Incredibly random query but does anyone remember a British ad from the 90s that had Blaydon Races being sung on it, think it had dogs in it (Can’t remember whether it was actually for dog food)?
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Lecturer at Goldsmiths. Contemporary historian of British, US and global politics and culture. Writing a book on progressive politics, culture, and memory. Made in North London from working Cypriot parts. 🔴⚪️ Newsletter: https://academicbubble.substack.com
ICYMI: My new article on Made in Dagenham and Pride, available in the latest issue of the Journal of British Cinema and Television. Happy to send on a free copy to anyone without institutional access, just drop me a line. x
Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾@drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 4w agoReally excited that this is now out, in the latest issue of the Journal of British Cinema and Television: my new article, '‘Solidarity Forever’? Histories of Gender, Sexuality and Industrial Action in Made in Dagenham and Pride'. A 🧵 on the article. #filmsky #skystorians🗃️
It’s things like this that make me think Labour might be finished in the long run. The party can’t get past the idea that something they read as coded ‘working class’ - namely white, male, and bigoted - must be somehow redeemable and channeled into some form of social democratic project.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · yesterdayITV Anglia quote Defence Secretary Wes Streeting on Friday saying "no excuse for violence and thuggery" + making a distinction between "people who have legitimate concerns who know how to voice them" and "violent racist thugs" www.itv.com/news/anglia/...
Asked my kids what would happen if they actually did catch *all* the Pokemon, and ended up recommending they read Baudrillard’s ‘The System of Collecting’. It’s 7:35am on a Saturday.
William Orbit has died. He was responsible for the beats on Madonna's "Frozen," which (I believe) was the first song displacing the backbeat by an eighth note to chart on the top 40. Of course, that backbeat had been common in D&B and jungle. But Orbit made it pop. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS08...
Madonna - Frozen (Official Video) [HD]
YouTube video by Madonna
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I like our mayor, and love our city, but there’s no way the capital of one of the most increasingly institutionally transphobic states in the West should get to launder its reputation in this way, and I hope InterPride members vote on the bid accordingly. The T in LGBTQIA+ stands for something.
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan@london.gov.uk · 3d ago1972. 2012. 2032? London's first Pride march. WorldPride in our city. Now I'm backing a bid to bring the world back to London in 2032, marking 60 years of Pride and inviting LGBTQIA+ creatives to help shape it from day one.
ICYMI: My new article on Made in Dagenham and Pride, available in the latest issue of the Journal of British Cinema and Television. Happy to send on a free copy to anyone without institutional access, just drop me a line. x
Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾@drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 4w agoReally excited that this is now out, in the latest issue of the Journal of British Cinema and Television: my new article, '‘Solidarity Forever’? Histories of Gender, Sexuality and Industrial Action in Made in Dagenham and Pride'. A 🧵 on the article. #filmsky #skystorians🗃️
A new experiment in writing for me, which has been equal parts daunting and rewarding. Thank you so much to @the-polyphony.bsky.social for the invitation. thepolyphony.org/2026/08/07/t...
The Intersections Between Memoir Writing and Histories of Alcoholism
Jennifer Wallis reflects on her personal experience of an alcoholic parent and how her expertise as a historian has shaped her understanding of alcoholism.
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If trans people come from across the world to London, and service providers are still constrained by the current EHRC guidance which Labour are implementing, those trans people may be asked to leave premises for using the bathroom according to their gender identity. Does that seem welcoming?
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan@london.gov.uk · 3d ago1972. 2012. 2032? London's first Pride march. WorldPride in our city. Now I'm backing a bid to bring the world back to London in 2032, marking 60 years of Pride and inviting LGBTQIA+ creatives to help shape it from day one.
There's been a rumbling crisis building at Scottish and British universities for a couple of years now, including huge job losses, course and department closures and even threats to the future of institutions. It's staggering how little political attention it has received.
Here briefly to provide the registration link to this super exciting inaugural from Professor Sumita Mukherjee. 28 October in Bristol, with an online option available. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-...
Inaugural Lecture of Professor Sumita Mukherjee (in person and online)
Please join the School of Humanities, University of Bristol, in celebrating Professor Sumita Mukherjee's inaugural lecture.
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‘Between 2015 and 2024, nearly a billion pounds of public money was lent on favourable terms to developers who built almost no affordable housing – almost two-thirds of it to one company.’ @harrystopes.bsky.social on Manchester, from the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/au...
Harry Stopes | Manchesterisms
Bev Craig, leader of Manchester City Council before she was comfortably elected last week to replace Andy Burnham as...
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Having a philosophical discussion with my kids as to whether Crazy Frog proves the existence of evil in the world.
And for those of you in the South East, Dr Dion Georgiou has phoned in to say that he's just bought an umbrella. So, make sure you're stocked up on sun screen.
Every time I buy clothes or accessories in response to particular meteorological conditions, you can guarantee the weather will almost immediately change as to render that purchase redundant. Is this anthropogenic climate change at a micro level?
This is simply wonderful news for the Migration Museum and its ongoing project to create the UK's first permanent museum exploring migration to and from the UK. The new Museum will be in the City of London, but is already working with collaborators outside London and outside England. 1/3
The Wolfson Foundation commits £600,000 to the UK’s ‘Missing Museum’
The Migration Museum is delighted to announce that The Wolfson Foundation has become a Founding Partner of the UK’s first permanent museum dedicated to exploring how the movement of people to and from...
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Have rebranded my cheap sunglasses as Georgiou I-Owe-Money.
Your dad after he loses the 3rd round of Articulate on Christmas Day:
Pavel@spavel.bsky.social · 7d agoThis may sound radical but "games are shit" is actually the median opinion of every Gamer.
Autopsies of Black Lives Matter and George Floyd protests often conclude that movements produced tough-on-crime backlash. My new study in Work and Occupations finds a different kind of movement outcome: BLM changed how local reporters cover cops and jails. 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
To paraphrase George Foreman: “it’s so good, they put my name on it.”
August is here, & with it my 287th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 287 (8/2/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
August is here, & with it my 287th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share as widely ...
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A longer post in this weekly series - a tribute to Carlo Ginzburg, and his approach of the historian as a detective, with a particular focus on his important essay 'Clues'. "The Historian as Detective – Carlo Ginzburg and the Search for ‘Clues’" progressivegeographies.com/2026/08/02/t...
The Historian as Detective – Carlo Ginzburg and the Search for ‘Clues’
A few years ago, after one of the presentations I’d given on reconstructing Émile Benveniste’s movements during the Second World War through various archives, one audience member said to another: “…
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I appreciate the tradeoffs, but if there were fewer commercial ads on the Elizabeth and Overground Lines and more notices reminding people of basic courtesies like giving up your seat to those less able to stand (e.g. children, the elderly, disabled, pregnant), it’d make a substantial difference.
me: but the bracelet beads spell your name 7yo niece: that way you'll remember who gave it to you
This trilogy comprises part of a wider body of research I've been doing into Ugandan Asian narratives of expulsion and resettlement; if you enjoy it, do check out my other posts on that topic here.
The Academic Bubble | Dion Georgiou | Substack
Politics and culture from a contemporary historian‘s perspective. Click to read The Academic Bubble, by Dion Georgiou, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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...and the second one on his reign as leader of Wandsworth Council between 2011 and 2022, the policies and rhetoric he deployed, and how his experiences as a refugee from Uganda shaped both his self-presentation and characterisation by others.
‘He’s Not Your Typical Tory’
During his time as leader of Wandsworth Council, Ravi Govindia’s rhetoric oscillated between ideological and pragmatic, drawing in part on his experiences as a teenage refugee from Uganda.
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