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Cutting from The St. James's Chronicle; or, The British Evening-Post, no. 137 (11–14 June 1768), [3].

Are any historians of #C18 London familiar with Thomas Phillips' lock-up house on Gray's Inn Lane? Although Phillips died in 1770, I believe this is where Jacques-Pierre Brissot was briefly imprisoned in 1784. I would love to know more about it. Thank you kindly!

LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes An insight into the secretive 'matchstick men' painter as he guides us through his revealing life story in unheard interviews from the end of his life, lip-synced by Ian McKellen.

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Watch Paul McCartney: Man On The Run | Prime Video Man on the Run is an intimate portrait of Paul McCartney’s journey after The Beatles, as he and wife Linda form Wings. Directed by Oscar-winner Morgan Neville, the film explores McCartney’s reinvention through rare archival footage, capturing both the struggles and triumphs of redefining himself in a new musical era.

Great documentary on McCartney in his Wings era. As with the Peter Jackson The Beatles: Get Back documentary, along with the music and the work ethic, McCartney's knitwear game is strong and a joy to behold. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/det...

Great privilege earlier this week to hear Dr John Angus Martin discuss his research into the histories landscapes and heritage of the Grenada rebellion 1795-96 #JulienFedon #FedonsCamp #YPCCS #CaribbeanStudies #GlobalHistoriesandGeographies #Legacies #UniversityofWarwick

Very happy to report that both series of Home are now back available on the Channel 4 website. Check it out, now more than ever.

A scene from Waiting for Guffman. A man and a woman (catherine o'hara and Fred Willard) in tracksuits in a classroom doing an elaborate dance routine.

A photo from Best in Show. Shows Catherine O'hara and Eugene Levy. CO is holding a small dog.

The cover of tv guide magazine from the late 70s/early 80s era showing the Second City TV cast including Catherine Ohara John Candy, Eugene Levy and Rick Moranis

Catherine O'hara as a young woman. A photo taken from the wall of the second city theatre

I'm incredibly sad to hear that Catherine O'Hara has died. She was a bit of a comedy hero of mine. A proper old school improv clown genius.

The Colonial Brontës | The Brontë Parsonage Museum Our 2026 exhibition examines the period of exploration, conquest and intercultural encounters of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and shows the exten

Colonial Brontes exhibition begins next week at the Bronte Parsonage. For more information www.bronte.org.uk/exhibitions/...

also good to see and hear from the amazing #MichaelWatson. Remember the benefit for him at Highbury - such grace and humility, amazing man.

Remember watching Nigel Benn with my paternal grandfather and the admiration and adulation all were held in. Barbados a few years back and Benn's name remains #NigelBennAuntyBar

Four Kings: British Boxing Legends Series exploring the careers of great Black British boxers Bruno, Lewis, Eubank and Benn

Absolutely fantastic documentary series www.channel4.com/programmes/f...

ADHD + Autism Expert: How To Stop RSD Instantly! Is Your ADHD Actually AuDHD? | Dr Alex George YouTube video by ADHD Chatter Podcast

I suspect the HE community is one high in neurodiversity. A useful informative conversation in learning and understanding, around autism, ADHD, the two combined and especially around RSD www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH5D...

Victoria Wood: The Secret List Two hour-long programmes featuring sketches handpicked by Victoria Wood from her first solo series, As Seen on TV. With insight from friends and fans as well as rare and unseen footage.

and one final glorious 2 part documentary in a similar vein of the importance of comedy and drama thanks to my childhood shero #VictoriaWood www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Ryan Reynolds shares how John Candy shaped his views on people-pleasing YouTube video by Q with Tom Power

Also Ryan Reynolds creating this film for the joy of doing something for the love of it. Doing things for the simple expansive, open-minded curiosity, the additive and generative joy of creating good and the importance of navigating self care as well as care for others youtu.be/abWg6RJ0_Vw?...

John Candy: I Like Me - Official Trailer | Prime Video YouTube video by Prime Video

Another documentary joy #comedydrama #HumanityHumilityHumour #JohnCandyILikeMe youtu.be/PrcQRsrBcCk?...

