Hugh Crosfield

Historical and cultural geographer. PhD from RHUL on chocolate, citrus, boycott movements and solidarities. I write about food, antislavery & antiracism.

[Hugh Crosfield @pickledplaice]

@inneskeighren Nope, don’t be mistaken: it’s not 1968, but 2023. The last 10 years have felt astonishingly bad for multicultural Britain. Braverman personifies this. I remember reading a book at RHUL called Why Europe will run the 21st Century. Leonard’s thesis has taken a battering.

[Hugh Crosfield @pickledplaice]

@inneskeighren Nice read. Messy approaches can be vital to researching postal history before selling an interesting cover or postcard. It’s rewarding that connections (& Q’s) can be quickly googled. Names, postal rates tables, stamp & postmark studies, merchant histories, ship timetables etc

[Hugh Crosfield @pickledplaice]

@inneskeighren Great idea 💡 relatively easy to sell globally online and find in U.K. auction houses

[Hugh Crosfield @pickledplaice]

@inneskeighren *NOT* suggesting you become a stamp dealer BTW. Definitely could do without the competition!

[Hugh Crosfield @pickledplaice]

@inneskeighren Always Innes! HE has been abusing academics for way too long. Huge respect to those who have held their values while the wider profession appears to lose its integrity. Clearly stamps are niche. But academics are trained to do niche. Trained to learn, remember and refine process.

[Hugh Crosfield @pickledplaice]

@inneskeighren I imagine, a sometimes infuriating combination!

[Hugh Crosfield @pickledplaice]

@inneskeighren Fascinating little excerpt. Who is it written by?

[Hugh Crosfield @pickledplaice]

@inneskeighren ,the Old Fox is To[o] Cunning to Mold

[Hugh Crosfield @pickledplaice]

@inneskeighren Requirement: steady hands and good luck.

[Hugh Crosfield @pickledplaice]

@chrischirp Quick Q: what are the chances of false negatives with PCR tests? 2 lateral flow test positives vs a negative PCR. Thanks.

[Hugh Crosfield @pickledplaice]

@olimould Stay Alert (to government shifts in policy)

[Hugh Crosfield @pickledplaice]

@markcooperjones Preemptive disaster key/ normalising big numbers key. Let’s hope the government is as prepared as this map-maker 🧐

[Hugh Crosfield @pickledplaice]

#AskWHO if you are a young(ish) person but are on high doses of steroids for auto-immune diseases or organ transplants, is Covid-19 significantly more dangerous for the individual(s) concerned?

[Gemma Hope @GemmaHopePolicy]

Disappointing not to see more on mental health in #queensspeech Proposals to provide more rights to workers with MH should still be explored

[Hugh Crosfield @pickledplaice]

Paget-Brown on the #glenfelltower refurb priorities in 2016 @akalamusic

[Akala @akalamusic]

People who don't understand the local dynamics stfu until you have at least read through this https://t.co/c19vZnzc5E

[Prof. Loretta Lees 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇮🇪 @LorettaCLees]

My interview the Times today p12 on the Grenfell is a plea to not use this as an excuse to demolish more council estates