Dan
Historian of the near-present ✍️
Co-editor, In Solidarity, Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956 (@manchesterup.bsky.social, 2025)
Co-convenor, IHR Contemporary British History seminar (@cont-brit-hist.bsky.social)
#cpfc 🔵🔴
- Looking forward to this, next Wednesday! Margot Rashba will be joining the IHR Contemporary British History seminar to talk about Vivienne Westwood, punk and Britishness – sign up to attend here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... @ihr.bsky.social @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social @bostonu.bsky.social
- On 11th Feb, Margot Rashba (@bostonu.bsky.social) will present in-person: '“All of London Started With Her”: Vivienne Westwood’s Punk and Britishness' www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
- Reposted by DanVery cool talk on Vivienne Westwood and Britishness by Margot Rashba on Feb 11th. Corsets and safety-pins optional. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
- In 1964, a letter to the Croydon Advertiser commented on news that a former Labour candidate had defected to the Conservatives. "There must be something in the air of Croydon South that encourages political somersaults", they said. Time for an incomplete list of Labour somersaults in Croydon...
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- Looking forward to tonight's talk on socialist feminism by Amy Longmuir (@amyloulongmuir.bsky.social) at the IHR's Contemporary British History seminar (@cont-brit-hist.bsky.social)! We start at 5.30pm in N304, more details and sign-up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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- Reposted by DanTo celebrate the publication of @d-j-frost.bsky.social and mine’s book ‘In Solidarity, Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956’, I am giving away a copy to one randomly chosen person who reposts this post by 11.59pm ACST Sunday 1 Feb. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/
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- Reposted by DanLook what arrived in the mail today! You can currently get your very own copy with a 40% discount until the end of January via the @manchesterup.bsky.social website. @d-j-frost.bsky.social manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/
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- We have got a great set of @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminars organised this term! Our seminars are every other Wednesday, 5.30-7.00pm (GMT), at @ihr.bsky.social N304 or online. They can all be seen and registered for here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
- Reposted by DanOur programme for this term's @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminars at @ihr.bsky.social is now available! Please do join us in-person or online. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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- Some cute details in this report of the 1926 General Strike in Croydon: "A baby in arms carried a flag, and a boy rode in a toy all-red motor car." I'm guessing something like this?: www.antiques-atlas.com/antique/fren... #skystorians
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- John Lewis – as in 'Reply to John Lewis', *that* John Lewis – was the son of a Mayor of Croydon..?
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- "[The book] highlights that the LRBW was a multifaceted organization. It had a wide appeal because it did not confine itself to the tumultuous auto plants and college campuses of the late 1960s, but because League members were also active in their communities and schools."
- Is there some way to order saved bookmarks by date on the British Newspaper Archive? Or even search them by date? Very annoying and tedious for them to be listed in the order that I saved them
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- A couple weeks until this event at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social on Jan 21st – I'll be chatting to @katrinanavickas.bsky.social about her fantastic new book *Contested Commons* (@reaktionbooks.bsky.social). Really looking forward to it! Get your tickets here: housmans.com/event/book-t...
- Reposted by DanHAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉 To celebrate the start of a new year, we are currently offering 40% OFF EVERY SINGLE BOOK on our website, until 31st January 2026. Head to our website (link in bio) to shop now. #booksky
- Reposted by DanThe Society invites applications for the following three funding programmes, with deadlines 23 to 31 January 2026 bit.ly/3LbxDQb > RHS Workshop Grants > Applied History Fellowships, in association with @ihr.bsky.social > Fellowships, for completion of a History PhD, also with the IHR #Skystorians
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- Reposted by DanEveryone’s doing end of year round ups, so here’s mine: Published two edited volumes this year. One with @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social and @yiannicart.bsky.social. The other with @d-j-frost.bsky.social. Both available now! brill.com/display/titl... manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/
- Reposted by DanBursaries are available for our new short courses @ihr.bsky.social - have a browse over this festive season! We deliver high-quality training programmes and unique learning opportunities to a wide community of historians of all career stages & historical interests. www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...
- Are you using #maps in research? Want to learn about their history and use as sources? In London in late January? Sign up for @ihr.bsky.social short course, Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place! #maphistory #skystorians 🗃️
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- Getting a university publisher to share an Instagram post with Enter Shikari playing over it is surely one of the highlights of my career youtu.be/ZQgNQu30RcI?...
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- Look what arrived today! Ask your library to order a copy: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179593/ @evansmithhist.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social
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- Was busy attending a great @swwdtp.bsky.social Winter Gathering in Bristol as an alumni, so have been slow to announce, but really pleased that I've been elected as a Fellow of the @royalhistsoc.org! Especially grateful to @caitbeaumont.bsky.social for the encouragement to apply 😄
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- Impressed by Uche – glad that Nketiah scored but don't think he can lead the line like Mateta does, Uche caused problems and got in the right positions #cpfc
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- Join Armand Azra bin Azlira, Eveline Lubbers, Hazel Perry and myself at 5.30pm (GMT) online, as we speak to the IHR Contemporary British History seminar (@cont-brit-hist.bsky.social) about our chapters in 'In solidarity, under suspicion' (@manchesterup.bsky.social) www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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- It is interesting that @thisisyourparty.bsky.social has been relatively closely following the "1-9-90" rule that @paologerbaudo.bsky.social has discussed as a characteristic of "digital parties": - 800,000 expressed support - 50,000 joined as members - 8-10,000 participating in online voting
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- A busy (and jetlagged) return to London, but I'm still thinking about @thenacbs.bsky.social in Montreal last weekend! Great to be joined by @alfiesteer.bsky.social and @racheljcollett.bsky.social for our panel on activism in the 1990s, and very grateful to Jess White for stepping in as chair ☃️
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- Reposted by DanThis is a brilliant easy on empire loyalism, multicultural drift and dispossessed whiteness in outer south London. Cc @academicdiary.bsky.social @transpontine.bsky.social @ashdisorient.bsky.social @liamliburd.bsky.social