Innes Lloyd: The Producer A look at the career of Innes Lloyd, one of the UK's most prolific producers of television drama, who made well over 300 individual programmes between 1966 and 1991.

Absolutely perfect festive documentary TV drama history viewing #InnesLLoyd www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

The Monroe Doctrine in 2025 Not a title I anticipated typing...

I can't say I was expecting the Monroe Doctrine to be in the news in 2025. But here we are. So I thought a bit of history and context would be helpful. Check your inboxes or subscribe today! open.substack.com/pub/imperfec...

This is Spinal Tap. “It really puts perspective on things, though, doesn’t it?” “Yeah, too much. There’s too much fucking perspective now.”

Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.

"This searing book conveys the survivors' sufferings and remarkable resilience, bringing to life their personal stories"

The #WolfsonHistoryPrize judges on why they awarded the 2025 prize to Hannah Durkin's 'Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade'.

Photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73 Photographer Martin Parr, whose colourful images captured British life, has died at the age of 73.

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Danny Dyer reads Rhinos Dont Cry 🦏💛 | CBeebies Bedtime Stories 📖 YouTube video by CBeebies

The wisdom and wonder of the wonderful #DannyDyer youtu.be/AKX6C0fg6fg?... a watch for children of all ages.

States of precarity in UK Higher Education geography Findings from a discipline-focused research project exploring the lived realities of precarious academic work within UK Higher Education geography.

Good to see findings from this timely & necessary research coming out. Hope there are tangible actions following the findings and this is not simply another citable reference that can be used to document and tick-box
States of precarity in UK Higher Education geography
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The Driver’s Story – Penn Press The story of the driver is the story of Atlantic slavery. Starting in the seventeenth-century Caribbean, enslavers developed the driving system to solve thei...

Congratulations to @randybrowne.bsky.social, whose book THE DRIVER'S STORY is a finalist for the Paul E. Lovejoy Prize, granted by @journalslavery.bsky.social! bit.ly/3Qs4ZJs

University of Nottingham considers axing language and music degrees Total of 48 degrees could disappear from Russell Group institution, with falling revenues and rising costs blamed

'Nottingham will be the only Russell Group university not to teach modern foreign languages degrees if it approves plans to close a swath of courses including Spanish and French as well as music and dozens of others.' 1/3

I was just thinking the other day that it is mad that if this continues then the book I'm writing, about London 1560-1630, will contain basically no British Library manuscript material. Would have been unthinkable to me but there hasn't been a manuscript catalogue for two years now!

Australia v England: Ashes first Test, day one – live Start in Perth: 10.20am local/1.20pm AEDT/2.20am GMT Ashes top 100 | Our predictions | The omens | Mail Martin Good morning, Australia. Good evening, England. Hello to everyone checking in from other parts of the globe. Because, finally, it is time to end the jibes and banter and contentious countdowns. To put the squad analysis and injury news and tasty press conference nuggets to one side. To give the rewritten histories space to evolve and fresh origin stories room to grow. To put the pre-series speculation out of sight and the bold predictions out of mind. For the phoney war has been declared a nil-all draw. The build up is all but done. And after 844 days without the oldest rivals in the game flinging a red sphere at each other across 22 yards, we have reached day one of the first Test of the 2025-26 Ashes. Seven weeks of storylines that are yet to be written. Countless controversies that are yet to be dissected and debated. New heroes and villains that are yet to be created, celebrated and, quite possibly, farewelled. It will begin, where it hasn’t already, when the first ball is bowled at 10.20am in Perth / 1.20pm AEDT / 2.20am GMT. Continue reading...

Australia v England: Ashes first Test, day one – live

Fantastic initiative, well done all!

📯🌎Great pleasure to announce that the special issue "Historical Geography: writing, research and teaching" was published at the Terra Brasilis Journal, an open access journal. Happy to organise this issue with @drjn.bsky.social and Deborah Fontenelle.

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Likewise - absolute pleasure 🙌