Matthew Bridson

Grateful to have caught #TheCrucible @LeedsPlayhouse tonight. The set, lighting, and movement choices shaped an atmosphere that was inescapably heavy with a sense of unrelenting, quasi-voyeuristic scrutiny. Its scenes of frenzied fear and ill will were truly chilling @johnyoung1.

Checking in on some recent reviews on our @Coursera #MOOC (online course) 'Applied Public History: People, Places, Stories'. Proud to have a 4.8 star rating! Interested in #place-based #history, #PublicHistory and #engagement? This course is for you! coursera.org/learn/uol-publ…

So, so sorry to have missed your farewell while I've been away on leave, @JohnHodgsonUoM. It's been a sincere privilege getting to know you these past months and I wish you all the very best in your own next chapter! The Rylands will be the poorer without you.

Decolonising New River Head Researcher - Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration (qbcentre.org.uk)

Yet more great work happening thanks to the Carving Out Truths project at the Walker. Well done, @AlexSPatterson and the youth community curator team! 👏 theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

@Abi_Gilmore @OfficialUoM Congratulations, Abi! 👏 Hugely deserved (albeit belatedly granted).

Seems an ideal opp to announce my promotion to full Professor of Cultural Policy from August after 15 years @OfficialUoM 😁 Not that I'm not truly delighted/feeling both deserving & valued but the rash of peers (women) who've made same announcement recently tells this story ⬇️

"Be careful, when a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health." Albert Camus

if you are watching and enjoying #witch trials on channel 4 with Suranne Jones - with @witchesetc and our @madisonmitchel1 - & you want to know more, listen to our podcast where we have many experts talking about witchcraft trials of scotland & worldwide witchesofscotland.com

Want to learn more about the history of migration in Cheshire? As part of @chesterherifest we’re hosting a talk, alongside Migration Stories North West, on June 27 at 7pm, @ the Unity Centre, Chester. Hot food will be provided, please book through wtm360.co.uk/chester-herita…

We are hiring for this exciting new role of Curatorial Assistant Humanities (Provenance Researcher African Collections)@McrMuseum . Come and work with me; jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

🚨 BREAKING NEWS🚨 SAVE supporting local campaigner in urgent application for listed status for Manchester’s Medlock Mill to protect from demolition plans. New evidence reveals parts of mill date from c.1794. 🔗Read our press release: savebritainsheritage.org/campaigns/item… 📸 Andy Marland

🌍 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲? A lot! Explore how communities of colour in Europe are impacted through our groundbreaking new report. 📖 Read it here: unionofjustice.com/climateracism

Miss @McrMuseum hit exhibition ‘Golden Mummies of Egypt’? You can now discover its amazing collection of objects via Manchester Digital Collections! Come and explore Ancient Egypt’s association with gold, mummified bodies, and the afterlife... bit.ly/3R7vHb2

Home to the largest no. of Green-winged Orchids in Shropshire, Minsterley Meadows is special. It’s now for sale & at risk - just 1 year without management will mean numbers plummet! 🌱💔 Middle Marches Land Trust are fundraising to secure its future: middlemarchescommunitylandtrust.org.uk

ICYMI: job opportunity - three-year, full-time Research Fellowship in Writing & Place @MMUEnglishDept @McrWritingSchl working with colleagues in the Poetry Research Group & @PlaceCentre Closing date: 29 May manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy/r…