@themesfromretro @blurrygintonic I can do anything i just choose not to do certain things sometimes

Laura Swift, Editorial Co-ordinator at Manchester University Press! 🎇

At the hotel in Frankfurt there was a publishing convention and every room was taken, parties all night. I didn’t know there were so many book publishers in the world. I was trying to find Crystal Lake Publishing so I could congratulate them on publishing The Great God Pan, one

Sometimes the university inspires us to do our best work in order to stop the university from doing its worst work

should be fine

English Heritage staff repositioning the Stones at Stonehenge ready for the the end of British Summer Time this weekend (27th ROCKTOBER) ⏰⬅️😀#ClocksGoBack #BST #DayLghtSavingTime #Thattimeofyear #Calendar #Rocktober

oh fuck off

This also means inequality is rising. The poorest third of households are seeing their real disposable incomes fall by 3.3% between today and October 2029, while the highest income third see a fall of 1.7%. 3/

A photographer I follow on Instagram has put together that his bronzer use amps up when he’s stressed / close to an election and is tied to his days in the rise of reality tv, and it’s fascinating (More screenshots in replies)

On Thursday 31 October, students and staff from the University of Manchester (UoM), along with the wider community, disrupted a normalisation event titled “Is Antizionism Anti-semitism”.

It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them. While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right.

The first Verso Books Palestine Pamphlets are here 🇵🇸 🍉 versobooks.com/en-gb/collecti…

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So pleased to be able to announce this, and delighted to be working with Steven Jones and Dr Sadia Habib on this exciting new series!

Introducing: University Reimagined A new #HigherEducation book series offering a home for fresh ideas about higher ed, & innovative solutions to the challenges it faces. Steven Jones Dr Sadia Habib Laura Swift 🦇 Proposals now OPEN! Find out more 👇

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my main impression of the English civil war from this book about the 17th century is that it went on forfuckingever and was oddly boring

I'm at #ASA2025 in Birmingham this week with Manchester University Press! Come and say hello to talk books