Great explainer from the RMT’s Eddie Dempsey. Engineers who work through the night have been painted by right wing pundits, whose hands are silky smooth, as work-shy! Unreal. The tube works constantly, with 2000 fewer staff than before.

News and reviews featuring @MitchNathanson @jglionna @ThEliseFranklin @EdArmston @Lafayettewrite @timmanners and more!

News and Reviews featuring Matthew Christopher Hulbert, @EdArmston, Steve Friesen and more!

Starving Palestinians in Gaza are forced to go throw cages to receive basic food, and this is labeled "a humanitarian project". It is a shame on humanity.

.@EdArmston, author of ON THE BACKS OF OTHERS, sheds light on the enslaved and working-class labourers behind Biritsh exploration in Africa, Asia, and Antarctica in @ConversationUS:

Mahmoud Alsaqqa, Oxfam’s food security lead in Gaza, tells Al Jazeera that “the whole world, unfortunately, is contributing to or participating in starving the children in Gaza” by not taking any action against the blockade that started more than two months ago.

all of a sudden, after a decade of research, this book is available to pre-order from @UMinnPress https://t.co/MwlGKvelgl

"I can certainly recommend ON THE BACKS OF OTHERS by Edward Armston-Sheret (@EdArmston) for all readers interested in exploration, cartography, and geographical studies," writes Benjamin B. Olshin for Terrae Incognitae. Read the review: https://t.co/uQBgDy0WNK

Fascinating talk today, @EdArmston! Looking forward to reading your book. Thank you on behalf of the @RGS_IBG @RGSAnimals committee 🐾

📢Upcoming Be Inspired lecture with @EdArmston: Join us on Monday 10 March, as Ed reveals the strange, violent, and sexual practices of famous explorers of Africa and Antarctica in the 19th and early 20th centuries. https://t.co/9SZNoYmzgt

From the Desk of @EdArmston: Was Shackleton Different? Armston-Sheret is the author of ON THE BACKS OF OTHERS which focuses on the contributions of people and animals ordinarily written out of Victorian and Edwardian travel histories.

"Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you." --Ford Madox Ford I carried out the "page 99 test" on my book, and here's what I found.... https://t.co/pD9sm19dR2

📣Upcoming online seminar hosted by the Society's Animal Geography Working Group 📣 Join @RGSAnimals on Wednesday 26 February to hear from @EdArmston on 'Donkey Work: Animals and Racism on Victorian and Edwardian Geographical Expeditions'. Register. 👇 https://t.co/6rkqffNADJ

I am giving a 'Be Inspired' talk on my book "On the Backs of Others: Rethinking the History of British Geographical Exploration" at the Royal Geographical Society (and online) on Monday 10 March, 2.30 pm. Find out more and register here:

“Every night without fail, a mobile phone rings in the Holy Family church in Gaza, and a parish priest answers. The voice at the end of the line is that of Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church and spiritual leader to a global flock of 1.4bn people”

News & Reviews feat. @OrnelasHigdon @SGietschier @JacobFriefeld @james__card @danjosephauthor @EdArmston @TromEayrs and more!

.@EdArmston, author of ON THE BACKS OF OTHERS, joins the Time to Eat the Dogs podcast to discuss British exploration during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Tune in:

Published this month, 'On the Backs of Others' from @EdArmston explores Victorian expeditions and the under-recognised work of those who made such journeys possible - from physical toil to medical care. Find out more: https://t.co/yZb1Hk9f0a

1/5 A groundbreaking @amnesty report published today concludes Israeli authorities are committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

Edward Armston-Sheret offers new perspectives on British exploration during the Victorian and Edwardian eras by focusing on the contributions of those people and animals ordinarily written out of mainstream histories on this era of travel. https://t.co/P1MgFIg4GM