Historian, Emeritus Professor, University of Nottingham. He/him. 🏳️‍🌈https://bsky.app/profile/rossbalzaretti.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rossbalzaretti.bsky.social/post/3mrsjomt63s2yJason is the youngest Black professor in Cambridge’s history. Rightwing newspapers are trying to smear him with fake accusations of plagiarism. We can't let them. Stand up to their hate and division by adding your name. goodlawproject.org/s/3ec4c0 https://goodlawproject.org/s/3ec4c029 Jul 2026 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:se4mcafsmvptwjprfduvnlwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsjomt63s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/rossbalzaretti.bsky.social/post/3mrmgwgkams2rGood set of Guardian letters attacking the privatised water companies. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/26/blame-privatised-water-firms-for-hosepipe-bans?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other Their anti-social behaviour has to be stopped be renationalisation. Clean water is needed by us all.27 Jul 2026 08:08 +0000at://did:plc:se4mcafsmvptwjprfduvnlwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmgwgkams2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rossbalzaretti.bsky.social/post/3mrmfkn2qj22xMicrosoft wants to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/prevent-construction-of-microsoft-hyperscale-datacentres-in-leeds?source=bluesky&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky&share=5e438086-9dd4-4b73-9d30-6d33e167cf2727 Jul 2026 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:se4mcafsmvptwjprfduvnlwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrmfkn2qj22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rossbalzaretti.bsky.social/post/3mrcl6yf54c2eJust recieved my copy of this tribute to my friend of 30+ years Diego Moreno, Italy's leading historical ecologist. https://www.insegnadelgiglio.it/prodotto/un-seminario-permanente/23 Jul 2026 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:se4mcafsmvptwjprfduvnlwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrcl6yf54c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/rossbalzaretti.bsky.social/post/3mraicnwils2uAbsolutely right. What do they think is going to happen? That things will carry on as normal at our "world leading" universities? What will the collapse of the sector do to regional economies? And most importantly To the livelihoods of staff, of precarious employees and the futures of students? [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:se4mcafsmvptwjprfduvnlwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mraicnwils2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/rossbalzaretti.bsky.social/post/3mr6lt3qcn227 Peter Donohoe @buxtonfestival.bsky.social this afternoon. That was among the best piano playing I have heard in the last 50 years. The Schumann Fantasy was incredible. The treacherous second movement leaps at speed were thrilling (if you have tried playing these at speed you understand...). Bravo!21 Jul 2026 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:se4mcafsmvptwjprfduvnlwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6lt3qcn227https://bsky.app/profile/rossbalzaretti.bsky.social/post/3mr5nftujds2cThe paperback of Italy and Early Medieval Europe which I co-edited is out now @ £25, a bargain! https://global.oup.com/academic/product/italy-and-early-medieval-europe-9780197904442?q=Balzaretti&lang=en&cc=gb21 Jul 2026 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:se4mcafsmvptwjprfduvnlwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5nftujds2chttps://bsky.app/profile/rossbalzaretti.bsky.social/post/3mqwnvv5fmc2l@buxtonfringe.bsky.social Saw @lexiwolfe.bsky.social this afternoon as Mrs Oscar Wilde in a brilliant monologue she both wrote and performed. Outstanding performance of a moving piece.18 Jul 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:se4mcafsmvptwjprfduvnlwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwnvv5fmc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/rossbalzaretti.bsky.social/post/3mqmm46wjuc2fI've just signed "Kopparberg, stop advertising on Rupert Murdoch’s Talk Radio" - Will you support the campaign too? https://actionstorm.org/petitions/kopparberg-stopfundinghate?ref=832393 @StopFundingHate14 Jul 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:se4mcafsmvptwjprfduvnlwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmm46wjuc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/rossbalzaretti.bsky.social/post/3mqejvhjics2nLooking forward to reading this, which looks excellent. @manchesterup.bsky.social @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social @graemeyward.bsky.social11 Jul 2026 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:se4mcafsmvptwjprfduvnlwp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqejvhjics2n