Pleased to be featured in two entries with Alex Gillett - on serendipity and scrapbooks - in this authoritative new volume. www.elgaronline.com/display/book...

I don't think Mark's point is necessarily as ridiculous as some people are suggesting. If he lives in the Durham village of New Brancepeth, for instance, it would take him 40 minutes and two buses to get to the 'big Sainsbury's' in Durham, and a Durham Arriva day rover will remain at £6.

Jo Kibble (Political Animal)@politicanimal.bsky.social · 2w ago

A fine example of why the BBC should not publish vox-pops (“‘Bus fare cut is no good for those who drive’ says Durham man” is literally the headline here) without challenge or context. Buses, famously the preserve of the managerial classes.

Soccer-mad world cup predictions are out! soccermadboffins.blogspot.com/2026/07/pred...

A £2 bus fare is a great headline, but of course most people who rely on buses will need to make more than a single journey per day and won't necessarily be helped by this, especially if they need to change routes on their journey. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Most bus fares in England to be capped at £2 from January

The government says the policy will "help with the cost of living and give people the breathing space they need"

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I don’t think I can begin to get across how much this amazing man means to me, or how, in the space a of a few short months he seemed to transform the world, because, as far as I was concerned, he did. (short 🧵 following if I can compose myself)

Big news in the pub world. Hopefully they'll keep the dark mild. www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2624097...

'Absolute titan' of British brewing Humphrey Smith dies aged 81

“An absolute titan” of the British brewing world- Humphrey Smith of Sam Smith's Brewery- has passed away, aged 81.

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Out Now for the #FIFAWorldCup - we consider the bureaucratic origins of soccer. #mgthis #bizhis #mbh www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Association football and the administrators who made it, c. 1863–1914

The game of ‘association football’ or ‘soccer’ emerged as an English amateur pastime, to metamorphize into the ‘world’s game’. In this historiographical contribution we consider the formative histo...

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Ben Stokes is retiring from England to get Durham promoted. Easily explained. #cricket

The Stokes/Ackerman thing does sound like a throwback 19th century amateurism. 'you can have a replacement but they must play with a hand behind their back.' Shows how that thinking still influences the game now @martycricket.bsky.social

Saw Shalamar in Leeds a couple of years ago, they are well worth it at least. @martycricket.bsky.social Also if ECB wanted to protect Stokes they should have stopped Durham playing him rather than have to intervene in this match.

Pleased to get a positive review for our book in @businesshistory.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Foundations of Managing British Olympics: Institutions through Time

Published in Business History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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Soccer-mad update - predictions for #FIFAWorldCup2026 and they're doing something clever in the maths department. soccermadboffins.blogspot.com/2026/06/unit...

United 2026 FIFA World Cup is Here! Tournament Predictions are Here!

The 2026 FIFA World Cupo kicks-off TODAY, co-hosted by Canada, USA and Mexico. In this blog post we look back at our existing published rese...

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Soccer-mad report on our event with Boro superfan Robert Nicholls @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social which happened on Saturday. soccermadboffins.blogspot.com/2026/06/repo...

Report: York Festival of Ideas 2026

On Saturday 6th June we had the great pleasure to host North East subculture hero Robert Nicholls (lead singer of Shrug, editor of England...

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Good to see Emilio Gay doing well for England but I guess we won't be getting him back for Durham for a while now!

Got World Cup Fever and want to find out if England was better at hosting than Mexico, Canada and the US? You can still get my book about 1966. www.amazon.co.uk/Foundations-...

Foundations of Managing Sporting Events: Organising the 1966 FIFA World Cup (Routledge International Studies in Business History)

Foundations of Managing Sporting Events: Organising the 1966 FIFA World Cup (Routledge International Studies in Business History) : Tennent, Kevin, Gillett, Alex: Amazon.co.uk: Books

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Google Gemini drawn map of the rail network.

Ready to explore ‘Place and Space’? 🌍✨ Here is your daily guide to what’s on today (3 June) at the York Festival of Ideas! From inspiring talks to interactive experiences, don't miss out on today's amazing lineup of mostly FREE events: yorkfestivalofideas.com/2026/

Medieval business history.

