by @gaf-young.bsky.social
A feed looking for certain key words related to English devolution from a curated list of accounts.
Old English Wordhord sealt, n.n: salt (literally and figuratively). (SEH-alt / ˈsɛalt) Image: Lot’s wife is turned into a pillar of salt in the Old English Hexateuch; England (Canterbury), 11th century; @britishlibrary.bsky.social Cotton Claudius B IV, f. 33r. #OldEnglish #WOTD
Working Class History #OtD 9 Oct 1972 3000 council tenants in Kirkby, England launched a rent strike against the Housing Finances Act which increased rents. It lasted 14 months stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1094...
Working Class History #OtD 9 Oct 1908 Australian anarchist poet Harry Hooton, who participated in the Sydney Push scene in Sydney, was born in Doncaster, England stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1261...
Adam Bienkov 60% of those who responded to the Bank of England consultation called for pictures of wildlife on bank notes. Does he think the British people are conducting a "slow, steady and relentless attack" on themselves?