Crazy how if you (apparently) have high levels of testosterone TERFs will call you a man but if you’re like okay then I’ll take some more and be a man they’re like NO YOU’RE NOT

BREAKING 🚨🚨🚨 Women’s 100 meter runners told to slow down towards the end and let the white athletes catch up incase JK Rowling calls them men and starts an international witch hunt.

the number of people posting "the Nazi setting fire to police stations shows that I've been right all along" takes without considering any possible downsides to "the Nazi agrees with me, look" is... sobering

If you are saying the ‘legitimate concerns’ of rioters ‘need to be listened to’ then sorry but you are supporting them.

‘Pockets of disorder’ ‘rival protests’ ‘anti-immigration protesters’ ‘protesters outside a mosque’ Language that legitimises racism and Islamophobia has led us here, and the BBC continue to do a fabulous job of playing down brown and black people being targeted and battered

Ashworth demonising migrants housed in hotels barely a month ago

Responding to the race riots, PM Keir Starmer told a press conference just now: "if you target people because of the colour of their skin or their faith, then that is far-right and I'm prepared to say so". Stopped short of calling rioters "racist" or "Islamophobic".

MPs have been told over and over again not to publicly name asylum seeker accommodation because it is dangerous. This hotel was set on fire tonight. They are your constituents too. You doxxed them in the Houses of Parliament.

Can we actually sit for a moment with how insane it is that we’re advising people to stay home or don’t be out alone for their safety because of possible racial demonstrations?

"We’ve spent years having a conversation about immigration. Could we perhaps try having a conversation about how immigrants are human beings worthy of respect and Nigel Farage should f*ck off, please?" Some thoughts on some riots. jonn.substack.com/p/its-all-kick…

Matthew Pinsent is a vile bigot prick and his rant there summed him up. BBC Sport have to clean house before the next olympics. We as a country deserve better.

Our latest blog looks at an event last June that we hope will kickstart a project about Leicester's Victorian terraced housing. We aim to run more events and apply for funding. In the meantime, this is the story so far: eastmidsoha.home.blog/2024/08/08/ter…

1/3 📣The #migrantdressarchive is partnering with Leicester Museums & Galleries to host a workshop to celebrate and tell Leicester’s migration stories through dress! We invite you to share your migration stories through clothing items, accessories, and photographs of outfits

This looks fantastic! Share your stories of migrating to Leicester through clothing and accessories 🥻🧵👇

Now it has a website and is available to pre-order I'm so excited to announce that my second book — Liverpool and the Un-Making of Britain — will be out next spring with Bloomsbury/Head of Zeus! waterstones.com/book/liverpool…

A note for university leaders, managers, decision-makers about strategic priorities and the student recruitment in years to come: the marketplace and share of market interest in History is expanding. Invest in History departments and staff to prepare.

It’s approaching that time of year again! I’ve been invited to speak at Leeds Beckett to mark this year’s Black History Month. If you’re in Leeds on the evening of 3 October, it’d be lovely to see you there. BHM-LJL.eventbrite.co.uk/?aff=Speaker #BHM2024

In December 2023, project co-lead Dr Mike Esbester of Univ. Ports History, spent a day at STEAM Museum with the fab Rose Ayling-Ellis for her episode of WDYTYA? UK. You'll guess there's a #Railway connection - find out more on Thursday 5 September at 9pm on BBC1! #WhoDoYouThinkYouAre

At least 12 people, with hopes and dreams, have died trying to reach the UK. Any politician who says they are shocked by these deaths is lying. They know the only way to 'stop the boats' is to open up safe routes so nobody has to risk their life to get here.

Kick starting our session on reinventing the urban past is Sally Hartshorne about selling Leicester! Urban History @ipm