August 9, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Reform received more than Labour and the Tories combined last year - and £22,799,565.40 more than Count Binface did!
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NEW: The latest reporting on Arron Banks pretends he’s sprung from nowhere. I’m not the one being gaslit here. You are.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Invisible Women
We're here. You just can't see us. And that's a problem for you, not us
open.substack.com
August 10, 2026 at 6:44 AM
NEW: The latest reporting on Arron Banks pretends he’s sprung from nowhere. I’m not the one being gaslit here. You are.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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This week Andy Burnham is going on a tour of the UK talking about dodgy shops. In the spirit of providing him with some ideas, London Centric partnered with Edinburgh Minute to look for the Londoner running gift shops that recently burned down in Scotland. www.londoncentric.media/p/edinburgh-...
Exit through the gift shop
Plus: "Vertical drinking" politics • Robocop comes to Greggs • Robotaxis controlled by humans • London's festivals-in-parks mess
www.londoncentric.media
August 10, 2026 at 6:32 AM
This week Andy Burnham is going on a tour of the UK talking about dodgy shops. In the spirit of providing him with some ideas, London Centric partnered with Edinburgh Minute to look for the Londoner running gift shops that recently burned down in Scotland. www.londoncentric.media/p/edinburgh-...
July 6, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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I appeared as a 'Theme of the Week' expert on the #HarryHillShow and the episode is out now!
It is all wonderfully bonkers and there is a lot of ham but I loved chatting to Harry and Alex Horne about the #britishseaside and its heritage.
Watch it here www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDnk...
It is all wonderfully bonkers and there is a lot of ham but I loved chatting to Harry and Alex Horne about the #britishseaside and its heritage.
Watch it here www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDnk...
June 8, 2026 at 1:56 PM
I appeared as a 'Theme of the Week' expert on the #HarryHillShow and the episode is out now!
It is all wonderfully bonkers and there is a lot of ham but I loved chatting to Harry and Alex Horne about the #britishseaside and its heritage.
Watch it here www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDnk...
It is all wonderfully bonkers and there is a lot of ham but I loved chatting to Harry and Alex Horne about the #britishseaside and its heritage.
Watch it here www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDnk...
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My next online talk celebrates the centenary of the most picturesque #seaside village in Britain. #Portmeirion was the brainchild of Clough Williams-Ellis, a labour of love that he built over fifty years. Always a hotel, join me to learn about its unique history
www.ticketsource.com/kathryn-ferry
www.ticketsource.com/kathryn-ferry
May 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
My next online talk celebrates the centenary of the most picturesque #seaside village in Britain. #Portmeirion was the brainchild of Clough Williams-Ellis, a labour of love that he built over fifty years. Always a hotel, join me to learn about its unique history
www.ticketsource.com/kathryn-ferry
www.ticketsource.com/kathryn-ferry
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Nike charges World Cup fans the most for replica shirts after price surge.
Giant corporations profiteering, abusing customers.
Shirts produced with cheap labour and full of advertisements sold at mega prices. Fake shirt trade also flourishing.
Don't buy them.
Giant corporations profiteering, abusing customers.
Shirts produced with cheap labour and full of advertisements sold at mega prices. Fake shirt trade also flourishing.
Don't buy them.
Nike charges World Cup fans the most for replica shirts after price surge
England supporters face paying inflation-busting £95 for an adult shirt as the tournament begins in the US
www.theguardian.com
June 11, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Nike charges World Cup fans the most for replica shirts after price surge.
Giant corporations profiteering, abusing customers.
Shirts produced with cheap labour and full of advertisements sold at mega prices. Fake shirt trade also flourishing.
Don't buy them.
Giant corporations profiteering, abusing customers.
Shirts produced with cheap labour and full of advertisements sold at mega prices. Fake shirt trade also flourishing.
Don't buy them.
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Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
May 23, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
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Nothing about universities or higher education at all. The managed decline continues. www.gov.uk/government/s...
The King's Speech 2026
His Majesty’s most gracious speech to both Houses of Parliament.
www.gov.uk
May 13, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Nothing about universities or higher education at all. The managed decline continues. www.gov.uk/government/s...
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Swift, House Martin, Swallow
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton (Garden Birds, 1967)
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton (Garden Birds, 1967)
May 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Swift, House Martin, Swallow
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton (Garden Birds, 1967)
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton (Garden Birds, 1967)
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Disabled people in the U.K. report rising abuse from the public over Blue Badges as anti-benefit rhetoric grows. Many told The Guardian they have been verbally harassed, with some even physically assaulted.
My story in today’s paper: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... 1/5
My story in today’s paper: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... 1/5
‘People assume we’re grifters’: disabled Britons report rise in abuse over blue badges
Badge holders and carers report being harassed, filmed and threatened by strangers who think they are faking disability
www.theguardian.com
April 30, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Disabled people in the U.K. report rising abuse from the public over Blue Badges as anti-benefit rhetoric grows. Many told The Guardian they have been verbally harassed, with some even physically assaulted.
