Emma Norfolk

An intersectional environmentalist, disabled, queer and passionate about public education and social justice. Amateur seamstress & bookworm. Born 360ppm.

[Emma Norfolk @SustainableEmma]

Regardless of your opinions on the monarchy, hopefully the publicity around this will help men be more comfortable in going to the doctor and get better diagnosis rates.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

The Palace has said that the King does not have prostate cancer, the most common kind of cancer among men of his age. What other types of cancers are most common for older men?

Read more 🔗

https://t.co/kj8YlXDpZO

[Reforest Britain @ReforestB]

A project by Societree to plant 96 microforests at schools across Plymouth, Devon has begun

Microforests are small, dense forests that are a mixture of trees and plants that produce remarkable biodiversity for their size.

https://t.co/A0f79fUzd3

[Emma Norfolk @SustainableEmma]

Major thanks to the staff at @LidlGB's LS11 store - kind, friendly and patient, despite being stressed at 7am 2 days before #Christmas!

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

The Pale Blue Dot is an iconic photograph of Earth captured by the Voyager 1 space probe in 1990. Taken from a distance of around 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) as Voyager 1 was departing our solar system, the image portrays Earth as a tiny, pale blue speck in the vastness of space. This image is a powerful reminder of our planet's isolation and fragility in the cosmic expanse, highlighting the need for responsible stewardship of our home. The photograph was a result of astronomer Carl Sagan's suggestion to turn Voyager's camera back towards Earth, offering a profound perspective on our place in the universe.

[Yorkshire Universities @YorkshireUnis]

🎉Good luck to all those receiving A-Level results today! 🎉

Dr @obrienpeter72, Executive Director of Yorkshire Universities, explains why graduates matters to Yorkshire 👇

https://t.co/iKLv7O1Ufp

#ALevelResultsDay #ResultsDay2023

[Emma Norfolk @SustainableEmma]

It feels extremely appropriate that, 10 years after receiving some utterly dire #ALevelResults, I receive an offer to begin a Masters course at @ThinkUHI 🥳

Couldn't have done it without the fantastic experience and encouragement at the @OpenUniversity ❤

[History at Leeds @LeedsUniHistory]

Congratulations to PhD researcher Rory Butcher on your Fellowship with the Army Records Society!

Rory's collection, scheduled 2026, will show primary materials relating to the Fencible Regiments during the French Revolutionary Wars.

@RMB_History https://t.co/xK9CKzaHVa

[Emma Norfolk @SustainableEmma]

Happy #YorkshireDay2023! Obvs the best county in England. With Sean Bean as the official spokesperson, a mug of @YorkshireTea in hand, and this lot defending border with Lancashire, it'll always be reet.

https://t.co/vett8uuVe2

[Yorkshire Universities @YorkshireUnis]

Happy #YorkshireDay2023! We're so proud to have such exceptional institutions and graduates in #Yorkshire!

@leedsbeckett @UniofBradford @sheffhallamuni @HuddersfieldUni @UniversityLeeds @sheffielduni @UniOfHull @LeedsArtsUni @LeedsMusicDrama @LeedsTrinity @UniOfYork @YorkStJohn

[Emma Norfolk @SustainableEmma]

Who doesn't enjoy spending their weekend explaining to the public that a puffin is, in fact, a fish?*

*according to #Medieval Catholics, at least.

#history #reenactment #Shrewsbury

[Yorkshire Universities @YorkshireUnis]

Catch up on the latest #news, updates and opportunities in #HigherEducation - all through a distinctly #Yorkshire lens 👇

https://t.co/e0vAvvrjao

[ Dr. Waitman W. Beorn (waitmanwbeorn.com on 🟦) @waitmanb]

🧵Let's have a conversation about museums and what they are and how they work.

Because recently some people have been having some Big Feelings about them and about their favorite artifact being removed from an exhibit. 🧵

#museum
#publichistory
#twitterstorians

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

This afternoon I slept and dreamed it had all slipped away , that we were all ambling to the funeral of life . We were sobbing over Swallows and Small Coppers , crying about Cuckoos and porpoises , choking and gasping about rivers and meadows . And when I woke up . . . the world was on fire

[Emma Norfolk @SustainableEmma]

Excuse me while I take a moment to be extremely proud of my fiancé. @UniversityLeeds has itself another rising star in the world of #history #research.

Research trips ahoy! Maybe even... Tour de Scotland II: Archive Boogaloo?

[Dr Rory M. Butcher @RMB_History]

I'm very excited to be able to announce that I have been awarded a 3 year Fellowship by the Army Records Society, to assist me in producing a collection of primary material relating to the Fencible Regiments in Britain 1793-1802, for publication in 2026.
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[Emma Norfolk @SustainableEmma]

@RMB_History May need to get you one of these

[Emma Norfolk @SustainableEmma]

I've got to say, this has been one of the most satisfying projects to work on - going from a navigational chart in March to launching the live site today has been really good fun, and I've learnt loads along the way!

[Yorkshire Universities @YorkshireUnis]

🚀 We're thrilled to announce the #launch of our new #website! We've been working hard to improve your user experience and bring you a brand new ✨#CaseStudy repository! ✨

See the #transformation for yourself:

https://t.co/XtQqJw7Kbr

#highereducation #Yorkshire

[Yorkshire Universities @YorkshireUnis]

We've released the Proceedings from our hybrid One Year On Conference last week! Visit our Sway to view recordings of the event, slide decks, the winning case studies, and to find out more about how you can collaborate with us:

https://t.co/XOdGoYTFgJ

#YUGradConf23 1 of 2

[Emma Norfolk @SustainableEmma]

Please be careful, people - the grass is tinder-dry right now.

[South Yorkshire Fire @SYFR]

There, we said it! 🙏

[Emma Norfolk @SustainableEmma]

@MichaelSchuijff @RMB_History Being super blunt though - that means that history books will quite literally only be written by people who have the time, energy and money to do it around their "proper" jobs. Doesn't feel very democratic or egalitarian to me.