Lianne
@bovlia
Followers
218
Following
2K
Statuses
2K
Mum to a gorgeous pigeon pair; history teacher; ex retail manager; Exeter City FC and Cowdenbeath FC fan
Leicestershire, England
Joined March 2010
RT @HistoryToday: #OnThisDay in 1991 the #SovietUnion was legally dissolved. We ask four #ColdWar historians whether the #USSR's demise w…
0
8
0
Leicester history teachers. Let's get the Leicester branch of the @HistAss off the ground. There's a great network of fab teachers out there alongside @dmuleicester. Come and have your say on 14th Jan
0
2
7
RT @HistoryToday: Viewed from Prague, the collapse of #communism in #Czechoslovakia was a ‘joyful’ one. But, as some Czechs would discover,…
0
1
0
RT @medievaljews: The Statute of the Jewry (1275) effectively prohibited Jewish moneylending. Any transactions which had already been contr…
0
8
0
@TeachLeadAAli Absolutely not...so therefore should be interweaved throughout history curricula full time. Because history belongs to all.
0
0
1
RT @UCL_Holocaust: OTD in 1942 Leon Greenman, his wife Else, & toddler Barney, were arrested at their home in Rotterdam in Holland. It ma…
0
12
0
Well this is gorgeous Behold a Creative Animation of the Bayeux Tapestry
1
0
0
@OwNiKl @MichaelRosenYes @MaskedManOfMys1 @CelticKali @davmhill I'd vote his auntie Athelflaed. She did all the ground work
0
0
1
@clare_d1683 No, not a single one. It's on my to do list to see if I can find the house in West Brom. Absolutely no reason why there shouldn't be one if it still exists. And there's certainly more noise in Leicester for a permanent memorial. Which is positive.
2
0
1
@MrBartlettHist @MrKennedyHist @histassoc @CastleMeadAcad @NMullenHistory @TomHague88 I'll leave you both to it... isn't a plaque though! Maybe you could make one
1
0
2
@MrKennedyHist @CastleMeadAcad @MrBartlettHist She would have hated this, as a quaker. It's a tricky one
0
0
2
RT @HistoryToday: In this week’s email newsletter: the loss of his treasure on the road to war was said to have brought about #KingJohn’s d…
0
2
0
A really comprehensive economic, political, and social deep narrative into Russia during 1950s and 1960s. A must if you teach the Cold War; a refreshing Russian narrative. Listen to The Soviet Sixties by Robert Hornsby on Audible.
0
0
2
RT @HistoryToday: From the recognition of #EastGermany to the banishment of #Taiwan and the #Soviet invasion of #Afghanistan, diplomatic di…
0
2
0
Doing a brave thing. Come along for some history nerdery!
Just a reminder of some of our excellent speakers who will be at Manchester in September! @Thehistorybits @Mr_S_Tiffany @KatieAmery @TTRadioOfficial Get your free tickets now!
1
6
18
RT @HistoryExtra: Who was the longest reining monarch in world history? The title belongs to Sobhuza II of Swaziland, who came to the thron…
0
6
0
1
0
2