My story in today’s paper: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... 1/5
My story in today’s paper: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... 1/5
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Call me Cassandra, but if you make thousands of HEI staff either compulsorily or 'voluntarily' redundant and create conditions in which senior staff take early retirement in an attempt to save more junior colleagues' careers without significant new hiring, a critical loss is exactly what happens.
Most-read on our site just now: UK ‘sleepwalking’ into loss of critical research capacities, experts fear.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
UK ‘sleepwalking’ into loss of critical research capacities, experts fear - Research Professional News
University cost-cutting and research funding reforms could mean some disciplines “fall off cliff”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
April 22, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Call me Cassandra, but if you make thousands of HEI staff either compulsorily or 'voluntarily' redundant and create conditions in which senior staff take early retirement in an attempt to save more junior colleagues' careers without significant new hiring, a critical loss is exactly what happens.
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Absolutely love delivering 'heart of society' level services with absolutely zero funding opportunities. Cheers govt
Hardly noticed but at the end of last week the Government vision for archives in England was launched. No money attached as far as I know. Aim is for archives to be 'at the heart of society' through being accessible, inclusive and sustainable
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
The Government’s vision for archives in England - Archives sector
Archives at the Heart of Society In 2024, The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) commissioned The National Archives to create the Government’s new strategic vision for archives. We partner...
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
April 22, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Absolutely love delivering 'heart of society' level services with absolutely zero funding opportunities. Cheers govt
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“Barges are loaded with goods from factories built beside canals. Barges may be towed by horses or driven by their own motor engines”
‘In the Train’, 1955
Artist: WC Watson
‘In the Train’, 1955
Artist: WC Watson
April 22, 2026 at 7:35 AM
“Barges are loaded with goods from factories built beside canals. Barges may be towed by horses or driven by their own motor engines”
‘In the Train’, 1955
Artist: WC Watson
‘In the Train’, 1955
Artist: WC Watson
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Big Oil companies, including shell and BP, making mega profits from Iran war but abusing tax system by using UK's network of secretive offshore tax havens.
HMRC does special deals but does not disclose
Staff from oil companies, tax dodge industry seconded to HMRC.
Govts squeeze normal people.
HMRC does special deals but does not disclose
Staff from oil companies, tax dodge industry seconded to HMRC.
Govts squeeze normal people.
Big Oil and offshore Britain
How Big Oil reaps in the profits while avoiding contributions to the public good by using Britain's network of offshore tax havens.
theecologist.org
April 17, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Big Oil companies, including shell and BP, making mega profits from Iran war but abusing tax system by using UK's network of secretive offshore tax havens.
HMRC does special deals but does not disclose
Staff from oil companies, tax dodge industry seconded to HMRC.
Govts squeeze normal people.
HMRC does special deals but does not disclose
Staff from oil companies, tax dodge industry seconded to HMRC.
Govts squeeze normal people.
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Rachel Reeves warns other budgets may be cut to lift defence spending.
Hitting the old, sick, disabled, public services doesn't produce a resilient society. How many will die?
Govt created £895bn QE to rescue banks, why not the same to rebuild society?
2010-2025: HMRC didn't collect £500bn tax.
Hitting the old, sick, disabled, public services doesn't produce a resilient society. How many will die?
Govt created £895bn QE to rescue banks, why not the same to rebuild society?
2010-2025: HMRC didn't collect £500bn tax.
Rachel Reeves warns other budgets may be cut to lift defence spending
Chancellor says she is ‘working through a range of options’ to boost the armed forces but does not want to put up taxes
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Rachel Reeves warns other budgets may be cut to lift defence spending.
Hitting the old, sick, disabled, public services doesn't produce a resilient society. How many will die?
Govt created £895bn QE to rescue banks, why not the same to rebuild society?
2010-2025: HMRC didn't collect £500bn tax.
Hitting the old, sick, disabled, public services doesn't produce a resilient society. How many will die?
Govt created £895bn QE to rescue banks, why not the same to rebuild society?
2010-2025: HMRC didn't collect £500bn tax.
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"The Vale dropped 'Burslem' and headed for Hanley"
'The Lost Football Ground' #TheHighClearing
@ianrpearsall.bsky.social @philshallcross.bsky.social @minxyowlwriter.bsky.social @barewall.bsky.social
📸 Steven Wallace
'The Lost Football Ground' #TheHighClearing
@ianrpearsall.bsky.social @philshallcross.bsky.social @minxyowlwriter.bsky.social @barewall.bsky.social
📸 Steven Wallace
April 7, 2026 at 5:48 PM
"The Vale dropped 'Burslem' and headed for Hanley"
'The Lost Football Ground' #TheHighClearing
@ianrpearsall.bsky.social @philshallcross.bsky.social @minxyowlwriter.bsky.social @barewall.bsky.social
📸 Steven Wallace
'The Lost Football Ground' #TheHighClearing
@ianrpearsall.bsky.social @philshallcross.bsky.social @minxyowlwriter.bsky.social @barewall.bsky.social
📸 Steven Wallace