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Julia Laite ([email protected])

@JuliaLaite

Teller of small stories. Historian of gender, migration & public history at Birkbeck. Townie Cantabrigian. Eternally homesick settler Newfoundlander.

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School run on my bike. Shoelace gets caught in an old wire fence. After a few moments of balancing & clinging to hope in nether-time, I fell slowly & comically over into a giant patch of stinging nettles. Maybe I've absorbed enough bad luck so someone else has a good morning?

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The most rapidly organised book I've ever edited is at final proof stage. If you want to read accessible essays from some of the best known expert historians about some of the most controversial aspects of Britain's colonial history, instead of listening only to what political

The most rapidly organised book I've ever edited is at final proof stage. If you want to read accessible essays from some of the best known expert historians about some of the most controversial aspects of Britain's colonial history, instead of listening only to what political
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Every year around this time, I make temporary friends with the ducks who frequent my little stretch of river bank. This year, the ducks are spectacular. I call them the Wedding Ducks, and they come to the door every evening to call upon me and my stash of seeds. I'm in love.

Every year around this time, I make temporary friends with the ducks who frequent my little stretch of river bank. This year, the ducks are spectacular. I call them the Wedding Ducks, and they come to the door every evening to call upon me and my stash of seeds. I'm in love.
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The British Government recently launched a £6M tender for antisemitism training in schools, colleges and universities. The tender centres the IHRA definition. Diaspora Alliance is now taking the Government to court. This important thread explains why. Please share and support.

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What a delight to go to the Blake exhibition at the Fitzwilliam and run into my boyfriend Samuel Palmer, who is, turns out, a total dish.

What a delight to go to the Blake exhibition at the Fitzwilliam and run into my boyfriend Samuel Palmer, who is, turns out, a total dish.
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OMG Kid the Younger has just shown me the trailer for Jurassic World: Chaos Theory. I am so excited even though I am not technically a child and this is technically a children's television series.

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