#Yorkshire

My #VintageMagTweets tonight will be about the media's handling of Peter Sutcliffe, the so-called Yorkshire Ripper. There's an excellent (but obviously upsetting) documentary by Liza Williams that's just been aired
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So over on Instagram I accidentally started compiling a list of really cool historical women that I thought I'd share with you. You've probably heard of some of these, maybe
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Happy Sunday everyone. Took a trip to a wondrous place.My fells guidebook fell open on this page.I'd never known Alfred Wainwright be so cheerful:"A place to lie adreaming, and life
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Today, for some reason, we’re thinking about #ReconstructionHere’s some amazing Iron Age hillfort recreations that have recently caught our eye, starting with this excellent picture of Yeavering Bell © Eric
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THREAD: A Pigeon Named Joe > CommsHat tip to @Jess_369_ for the heads up on this article.This pigeon appears to be adept at many roles: racing, carrier and messenger.Ho. Lee.
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There is, unfortunately, a bit of a pattern here.https://twitter.com/jreynoldsmp/status/1288951616771588096 Of course decisions need to be taken fast. But issues such as these really need to be run through at the
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Can people afford to self-isolate? If they can't, breaking covid chains of transmission is all but impossible. So what is the data saying? We've been looking into Self Isolation Support
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Forgive me, I am about to compose a thread that will be of interest to two people, none of which are related to me. It's on my old stomping ground
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Musings on mortality data.Just thought I'd take a peek as the government's latest "Weekly national Influenza and COVID-19 surveillance report".The dry title belies the wealth of interesting data it contains.https://assets.
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And we're finally live! 'An Unbroken chain', the first investigation since I took up the editor role at @JPIMediaData, examines slavery in the UK almost six years after the Modern
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Small, niche thread on (political) polling and whether we need to start having BAME/ non-white cross breaks as a standard in public polls, inspired by various conversations from @election_data, @MattSingh_
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"No deal" food shortage fears in "news" yet again (with no doubt the usual 'project fear' retorts). Let's see if I can *again* (as an ex logistics freight forwarding customs
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Thinking of Paula Rawnsley and all of Thomas's family and friends today. Thomas died in February 2015, coming up to 6yrs ago. Last September I was in Sheffield Coroner's Court
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Black Britain beyond London: a thread St Paul’s Carnival, Bristol (80’s + 90’s) The Chrysalis Community Project. Moss Side, Manchester (1996) West Indian Steel Workers, Wolverhampton (1970s)Photographed by Nick
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I agree with almost all of this from @nadinebh_ - I hope she won't mind if I add a few based on my personal experiences when I was getting started
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Happy #TransAwarenessWeek btw! We have the warmest love for our trans fans, friends and family Support Trans artists this week, buy their music, buy their merch!Here's a great playlist
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