Kelly Hignett

@kellyhignett

Historian, Academic, Blogger . Tweets are my own. Central/East Europe, communism, crime & deviance. Bibliophile, cat lover, wine lover, European.

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Joined February 2009
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    9 Jun 2015

    'The Soviet Past in the Post-Socialist Present' - a forthcoming Routledge collection, including a chapter by me:

    11 retweets 28 likes
  2. 40 minutes ago

    Really interesting piece by on how social media is radicalising politics; as radio did in the 1930s

    Rational Optimist: Twitter and Facebook are tearing us apart
    11 retweets 16 likes
  3. 2 hours ago

    The . A MASSIVE reason to drag our attention away from for the moment. This from

    75 retweets 36 likes
  4. 23 minutes ago

    It is a tragic consequence of that has had to make this statement

    78 retweets 10 likes
  5. 36 minutes ago

    Academic co-operation with the UK remains essential for Europe

    , , and 2 others
    9 retweets 3 likes
  6. 4 hours ago

    This and the 16 tweets leading up to it offer a not unreasonable view from abroad ....

    17: the whole thing really does see like an uncanny and unprovoked national self-immolation.
    539 retweets 385 likes
  7. 14 hours ago

    German TV news presenters can't help laughing as they announce as Britain's new Foreign Minister.

    2,157 retweets 1,513 likes
  8. 14 hours ago

    Everyone's reaction so far to Boris Johnson's role

    583 retweets 438 likes
  9. 20 hours ago

    Today in announcements you wouldn't have thought necessary

    38 retweets 24 likes
  10. 17 hours ago

    Over a million people. A MILLION. A million living, breathing, fellow human beings. In the UK.

    When David Cameron arrived in office, 61,468 people relied on foodbanks. Today, as he prepares to leave, that figure sits at 1,109,309.
    5 retweets 2 likes
  11. Jul 13

    We look into the history of government cats

    66 retweets 59 likes
  12. 23 hours ago

    Oh god. It's happened. The cats have taken over while we were all too busy to notice.

    6,233 retweets 7,190 likes
  13. 23 hours ago

    Cameron holds up a picture of a cat in , shouts I LOVE THIS CAT and this just seems normal after the last few weeks of British politics

    397 retweets 408 likes
  14. Jul 13 Walthamstow, London

    Today's burning question: what outfit will the new First Gentleman Mr May choose for his first foray onto the Downing Street catwalk?

    19 retweets 13 likes
  15. Jul 12

    What an amazing programme is - shame it's two weeks to late to show the human stories behind Farage's shameful poster

    5 retweets 12 likes
  16. Jul 12

    "Women Working, 1800-1930"; Harvard Univ. library open collections

    21 retweets 14 likes
  17. Jul 12

    Soon to be ex-PM Cameron's EU Blue moving van drives up to 10 Downing. Somebody put some gold stars on that thing.

    183 retweets 297 likes
  18. Jul 12

    If The Media Wrote About Theresa May's Husband The Way They Write About Samantha Cameron

    1 retweet 5 likes
  19. Jul 12

    Simon's Cat explains 🙂

  20. Jul 12

    inspired by the real life Lizzie the elephant, who worked in Sheffield during WWI!

    4 likes

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