does history, as contemporary as you can take it
University of Sussex
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Young women of the 70s.
Who remembers the impact this book had?
Whispers spoken.
Suddenly not alone.
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In his new book, 'Policing the Beats', musician and academic Lambros Fatsis examines how Black music cultures are being criminalised.
In this extract for @CrackMagazine, he outlines the themes covered in the book and why the law needs changing: crackmagazine.net/article/lo…
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A Level standard! 😂 Take it from someone who did it, jobs where you actually need to be able to analyse the subtext of Tess of the fucking D’Urbevilles are pretty thin on the ground
Migrants must learn English to A-level standard to work in Britain, Home Secretary announces
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There's been lots of talk recently about getting disabled/long-term sick people back into the workforce, but very little about the 60,000 disabled people waiting for support to do just that
Here's what's going on with the Access to Work scheme 🧵👇
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My book has a cover! Strange to have more than a decade of thinking and many years of research distilled into a single image, but thanks to the designers @UChicagoPress – at Chicago, IL
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It’s DWP £10 Christmas bonus day! Remember to spend it in a way that would drive the Daily Mail absolutely batshit. A bottle of Prosecco or 5% of a widescreen TV? Go wild!!!!
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Chapter 14: @RosieGahnstrom @ProfLRobinson & Rachel Thomson, Is sex good for you? Risk, reward, and responsibility for young women in the late 1980s - conversations about sex & pleasure across moments in time
Publishing today - the next in our #SocialHistoriesofMedicine series 🏥
What is the history of 'everyday health' in the post-war world, and where might we find it?
Edited by @bodyselffamily and @KateFMahoney
Research supported by the @wellcometrust
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'Now that's what I call a decade to remember.' - @suzanne_moore, @Telegraph
Now that's what I call a history of the 1980s by @ProfLRobinson tells the story of eighties Britain through its popular culture, from Lady Diana's legs to the miners' strike.
#1980s #history #culture
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"The 80s was a pop culture minefield that only a nimble guide can guide you through. 'Now that's what I call a history of the 80s does this with a keen cultural eye and captivating turn of phrase" - @johnrobb77
The story of 80s Britain through its pop culture by @ProfLRobinson.
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Following the cessation of services provided by Transpora Bus South West last weekend we committed to running
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ALT David Bowie, Enid Blyton and the sun machine
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Thinking backwards, sideways & forwards about the politicising of sex & relationships advice in 1980s by Rachel Thomson, @RosieGahnstrom & @ProfLRobinson Fascinating revisiting of the ESRC Women, Risk & AIDS project 1988-1990. #Sociology80s
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Happy #PrideMonth! 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
30% off selected titles right now, head to our website to check out our Pride Month reading list and the titles discounted until the end of June, including these books 👇🏼 📚
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'Now that's what I call a history of the 1980s' by @ProfLRobinson tells the story of 80s Britain through its popular culture.
From Lady Diana's legs to the miners' strike, it's an alternative history to the one we think we know.
Now 50% OFF in our Summer Sale (link in bio) ☀️
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Three-year fixed-term lectureship in C20th history just been advertised here at Newcastle! Closing date 20th May. jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastle… #twitterstorians
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Come be my colleague please! 🙏🙏🙏🙏jobs.ac.uk/job/DGY958/lectur…
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Very pleased to be sent Zerox Machine by Matthew Worley - no punk revisionist cliches but a proper and scholarly examination of a fascinating phenomenon
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We’re honoured to once again be Higher Education Partner for @brightdome & @brightfest 2024! Putting education at the heart of the annual celebration of arts, culture & creativity in the city. Learn more about the involvement of Sussex & @AttenboroughCtr : ow.ly/MGXz50QBHze
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'I loved the group, it was my political romance!' Consult digitised @LGSMpride minutes, ephemera & other LGSM material from Nigel Young's incredible #archives @BishopsgateInst in a new online resource bishopsgate.org.uk/collectio…
