Barb Drummond

"The promise of higher education is often framed in terms of opportunity. But if working-class academics feel they must leave parts of themselves at the door, inclusion remains conditional, and the system remains unchanged and perpetuates historical inequalities. "

More from @DavidByrne #SleepingBeauties on the durability of #RomanConcrete being #SelfHealing

From #DavidByrne’s book @SleepingBeauties #Kepler believed thst #planets had #souls

🙂 Loving the growing resistance to AI and datacentres all over the world, especially in the US. We do not have to accept this mindless shit that nobody asked for. #RejectAI #PitchforksAgainstDatacentres🧑‍🌾🧑‍🌾🧑‍🌾

No new oil and gas in our seas! Offshore drilling causes hundreds of toxic spills, deafens whales, and won't even lower our energy bills. It's time to stop letting Big Oil profit at the expense of our ocean. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

1000s of tonnes of pumpkin get thrown away after #Halloween each year. Some of those pumpkins are dumped in woods. 🎃 They disturb the sensitive balance of woodland soils. 🌱 Please put it in your food waste or compost bin when you're finished or bury it in your garden for worms to enjoy. ♻️

Grouse moors are still being burnt - and it's killing us (guest blog by Bob Berzins) raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/10/23/g...

#Kempsford #SteepleSaturday

#SteepleSaturday @Cricklade

I support Wikipedia, where information is still human-created, fact-checked, and 100% free. Join me! donate.wikimedia.org

Enough is enough. Devastating wildfires are threatening our communities, our wildlife, and our landscapes 🌳 We need the UK Gov to back our amazing fire fighters and invest in a real national wildfire prevention plan. Join me and sign the petition here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...

Ian Heslop on 5Live recalling 40 years as editor of Private Eye. He can be proud of his work and influence. A really courageous bloke.

Corporate Welfare Rolls-Royce closing in on £200m govt subsidy to fund development of new engine. Free money. No means-testing. Govt not taking equity stake, money not repayable. RR had operating profit of £3.5bn in 2024-25, will hand up to £9bn to shareholders over next 3 years. archive.ph/r18wm

#StMary #Shrewsbury #FontsOnFriday

#FontsOnFriday #Shrewsbury #StChad

#AdoorableDoors #IronworkThursday @Ledbury

Sacristy door at St Gereon, Cologne for #AdoorableThursday #Köln

Hi, I am one of the editors of the Jahrbuch für Kommunikationsgeschichte (Yearbook for Communication History). We publish around 80 reviews annually, open access. #skystorians, feel encouraged to highlight your new and upcoming publications from around the topic to me daniel.bellingradt@uni-a.de

#IronworkThursday #Ledbury #Coalbrookdale

#Fownhope #IronworkThursday #Woodnesday #Engines of #Punishment

Never forgotten. BBC News - 60 years on: The Aberfan disaster through the eyes of those who survived - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

From @HistoryToday #DancingWomen and #Camels

I am actively recruiting participants for my PhD, check out the blogpost to learn more (in ASL & English) 🤗

From @HistoryToday mystery illness in #CornishMines

#WallsOnWednesday @Oxford

#WallsOnWednesday #MagdaleneCollege @Oxford

#Longborough #TextileTuesday

#Batsford #TextileTuesday

#TextileTuesday @Snowshill

#MetalworkMonday

#Parklife

Before #vaccination the horrors of #smallpox

The Sovereign Grant to the King doesn’t count as taxable income. Payments by the state to Britons, such as the state pension, carer’s allowance, contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance, and contribution-based employment and support allowance are taxable. That's the law.

#SundaySermons @NortonCanons

#SundaySigns @NortonCanon

Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. I've signed the petition to stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

#StainedGlassSunday @BowesMuseum

#SundaySermons #Christchurch @Bath

#SundaySermons @BathAbbey

#SundaySermons #StJohn @Bath

This is insane and I love it

#FontsOnFriday @Uley

What a thread. The whole of human life.

#ScarecrowSaturday @Bridgnorth

#FontsOnFriday @StMary @Bridgnorth

#FontsOnFriday @Bridgnorth

#FontsOnFriday @ShrewsburyMuseum #font or #Quern?

#FontsOnFriday @ShrewsburyAbbey

Watching Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy, I was shocked to see the damage the chicken industry is doing to rivers, communities and animals. And now I’ve learned the Government wants to expand Big Chicken. I've signed the petition to stop it 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...