Victoria County History@vch-home.bsky.social · 2mo ago

You may be aware of the Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516 - there is a new map-based interface by @docuracy.co.uk available alongside the original (archived) version @bho.bsky.social - take a look! #Skystorians

If everything here is true, then it does show that there is a limit to organisational bullying even in the corporate world. Good for #BP for sorting this out. www.ft.com/content/d293...

BP removes chair Albert Manifold after claims of bullying

Hands-on approach was viewed as aggressive by several colleagues at UK oil major

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'You must help me clear my attic, and you will be grateful for doing so'

Ian Kikuchi@curatorian.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This story, insofar as it deals with the National Railway Museum, is utterly absurd. If you rock up to a museum event expecting to dump a load of stuff on the staff, and are then surprised to be politely refused, then you clearly have no idea what museums are for. www.cityam.com/a-state-of-t...

I find looking at old grounds on #nlsmaps fascinating especially when @durhamcricket.bsky.social play away so thought others might enjoy a thread on the County Ground on old maps too @martycricket.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/kevi...

Dr Kevin D. Tennent@kevindtennent.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Presently @durhamcricket.bsky.social are playing @kentcricket.co.uk at the County Ground, their south-east London ground. Start of a new semi-regular series of #groundhistories where I use #nlsmaps to look at the historical geography of a sports ground to see what we can learn about context.

Presently @durhamcricket.bsky.social are playing @kentcricket.co.uk at the County Ground, their south-east London ground. Start of a new semi-regular series of #groundhistories where I use #nlsmaps to look at the historical geography of a sports ground to see what we can learn about context.

Perhaps one of the most influential people in modern British history.

Joel Morris@gralefrit.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Stop! It is necessary for you to see graphic designer extraordinaire Margaret Calvert’s 90th birthday cake. Perfection.

New open access publication out about the #LondonUnderground from a #projectmanagement perspective. 🗃️ We look the Yerkes, New Works and 1960s periods to reveal project costing evolved from an ex-post to ex-ante model, showing how Treasury centred VFM conceptions took hold. doi.org/10.1017/eso....

This is quite something - the #AoM - an American institution in management studies which attracts 10,000 people annually and traditionally cycles around places like Chicago, Boston, Atlanta and Seattle is moving its next few meetings after 2027 out of the US.

Paul Hünermund@p-hunermund.com · 3mo ago

Wow — #AOM seems to be slowly fleeing the U.S. at this point, probably because participation expectations for Philadelphia this year are so much lower than last year.

6 June at 3.15pm - Warm up for the #FIFAWorldCup2026 with top football grounds expert Robert Nichols - who is our @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social guest this year! yorkfestivalofideas.com/2026/calenda...

Football’s Physical and Virtual Spaces

Join Robert Nichols, editor and host of Middlesbrough FCs fanzine and internet chat forum, as he reflects on his work championing the people’s game and looks forward to this year’s FIFA World Cup.

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Don't forget Dutch St Maarten which they share with France! Bonaire a beautiful island known for its flamingo population, salt flats and sand dunes. Very unusual but not many people there. @martycricket.bsky.social

Having researched World Cup and Olympic organisaitonal histories, Twenty Twenty Six is actually quite believable. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Twenty Twenty Six

48 countries, three host nations - former BBC head of values Ian Fletcher takes on the world’s biggest football tournament. So that's all good then. Starring Hugh Bonneville.

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This funded PhD will use one of our recent accessions, the archive of Fair Trade pioneer Robin Murray. More details at the link below...

Dr Kevin D. Tennent@kevindtennent.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Fancy doing a funded PhD in the Business History field? We are looking for someone to work on some business archives donated to the @uoyborthwick.bsky.social by the #Fairtrade pioneer Robin Murray. More details below! www.york.ac.uk/business-soc...

Fancy doing a funded PhD in the Business History field? We are looking for someone to work on some business archives donated to the @uoyborthwick.bsky.social by the #Fairtrade pioneer Robin Murray. More details below! www.york.ac.uk/business-soc...