Gary Sheffield

profgsheffield.bsky.social

21 October 2026 22:22

My new article is out: the PDF is free to download from my website profgarysheffield.com/my-books/rec... 'Before and After the Somme: providing Officers for the Armies of the British Empire', Stand To: Journal of the Western front Association, No. 143, September 2026, pp.15-21

Martin Lewis

martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com

21 October 2026 13:01

Finally looks like we may be getting somewhere... @andyburnham at #PMQs just now "“I can tell the House today that I have asked the chancellor and the energy secretary to look at whether we can remove standing charges from gas bills and to report back to this House at the earliest opportunity.”

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fourteeneighteen.co.uk

21 October 2026 12:54

Remembering those who perished so needlessly at Aberfan 60 years ago, many of whom were of my age. It shook me and it still does. Also thinking of those who fought for justice after the event.

Alice Roberts

profaliceroberts.bsky.social

20 October 2026 15:38

This is damning. So much could could have been done at the time, with what was known about COVID, and with what what resources we had. It’s hard not to read callous neglect into these findings. And that intentional neglect was layered with lies - like the “protective ring” - which did not exist.

The Guardian

theguardian.com

20 October 2026 15:37

‘Unguarded moments’: a lost archive of street photography – in pictures