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David Hendy
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Writer, broadcaster, historian of modern culture, Prof. Emeritus University of Sussex. 'The BBC: A People's History' (2022). 'Noise: A Human History', BBC Radio 4 (2013). Currently writing about wartime Rep: Caroline Dawnay, United Agents
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Thank you!

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There's an excellent quote I can't quite recall and I'm hoping the wise people of Bluesky will be able to help me with, from the 1940s or 50s, about the difficulty of finding somewhere to stay as a Brit from the West Indies, of how everyone would love to have you as a lodger, but "the neighbours".

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DHdavidhendy.bsky.social

Very helpful list, thank you. Happy to be added if you think it appropriate

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A stirring call for papers/call for action to historians of Modern Britain projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs/

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Pentre Ifan

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Installed today on Bournville Green: take a look if you're passing through south Birmingham and are interested in photography, town planning, housing and community, and the stories we tell about the past. www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/pr...

Professor Matt Houlbrook partners with artist Stuart Whipps for an outdoor exhibition in Bournville - University of Birmingham
Professor Matt Houlbrook partners with artist Stuart Whipps for an outdoor exhibition in Bournville - University of Birmingham

The When We Build Again: Revisited exhibition examines Bournville’s past and present to open a conversation about its future.

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Peter Apps"'But I believe the dark heart of this catastrophe lies in this simple, depressing narrative: the state stepped back, corporate greed stepped in and innocent people died" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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And Sunday evening cooling off at Seaford, Sussex

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David Hendy
@davidhendy.bsky.social
Writer, broadcaster, historian of modern culture, Prof. Emeritus University of Sussex. 'The BBC: A People's History' (2022). 'Noise: A Human History', BBC Radio 4 (2013). Currently writing about wartime Rep: Caroline Dawnay, United Agents
655 followers748 following152 posts