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Matthew Sweet

@drmatthewsweet.bsky.social

Writer, broadcaster, Barbara Cartland fan

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Matthew Sweet@drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · 9h ago

A postscript to my obituary of Simon. You can sign up to classes to make work on his press. One tonight! www.bellhouse.co.uk/events/2026/...

Introductory Lino workshop (evening taster) — Bell House

Learn the step-by-step method of linoprinting, a printmaking process used by artists such as Picasso and Matisse. £50.60 | In-person | Book here

bellhouse.co.uk

Matthew Sweet@drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · 9h ago

After his funeral the kids he taught to operate his Victorian letterpress helped each of the mourners ink up and print a tribute to him.

John Self@john-self.bsky.social · last wk.

"A pastiche that will have devotees raising their quizzing glasses to judge whether the author has cut a dash or made a cake of herself. From behind my fan, I say: she's done it." Tremendously entertaining review by @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social of the new 'Georgette Heyer' novel by Sophie Irwin:

This new Georgette Heyer novel reads like the real thing

Henrietta by Sophie Irwin has all the drama and period detail that you would hope for from a book by the original queen of Regency romance

thetimes.com

waltydunlop@waltydunlop.bsky.social · last wk.

Knew I had this somewhere. The ISIRTA gang in full song from Radio Times, Jan 9th 1969. Bill giving it loads, while the others provide spirited backing vocals, as was their custom. I rather love this photo.

Photo from Radio Times, January 9th 1969. The ISIRTA cast in full flight. Bill Oddie is singing his heart out, the rest of the cast cluster round another mic providing spirited backing.
George Bass@georgebas5.bsky.social · 2w ago

Best prediction of the future I have seen is The Year of The Sex Olympics from 1968 which imagined not only free porn, tech bros, reality TV and sploshing but also man-buns: www.bfi.org.uk/features/5-w...

5 ways The Year of the Sex Olympics predicted the way we live now

The BBC drama that predicted Love Island and Big Brother more than half a century ago, Nigel Kneale’s The Year of the Sex Olympics is one of TV’s most prophetic dystopias.

bfi.org.uk

History Workshop@historyworkshop.org.uk · 2w ago

We are hiring a new Editorial Fellow who specialises in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe 🌍 👉 this 2-year fellowship runs from October 2026 - September 2028 👉 this role is paid and part-time (3 hours per week) 👉 the application deadline is Friday 7 August Please share widely!

Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowship at History Workshop, 2026

History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe.

historyworkshop.org.uk

Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · 2w ago

"To accountants, some courses or departments may be viewed as cost centres. But to lecturers and students, and the places in which they are based, they are cultural resources – repositories of knowledge built up over decades." bit.ly/4gOTZo2 #Skystorians

The Guardian view on humanities cuts in universities: academic departments are more than cost centres | Editorial

Editorial: Literature, the arts and social sciences must not be sacrificed as higher education funding is squeezed

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Una McCormack@unamccormack.bsky.social · 2w ago

Look if anyone can save the country it’s surely a northwest Catholic school in the metropolitan borough of St Helens educated Cambridge arts & humanities grad with a residual Scouse twang Gen X-er NO WAIT

Prof Katherine Brickell FBA@kbrickell.bsky.social · 3w ago

It's a tremendous honour to have been elected a Fellow of the British Academy. I am deeply grateful for its support over the years and look forward to giving back as a Fellow.

The British Academy@britishacademy.bsky.social · 3w ago

The British Academy has elected 92 new Fellows in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences. Congratulations to all those elected today. Read the full announcement: https://bit.ly/4f64C4x

Dr Dave Hitchcock@davehitchcock.bsky.social · 3w ago

Every major player in UK HE quoted in this piece is saying the same thing. It is very, very bad and without action from government it will get much worse. Thousands of students will lose out. The uniform response would be encouraging, except it only happens under serious collective stress.

Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 3w ago

‘Thousands of university job cuts in humanities and social sciences are creating widespread cold spots for languages, classics and theology degrees, the British Academy has warned’ www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Claire Langhamer@clairelanghamer.bsky.social · last mo.

Being at Chalke History Festival reminds me yet again how interconnected university-based history and other forms of history-making are. The thing we do in one place explicitly supports the thing we do in another. University cuts, closures and job losses harm the entire history eco-system.

Advocating for History by Doing History - On History

This blog was written by Claire Langhamer, Director of the IHR Historians are very good at crafting arguments and in recent times very many people have advanced very many arguments about why history m...

blog.history.ac.uk